The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1899-11-10
Thanksgiving Day.

The President on Wednesday October,
22th., 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 Almighty God for
the blessings of the preceding year. This
honored observance acquires with time a
tenderer significance. In enriches DOM
este 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 efforts
have come to the home.
1.-THE national finances have been
strengthened and public credit has been
sustained and made firmer. In all bran
ches of industry and trade there has been
an unequaled degree of prosperity, while
there has been steady gain in the moral
and educational growth of our national
character. Churches and schools have
f1ourished. American patriotism has
been exalted. Those engaged in main
tanning the honor of the flag with such
signal success have been in large degree
spared from disaster and disease. An
honorable peace has been ratified with
a foreign nation with which we were at
war and We are now on friendly relations
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 mark
e. :rrgress toward the restoration of
he....y industrial conditions, and under
wise sanitary regulations the island has
enjoyed unusua- exemption from the
scourge of fever The hurricane which
swept oyer our new possession of Porto
Rico destroying the homes and property
of the inhabitants, called forth the in
slant sympathy of the people of tue Unit
ed States, who were swift to respond
with generous aid to the sufferers. While
the instruction still continues in the
Island of Luzon, business is rcsuming its
C ivity and confidence in the good pur
poses of the United States is being RAPIDLY
established throughout the archipelago
For these reasons and countless others
l. Viii am Mckinley, President of the
United States, do hereby name Thursday,
the Both day OF November next, as day
of general thanksgiving and prayer, to lie
observed as such by all our people on
this continent and in our newely ac1uir-
ed islands, as well as by those who may
be at sea or sojourning in foreign lands;
and | advise that on this day religious
exercises shall be conducted in the
churches or meeting places of all denomi-
nations 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 continuance
of the divine guidance without which
mans efforts are vain, and for divine
consolation TO those whose kindred and
friends have sacrificed their lives for
Country
II recommend also that on this day, SO
far as may be found practicable, labor
shall cease from its accustomed toll, and
charity abound toward the sick, the
needy and the poor.
I'm witness whereof I have set my
hand and caused the seal of the United
States to J G. affixed
civilian MCKINLEY"