Demand for Soldiers of Fortune Fades in War Era
New York reports a decline in magazine ads seeking freebooters adventurers and pirates as World War I shifts recruitment to military service. The piece quotes notices calling for men for quests from South Sea ventures to treasure digs, with promises of pay and peril.
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New York
United States
Soldiers of Fortune
Poets Contrast Thanksgiving Verses With True Gratitude
The piece surveys poets from Burns to Henley and Swinburne, contrasting smug or self centered praise with a humbler, inclusive view. It invokes Butterworth’s Boston Harbor ode to honor genuine gratitude that acknowledges others’ needs and historical Plymouth memory.
Thanksgiving as symbol of perseverance and harvest
The passage argues that despite World War I's wounds, gratitude and resilience persist. It praises nature and human effort, citing sun and rain, farm and factory, public and private toil, and the harvest as sources of wealth and hope. Thanksgiving embodies courage and charity amid uncertain times.
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America
A Prayer of Thanksgiving by Lewis Allen Hat
A church reflecting on Thanksgiving expresses gratitude for friends family and community. The author thanks God for mercy generosity and the chance to gather share food and comfort the afflicted. It closes with a prayer for understanding and guidance to honor divine gifts.
Thanksgiving as a daily habit and cheerful spirit
The passage asserts that Thanksgiving is a daily habit not a single day. It urges living on the sunny side, staying in the best room of the house mentally, focusing on friends, not enemies, and discussing good luck to foster cheerfulness, the soil for the gratitude to grow.
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Abindranath Tagord
London Times
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