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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1903
Page
3
A long dialect piece recalls Thanksgiving scenes and race through jokes on turkey, faith, and politics. It contrasts Black and white experiences, mentions Uncle Julius and a fatal turkey mishap, and ends with a political anecdote about Car narv on terms of separation and Dufferin.
For thirty years the White House Thanksgiving turkey has come from Westerly Rhode Island, a gift from Giram Vose. In 1873 a thirty six pound bird to President Grant began a long tradition. Vose’s turkeys are a national staple, though Rhode Island numbers have declined but quality remains high. Vose’s market acts as a clearing house for the region, and he seeks methods to prevent the national bird from dwindling amid hard farming times.
A brief note on Thanksgiving gatherings abroad notes that in foreign capitals Americans assemble for a banquet at the American legation, a fixture of the embassy season. The piece highlights how two of three Americans are pictured as joining in these observances during Thanksgiving abroad.
Quinine entered Europe via a Spaniard’s wife and spread through Jesuit networks to Rome and Italy as a coveted cure. An English physician cured Charles II and the French dauphin, winning a knighthood and royal patronage, while French courts bought the secret. Medical faculty opposed it, and years of conflict followed as many died for lack of quinine while others benefited from its proven value.
A frightened pair of horses dash through the street with an elderly, frugal woman and her companion aboard. The younger woman faints as an elder aunt jokes about dollars. A New York Press note warns that pickpockets watch faces, not hands, and avoid gloves, using distracted crowds to strike.
The Khasi hills northeast of Calcutta report about 600 inches of annual rainfall, with seven months in the southwest monsoon accounting for most of it. It is described as possibly the wettest place on earth, with up to 28 inches in a single day and daily averages around thirty inches at times, driven by steep mountains facing the Bay of Bengal.
A quoted excerpt lists estimated average ages for men in European countries. Norway and Sweden at fifty, England at forty five and a half, France at forty four and a half, Prussia and Württemberg at thirty nine and thirty eight, Bavaria and other German regions at thirty six, while Austria and Spain show the shortest lifespans at thirty three. The text weaves in stray dialogue from Mrs. Oldcastle and a comment about temperance, ending with fragments about a character named Brett and a Chicago Record-Herald reference.
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