25 Nov 1891
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Newspaper
Wooster Republican
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1891
Page
1
The piece muses on Thanksgiving preparations and the irony of fattening a turkey for commerce and gratitude. It imagines a gobbler contemplating his fate, longing for wild roosts and a life free from the butcher, while the farm hums with autumn scenes and seasonal rituals.
In a New England village a minister with seven daughters tends a harvest while poverty shadows Walter De Witt, a hopeful suitor to Nubbins Preston. After fourteen years apart due to memory loss from injuries, Walter returns and learns Nubbins has become a dignified, married woman. He asks for renewal of vows and is accepted as her husband on Thanksgiving Day, completing a tale of patience, faith, and reunion.
Winkle asks about the Thanksgiving tea and Nodd replies they enjoyed it after dinner since they were not hungry. Circumstances Alter Cases shows Baggs's lukewarm reaction to the minister's sermon while Griggs notes the size of the turkey his parishioners gave him.
Thanksgiving thoughts praise the Pilgrims land and the 1862 national holiday proclaimed for the fourth Thursday in November. Gratitude is framed as America’s unique religious festival born from the heart and law of the nation, linking gratitude with blessings.
A dim scene at a large room shows benches and a platform with a desk and organ. A bushy whiskered man escorts a group of armed guards as a bell signals a mass entry. A hymn begins as women and men take seats in orderly lines amid restrained atmosphere.
A warden praises discipline at the prison and pardons James Wharton, restoring his rights and reuniting him with family. The scene ends with the wardens and inmates reacting as the organ plays and the crowd applauds. Separately the Episcopal congress closes a debate on Personal Religion stressing inner union with God and emotional faith.
Nov 21 report states Rev C Kinloch Nelson elected bishop of the Episcopal church of Georgia and to be consecrated January 25 at St Luke's cathedral in Atlanta. Separate note describes a new thornless blackberry Rubus Millspaugh found in Randolph county West Virginia by Millspaugh and confirmed by Britt of New York.
The Shenandoah has won the race from San Francisco to Havre France, finishing with a 5 000 ton wheat cargo the largest yet carried by a single ship. The rival Strathearn S D Carleton and Balkomoh trailed as Havre became the finish port for the fleet.
Boston November 21 Democratic congressmen from New England met to discuss the next house speakership. The party showed much opposition to Mills but reached an understanding and adjourned to reconvene before Thanksgiving.
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