Thanksgiving Parable of the Pilgrims in a Wild Land
Hubert Kelley recalls a Thanksgiving parable from the Kansas City Star. The Pilgrims endure a harsh coast and forest, building cabins and securing a meager harvest. They face death and hunger yet cherish freedom to speak and worship, marking a day of thanks between sea and wilderness.
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Kansas City Star
First Thanksgiving in America Explored in Detroit Feature
Helen Robertson traces the 1621 Plymouth feast from the rough block trenchers to the simple wooden tables. The piece contrasts early Puritan restraint with later 18th century abundance and notes Lincoln’s 1864 proclamation setting the fourth Thursday as Thanksgiving Day.
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America
Helen Robertson
Detroit
Plymouth
Lincoln
Johnson
American Spirit of Thanksgiving in Washington’s Orders
A historical survey outlines Washington declaring December 17 1777 a day of thanksgiving at Valley Forge and the evolving national observance. It notes Lincoln’s 1864 proclamation sustaining yearly Thanksgiving and the South’s slow adoption as a national holiday celebrating shared participation.
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Valley Forge
George Washington
Washington
Lincoln
Thanksgiving Thanks For the Hands That Built Our Life
A brief tribute thanking workers and thinkers who shaped daily life and a future imagined by those who came before. The note honors the hands that wrought and minds that planned guiding society through the years.
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Andy
Fireside Thanksgiving Verse by Fred Keller Dix
Poem recalling Thanksgiving scenes with old friends, homesteads, and warm welcomes. The speaker invites faces from the past to gather, lift voices, and share in a timeless toast to memory and gratitude.
Creomulsion Promises Relief For Persistent Coughs
An advertisement touts Creomulsion as a new medical discovery that soothes inflamed membranes and inhibits germ growth. It claims creosote and other ingredients heal throat troubles, with a money back guarantee if relief is not achieved after prescribed use.
Grandfather of Billy Sunday a Versatile Man
My grandfather was a versatile man who built wagons with wheels and components, houses, a turning lathe, bedposts, spindles, bureaus, water wheels and more. He ran a blacksmith shop making horseshoes and wedges, repaired a millstone, and with neighbors once drove 200 miles to Burlington to mill. He made ax handles sold locally and a room where my grandmother spun yarn and sewed.
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Burlington
Ames
Secret of vitality through Dr Caldwell's syrup pepsin
A health pitch claims vitality comes from stimulating the vital organs with Dr Caldwell's syrup pepsin. It promotes liver action and bowel movement, warns against constipation and auto intoxication, and promises noticeable results after one bottle.
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Dr. Caldwell
Sunday Quote in Ladies' Home Journal Cites Pants as Sign
Rev. William A. Sunday remarks on attire in public life as a measure of direction or intent, noting his reflection on whether he was going or coming. The remark appears in the Ladies' Home Journal.
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William A
Billy
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Ladies' Home Journal
Deaf Cruelty Reflected in Ancient Greek Thought
A fragmentary note recalls Aristotle’s claim that the deaf “have no bos” and are little better than animals, highlighting archaic ignorance of deafness during Greece’s golden age.
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Greece
Door to Door Teacher Do all famous bell ringers come from Belgium
Bright Pupil Please no ma am most of them are from some brush company.
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Belgium
Brush Company
Health and Death Stir Real Joys of Life
The saying that almost everyone is interested in death underscores that health grants true wealth. Without health, even the richest man remains poor in life’s real joys and meaning.
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