New Providence Gossip Reports Local Life and Changes
Neighborhood notes from New Providence report social visits and arrivals including Rev Neway likely preaching Sunday, the Madden Reeves marriage soon, travels of Harry Wood to Wisconsin, and a busy week with lectures by John Temple Graves and Wells on missionary work. Local deaths, illnesses, and a winter creamery shutdown are noted alongside minor incidents, a skating scene, and funeral services for William Collins.
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Harry T. Wood
Wisconsin
New Providence
John Temple Graves
Mr. Graves
South
Mrs Vigars Visits Sister in Lawn Hill
Mrs Geo Vigars spent Saturday at her sister Mrs Allie Foster's home in Lawn Hill. Master Enio Cobb stayed with grandparents G H Cobb and wife in Eldora. Mrs J W Miller returned from Toulon Indiana after a pleasant visit. The Cobb child shows improvement after a week under doctor's care. Aid society gathering at Mrs C F Millers last Wednesday was well attended. Next meeting set for December 9 at Miss Minnie Wentworth's home.
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Geo. Vigars
Allie Foster
Lawn Hill
Enio Cobb
Eldora
G H. Cobb
J. W. Miller
Toulon
A. B. Cobb
Aid Society
C. F. Miller
Minnie Wentworth
Rocky Mountain Tea Ad at Ellsworth Drug Co
A vintage ad praises Rocky Mountain Tea as heartwarming and uplifting with a hopeful note for the future. The brief spot quotes the line That’s what Rocky Mountain Tea does and lists the Ellsworth Drug Co as the seller for 35 cents.
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Ellsworth Drug Co
Feasting and Fasting in America a Thanksgiving Reflection
A Brooklyn Eagle column contrasts American eating habits with European and regional diets, noting a growing willingness to celebrate Thanksgiving frequently and a decline in strict fast days. It lampoons national appetite, comparing daily meals at Delmonico’s to subsistence regimes abroad, urging pride yet warning of overindulgence while claiming to feed the world.
The Turk's Soliloquy on Thanksgiving Carnivals
A turkey narrator laments Thanksgiving as a time of killing and roasting. He questions who started it and why turkeys are central to the feast, suggests hiding away by laying up corn, recalls outsmarting hunters, and wishes to escape but muses on potential survival. From The Tur kv Spectator.
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Marthy
Gertrude Jefferson
Sloward Spectator
D. Kauble
Nevada
Dewitt
White House Thanksgiving Turkey Sent From Rhode Island Farm
A long standing Thanksgiving tradition began in 1873 when a 36 pound turkey was sent from Westerly Rhode Island to the White House in a wooden box marked to the President. Each year since, a similar box and turkey arrive, with thanks from the President or his secretary.
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Rhode Island
Westerly
Washington
Yose
Ulysses
Grant
White House
Vose
Boston Herald
Thanksgiving in Porto Rico Observed as Holiday
The New York Post notes Dia de Gracias in Porto Rico with government offices closed half day stores open half day plantations idle and people visiting each other. Some indulge in dances or cockfights while embracing the day with gusto similar to Cuatro de Juarez despite no official endorsement of the event.
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Porto Rico
Our Republic
New York Post
Bargain Day at The Herald Offers Subscriptions Half Price
The Eldora Iowa Herald announces a December bargain offering one year of The Herald for 1.00 if paid ahead by December 25 1903. The deal runs through December 25 with free delivery until then and credits for new subscribers. Top student recruits earn clothing or dress patterns as prizes, with guards for postmasters in the county to collect payments.
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The
Herald
Hardin County
the Herald
Eldora
Iowa
Boynan & Sarow
$2 More Than Half Fare Announcement
Tickets at two dollars for travel via the Chicago Great Western to Arkansas Colorado Kansas Louisiana Missouri New Mexico Oklahoma and Texas will be sold December 1 and 15, 1903 and January 6 and 31, 1904. Further details may be obtained from any Great Western agent or J. P. Elmer GPA Chicago.
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Chicago
Great Western Raiway
Arkansas
Colorado
Kansas
Louisiana
Missouri
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Texas
Great Western
J. P. Elmer
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe R’y
Christmas Holiday Round Trip Tickets Sold by Nickel Plate
Tickets offered for the Christmas and New Year period at one and one third the fare for round trips within 1650 miles. Valid Dec 24 25 31 1903 and Jan 1 1904 with return by Jan 4 1904. Through service to New York City and Boston with other eastern points. Extra fare on any train. Nickel Plate road Chicago depot LaSalle and Van Buren. City ticket offices 111 Adams Street and Auditorium annex. Central 2057.
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New York City
Boston
Nickel Plate Road
Chicago Depot
LaSalle and
van Buren Sts
Chicago
City
Adams Street
Auditorium Annex
Central
Hardin County youths urged to claim free clothing and patterns
Hardin County youngsters who plan to compete for free suits and dress patterns offered by The Herald will receive full help from HertD USA if they call at the office. The notice invites both girls and boys to participate and obtain the apparel through the program.
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Hardin County
Herald
USA
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