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Newspaper
Williston Graphic
Location
Williston, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Nov 27, 1913
Page
9
A humorous verse praises the reliable Thanksgiving girl as the ideal partner who can cook a complete turkey dinner and charm children, contrasting seasonal maidens with a kitchen capable charmer and ending with a blessing for Nellie, the Thanksgiving girl.
A reflective Thanksgiving piece mixes a prayer of gratitude for life and endurance with lines of sorrow and loss. It contrasts blessing and hardship, urging humility and service while acknowledging pain and the hope of peace and home. The text also includes a satirical interlude referencing a cheerful mourner, a news snippet, and a Puck magazine parody.
Two chefs, Ane jurd at Waldorf and Auguste Bisson of Hotel Astor, detail methods for turkey prep. They describe soaking bread in milk with chopped onions parsley eggs and seasonings, adding lard for color, and alternate fancy methods with truffed meat and Madeira. The piece contrasts traditional and upscale approaches, noting American housewives often know best.
The essay by REV. DR. N. D. HILLIS describes Thanksgiving as the home heart of the nation, a day for youth and families to reunite, dream, and kindle affection. It stresses that Thanksgiving is uniquely American, founded to honor the home as a core national institution, without foreign tradition or hero.
Job Tanner faces family opposition over a Thanksgiving feast and his plan to marry Mary Clemens. Mary reveals she loves him, declines Abigail Skinner's help, and Job finally declares lifelong love, planning a real Thanksgiving with Mary as wife.
A short notice announces The Thanksgiving Turkey by C Dodge as a published piece. The item hints at the author’s earlier attempts to break through with a Thanksgiving themed work, suggesting ongoing efforts and public interest.
Vain regrets over choosing the eagle as national bird fuel talk of a fresh vote. The text argues the barnyard turkey should win, blending patriotism with ecological common sense. It frames this as a shift from past to modern values and calls for reconsideration of national symbolism.
A humorous essay notes turkeys are expensive and scarce for some families during Thanksgiving. It suggests alternatives like beefsteak or chops, urging readers to stay cheerful and not let the absence of turkey spoil the holiday. The piece questions why turkey became linked to the holiday and concludes the festival endures with or without the bird.
A devotional verse thanking God for love that makes us sons of God and for sorrow, patience, courage, sacrifice, and peace. It lists burdens and trials as paths toward spiritual breadth and calm, acknowledging life and death with gratitude to the Lord.
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