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Newspaper
Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1895
Page
6
In a Demorest's Magazine poem by Charles L. Hildreth, gray skies brood over a farmhouse scene. Family, returning soldiers, children, and harvest abundance gather to share the hospitable hearth as memory and time slow the moment.
In Browneville Miss Mehetabel Brown, long lonely after family departures, opens her home to destitute children of Mrs Ellis’s daughter. A grand feast unfolds as pastor and neighbors gather, transforming a quiet house into a bustling haven, fulfilling a biblical promise while easing Mehetabel’s isolation.
The piece extols Thanksgiving as a talismanic reminder of home for Americans. It links the festival to family bonds, memories of parents and siblings, and the personal sense of place wherever one is in the world. The Watchman reflects on home as a universal anchor of love, gratitude, and cherished experiences.
Mr. Newsome the carver asks Miss Clifley for a share of the meal. She replies politely that a smaller portion would be preferred at the moment, in a humorous exchange from the Texas Siftings column.
Verses praise blessings and a spirit of growth amid sorrow and hardship. The author notes hunger loneliness and loss yet finds a brighter harvest in the soul the harvest of the heart. Published in Youth's Companion and Utica Herald reflections on Thanksgiving.
A November 23 blaze swept through a seven story building housing Stein & Co. garter works and other tenants in Chicago. Four Engine Company No. 2 firefighters died when floors collapsed burying them as a dozen workers were injured. The loss to the building and occupants nears $1,000,000 with Stein & Co. the heaviest single loser. Patrick J. O'Donnell, Thomas J. Prendergast, Martin Sherrock, and John Downs perished. Kate Landgraff also died from injuries. Captain Lewis Fiene escaped death by clinging to a wall. The fire began on the fourth floor at 9:15 am and damaged 47 firms in the block.
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