Pilgrims Celebrate Thanksgiving with Prayers and Feast
Edward Winslow's account recalls the 1621 harvest after a harsh year aboard the Mayflower. The feast featured turkey venison oysters and barley loaves, with long prayers and inviting Indians. The New York Globe notes enduring hospitality and solemn gratitude amid hardship and peril.
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New England
Edward Winston
Plymouth Colony
Winslow
Pras
Mason
New York Globe
Let Us Be Thankful for National Blessings and Liberty
A reflective piece praising national trade growth and harvests, urging gratitude to God for civil and religious liberty. It emphasizes that despite political flaws and corruption, the Constitution remains a model, and urges actions to help others. A concluding humorous aside notes a shipyard boss admitting thanks could be greater if his stomach allowed it.
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Good Samaritan
Christian Herald
Thanksgiving Talk Reveals Class Then and Now
Fragments from a household dialogue reveal a divide between society folks and the poor during Thanksgiving. Characters debate who should partake, while references to "the swim" and expensive fashions hint at elite social rituals and parental pretensions within a church community.
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Geraldine
Gwendolin
Baily
Tom
Papa
Uncle Howard
Mamma
Helena
Belle
Toms
Weill
Papas
A Habit and Jinks's Cash Running Joke in Town
A light gossip snippet notes Jinks's wife, formerly a saleslady, as the subject of a running joke about his cash shortages. The exchange hints at domestic humor and local chatter without detailing any real conflict or event.
Dainty Thanksgiving Party Favors and Centerpieces
A nostalgic catalog of Thanksgiving souvenirs suited to festive tables. It highlights crepe paper flowers on a football centerpiece, chrysanthemum candy boxes, and turkey shaped candy receptacles. The piece evokes old memories with a poetic close about grandmothers puddings and seasonal feasts.
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Cuse
Turkey
Pailing the Wish Bone
A fragmented note describes a character weighing a wish and the slow, uncertain progress of choosing one. The text hints at stilted language and missing context, with scattered names and phrases suggesting a narrative about desire, doubt, and decision.
Fragmented humorous exchange on dinner talk in lodging house
Readable lines portray a landlady and boarders in a witty back and forth. A guest requests a leg and jokes about a belt and a turkey treated as a centipede. The tone echoes a light domestic scene with playful wordplay.
First Proclamation of Thanksgiving in United States History
Article recounts Washington’s 1795 proclamation calling for a national day of thanksgiving and prayer, praising divine providence and urging observance on February 19. Includes reflections on nature, Ceres, and Georgia line, with quotes and local commentary from Atlanta Constitution.
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George Washington
United States
United States of America
Phila
Toast to Next Thanksgiving by Kate Parsons Lathrop
A reflective verse praises those alone or suffering sorrow on Thanksgiving. It honors dreamers of past revels, drinkers masking pain, and the merrymakers who toast that future fortunes may improve for every chap who laments the present.
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Kate Parsons Lathrop
Thanksgiving Dinner Traditions in American Custom
The article argues Thanksgiving menus should honor tradition with turkey stuffing cranberry sauce and pumpkin pie while allowing modern or foreign touches. It offers practical prep tips including baking ahead selecting a suitable turkey dressing ideas with chestnuts oysters or olives and advice on cranberry sauce pie baking and serving cider. It ends urging readers to say they saw it in The News.
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Hamlet
Ophelia
Turkey
Whittier
Hornet
Breakfast Luncheon or Tea Biscuits with Royal Baking Powder
A short note promotes small hot biscuits made with Royal Baking Powder. Bake just before the meal and serve warm with butter honey marmalade or jam. The text emphasizes using Royal Baking Powder to ensure the recipe turns out right.
Japanese Sword Makers Prayers Before Work and No Women
The article describes Japanese sword forging as religiously ritualized, with huts for forging, gods depicted on walls, and charms to ward off evil. Women are excluded to avoid disaster, while the process includes melting iron ore, forming steel, repeated heating and hammering, clay and water tempering, and a final blessing by the sword god. The chief smith’s name is inscribed on the hilt, and the blade is tested, sharpened, and polished before use.
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Japan
Toledo
Damascans
Rand
Englishwoman Called The World’s Most Gracious
The World praises Englishwomen for grace and beauty while noting no nation holds all traits. The fragment references gratitude amid chatter about social expectations and daily stress, with casual remarks about a butcher incident and Brooklyn life.
Sample for Tommy and the frugal uncle
Fragmented excerpt shows a child, Tommy, and Uncle Jub sharing a small portion of chicken in a domestic scene. The dialogue questions if this is the preferred part of the fowl and reveals themes of poverty and restraint in food. References include an Atlanta Constitution snippet and rural dialect.
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Tommy
Jub
Ancient Forks and Carving Customs Across Europe
From the New York Mail, a historical note traces the fork from Duke of Burgundy’s table to continental peasants in Tirol and Germany, detailing carving methods, serving bread, and the shift to forked meat cutting in Italy. It cites English plays lampooning fork use as luxury.
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John
Burgundy
Europe
Tirol
Germany
Switzerland
Italy
England
Beaumort and Fletcher
Ben Jonson
New York Mail
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