Count Your Blessings This Thanksgiving Message
A reflective piece urges readers to value what they have and recognize the blessings around them. It contrasts healthy families with those facing hardship and calls on individuals to help lighten the burden of the less fortunate rather than wallow in ingratitude.
Thanksgiving Kindness Through Simple Gestures
The passage urges acts of generosity toward neighbors, especially the poor, suggesting baskets of provisions, biscuits, letters to shut-ins, flowers, or fruit. It emphasizes visiting hospitals, spreading cheer, and enhancing kindness with personal presence, urging gratitude for personal blessings and distributing joy.
Hughes' Request Makes Hughes Remove From Nebraska Ballot
Secretary of State Pool grants Justice Hughes’s request to withdraw his name from Nebraska’s Republican primary ballot for president in 1916. The action follows Hughes’s letter declining the nomination and asking not to be listed, with similar petitions pending for Mayor William Hay Thompson of Chicago. The notice notes the secretary’s authority and hints at possible court adjudication if challenged.
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Doering Chosen Postmaster in Battle Creek Vote
M G Doering was selected postmaster of Battle Creek defeating Charles Zimmerman by 216 to 117 in a congressional primary.
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A Woman's Thankfulness Poem
A poem of gratitude for a devoted partner. The speaker praises a faithful, generous husband who cherishes her, supports her, and brings happiness, comfort, and freedom from illness. She notes shared life, absence of child burdens, and satisfaction with their well balanced days.
My Daddy and Me in Sunday Joy
A child thanks his father for hard work, safety, and play. He recalls being carried on the shoulders, a noisy home, and a loving family that fills Sundays with happiness. The poem praises a daddy who protects, comforts, and shares simple joys, hoping others might have such a father.
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I Am Thankful For Courage And Freedom Of Heart
A block verse expresses gratitude for inner strength, loyal brothers, and freedom. The speaker values courage to pursue honest rewards, avoids vice tainted tribute, and guards compassion and belief in a brighter tomorrow. The tone honors duty, solidarity, and humane conduct.
Thanksgiving Table in Longfellow Letter to Mother
A fragment from Longfellow’s Home November 1828 letter recalls Thanksgiving as a season that stirs memories of home. The wanderer reflects on endearments, blessings, and the social ties renewed by holidays marking year’s end.
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