30 Nov 1900
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Newspaper
Washington Washington Gazette
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1900
Page
1
A hungry trio in a desert shack befriends a weary tramp named Harry who helps Aggie and Elsie. He finds milk, bread, and doughboys, cooks a Thanksgiving meal, soothes the crying children, and awaits their father’s return while sharing stories and prayers.
A weary man rushes in seeking his children as Harry tends them. The father recounts missing a train by seconds, walking 50 miles back to his family, grateful for Harry’s aid. The scene shifts to reflections on gratitude, giving, and the turkey’s symbolic role in Thanksgiving as a grand American holiday born in Plymouth in 1620.
Harry Benton, spoiled and aimless after college, seeks easy life but finds hardship on a western ranch. Rebuffed by friends, he wanders desolate plains on Thanksgiving Day and meets a frightened child crying for her father, softening his bitter mood.
Master printer Ed S. Ralph praises foreman Lisle Morehouse for his work from July 1899 through November 1900. Notes include design quality on blotter covers, superior county envelope sets, neat covers and envelopes, artistic Crone cover, and improved re sets and letterhead.
A verbose examination blends Thanksgiving lore with a fondness for roast turkey and football. It contrasts the turkey’s magnetic pull from youth memories to the festive plum pudding analogue, then pivots to a statistical digression on global merchant ships, detailing vessel counts and tonnages by major nations and noting steam versus sailing tonnage in the British and U.S. fleets.
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