Evolution of Thanksgiving Day Through History
A compact history tracing Thanksgiving from Puritan harvest prayers at Plymouth to its growth as a national and state observance. It covers early fast days, shifts under Washington and Madison, Civil War proclamations, and the 19th century move toward annual observance, noting key dates and political debates.
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Plymouth Rock
Jehovah
Mayflower
New England
Old England
England
Pias
First
National Congress
House
Senate
Washington
Congress
Adam
Madison
Great Britain
New York
Union
Gettysburg
Lincoln
Pupi
Rejidrg
Foley's Honey and Tar Truthful Refund Assurance
A customer notice certifies druggists may refund money if Foley's Honey and Tar does not cure coughs or colds. It claims to stop coughing, heal lungs, and prevent serious cold complications without opiates. The genuine product comes in a yellow package. substitutes are refused. Sold and recommended by 4, T, BILL, Drves's.
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Foley
Masked Skating Party At Local Rink Offers Prizes
Christmas event at the skating rink showcases a masked skating party with a prize for the best lady couple. All accommodations promised for veterans, promising a refined entertainment. Patrons urged to arrive, enjoy, and ready for a lively evening.
Union County Debt Decline Worthy of Thanksgiving
Union County voters are urged to give thanks and study a table showing the five year drop in warranted indebtedness from 1902 to 1906. The data note a total reduction of 157,622.42 and an annual average decrease of 27,524.48, with projections suggesting the county will be free of warrants in five years.
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Union County
Acru
Actu
Inacu
Parable of Light and Osteopathy Knowledge
A parable about sharing knowledge echoes in a discussion of osteopathy. A Buddha disciple explains diffusing enlightenment, urging clinicians to spread healing wisdom and invite invalids to seek osteopathic care for restoring health and relieving deformity.
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Buddha
Annabhava
Postponed Social By Commercial Club Shifts Dates
The Commercial Club announces the social scheduled for next Friday evening is postponed to next Monday evening due to a clash with an opera house date.
Cigar stump starts fatal fire at Salvation Army barracks
A cigar stump set in an elevator used as a clothes hamper ignited a fire at Salvation Army tar racks in St Louis on November 28. Four men died, eighteen injured, and two hundred fifty faced death before police opened escapes. The sixth victim died the forenoon, with six more unconscious and likely to die.
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Sorious News Association
St Louis
Salvation Army
Short Course in Agriculture Offered by Oregon College
Announcement of a short course at Oregon Agricultural College outlines study, lectures, and a special class in farming. It explains admission costs and conditions. Those seeking to improve scientific farming knowledge may request an instructional bulletin by writing to Corvallis college.
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Oregon Agricultural College
Corvallis
Society Roundly Condemned by Baptist Union Report
A Huddersfield assembly pamphlet condemns society as idle and self indulgent. It calls for social unity and a church that bears witness against extravagant urban life and folly in Regent Street Mayfair Piccadilly and similar centers.
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Scripps News Association
London
Regent Street
Piccadilly
Pitts pleads guilty to wife killing in jealousy fit
Akinao Pitts admitted the murder of his wife in a jealousy driven attack last May in Jacksonville Illinois. The Sorline News Association reports his guilty plea was entered today.
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Sorline News Association
Jacksonville
Akinao Pitts
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Bill
Drves
Rocky Mountain
DR. King’s
Rex
King
Samp. Rippee
Ava
Newlin Drug Company
Cigar Stump
Steward's Opera House
Steward
Ghigago
Boston
Quincy
Sawyer
O. M. Heacock
the New Jewler and
Optician
Heidenreich
Bohnenkamp's
la Grande, Ore
FE. M. Weilman & Company
Adams Avenue
la Grande
Grande Ronde Lumber CO
Perry, Oregon
Julius A
Brewery Oesch
Oregon
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