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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 19, 1930
Page
7
The Portland Oregonian reflects on Thanksgiving as a home centered holiday that nurtures humanity’s spiritual nature. It emphasizes gratitude for shelter food sun dew and labor, rejecting carnival excess and tracing the holiday to ancient gratitude for Providence and survival.
A reflection on humility and genuine gratitude, contrasting pride with thankfulness. The piece cites a biblical scene about worthiness and healings, warning against self glorification and self praise even amid happiness and success this Thanksgiving.
Several tribes of American Indians held Thanksgiving days before Puritans or white settlers arrived. Each autumn when food was abundant they set aside a day before severe cold to cook large quantities of vegetables and game and eat until satisfied. Some families overindulged and relied on neighbors for food as supplies depleted. Among the Cocaneechi of the Sioux, the head of each house feasted all others in turn.
A long list of visits and greetings fills the week in Washington Township and nearby areas. D. W. Boyer hosts relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Morrow Anderson, the Blystone and Harman families, and many neighbors share calls. Church services and events at Harmony Grove and Atwood Presbyterian church are noted along with numerous hospital, shower, and social gatherings involving residents of Plumville, Five Points, Vandergrift, and Indiana counties.
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