Minnesota land sale along the Minnesota and St Louis line
Advertises farm lands in Lac Qui Parle County Minnesota at a cheap home seekers rate with sales on Tuesdays March 1 and 16 and April 6 and 20. Describes crop concerns about wheat less than 20 bushels per acre and other cereals including corn. For rates and details contact M and St L Railway agents or mail A U Cunts G RPo RA AL L R.R. Minneapolis Minnesota.
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Bes
Minneapolis & St Louis R. RB
Madison
Pawson
Lac Qui Tarle
Minnesota
Yourssif
M.&st L
Rpo& RA
Minneapolis, Minn
First Thanksgiving Recalls 1630 Proclamation and Foxing of a National Holiday
The article traces America's first Thanksgiving in 1630 under Gov. John Winthrop of Massachusetts Bay and subsequent proclamations in New York and Virginia. It notes the shift from a fast to a feast, Harvard's push for a fixed date, and the spread of Thanksgiving through the colonies and into other regions and nations. It highlights early conflicts, regional adoption, and notable milestones through the 18th and 19th centuries.
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John Winthrop
Massachusetts
England
Massachusetts Bay
New England
Winthrop
Charlestown
America
Gov. Kraft
Nieuw
Forbes
Fort Duquesne
Allegheny
Monongahela
Fort Pitt
Cleus
City of
Pit
New Hampshire
Harvard College
Harvard
South
Virginia
One Johns
Mason 2Nd Dixon
Gov. Johns
Virgiia
Washing
Newland
Jng
Gov. Wise
Wise
Het
Dixie
Gati
Beromt
Western
London
Paris
Berlin
Romeo
Uncle Sam
William Astor Chanler
Africa
Washington
Climton
Souias Republic
Thanksgiving customs and gas illumination in early America
The piece notes December 25 and evacuation day tied to a festival in New York, recalls 1816 Thanksgiving when gas illumination occurred in Philadelphia under Dr Kugler, and mentions Lookout Mountain battle in 1863. It also describes Connecticut’s tradition of Thanksgiving barrel burning with youths gathering barrels, piling them, and dancing around the bonfire.
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New York
Philadelphia
Kugler
Lookout Mountain
United States
Connecticut
Sheriff Seeks Thanksgiving Cheer With Hanging Plan
An exchange with a gray haired, cadaverous prisoner reveals a sheriff's plan to entertain inmates on Thanksgiving. The scheme involves a hanging show as morale booster, with the prisoner Joe resisting while the sheriff presses ahead and teases a dramatic townwide reception.
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Joe
Tom
Tom Smith
Walt
Sherif
Army statistics and reforms in General Corbin report
General Corbin presents a statistical view of the United States Army, covering regular and volunteer forces, strength figures, and legislation. He notes regular army growth, volunteer organization details, total strength at peak, and casualties across campaigns including Santiago, Cuba. Porto Rico, and the Philippines. and discusses enlistment rules and proposed changes.
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United States Army
Wasuinaron
Corbin
Secretary of War
United States
Volunteer Army
Santiago
Porte Rico
Plniipiines
Cuba
Porto Rico
Philippines
Marchand Fashoda Expedition Heads by Sobat Route
Reports from November 13 note Major Marchand leader of the French Fashoda expedition has left with Captain Baratier carrying dispatches to Paris. The force will retire southwest of Fashoda along the Sobat junction with the White Nile and then move overland to Jibatil, the French post in the Besa district on the Gulf of Aden coast.
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Sobat
Carro
Marchand
Fashoda
Baratier
Paris
Subat
White Nile
Jibatil
Besa District
Gulf of Aden
Literary Notes and New Books in November
The column surveys recent releases by Century Co and Scribner's Sons including Reginald Birch illustrations for Miss Virginia Woodward Cloud and Octave Hanet's The Heart of Toil. It reviews Two Siddicut Boys by J T Trowbridge, Mrs Crowninshield's Atlantic sketch, Marco Polo stories, and Alaska policy in the November Atlantic with commentary by David Starr Jordan.
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Durley Lane
Reginald Birch
Virginia Woodward Cloud
Press of the Century Co
New York
Charles Scribner’s Sons
Iowa
Octave ‘Hanet
A. B. Frost
C.S. Reinhart
Johnny
J. T. Trowbridge
Century Company
Mr. Trowbridge
Chidren
Gliff Chantry
Quint Whistler
W. A. Rogers
Ladies’ Home Journal
S.T. Forer
Mareg Pala A
Brooks
Polo
Noah Brooks
Marco Polo
Atlantic
David Starr Jordan
Alaska
Jordan
Red Rock
Thomas Nelson Page
Charles Scribner's Sons
Mr. Page
South
Mr.Page
Marie Chan
The
Burlington Free Press
Ur. West Giicdiast
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Geo Yeager
First National Bank B’id
Colorado
Ake the
Eagan
Caltia
Jabome
Bexas
Addres
John Segast
Chicago
Gv. A
Gaieace, Mulwaukee
Ste Past
Des Moines
Boone Jefferson
Centrallows
Tittemove, G. Pla
Lena
Aachive
Hanksen
Darky
Hell
Adjutant General's Report
Maprto
Spain
Gektix
Elested 2
Greece
Trieste
Austria
Prince Gemge
Crete
Dis Morais
EL Fader
Endinavia
Bader
Stan Burs
Fay Jews
Jay Harvesters
M. G. Shain
Lolirville
Froc, Tuonss G. Dnvic & Co. Solicitors
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