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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1901
Page
6
A Chicago Ferald column by John R. Rathom urges charity to the hungry and homeless. The poem pleads to feed God's sparrows, welcome the heir of the slums, and comfort widows and children with open doors and joyful giving. It emphasizes peaceful aid over cruelty and frames charity as a virtue shared by all.
In Elmville a Sunday meeting reveals a scandal over Rev Wesley Norwood’s pay of 51.75 for six months. Parish groups secretly raise his salary to 800 a year after a week of quiet collecting and a shared Thanksgiving feast. A village effort ends with reconciliation and renewed faith.
A Chicago Daily News line cites a remark about smoking tobacco until Thanksgiving, followed by a blunt statement about being “worth killing” afterward, reflecting sharp wartime or postwar social humor.
The Boston Transcript credits Mrs. Sarah Josepha Hale, a Boston editor and pioneer woman author, with securing a definite annual Thanksgiving observance. Over twenty years she campaigned by contacting state governors and U S presidents, and Lincoln finally adopted her idea in 1864 as the Union was restored.
A Baptist Union editorial urges ministers to avoid choosing Lamentations for Thanksgiving sermons. It argues a day of thanks should be filled with glad carols and psalms of praise, reserving mourning for other public occasions and times to address social wrongs.
Paraphrase of a Matthew Henry reflection urging gratitude for divine benefits. Emphasizes that forgetting God’s favors is unjust and unkind, noting all favors are memorable and should be acknowledged.
Uncle Eben remarks that gratitude can exist even without a neighbor’s turkey. He says he will be thankful anyway and refuses to dwell on any envy or complaint about others' holiday bounty.
A compact poetry collection excerpt featuring Ye Thanksgiving Bells and Verses of gratitude. Includes Hezekiah Butterworth and Grace Duffie Boylan pieces with imagery of harvests, old village scenes, and reflective Thanksgiving themes across multiple voices.
A Chicago Record verse humorously contrasts a bird of beauty with the plain turkey. The speaker rhapsodizes about a dull brown bird stuffed and served on a platter, declaring the turkey hits his sentimental spot despite lacking grace or melody.
A poem by William Brunton in the Springfield Republican links Thanksgiving to springtime renewal and youth, praising the season's radiance. A child named Saget Hall Stevens from St Nicholas adds a short verse about Thanksgiving turkey enduring any weather and remaining a favorite.
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