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ISSUES PROCLAMATION.
resident Sets Aside November ~
as Thanksgiving Day.

Washington, Nov. 2.--The president
yesterday issued the Thanksgiving day
proclamation, setting aside Thursday,
November "a, "to be observed as day
OF festival and thanksgiving by all of
the people of the United States at home
and abroad. +"
The proclamation was issued from
the state department by Secretary Hay.
1t follows:
"By the President OF the United States
"A Proclamation
at has pleased Almighty God to
bring the American people in safety
and honor through another year, and
in accordance with the long unbroken
custom handed down to us by our fore.
fathers, the time has come when a
special day shall be set apart in which
to thank Him who holds all nations in
the hollow of His hand for the mercies
thus vouchsafed to us. During the
century and quarter of our national
life we as people have been blessed
beyond all others, and fer this we owe
humble and heartfelt thanks to the
author of all blessings.
"The year that has closed has been
one of peace within our own borders
as well as between us and all other ma
tions. The harvests We been abund-
ant, and those who work, whether with
hand or brain. are prospering greatly.
Reward has awaited upon honest effort.
We have been enabled to do our duty
to ourselves and to others. Never has
there been time when religious and
charitable effort has been more evident.
Much has been given to us and much
will be expected from US.
"We speak of what has been done by
this nation in no spirit of boastfulness
OF vainglory, but with full and reverent
realization that our strength is as moth
ing unless we are helped from above.
Hitherto we have been given the heart
lest strength to do the tasks allotted to
us as they severally arose. We are
thankful for all that has been done for
us in the past, and we pray that in the
future We may be strengthened in the
unending struggle to do our duty fear
lessly and honestly, with charity and
good will, with respect for ourselves
and with love toward our fellow-man.
"In this great republic the effort to
combine national strength with person
al freedom is being tried on scale
more gigantic than ever before in the
worlds history. Our success will mean
much not only for ourselves, but foI
the future of all mankind; and every
man OF woman in our land should feel
the grave responsibility resting upon
hIc OF her, for in the last analysis this
success must depend upon the high
average Of our individual citizenship,
upon the way in which each Of us does
his duty by himself and his neighbor.
"Now, therefore, |, Theodore Roose-
velt, president of the United States, do
hereby appoint and set apart Thursday,
the oath day of this November, to be
obsered as a day of festival and thanks
giving by all of the people Of the
United States at home or abroad, and
do recommend that on that day they
cease from their ordinary occupations,
and gather in their several places of
worship or in their homes, devoutly to
give thanks to Almighty God for the
benefits He has conferred upon US as
individuals and as nation, and to
beseech Him that in the future His
divine lavcr may be continued on us.
"In witness whereof, have here
unto set my hand and caused the seal
of the United States to be affixed.
"Done at the city of Washington,
this lst day Of November, in the year
Of our | lord, one thousand nine hundred
and four, and of the independence OF
the United States the one hundred and
twentv-nInth.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
"JOHN HAY, Secretary Of State.
"By the President.