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Newspaper

Rock Valley Bee

Location

Rock Valley, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Nov 22, 1929

Page

8

Thanksgiving Prayer Note From a Turbulent Year

A fragmented verse reflects gratitude for country health and nature with odd phrasing and stray words. The lines mention God flowers and strength while odd spellings suggest garbled OCR from a Thanksgiving themed item. No clear event or date is identifiable.

Thanksgiving reflections on nature and gratitude texts

A prose excerpt from the Southers Cultivator and Farming extols Thanksgiving as gratitude for divine favors and nature's bounty. It argues daily thanksgiving for sun and rain, farms, minerals, and life, noting human wanderings have marred paradise.

Earth

The Prayer Perfect Dear Lord

A short, earnest devotion seeking divine mercy and relief from weariness for loved ones. The speaker prays for release from pain, comfort for the sorrowing, and renewed joy, invoking gratitude as a vast treasure of contentment.

James Whitcomb Riley

Giblet Gravy Survives as Pilgrim Feast Legend

A Farm and Fireside review recalls the first Thanksgiving and its famous giblet gravy. It notes earlier New England dinners featured deer, large turkeys, scarce sugar, corn bread, and shared cups, with no forks, napkins, or plates. The gravy, made from giblets and neck boiled with butter and flour, became a staple in later kitchens.

New England Treichers Jacob Thompson I Nierior James Buchanan

Thanksgiving Poem Reflects Rural Prosperity and Rest

A poem recalling winter plans and springtime renewal, noting peaceful farmland abundance. It laments harvest losses from the Gerds and sorghum shocks, yet ends with gratitude, rest after labor, and thanks for good harvest and peace. Attributions include Alfes Kurt Gusling.

Alfes Kurt Gusling

Thanks for Our Heritage Orations on Civilization

Obto Farmer reflects on self credit versus collective effort. He argues most owe debts to society, civilization, and religious influences for America's benefits, noting many fail to recognize how they are shaped by others and history. The piece urges humility and gratitude for communal progress.

Sutistri America

Great Turkey Parade in Cuero Texas Featured Turkeys Shipments

A grand Thanksgiving parade in Cuero Texas showcases a massive turnout of turkeys, with 100 to 20,000 or more birds marching through the town’s principal streets. The procession leads to packing plants where birds are prepared for shipment to northern markets.

Cuero Texas

Theodore Roosevelt on Duty to Fellow Men

The quotation urges gratitude for prosperity and calls on individuals to serve others. It emphasizes through deeds that true homage to the Almighty comes from the heart and lips, urging outward duty and uplift in intellectual and spiritual effort.

Theodore Roosevelt

Nation Expresses Gratitude and Peaceful Prosperity

The piece extols the United States as a peaceful, prosperous nation with abundant charity and loyalty. It highlights national institutions, shared ideals, and the season's seasonable gratitude while noting past disasters met with sympathy and aid.

United States Heart of

How to Live Longer Public Health Advice in Pennsylvania

Director of Public Health Education warns against stigma around contagious disease. A resident fined fifty dollars for removing a Scarlet fever quarantine sign from his home. The piece emphasizes disease does not discriminate and quarantine serves the greater good for public health.

State of Pennsylvania

Vibrating machines for health urge sensible use and caution

In 1929 a Western Newspaper Duluth column discusses electrical vibrating machines as health aids. It warns they can help those with heart or endurance issues but urges common sense, medical guidance, and not to overuse. It stresses real exercise and fresh air remain essential, with vibrators only under physician orders and in moderation.

Dulon

Great Estates in Scotland Gadgirth Estate History

Gadgirth in Ayrshire one of Scotland’s oldest estates, home to the Chalmers family and later connected to Doctor Chalmers. Historical notes cite royal land holdings from 1359 and links to Reginald Us Camera and Robert the Bruce era charters. The site housed a strong first castle and a later mansion, with John Knox and Mary Queen of Scots associated with it. The estate spans around 410 acres and includes three farms.

Scotland Gadgirth Ayrshire Ayr Chalmers Doctor Chalmers Robertson Reginald Bannockburn Robert the Bruce Monarer John Knox Queen Mary of Scots Langside

Castoria: trusted remedy for infant fussiness and sleep

Advertises Castoria as a safe vegetable remedy for babies with fretfulness feverishness colic constipation or diarrhea. Promotes regular use with prompt relief and cautions to see a physician if relief does not occur. Claims authenticity by the Chas HL Fletcher signature on the wrapper.

Chas. HL Fletcher

Girl Fights Big Handicap to Find Health and Confidence

Milwaukee resident Norma Russel Jones recalls her struggle with restlessness and sleepless nights in college resolved by Nujol. Two weeks of use cleared poisons, revived her skin, and led to an active life. she credits Nujol with making her brighter and happier. Она remains a testimonial urging readers to try the product for regularity and well being.

Norma Russel Jones Cramer Street Milwaukee Wisconsin Freda Nujol

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