Thanksgiving Day Warmth Sparks Charity Across Family
In a Buffalo Express tale, Florence Churchwell rents a helping hand to Edith Greyton, a cold homeless girl found by relatives during a Thanksgiving visit. Florence shares saved money and helps recruit family to provide warm clothes and a Christmas basket, ending with a hopeful note of shared kindness and community action.
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Nora
Florence
Ned
Cousin
Alice
Cousin May
Grandma
Mrs. Churchwell
Annie
Edith
Edith Greyton
Grandma Grey
Ilorence
Buffalo Express
Thanksgiving Reflections on Plenty and Personal Gratitude
In a year of good fortune many find Thanksgiving meaningful on a personal level. The table is well supplied with meat and grain, signaling abundance and shared thanks across households.
Local Thanksgiving Days in Early America
The piece notes early observances of local Thanksgiving in the United States. Baltimore on Oct 15 1814 declared the following Thursday a day of thanksgiving for deliverance from British forces. A few months later Ohio’s legislature held a public thanksgiving at Chillicothe for Jackson era victories.
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America
Baltimore
Washington
Ohio
Presbyterian
Chillicothe
New Orleans
Jackson
Chirlicothé
Song of the Glad Folks Thanksgiving Ballad
A nostalgic verse by Frank L. Stanton celebrates Thanksgiving joy. The speaker extols love and gratitude as skies brighten and fields yield abundance, urging communal feasts and cheerful recollections echoed by the Atlanta Constitution's publication.
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Love
Not Essentially American Thanksgiving Origins and Meaning
The piece argues that American Thanksgiving originated with New England settlers and is both peculiarly American and not, being a human expression of gratitude older than the country. It suggests no original forms of thanksgiving exist beyond longstanding paths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England
James Lane Allen
Munsey’s Magazine
Thank Thee Lord For Moments Of Joy And Strength
A devotional poem thanks the Lord for every moment of sweetness and friendship as well as tears and burdens. It expresses gratitude for loving eyes, smiles, guidance, and strength through sorrow, acknowledging divine providence in good and bad times.
Thanksgiving reflection on American abundance and virtue
A reflective piece discusses Thanksgiving in the United States, contrasting early New England famine with modern plenty. It credits Providence and American workers for national unity and enduring prosperity, arguing wealth arises from disciplined human effort rather than natural abundance alone. It calls for striving toward a nobler future.
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United States
New England
Palfrey
California
Spokane
Dakota
Alabama
New York
America
Thanksgiving Day Proclamation Reflected in Civic Sentiment
A reflective notice urges all people to set apart a day to give thanks to God for the nation’s blessings, emphasizing gratitude for the country’s goodness and the source of happiness.
After Dinner Amusements Potatoes and Races
After dinner entertainment centers on light sport including potato races. Competitors balance a spoonful of potatoes, guess counts and weights in bags, and race to transfer potatoes from a hat to a basket at the room’s far end.
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Darrel
Lakes Named Blood Across Regions and Eras
The text catalogs lakes nicknamed Blood in England, South America, and Ecuador. Hastings battlefield earned Sanguelac for slaughtered Saxons. Lake Trasimene became Sanginetto after 15 000 Romans died. Yaguar Cocha in Ecuador lies among Andean crater lakes.
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England
South America
Hastings
Trasimene
Hannibal
Yaguar Cocha
Ecuador
Andes
Foley's Honey and Tar Compound Cited for Croup Care
A farmer from Boseley Missouri praises Foley's Honey and Tar Compound for croup and cough treatment in children. He states he has used it for eight to ten years on all four children with success and recommends it for warding off croup attacks.
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Foley
W. C. Allen
Boseley, Mo
Shayott Tskveice Suakisy
Tin & Friend
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Butte
Minneapolis Chamber of Commerce
Northwest
McCarthy Bros. CO. Grain Commission
OLD Strong Reliable
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Duluth
Chicago
Milwaukee
McGuire Haley CO
E.L. Welch CO
William Dacrymple
Minnneapolis
Consignment
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Minnesota Grain CO
Banner Grain CO. Grain Commission
H. L. Hankinson & CO
Grain Commission
D. F. Hoag & CO
Corn Exchange
Minneapolis, Minn
van Dusen Harrington CO
Winter-Truesdell-Ames CO
Minneapolis Grain Commission
McCaull Dinsmore CO. Grain Commission
Benson-Stabeck Co
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Service Grain Commission
Woodward - Newhouse CO
Fraser-Smith CO
Chas. E. Lewis and CO
St.Paul
Winnipeg
Minot
Grand Forks
Fargo
St. Cloud
New York Stock Exchange
New York Cotton Exchange
Wernli-Anderson Company
John Miller CO. Grain Commission
Andrews Grain CO. Chamber of Commerce
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Marchants Board of Trade
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Potts
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Johnson Bros
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