The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1899-11-03
THANKSGIVING DAY NAMED.
Churches and Schools Have Flour
shed---Patriotism Exalted.
ON NOVEMBER THIRTIETH.

| Washington, Oct. 28.-The president
has issued the following Thanksgiving
proclamation:
"a national custom dear to the hearts
of the people calls for the setting apart
of one day in each year as an occasion
of special thanksgiving to Almig hty
God for the blessings of the preceding
year. This observance acquires with
time tenderer significance. 1t en-
riches domestic life. 1t summons under
the family roof the absent children to
glad reunion with those they love.
"Seldom has this nation had greater
cause for profound thanksgiving. No
great pestilence has invaded our shores.
Liberal employment waits upon labor.
Abundant crops have rewarded the eff
! forts of the husbandman. Increased
comforts have come to the home. The
national finances have been strength
ened, public credit has been sustained
and made firmer. In all branches of in
dustry and trade, there has been an
unequaled degree of prosperity, while
there has been a steady gain in the
moral and educational growth of our
national character.
Churches and schools have flourish
ed. American patriotism has been ex-
allied Those engaged in maintaining
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success have been in a 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 on friendly re-
lations with every power on earth.
"The trust which we have assumed
for the benefit of the people of Cuba has
been faithfully advanced. There is
marked progress toward the restoration
of healthy industrial conditions, and
under wise sanitary regulations the is
land has enjoyed unusual exemption
from the scourge of fever. The hurri-
cane which swept over our new posses
sion of Porto Rico, destroying the
homes and property of the inhabitants,
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 instruction still con-
tinues in the island of Luzon, business
is resuming it's activity and confidence
in the United States is being rapidly
established throughout the archipela-
go.
''For these reasons and countless
others, I, William Mckinley, president
of the United States, do hereby name
Thursday, the thirtieth day of Novem-
Der next, as day of general thanks
giving and prayer, to be observed as
such by all our people on this continent
and in our newly acquired possessions,
as well as by those who may be at sea
or sojourning in foreign lands, and L
advise that on this day religious exer-
cises shall be conducted in the churches
or meeting places of all denominations,
fin order that in the special features of
the day its real significance may not be
lost sight of, but fervent prayers may
be offered to the Most High for con-
tinuance of the Divine guidance with
out which mans efforts are vain, and
for Divine consolation to those whose
kindred and friends sacrificed their
lives for our country.
81 recommend also that on this day,
so far as may be found practicable labor
shall cease from it's accustomed toll and
charity abound toward the sick, the
needy and the poor.
SIN witness thereof, l have set my
hand and caused the seal of the United
States to be affixed.
(Signed.) civilian MCKINLEY"