Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-11-16
THANKSGIVING Dan Named.

The president issued the following
Thanksgiving proclamation:
"A national custom dear to the
hearts of the people calls for the set
ting apart of one day in each year as
an occasion Of special thanksgiving TO
God for the blessings Of the
preceding year. This honored OBJ
servance acquires with time tender
er significance. II enriches domestic
life. 1t summons under the family
roof the absent children to glad re-
union with those they 1--we.
"Seldom has this nation had great
er cause for profound thanksgiving.
No great pestiIence has invaded our
shores. Liberal employment waits
upon labor. Abundant crops have re-
warded the efforts Of The husband
man. Increased comforts have come
to the home. The national finances
have been strengthened and public
credit has been sustained and made
iirmer In all branches Of industry
and trade there has been an unequal
led degree of prosperity. while there
has been steady gain ia the moral
and educational growth of our nation
al character. Churches and schools
have ilourished. American patriot
ism has been exalted. Those en-
gagged in maintaining The honor of
the dag with such signal success have
been in large degree spared from
disaster and disease. An honorable
peace has been ratified with foreign
nation with which we were at war,
and we are now in friendly relations
with every Power on earth.
"The trust which we have assumed
for the people Of Cuba has been faith
fully advanced. There has been
marked progress toward the restora-
ton of healthy industrial conditions,
and under wise sanitary regulations
the island has enjoyed unusual ex-
emption from the scourge of fever.
The hurricane which swept over our
new possession of Porto Rico, destroy
ing the homes and property of the in
habitants, called forth the instant
sympathy of the people OF the United
States, who were swift to respond
with generous aid to the sufferers.
While the insurrection still continues
in the Island of Luzon, business is re-
Stunning its activity, and confidence in
the good purposes of the United States
is being rapidly established through
out the archipelago
"tor these reasons and countless
others ], William Mckinley, President
OF the United States, do hereby name
Thursday, the 30th day of November
next, as a day of general thank giving
and prayer, to be observed as such
by all our people on this continent
and in our newly acquired islanus, as
well as those who may be at sea or
sojourning in foreign lands; and |
advise that on this day religious ex-
ercises shall be conducted in the
churches or meeting places of all
denominations, in order that in the
social features of the day its real
significance may not be lost sight Of,
but fervent prayers may be offered
to the Most High for a continuance of
the Divine guidance, without which
mans efforts are vain, and for Divine
consolation to those whose kindred
and friends have sacrili ced their lives
for our country.
81 recommend also that on this
day, so far as may be found practice
able, labor shall cease from its ac-
customed toll, and charity abound
toward the sick, the needy and the
poor.
''In witness whereof have set my
hand and caused the seal Of the United
States to be affixed VIM. M'KINLEY.