Thanksgiving in America A Gift of Plenty and Unity
The piece reflects on Thanksgiving in the United States as a shared feast and philanthropy, noting abundant turkey and sides even for the poor. It traces the holiday from Plymouth in 1621 to Washington and Lincoln, highlighting governors first, then national recognition and the fixed November date.
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United States
Epicure
William Bradford
Plymouth
Massasoit
Bradford
Massnasolt
Congress
George Washington
Madison
New England
New York
Johnson
Virginia
Wise
Washington
Abraham Lincoln
Peking
Vevay
Sprinting legends and chess masters in a mixed roundup
The column recalls George Seward the American sprinting great born in New Haven Conn and traces his famous 200 yard record of 1847 in England while noting contemporary sprinters Postle Walker Donaldson and Holway and highlights a 15 move per hour chess match list of grandmasters and the Army Navy Game to close the football season at Franklin Field Philadelphia with Navy captain Rodes and Army triumph last year.
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England
Postle
Walker
Donaldson
Holway
George Seward
Seward
New Haven
Conn
J. Fowler
Liverpool
London
J. Smith
Hammersmith
W. Robinson
Newton Moore
Walworth
United States
Sheffield
Luke Furness
Westhall
J. Harwood
Manchester
Walness Bridge
Pendleton
Joe Horrocks
Army
Navy
Franklin Field
Philadelphia
Rodes
New York Havana Chess Championship Opens November 30
The New York Havana international chess championship will start in New York on November 30 with seventeen world masters expected to compete. Players will meet all opponents before an adjournment to January 4 for the Havana half, with four rounds weekly on Sundays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays.
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New York
Taber Named Columbia Soccer Coach For The Season
Francis Taber of New York City has been engaged to coach the Columbia soccer team this season. He will coach on the field and provide systematic blackboard drills. Ta ber will also coach in spring for intercollegiate league matches. The Davis Cup championship in tennis is set in Australia with the Lawn Tennis Association ready. English challengers arrived Oct 21 to acclimate ahead of the matches slated Oct 28 29 and 30.
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Australia
Lawn Tennis Association of Australia
Transfiguration on Hermon and Disciples Question Jesus
Readings on Luke nine verses detail the transfiguration on Hermon with Jesus Elias and Moses appearing. The disciples awaken fear as a cloud overshadows them and a voice commands hear him. Jesus explains Elias has already come in John the Baptist and the event reinforces spiritual, not material, kingdom.
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Jesus
Luke
Peer
James
John
Hermon
Salment
Elias
Moses
Israel
Elijah
Peter
Tabernacles
Matthew
John the Baptist
Herodias
Mark vi
A Plea for Rat Catchers in Plague Times
The American Medical Association journal notes rat catchers, though from the old underworld, may prove useful in modern cities facing a plague threat. Health boards could employ these workers temporarily to ward off an impending epidemic until science resolves rodent problems.
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American Medical Association
Boards of Health and Sanitary Authorities
The True Thanksgiving Poem Selection
A reflective verse exhorts gratitude for humble blessings and divine mercy. It contrasts worldly pride with inner contentment and urges daily thanks from dawn to dusk, ending with a reminder that patience and appreciation yield true happiness.
Player Clocks Luck With Hospital Stay End Amid Season
Substantial recovery hints at a football player remaining hospitalized through the season. Coaches express cautious optimism about full recovery and potential return after the campaign concludes.
Priscilla’s Thanksgiving Poem From Congregationalist Verse
A child narrator counts blessings on Thanksgiving with family, harvest rain blessings, and a hoped arrival of grandmother. The speaker thanks God for grain yields, peace, food, parish worship, and a pumpkin pie, awaiting grandmother’s arrival tonight. The tone reflects 19th century Congregationalist sentiment and home focused gratitude.
Average Sleep Requirements and Health
The article notes that sleep correlates with consciousness and development, with children needing more rest than adults. It states eight hours as the average for full vitality restoration, and warns that less can impair health, while a good night’s sleep aids general health more than tonics.
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Boston
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China
American Press Association
Emanuel Lasker
Berlin
A. IK. Rubinstein
Warsaw
F. J. Marshall
J. Capablanca
Havana
S. Tarrasck
Nuremberg
G. Maroczy
Budapest
C. Schlechter
Vienna
D. Janowski
Paris
R. Spielmann
Munich
Amos Burn
J. Bernstein
Moscow
A. Niemzewitsch
Riga
Dr. M. Vidmar
O. S. Duras
Prague
R. Teichmann
J. M’‘eses
Leipzig
P. S. Leonhardt
Hamburg
International Chess
Heaven
Priscilla
Father
Brother John
God's House of Prayer
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