Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1899-11-30
THE DAY OF THANKS
How it VIII be Observed ia the
City Of Newport News.
UNION RELIGIOUS MEETING
Services Of the Lu, h .rAu Church Football
Gsmcs and ,Io Fxcurtion. Iarty Of
Fox Buurers. Dinners aud
Entertainments.
UNION RELIGIOUS MEETING

Thanksgiving Day Will be apprnpri-
atcy Observed in Newport News, us IS
always the case The people Of this
city have particular reason to be
thankful for the general prosperity
which has attended them in business.
Tho Custom House and all public o.
fees will be closed during the day The
post Office will observe Sunday hours.
All ct the schools ha:e given holiday
until Monday. Many of the merchants
will give the whole day, but a major
ity OF them Will give half a day holt
day.
This morning at 1880 o'clock union
services will be held at Trinity I.uti-
eran church, on Twenty-scventh street,
Tne sermon will be preached by Rev.
Arnold Hall. the eloquent young pas
tor OF Second Presbyterian church. ! I
is expected that these services will be.
We'll attended.
From 10 to 10 o'clock this morning.
the Dorcas Circle Of Kings Daughters
Will meet at Washington Avenue
Methodist church TO receive Thanks
giving donations for the poor. TEc
people Of the city have always been
exceedingly generous in this respect.
and it is expected that this donation
party will be the largest ever held by
the. circle
The Christian Workers. of 21O Tween
tS-eignth street, are making great
preparations for their Thanksgiving
home or not able to afford 4 dinner.
They expect TO dine from to > O'clock
The Workers furnish tn, dinners them
selves. being helped only by their i'm
mediate friends. The aim is to heln
spiritually and temporarily the stranger
nd N,.S T,.,y .,-ifJ rf
folk. will spend Thanksgiving Day here
and help the Christian Workers in their
dinner to strangers.
The children Of the Newport News
Jewish sunday school Will give their
Lights at Reyner's Hail on this
evening al S O'Clock. AS usual there
Will be singing. recitations and Other
entertaining exercises. and the teachers
have arranged to have refreshments
during the evening.
At the Union Gospel Mission this
noon at go O'Clock Thanks giving
dinner, with TURKEY. cranberry sauce
mince pie and all OF the things that go
With Them. Will be given to the men
and women who Wish TO iJartake C: it,
Superintendent X. Z. Ketlding has had
excellent success in interesting the la
dies Of the mission in this dinner and
it Will be a first-class meal that Will
so to the spot. II is their idea tc feed
all who apply and they will surely be
kept pretty busy. Music will be fur
nished throughout the afternoon. All
strangers away from home are invited
to the dinner.
Rev. T. ]. MacIlay will lecture 10
night at the Orrvlle Baptist church at
O'Clock. Other services will be held.
... FOOTEA,LI, GAMES
Considerable interest is manifested
here in the big football game in Rich
mond. to-day. Virginia and I-eili 2 h
will meet on the glidrcn for the first
time in the Old Dominion and there is
sure to l,e Il tremendous crowd present
Usually Virginia and North Caroline,
Universities furnished the annual
Thanksgiving Day game in Richmond
but hereafter these two colleges viii nor
, meet and Virginia Will try conclusions
with some OF tho stronger teams
The Chesapeake 6. Ohio railroad will
carry 4 large crowd Of people to Rich
mond from this city. Hampton ana Old
Point and vicinity.
This afternoon an eleven picked
from the crew 81 the American Line
steamship New York, which is in the
dry dock at the shipyard, Will so up
against the Huntington football clui;
which is made up Of the crack players
in the shi2yard. The Huntingtons ard
the New Works have been practicing
for SOME time and 4 tirst-class game or
genuine old English football will be
witnessed. a good game of this ball
has not been played here for the past
two years and q large crowd will
doubtless witness tu-day's game,
which Will take place on the grdiron
just south OF the shipyard.
The ..Crossley Loafers' and Dry,
Dock Workers Will play a game Of
football on the casino this morn
ing beginning at Q O'Clock. The teams
are evenly matched and a close and ex-
citin. game is anticipated.
There will be several other games
played to-day. The teams are made
up of younger men. but there viii he
some lively tusslng for l,;gsllin honors.
FOX HUNTING PARTY.
y fox hunting PARTY Of gentlemen and
ladies has leen made up and at 6o'clocl1
this morning it Will start out for
good mornings sport. In the party
will be Mrs. George ". Dabney Mrs.
Street, Miss Whitley, Miss Wooford,
and Messrs. Mistead, Street. Young,
Finch, Ashby. Reed. w. w. HARDWOOD,
+. W. Harwnod and DR.. Jackson.
The party will use City Sergeant Mil
stead's splendid pack of hounds ana all.
Of course, will be mounted
How Many Pennies:
In the window a Aliens Drug store
there is a handsome set of French