Long Sermons and Long Faces on Thanksgiving History
The article analyzes Thanksgiving’s origins contrasting the 1621 Plymouth harvest festival with later observed Thanksgivings. It notes early celebrations lacked religious significance, lasted a week, and were not called Thanksgiving. From post revolution era to the War of 1812, observances were irregular, often tied to special blessings and harvests, with legal observance lingering for over six decades.
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Plymouth
New England
Commonwealth
Thanksgiving Across Ages and Cultures From Harvest Festivals
The piece argues that true gratitude transcends material wealth and surveys ancient harvest celebrations. It traces Thanksgiving roots to Jewish, Greek, and Roman rites, noting sacred prayers, feasting, and communal joy, while reminding that fast days preceded this feast. It concludes by linking Thanksgiving to patriotism and democracy beyond mere materialism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Demeter
Rotans
Ceresia
Ceres
All Can Be Thankful This Thanksgiving Spirit
A nostalgic reflection on gratitude for private blessings of immunity safety liberty and integrity. The piece cites Jeremy Taylor and urges families to recall and be morally improved by what they are thankful for at the moment.
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Jeremy Taylor
Turkey Heist in Sandtown and a Panama Voyage
In Sandtown, Noah Wamskittle schemes to boost turkey prices by burning his neighbor Bill Legge, who lures him into the woods and returns with all Noah’s birds missing. Separately, President Roosevelt plans a Panama trip after Panama, Porto Rico, and Caribbean legations, with naval support and wireless links to govern work and speeches.
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Noah Wamskittle
Sandtown
Deacon Vanderlasser
Deacon Vandertassel
Bill Legge
Noah
Bill Lee Go
Ipton
United States
Roosevelt
Panama
Hawasu
San Francisco
Hampton Roada
Europe
New York
Colon
Porto Rico
Congress
American Commission
Rio de Janeiro
Hampton Roads
Louisiana
Washington
Tennessee
Au Courant
America
Navy
Charleston
Key West
Caribbean
Guantanamo
Riad
Boonevall
Canal Commission
Herbert Squiers
Root
Taft
Mr Roosevelt
The Festival of Home and Thanksgiving Reflections
The article extols Thanksgiving as a religiously rooted yet universal festival of home. It links the day to home ties, memories, and the passage of years, urging readers to find rest and renewal in hearth and kin, for both those near and far from home.
Agricultural experts will not probe babies
A report says the agricultural department may study heredity and environment in human development, focusing on blindness and deafness, to assess if marriage limits for defectives are warranted. The committee on eugenics, led by W. N. Hays and with Bell, Jordan, Woodruff, Henderson, Ward, and Gilbert, will report at the Breeders association meeting in Columbus, Ohio, January 16–18.
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Agricultural Department
W. N. Hays
Agri Wire
American Breeders ® Association
Breeders’ Association
Columbus
Hays
Agriculture Department
Committee On Eugenics
Alexander Graham Bell
Washington
C. E Ward
New York
Rev
J. E. Gilbert
Fingerprint system brands convict soldier for British murderer
A Fort Leavenworth prisoner serving a five year term for a military crime resisted fingerprinting as the army adopted a universal ID system. The attempt revealed the prisoner was a British murderer pursued by Scotland Yard. authorities faced resistance during the record collection.
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United States Army
War Department
Fort Leavenworth
Scotland Yard
United States Penitentiary
Back Stamps on Letters Face Postal Disfavor
Business leaders nationwide oppose plans to discontinue back stamping of mail in major cities including Los Angeles, Kansas City, St Paul, Detroit, and Washington. They argue back stamps reveal receipt time, acting as a check on mail delivery and holding the Postmaster General accountable for delays.
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Los Angeles
Kansas City
Napolis St. Paul
Detroit
Washington
Owen
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Amdros
Bill
Nosh
Department of Agriculture
Festival OF Home
Reeser
Bert
Pest
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