Thanksgiving in a Street Tough Town and Tim's Turkey
A two part tale blends a home front Thanksgiving wish with a struggling boy Tim Daly who buys a surprise turkey for his mother. Tim's 50 cent dream collides with a burglary plot, leading to rescue by police and a grateful jeweler. The other piece juxtaposes a soldier's Thanksgiving in camp with a Christmas-like toil, sharing scarce rations, a turkey feast, and heartfelt letters home.
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Tim Daly
Tim
Bayard Street
Maggie
Edi
Evin
City Hall
Daly
Sin
Broadway
Perohery Store
Tim Barrows
Golden
Golden’ S
Aarge Jewelry
Tin
Feller
Bowery
Elizabeth Street
Golden's
Filizabeth Street
Bowie
Mr. Gulden
Dalys
Rabbit Time on Thanksgiving Day Trap Tale
A rustic verse recounts a hunter trapping a rabbit during Thanksgiving with quick snaps and a dash through snow. The rabbit leads a chase, then ends as a pie served in grand array for two, capturing a playful holiday scene.
Thanksgiving in the Army and the birth of a national holiday
Rev M M Parkhurst recounts a Massachusetts regiment in Annapolis during 1861 1863 and the Thanksgiving dinner amid war. The piece notes scarce local turkeys geese and chickens and soldiers far from home. It then explains how Seward and Lincoln created a national Thanksgiving by pledging a single date for the nation rather than state chosen days.
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Baltimore
Richmond
Potomac River
Acquia Creek
Washington
Annapolis
Tere
Barre
Mass
Union
Seward
Lincoln
United States
More Money Than Brains Prominent Hostess Luncheon
A Washington Post clipping mocks a well known hostess who boasts wealth and kindness but lacks substance. She hosted a luncheon last week and praised farm fresh milk and cream noting daily dairy deliveries and a joking reference to a crematory for butter.
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Washington Post
At the Boarding House Mis texting small mercies remark
The boarding-house mistress comments on gratitude for small mercies while the star boarder reflects, gazing at a diminutive turkey. The exchange conveys a domestic scene with a touch of humor and irony.
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Turrkey
Field of Battle and Civil War Reflections
A long retrospective piece discusses General Robert E. Lee and General Longstreet, praising Lee’s defense of Richmond and questioning Longstreet’s criticisms. It recounts Chattanooga and Chickamauga losses, the valor of Confederate and Union regiments, and notes reconciliation moments between veterans including a Memphis memory of Schofield and Ozanne.
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Longstreet
Lee
Robert E. Lee
Lonsstreet
Chicago Chronicle
Northern
Virginia
North
Washington
Richmond
McClellan
Johnston
Grant
Confederacy
Mississippi
Union
Robert KE. Lee
Schofield
Frank Ozanne
Memphis
Washington Hery
Col. Schofield
Washington Artillery
Chick
Amauga
Tennessee
Atlant
Gettynburg
Gulf
Roto
Manassas
Washington Artivery
Gen. Schofield
Camp Schofield
Parke
Chattanooga
Lookout Mountain
Tennyson
Balaklaya
Chickamauga
Georgia
Illinois
Ohio
Kansas
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Kitty
Emmy
Weill
Smith, Gray & Co
Tim and
His
Turkey
Far West
King Turk
Kansas City Journal
New England
Williams
Darkies
Maryland Darky
Rabbit
Seribuer's Magazine
Joseph Wheeler
Robert. FE. Lee
Philadelphia Inquirer
Whiting
Weat Point
Davis
Gen. Lee
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