The Portland daily press., 1900-11-29
MAEIgG HOMES HAPPY.
Thanksgiving Dinners
For the Poor.
Gospel Mission One Of Busiest
Places in The City.
Dinners of Other >Orga-
nizations.
G. A. r., knights Of Pyihias
and Others Aid in Good Work.

One OF the busiest places In the city
yesterday was the Gospel Mission where
Rev. Samuel r.. Pearson, the pastor, and
Rev. II Il. Dexter, the assistant pastor,
held forth. Under their Supervision two
teams and four men were kept hustling
all day In distributing vegetables and
provisions to families. This work was
begun early In tbs morning and was con-
tinusd without let up until iate last
evening. The lower end of the hall was
set apart as temporary storeroom for
the articles and there was . big supply
although not as large as In former years.
The greater part Of the provisions were
bought By MIR. Pearson out OF funds
literally contributed by friends Of the
mission. Mr.. Pearson has not indiscrin-
inately passed out the goods For several
weeks. following his usual custom. he
has been Investigating conditions OF
families to whom this aid wouId be APP
preciatsd. To every family that Is a
beneficiary there have been given one
tur key, quart OF cranberries, two quarts
Of onions and a peck OF potatoes. 10
very needy fam lies, in addition TO this
Quota, have heeh given packages Of tea,
sugar and.fiour. In many instances pro-
visions, that had already been cooked,
were sent out to families.
Besides his regular work Mr.. Pearson
was this year called upon to assist the
Diet Mission in It's endeavors to give the
poor q happy Thanksgiving. This mis-
sion sent to Mr. Pearson "a names of peo-
pie In need and their cases were promp-
tly attended to.
Members Of the Bosworth Post, G.. A.
r., met at the hall on Free street, yesser'
day morning and prepared and sent out
dinners to the widows and destitute
families of veterans. This.wo was done
under the direction OF Major William ii
Green. The relief corps of the post was
also engaged in similar work. The sup
plies were delivered by Arthur M.Sawyer.
Munjoy lodge of the Knights OF Pythi-
as. distributed vegetables and provisions
to the widows and orphans of former
lodge members. This example OF Mum
Joy lodge was followed by all OF the Other
local lodges Of the Knights of Pythias.
JuO OlhEbun WnSAAA6ech AeSASes N@N>
did work In this line while Thatcher
Post and the Relief corps-af that organi
zation, distributed great deal of th'
necessaries.
Today will be generally observed as {
holiday. All of the stores will be CLOSED
ana the courts will not be in session
The post office will observe the usua
holiday hours. But business will be JUS
as lively as ever at the wnarves OF the
English steamers. The clerks In the sew
eral lines VIII keep at their work. Th'
longshoremen Will also continue o.
their labors, but they will receive don BIZ
pay In return for accommodating thu
steamship managers who want cargoe
loaded and discharged.
| Thers will be union service at thu
| First Parish church this morning, Rev
Buwley Green delivering the address.
| A football game will be played in thu
morning at the Forest avenue ground
and there will be polo games in the after
noon and evening at City hall.