Thanksgiving at Lonesome Hollow Brings Strangers to Cozy Dinner
Milly invites eight rough prospectors to share Thanksgiving at her remote Sunrise road shack. The feast delights the guests and reveals Milly’s devotion to Jim, her husband restored by her care. Blaisedale praises Milly then leaves a note, hinting at a failed bank raid that night but sparing the eggshell bank for her sake.
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Milly
Pete Sprat
Jim
Colorado
Milly Bennet
Blaisedale
Tieket DY
Thanksgiving Poem Reflects Silk Harvest and Pumpkin Pie
Whittier writes of Thanksgiving linking distant lands from Spain to Cuba with Yankee harvest scenes. He praises home in New England while recalling childhood pumpkins and nuts, family affection, and the wish that loved ones thrive and shine like a pumpkin vine and pie.
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Xeul
Cuba
How That Turkey Lasts
A quirky verse from the Philadelphia North American lists how to use Thanksgiving turkey across days from Thursday to the next holiday. It jokes about leftovers from roasted meat to croquettes and soup with a playful refrain about not wanting another bird.
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Philadelphia
North American
Truth Out At Last Nursery Rhyme Tale
A playful old verse imagines Old Mother Hubbard finding the cupboard bare as a turkey parts its neck stem and breast are used to make hash and soup. The cook’s decision leaves the poor dog without a bone debunking the kitchen mystery.
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Old Mother Hubbard
Things To Be Thankful For Delights Between The Lines
Lighthearted survey lists benefits of not having certain worries including gender roles, aging, finances, and fashion. It humorously notes spared expenses from coiffure to funerals, fewer mishaps from driving, and relief at no need to explain life choices to the world. The piece ends with playful social observations.
Thanksgiving Blessing Brings Shared Bread and Joy
A dated meditation on gratitude, Marian Douglas reflects on unequal gifts and finds abundance through charity. A poor man’s arrival at the door transforms scarcity into spiritual wealth, as sharing sustains both giver and receiver and inspires heartfelt thanksgiving.
Inside a chain bag and muff not a man smoking
The quote from Harper's Weekly critiques gender norms about smoking and nightlife, contrasting cheap cigars with real tobacco and dismissing excuses for staying out late at a club. It hints at social expectations and self presentation in the era.
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Harper's Weekly
Table Etiquette From the Baltimore Herald
The Baltimore Herald satirically advises Thanksgiving table manners. It warns guests not to overindulge and to share evenly, using puns about turkey stuffing cranberry sauce and permissible portions to avoid causing offense or waste.
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Jean
Baltimore Herald
Thanksgiving the Year Round Box of Thankful Giving
A devoted woman maintains a think offering box collecting small sums through the year for each escape from calamity or joy. Funds aid others at Thanksgiving such as hospital care, fares home for homesick girls, a season ticket to concerts, and medical bills. The bank owner says the box has brought genuine happiness and gratitude to many.
Thanksgiving in the Country in the Baltimore Herald
A nostalgic Thanksgiving poem urges family feasting with overflowing plates and a joyful dinner scene. The speaker invites all to sample every dish, praise the turkey, and gather around the table in a warm, abundant family moment.
Some Eventful Thanksgivings
The passage reviews national days of mourning linked to Thanksgiving in 1875 1878 1881 1882 and 1885. It notes Vice President Henry Wilson deaths and garlands of sorrow. the sinking of the German steamer Pomerania off Folkestone. President Garfield’s death. the Ocean Grove wreck at Cape Canso. and Vice President Thomas Hendricks’s death in Indianapolis.
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Henry Wilson
Washington
Pomerania
New York
Folkestone
England
Garfield
Ocean Grove
Cape Canso
Thomas Hendricks
Indianapolis
Thanksgiving Monologue Aimed at Food Pleasures
An humorous mock dialogue from Charles C Jones in Puck presenting a childlike chorus during a Thanksgiving meal. The speaker eyes drumsticks stuffing jam slaw and pie while pleading for more, ending with playful humor about choking and cheer.
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Jim
Marie
Charles C, Jones
Puck
Thanksgiving Turkeys Predicted to Go Down Says Baltimore American
In a light exchange a Baltimore American item predicts turkey prices or demand will go down for Thanksgiving. The discussion notes expectations of a price or cost decrease, with confidence expressed by the speaker.
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Baltimore American
Edison Endorses Non Skid Tires In Auto Safety Push
Edison, recently ill in Portland Maine, appears recovered and photographed driving an electric car with Nobby Tread tires. Roy E Murray of Montana Auto Supply and U S Rubber tout non skid tires as insurance against skidding amid rising auto accidents. Samuel Brock urges motorists to use non skid tires or chains to prevent skids and speed-related crashes.
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Thomas A. Edison
Portland
Maine
Mr. Edison
United States
Roy E. Murray
Montana Auto Supply Company
U. S. Rubber Company of
California
Samuel Brock
Queen Borough
Dillon Volunteer Fire Department Meeting Schedule
Dillon volunteer fire department holds monthly meetings on the first and second Thursday evenings. A three-tap call to gather will be given on the courthouse bell.
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Dillon Volunteer Fire Department
Court House
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Joe Cone
Attlanta
Roy Murray
Edison
A. Rauh
Rauh & Richter
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Butte
Ie Saate Snl
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China
Japan
B. F. White
J.H. Gilbert
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