The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1899-10-27
Thanksgiving PROCLAMATION.

Thanksgiving day has been set for Nov. 80 in
a proclamation issued by President Mckinley.
1t says:
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 thanks
giving to Almighty God for the blessings OF the
preceding year. This honored observance ac-
Quires with time tenderer significance. 1t
enriches domestic life. 1t summons under the
family root 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 re-
warded the efforts of the husbandman. In
creased comforts have come to the home The
national finances have been strengthened and
public credit has been sustained and made
hrmer In all branches of industry 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
fiourished
PEACE WITH ALL NATIONS.
American patriotism has Il been exalted.
Those engaged in maintaining the honor of the
large degree spared from disaster and disease.
An honorable peace has been ratified with q
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 faith.
fully advanced. There is marked progress
toward the restoration of healthy industrial
md yio
the island has enjoyed unusual exemption from
the scourge of fever. The hurricane which
swept over our new possession Of Porto Rico,
destroying 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 suf
ferers. While the insurrection still continues
in the island of Luzon, business is resuming its
activity and confidence in the good purpose of
the United Ststes is being rapidly established
throughout the archipelago
NEW POSSESSIONS TO OBSERVE 1T.
For these reasons, and countless Others, I,
William Mckinley, President of the United
States, do hereby name Thursday the thirtieth
day OF November next, as a day of general
thanksgiving and pray err, to be observed as such
by all Our people on this continent and in our
newly acquired islands, as we'll 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 churcnes 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 contnu-
ance of the divine guidance without which
mans efforts are vain, and for divine consOla-
ton to those whose kindred and friends have
sacrificed their lives for country.
1 recommend also that on this day. so far as
may be found practicable, labor shall cease
from its accustomed toll, az d 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.
WILLIAM MCKINLEY