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Newspaper
Yakima Herald
Location
Yakima, Washington, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1899
Page
4
A humorous lesson explains proper turkey carving from seating the carver to slicing the breast and dark meat. It notes the need for a well cooked bird and steady hands, advising guests to stay calm if the bird skates across the platter and detailing specific cuts and serving order.
The article recounts historical Thanksgiving milestones from 1633 to 1863, noting early proclamations and annual modern practice. It includes cooking guidance for carving beef veal and mutton and mentions satirical and dramatic camp life scenes about Thanksgiving fare and a Sioux battle recollection featuring Lieutenant Colonel Henry and his Black troopers.
A fragmented doggerel voice laments a doomed Thanksgiving as a turkey narrator reflects on scarcity and the looming feast. The piece hints at past generations and a grim fate for the speaker with references to a cook and a hollow table. It preserves a rural, somber mood.
A Civil War veteran recalls Thanksgiving in camps, noting the contrast with home, scarce mail or boxes from home, and how soldiers improvised celebrations. He describes holiday amusements, loose discipline, impromptu tableaux, singing, and the muddy, unshaven conditions that marked those days in Virginia.
A Washington Star item notes a programme of Thanksgiving events featuring glad array poetry The poem titled fecond text celebrates the holiday with turkey and mince pie while warning of the ensuing billousness the next day
A Seattle Times reader recounts two stories of bold risk. A mysterious American bluff buys a hotel in Nice and toppled a German rival. Separately, General Henry leads a cavalcade ~80 miles to relieve the besieged Seventh Cavalry, earning the Medal of Honor for gallantry.
General Guy V. Henry, famed for cavalry leadership, earned the Medal of Honor at Cold Harbor after multiple charges. He survived severe wounds, rode another horse, and continued the assault, later fighting Apaches in the 1870s and earning a reputation as a fearless, picturesque officer.
The article notes that the Boer vrouw is rarely attractive with age. It contrasts fresh-looking girls with aging women who become either very fat or thin, claiming that the aged Boer vrouw often ranks as utterly ugly.
The piece lists upcoming men’s apparel trends with bold up down stripes and crowns or fleurs de lis. It notes new collars Wan Wing Fabori and high turn downs, four in hands and butterfly ties, striped socks and light suede gloves, with dark tan kids skins favored.
New York police disclose a Beggars' Trust controlling many city panhandlers. It owns a Brooklyn house with props and supplies, collects a cut of earnings, fixes labor hours and districts, and maintains a list of charitable donors. Wealthy members live in upscale flats and attend the opera, some riding in carriages.
More cases of consumption appear among needle makers and filemakers than any other class of laborers.
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