Thanksgiving Proclamation Urges Hopeful Spirit in Pennsylvania
Governor John 5 Fisher proclaims Thanksgiving Day November 27 1930 calling for home gatherings worship and acts of charity. He praises health industrial peace and public order while urging gratitude and helpfulness across the commonwealth amid challenging times. The second item notes Protective Association of Indiana County to meet November 25 to discuss poultry theft prevention and tattooing as a preventive measure with state police guidance.
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Commonwealth
John 5. Fisher
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
United States
Harrisburg
John 8. Fisher
James A. Walker
Protective Association
The
Protective Association of
Indiana County
Court House
The Ritz Screens Harold Bell Wright Drama Eyes of the World
The Ritz shows The Eyes of the World tonight and Thursday, filmed in California mountains. Nante ONeill stars with Una Merk el, focusing on a mountain tale read worldwide. Also on deck the Army Band visits Indiana Friday for matinee and evening concerts, directed by Captain William J. Stannard. Hell Harbor, a Lupe Velez romance, comes to The Ritz Saturday. The Doorway to Hell screens Monday to Wednesday, with an all-star underworld cast led by Lewis Ayres and Dorothy Mathews. Half Shot at Sunrise closes the week as Bert Wheeler and Robert Woolsey spoof WWI Paris, built sets near Encino. Relief Night at the Indiana Theatre nets wide clothing and food donations, aiding distribution.
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Harold Bell’ Wright
Ritz
California
Nante O'Neill
Una Merkel
United States Army Band
Indiana
The
Army
Army Band
Gen. Pershing
William J. Stannard
O. W. Trapp
State Teachers College
Indiana ‘High School
Rotary and
Kiwanis Clubs
United States
Hell Harbor
Lupe Velez
Florida
Tampa
Tropics
Jean Hersholt
John Holland
Hell
Underworld
Lewis Ayres
Bert Wheeler
Robert Woolsey
Dorothy Lee
Wheeler
Woolsey
Paris
Paris Square
Encino
Studebaker
Indiana Theatre
Harvest Dance Draws Greensburg Junior Council
Indiana town readers will attend the Harvest Dance in Greensburg tonight at the Roof Garden of the Penn Albert Hotel. The Greensburg Juniors prepare a standout event with Gibby Lockard and his orchestra performing from ten until one. Committee members include Fay Wolinsky, Dolores Quint, Ethel Shendowich, Dorothy Davis, and Elizabeth Zackowitz.
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Indiana
Greensburg
Penn Albert Hotel
Gibby Lockard
Fay Wolinsky
Dolores Quint
Ethel Shendowich
Dorothy Davis
Elizabeth Zackowitz
Braddock Couple Welcome New Daughter at Hospital
Dr and Mrs Clark Dy. Robert L Clark pastor of the Presbyterian church visit Braddock today to meet their newborn daughter born Friday at Braddock General Hospital. Both mother and child are reported getting along nicely.
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Clark
Robert L. Clark
The
Presbyterian Church
Braddock
Braddock General Hospital
Alumni Association Meeting Urged by WGTU and WCTU
County youth medal recipients urged to attend next Saturday at 2 60 o clock at the WCTU hall on Church Street to form a county alumni association. A stray social line asks Marie if she enjoyed a hike, with Mabel replying they walked the whole way.
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W.G.T.U
W.C.T.U
Church St
Festal Day and Thanksgiving in American life
The piece celebrates Thanksgiving as a festive, peaceful day of prayer and family gathering. It notes the 309th anniversary of the harvest feast with the Pilgrim Fathers and Indians, acknowledging wars and economic ups and downs, yet praising the nation’s habit of finding reasons to be grateful.
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America
Pilgrim Fathers
First Thanksgiving on the North American shores
The 1621 Massachusetts observance is linked to Governor Bradford and December 13. A May 27 1578 log from the Ayde notes communion and thanksgiving as Probisher’s expedition brought the first English colony to New World. The service took place in Newfoundland, possibly the first Christian sermon in North America.
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Massachusetts
Bradford
Ayde
Gravesend
Tillberry
Wolsall
Her Majesty
Probisher
New World
Newfoundland
North America
The Hunter Hunted Thanksgiving Tale
A playful poem recalls a child’s plan for a Thanksgiving turkey. The father encourages the hunt as the boy chases a gobbler in the shed, the bird’s gobble and display heightening the moment until the narrator retreats, deeming chicken enough.
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Father
Gobbler
Gobblers Highlight Thanksgiving Table Centerpiece
A vivid note praises the vast nationwide surge of turkey purchases as the centerpiece of Thanksgiving feasts, describing the gobblers as emblematic of the millions raised for holiday meals across the country.
Harvest Festivals and Thanksgiving Through Time
Ancient harvest festivals fixed in November evolved into Thanksgiving as a ritual of thanks for crops and fertility. The practice spans many cultures with rites and feasts, leading to family reunions and generous meals in this country, extending from historical origins to modern customs.
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Tibullus
New Wayland
Thanks for All Mercies in Charles Lamb’s Reflections
The writer extols Lambs ethos of gratitude beyond meals and daily experiences. It lauds a mellowness and wholesome spirit that fosters courage, good judgment, and refinement, guiding living toward complementation with the best things of life.
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Charles Lamb
Resourceful independence for Sue through parental restraint
A mother’s refrain from solving Sue’s problems fosters resourcefulness and independence. Sue seeks help repeatedly, but letting her struggle builds confidence, perseverance, and self-reliance, while parental over assistance risks dependence and diminishes her own problem solving.
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Sue
Mother
Western Newspaper Union
Pamphlet Tells Dog Law Facts
Harrisburg announces an eight page leaflet from the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture explaining dog law provisions and enforcement. It notes dogs are personal property, value recoveries for illegal killings, and that police remove stray dogs, with rewards to officers exceeding $36 000 yearly. Owners urged to tag, control, report careless owners, and seek the leaflet by mail to the bureau of animal industry in Harrisburg.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Bureau of Animal Industry
Pennsylvania Department of Agrculture
Executor Notices and Stockholders Meeting in Indiana County
Notices warn about claims and debts for estates of Gorge A L Brickell and David M Ruittner, with executors named Lemonal and Barry Wilde. stockholders of Indiana County Agricultural Society to meet December 2, 1930, at 2 pm in the Sheriff's Office to elect managers and officers. ads offer 1930 paper prices and mail-order terms.
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Jick & Jack
Gorge AL Brickell
Banks Township
Lemon Nal
Lixecutor
Hrogslter
RDA
Indiana County Agricultural Society
Court House
Don
M. TM
Indiana
Public Sale in Young township near West Lebanon details livestock and goods
A public sale at the residence of the undersigned in Young township near Route 56 west of Lebanon lists four horses including Black Horse and grey and brown mares, 48 shoats, 6 turkeys, 30 Rhode Island Red chickens, farm implements, grain and more with quantities of oats rye wheat buckwheat hay straw and attached items. Auctioneers J. C. Smith and R. W. George announce terms to be made known sale day. Also a shooting match at Edgewood on November 22 with turkey and pig prizes and gun rules led by Jas Blakley store organizer TAS H Blakley.
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Young Township
West
Lebanon
Rhode Island
Osbourne
Ford Car
J. C. Smith
R. W. George
Edgewood
Indiana
Saitsburg Road
Jas. H. Blakley
H. Blakley
Notice of Public Sale at W Blair Long farm
Public sale to be held at the W Blair Long farm in Washington Township near Creel side on Monday November 24 at 2:00 pm Personal property includes Holstein cows and heifer 35 chickens hay straw a Ford car household goods and other items Administrator W Earl Long.
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W. Blair Long
Washington Township
Creelside
Goitre Relieved In Three Weeks
Mrs. Joe Carsnitz of Harrisburg Pennsylvania claims she relieved an inward goitre in three weeks using Sorbol Quadruple a colorless Haiment easy to apply and inexpensive. Write or visit Widmann Teach druggists for more information or Sorbol Company Mechanicstown Ohio. Sold by all druggists.
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Joe Carsnitz
Harrisburg
Widmann & Teach, Druggists
Sorbol Company
Mechanicasburg
Ohio
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