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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1915
Page
8
A reflective verse from a woman expressing gratitude for a faithful partner. She celebrates enduring affection, truth, and kindness, and notes personal contentment with independence, youthfulness, and a life free from complaint. The speaker praises a partner who is thoughtful and generous, thankful for shared domestic joys and steady support.
A poem expresses a boy’s gratitude for his father’s hard work and protection, his mother’s praise, and the support of brothers. It emphasizes family bonds, courage, honesty, kindness, and hope for a hopeful tomorrow. The speaker values Sunday rest, rightful labor, and the freedom and dignity of manhood.
Public vendue to be held at Court House Indiana PA on Friday December 3 1915 at 2 00 PM exposing several properties for sale by execution in suits of A W Bashforee Dixon Run Lumber Co Frank Fatler and others including tracts in Green East Wheatfield and Cherryhill townships and the borough of Indiana listed with boundaries and improvements and subject to costs and conditions of sale with adjourned sale date December 10 1915 and detailed notices to successful bidders about payment and deed procedures.
The feature year brings reunions and greetings with autumn cheer, a time to banish anxiety and revel in life’s good things. Yet indifference can fade, giving way to gratitude due to blessings received and a dawning sense of thankfulness noted by Christian Work and Evangel.
The note recalls the first turkey eaten at a wedding banquet of Charles X and traces turkeys from Mexico to Europe then back to America as domestic birds. It cites explorers like Captain John Smith noting abundant wild turkeys from Canada to the seacoast and a British traveler comparing their tame presence to English turkeys.
Parcel details include G. J. Moore land in White Township Indiana County Pa bounded by Indiane Ebensburg Turnpike Road Nobert Mitchell and James W. Wiggins containing about six acres with a five story frame dwelling. Also Cor a Stumpf lands in Midway Banks Twp Indiana County Pa containing one acre and 30 perches with a frame dwelling and outbuildings. Coal rights reserved to Henry Prothero S Smith and D N Smith. Sale conducted Dec 10 1915 at 1 15 PM at court house Tidiu nan ga Pa. Referenced suits Gamble Spi der and others. Purchasers must pay at least 100 at bid and full purchase money on or before second Monday of December. Sheriff GEO W. Jeffries Indiana Pa. Nov 17 1915.
S M Jack attorney advertises that The Savings and Trust Company of Indiana PA seeks court approval to privately sell real estate in Center Township Indiana County Pennsylvania to pay debts. The property includes two one story frame houses on a 171 by 190 foot lot bounded by Blairsville Indiana road W P Risinger land and other parcels. Sale sought for December 13 1916 at 10 o clock a m for One Thousand Dollars.
John H Pearce attorney reports letters testamentary granted for Albert Allen late of Cherryhill township deceased. Claimants must present authenticated claims for settlement and those indebted must render accounts. Administrators Amos Ralph Allen and William H Case, both Indiana addresses, request prompt action.
Edna P Halloran offers thanks as Hankaving in Switzerland is a movable harvest festival held in October. The piece describes Chrysanthemums vineyards and autumn scenery, church interiors decorated with vegetables, long prayers and sermons, a brass band, and a parade from church to church as crowds enjoy the day with good humor and gratitude for nature’s bounty.
A child thanks luck and small fortunes as family stays intact and safe. The letter notes a mother uninjured, a father spared by a suspended sentence, and a quiet Thanksgiving amid wartime fears. Small finds and acts of generosity color the day.
The Plymouth festival shares kinship with England’s Harvest Home and reflects similar joy in the ingathering harvest. Pilgrims knew the English celebration, likely participated, and Hogland districts kept the festival going for a week. Richard Carew notes English cheer lingers beyond the week’s end.
A fragmentary note dated 1424 expresses a wanderer’s view of Thanksgiving as a return home. The writer imagines family gathered, renewing bonds, and recalling blessings as year’s end nears in a letter to his mother from home.
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