The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-11-29
IHAsklelv1se PROCLAMATION:

/. A nationsi Gus p, dear to the hearts
Of the peorl e, ct lls Tor the ssttinR spsrt
CT ore day In Zach year as IN tccasion Of
special than ksgivina 10 Almighty dcd
for the tles'inss Of the preceding year.
THIS honored Observance aeq ilres with
lime q tsndersr sisniiicance. 10 enfiohes
d jmestic life. IL summons under the
family reef tbs atssqt children to slad
renE:on with those they love.
Seldom has this nation had grestef
osnss for profound Thanksgiving. No
great pestilence has invfdsd our shores.
Abundant croI have award ID the efforts
CT the husoandman. Increased comforts
have come to the home. Tho national
finances haze been strengthened. and
putlIc cTeais has bsen sustained and firm
or. In all branches Of Industry and trade
there has been an unsquslled degree OF
prosps rity. willis there has been q steady
gain In the IN oral and educational growth
OF our nationsl character. Churches
and schools have 0ourishId American
patrio Ism hes hesn exalted. those on.
gagged In n aints lining tho honor of the
Tag with such signal success have been
In large degrees spared from disaster and
disease. An honorable peace has been
ratified with foreign nation with which
we we're at war and we are now In
frisndiy relations with every power on
earth.
The trust which we have assumed for
the people Of Cuba has been faithfully
advanced. There has bsen marked pro-
gress toward the r. storatlon of hsalthy
fndu strial conditions and under wise San
trary regulations tie island has enjoy ed
unusual exemption from the scourge OF
fever. The burricsns which swept over
o ar new D. session of Porto Rico, destroy
ing the bones and property of the inhabi-
tsnts, called for the Instant sympsthy OF
the people Of the United states, who were
swift to respond with generous aid 10 the
sufferers. While the insurrection still
continues In the island OF Luzon, business
is rssuminG Its activity and condhsnee In
the good purp ,sss OF the United states
is being rapidly established throughout
the archipelago.
For these reasons and countless others
I, William Mckinley. President OF the
United States. do hereby name Thursday,
the thirtieth day of November next, a.
cay OF general thanksgiving and prayer
to he observed as such by all our peof ie
on.tnis confident anu IN our newly &C.
quired islands IS we'll as by thoie who
may bs at sea CT sojourning In foreign
lands; and l advise that on this day re-
iigious exercises shall be conducted In tt Q
churches or public nesting places OF al
denominations, In order that In the social
fea lures OF the day Its real Significance
may no: be lost sight OF. prayers may
be offered to the Most Hi2h for contin-
uancs of the Divine guidance without
which mans efforts are vain and for the
Divine oo mediation to those whose kindred
and friends have sacrificed their lives Tor
their country.
/ recommend also that on this day, so
far as may bs found practicable, labor
shall ceass from its accustomed toll and
charity abound toward the sick, the
neady and the poor.
In witness whereof, ] have set my hand
and CAUSED the seal of the United States
to lie affixed.
WILLIAM MCKINLEY.