The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-11-23
THE DAY OF Il
THANKS.
Thanksgiving Day Will be
deliberately Observed. 4! >.

day on which n grateful nation from pull.
pit and pow, homo AMI 1resdo will retu n
heartfelt thanks to Almighty Col for In.
Vulnerable blessings Of the year Tie
| glorius triumph of American arm pros
rerity rs q nation; the abundanc, of tho
protection AMI guidance OF the Almighty.
are few of tho blessings that America has
received for which the PEOPLE Of tho nation
will Lour out their hearts In grateful
praise to the God of nations. ~.
Wilmington will notforget Its benefits.
In almost every church there will DO aer.
vice. The Christian Endcavor Union has
arranged for prayer servc, in West
Presbyterian Church betweon ana
O'Clock, which will DO led by u. II. S!o-
comb. Professor J. T. Clymsr will con-
! duct the singing ,xeSs
At Shiloh Baptist Church Mt 10. 80 O clock
I Rev Walter Castoll will preach. At tho
same hour AZ Plymouth A. NJ Il Oh urch
Rev. q. l. Jefferson will proaoh. Tho scr.
mon ut Eighth Street Blptiss Church will
| be preached by Rev. j. W. W. Cox. Rev.
| MI, Philips will preach at the mission over
| Eleventh street bridge.
The Baptist Churches will hold their
union service IN the North Baptist church
on Lincoln street near Delaware avenue.
The services bsgius Mt 1879 o'clock. The
sermon will bs preached by Rsv. q. G.
Buudiugton on tho theme " A Groat Peo.
pie Who Were Required to Live Up t,
Their Greatness"
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church comm ,ncng at 10 o'clock, Willie
initial In character. Ths first time in
the history of ST. Stephens has arranged
for Thanksgiving Day. This service will
last no longer than one hour. =,
The Epworth League OF Grace Church ia
receiving donations for the purpose of fur
nishing Thanksgiving dinners to pocr
families.
AT Rodney Church, tho congregation e
St. Lukes Reformed Episcopal Church,
will worship with tho Presby terrain con-
gregation.
The service at Emmanuel Church will
begin at 30 o'clock.
East Lake Church will hold sunriss
service ut i 80 clock.
SoHhiui ShuICu Will worship at Az ~
o'clock.
There will DO a special service In Hnr-
rison street church. In the afternoon there
will be a testimony and praise meeting In
charge Of the pastor. In the evening there
will be n Jug breaking for tho purpose Of
creating II sinking fund. There will he
special!music aud Mrs Fitch OF Philade.
phia will sing, District Attorney Lewis
G. Vnndogrift and Assistant City Solicitor
Mcdford H. Cahoon will make addresses.
BUSINESS WILL be SUSPENDED. Il
Business will be suspended during the
day. The feloral, state ana city Offices
will be closed with the exception of the
post office, which will be op2n but part of
tho day. Tharo will bs uGh amusemei t
however. In the morning the High s. hool
and Villa Nova will play an interests g
game of foot ball and In tho afternoon
there will be another interesting game b.
tween Warren and Nassau. Both tie
Opera House and Wonderland Thsat .
will give matinces in the afternoon ind
performances in tho evening. and the tt-
fractions which will be presented will lie
presented will be better than for several
years. .sak
DAY Will. BE COLD.
1t will be cold Thankss giving Day. The
first effects OF tho cold wave which was
announced Monday arc expected to be felt
this afternoon. Thanksgiving Day Off.
Gals say will be clear with a freezing tenn.
perature accompanied by snow furrles,'
and the cold wave will probably cen ;iuus
,hroushout the week 80
TIE DINNER OF THE DAY 4
Tho approach OF Thanksgiving Day With
Its gastron homie suggestions aud its ;plb-
tiz'ug memo!is, today sont current Il
life and activity through the street mar
kcts.
Tempting heaps Of golden fruit roarod
themselves high in tho air. hugs piles OF
fresh smelling vegetables hid tho stalls.
and the scent and the sight of the douiz al
OF the mir, aud. sea wero on al sides.
The faint and pleasant olo" OF co.ery
fresh from tho earth aud OF green paysely
came gently to the nostrils Of the marlsot-
or, whD as he glanced ut the crimson cram
berres and listened to tho boys calling Mt
tention to thor stock of chostnuts. know
that these things wers the natural accom-
paaiments Of turkey and that Thanks
giving was at hand.
Tho mujc5!ic turkey, who name Is SO
unhlterably connected with Thanksgiving.
as ho hung with CORY head in many mar-
ket stalls was without rival. Easily
~ nj, In fO\ nj
time, dressed or undrsssed no was sur-
rounded constantly by almires and was
purchased in great numbers. Many DO.
fore the market closed wcra entirely bo-
reft Of their turkeys u nj supple, Wefe
generally decreased. The turkey this son.
Sun has rcachol Wilmington In great
numbers. Tn, greater number OF Course
comes from the west, bat several thousand
have boon raised in this state anl it IL
these that everybody wants. :,
Turk ays soil for from IL to 15c n pound,
dressed, which /, II few cents better than
last yoar on tho salno day, whoa thoy we're
sold as low as /! cts II Id.
Some OF the p"itos quoted in tho market
were: Apples, % to 80 cents peck; prime
10 cent, II quart; apIicots 10 and 20 cents
pound; prules 10 to IL cents pound. Ca
taWba grapes Is cents Il basket. orangsao
to 50 cents dozen; leir ons rs to 80 cents
a dozen; Concord grapes ID to % o2ntSa
basket, Malaga grapes % 70 80 censs
basket ssA
OBSERVANCE by THE SCHOOLS.
To- day the public schools observed the
holiday. Ineyery institution the rcadihgs
of the proclamation, Of the President o.
tue United States and the governor OF Dol.
aware was followed by tho story OF tho
first New England Thanksgiving, music
and recitatlons.
At Friends school tho exercises wore pais
ticularly impressive. Row. Alexander Il.
Bowscn addressed the High S,h2oi OK
ercses.
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