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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1906-12-01

twisting and turning. 'till Noah was
nearly dead and only his great mean
ness kept him going
At last, scratched and bruised and
full of mud, weary and suffering, he
fell into a deep mudhole, which.
strangely enough, had been avoided
cleverly by poor but honest Bill.
Never mind" whispered Bill, help
ing him up, I'VE have arrived
Noah looked through the under
brush, but he could see nothing ex-
cept black mass of something in the
darkness
Those are the barns" said Bill.
Here, take this saw and saw holes
into the walls there and 1 viii creep
around the other way and scare the
turkeys so they will come out"
Noah, madden and meaner than
ever, worked hard and sawed big
holes, out of which the turkeys scut-
tied Then, as Bill scared them up,
off they few into the woods until the
whole big flock had vanished
AS soon as the last one had gone,
poor but honest Bill seized Noah and
said: I'VE must hurry back and we
| must go the same way we came
"Oh, dear, oh, dear, groaned Noah.
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THE FESTIVAL OF HOME.
Thanksgiving Pre-eminentIy the Day
of Family Gatherings.

The good old New England festival
of Thanksgiving is one that age does
not wither nor custom stale. Original
ly, and still nominally, a distinctly
religious festival, it appeals to all,
whether old or young, whether pro-
fessedly religious or not, and what
ever maybe their religious belief or
convictions
To college boys and football teams
the day may seem to be OF special sig
nificance in reference to triumphs or
disasters ON the gridiron field, but
even to these it carries another and
deeper significance which will grow
with the years And to those of ma
ture years, men and women past 40,
for example, this gracious, time-hon-
ored festival serves to punctuate their
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lives, SO to speak, and marks the pass
age of years perhaps even more dis
tinctly than New Years day or birth
days. For Thanksgiving is pre-emi-
nently the festival of home, the day of
all others when home ties and associa-
lions assert their sway the strongest,
linking the present with the past and
binding all to the future. All who are
happy enough to have home and
hearth turn gladly to it for rest and
refreshment of body and mind, and,
whether present or absent from the
home circle, that is the center and in
spiration of their thoughts.
Perhaps to none is the day more full
of associations and memories than to
those who cannot thus join the home
circle. The toiler in the city or in the
country, unable even for a day to quit
his duties, still takes pleasure in
thinking of those at home, and in i'm
agination, at least, takes his place at
the annual home gathering and shares
the pleasure of the day.
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"a See 1t All He Moaned.

But he followed, and once more he
was dragged through mudholes and
creeks and over stumps and rocks
until his shins and nose were skinned
and every part of him was sore.
AT last they emerged on road and
in few moments they were at No
abs front gate and the mean man hur-
ried to bed.
The next morning he could hardly
get up, because he was SO sore But
he crawled out to feed his turkeys.
When he got to the barnyard, his
heart nearly stood still. There was
not single, solitary turkey in the
place
He stood with his mouth open, won
dering. Then, slowly a terrible sus-
picion entered his mind. He limped
as fast as he could to the back, and,
sure enough, there he found great
holes in the walls of the houses.
Il see it ALL" he moaned, sitting
right down in the mud. THAT vii
lain took me through the woods and
back to my own turkey houses"
He vas quite right
When poor but honest Bill went by
the house, carting his SO turkeys to
the town, Noah Wamskittle shook his
fist out of the window, but Bill Leg
go only laughed, and SO did every
body else in Sandtown when they
heard of it.
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me tonight we can cut holes into his
turkey houses and let all his birds fly
into the woods. He will be quite IN
able. to catch them again in time for
shipment and the people in the city
will be glad to pay you high prices
for yours
The poor man, whose name was
Bill Lego, made believe to agree
with the mean man. But really he did
not agree with him at all, for he
came of poor but honest parents, and
was very much like them himself. So
he devised a cunning plan.
That night he went to Noah's house
and said to him: Let US go to do this
deed. But we will have to go into the
woods just behind your house and
work around through them for sew
eral miles, SO as to approach the dea-
cons place through the underbrush in
the back. 1t would never do for us
to be SEEN"
THAT is a good idea," said Noah.
But do not know the way through
the woods
81 will guide you,' said poor but
honest Bill Il fear, however, that
you will find it rough going, for we
cannot dare to carry a lantern'
He took hold of Noah's arm and off
they went. up and down and in and
out, through thick and thin and thorn
and swamp, this way and that way,
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Massachusetts,, for generations, were
solely religious observances, while
that famous Plymouth celebration of
1921 was harvest festival, never de-
signated as Thanksgiving by its pro-
moters and having no religious sig
nificance whatever, so far as known.
Moreover, it comprised not merely "a
single day of feasting and merrymak-
ing, but whole week of it, and was
designed solely for relaxation after
many months of privation and ardu-
Gus toll.
There is no record of a similar joy
GUS celebration in our annals for gen.
erations afterward, theThanksgivings
referred to in subsequent years until
after the revolution having been near
1y as strictly religious affairs as Sun
day itself, and so far as we have any
existing evidence not greatly given to
gastronomy. No mention of Thanks
giving is found in a contemporary list
of holidays for merrymaking as late
as 100.
Until as late as the war of 1912, or
later, Thanksgiving was not regular
annual affair, either, its appointment
being in recognition of special bless
ings, either spiritual or material, and
usually deferred until such an excuse
for it's appointment offered, even
though it might be for two or three
years, as was frequently the case. 1t
usually came in the autumn, however,
and generally bountiful harvest was
mentioned as an incidental cause. -
For more than 60 years after the
arrival of the Pilgrims Thanksgiving
was appointed by the legislature, and
it's respectful, religious observance
was quite as obligatory as was obedi-
ence to any law of the common
wealth that carries with it a legal
penalty
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Harvest Festivals of Old.

Man is so constituted that he is for
ever straining for blessings from afar
while overlooking those at his feet
With our inordinate desire for mate
rial possessions, we are prone to for
get the ethical and spiritual import of
Thanksgiving. To call forth our graft
tude we must have more and more
things. We must be able to display
an array of brilliant tangible objects.
Moreover, we must have sumptuous
repasts, rich wines and heavy silver
to be in position to offer up prayer
full thanks to the Almighty Source
whence all blessings flow
1t seems we cannot be thankful for
a little good despite the dictum that
teman wants but little here below"
We cannot show our gratitude unless
it be for an "abundance"-hence
mans petitioning the Higher Powers
with prayers and sacrifices from the
time of the patriarchs to our own
day-for more and ever more goods
of the earth
The harvest coming after the care
and toll of filling the soil, the sowing
of seed and anxious watching of the
versally set apart as a time for spe-
cial thanks. or Thanksgiving. How
ever, so far as we know, no other ma
ton carries out this custom regular
ly every year on specially appoint
ed day; hence Thanksgiving Day has
come to be regarded as distinctively
American festival.
1t is interesting to observe that
while Thanksgiving Day as we know
it, is a peculiarly American festival,
harvest festivals were celebrated
more than 5000 years ago. For in
stance, the Jewish Sukkot FESTIVAL
of Booths) or Feast of the Taber-
nacles, was harvest or "ingathering'
festival held from the 18th to the
22nd of the tenth month, the first and
eighth day reserved for holy convoca-
ton
According to religious usage, the
people left their houses and came
forth to live in the booths or tents
made of twigs, branches and brush
wood. during the holy session of eight
days. The interior of the booths were
made festive with shrubs and foliage
and especially the leaves and fruit
of the palm. the agoodly tree" of Pal
estine- (The Jewish people of the
Orthodox faith in many places still
observe this festival In its original
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THE GREAT SANDToWN TURKEY THEFT
a Story of Mean Man and Mean Deed That Wds
It's Gum ReUard.

Noah Wamskitt1e was a mean man;
one of those mean people who hate to
see others prosperous, even though it
does not interfere with them at all.
He lived in Sandtown and raised
turkeys, like everybody else. He
earned a lot of money, because he fat
tened his turkeys well. 1t was his
only generous deed, for he begrud ged
even the food that he gave himself.
and as for others, Well, Deacon Van
dertassel once said that Noah Wam-
skittle was SO mean that he would
walk three miles to borrow a match
rather than use one of his own to
light his fire in the morning.
Noah WamskittIe did not like Dea-
con Vandertassel at all, and he liked
him even less after he heard this.
So some days before Thanksgiving
day, he went to poor man in Sand
town and said to him:
You know that we will all have to
ship our turkeys tomorrow Now,
You have only SO and if you do not
get good price for them you will be
hard pressed for money this winter
Well, / know a way to make the
prices higher for you If you will go
to Deacon VandertassePs place with
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Iorm)- IhankS and praise for the
bounties of the previous year were of
fered in rituahstic formula and by the
chanting of hymns; whilst merry
games were played in which fruits and
nuts, emblematic of the season, were
always somewhere in evidence.
Among the Greeks we also find a
harvest festival, the Feast of De-
meter" named after the Goddess of
Corn or Grain, and of the harvest.
Here there were also probably games
and Incorporating as well as religious
ceremony. The Romans likewise com
memorated harvest called "Cerelia"
after the Goddess of the Harvest
Ceres represented in a familiar pic
ture by beautiful woman bearing a
bundle of sheaves in her arms
Thus we see that the same senti-
ment that impels an individual to the
expression of gratitude for benefits
received, also moves a nation to mani
fest in some reverent form its CRATE
full recognition of special privilege or
general welfare.
The ethical and spiritual signifi-
canoe of Thanksgiving, with all its
feasting, its happy reunions and its
merrymaking, will never be lost sight
of, If we remember that this great
feast day" was born of fast days..
And that while some are feasting. 9TH
ers viii still be fasting
Thanksgiving Day viii be animated
by finer spirit also when we think of
it only in terms of materialism but In
terms of patriotism and democracy
when we remember it as the iay pro-
claimed by the first president ON
which to commemorate the birth of
the nation, in the adoption of the con-
stitution; and as the day fixed by
Abraham Lincoln for prayer and
Thanksgiving after the nation had
passed through terrible crisis-the
civil war.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1906-12-01
CONVICT SOLDIER BETRAYED BY FINGER PRINTS.

curious result of the recent adoption by
the United States army of the system of identif-
cation by finger prints, just reported to the war
department, the discovery, in the person of a
soldier Fort Leavenworth, of a British MUIR
derer for whom the Scotland Yard authorities
have long been looking.
The prisoner in the United States
penitentiary, serving five-year sentence for a
military crime. In prison he well behaved
and liked but when the warden, following the
general order to take the finger-print records of
all soldiers. attempted to secure impression of
this mans digits he met with violent resistance
and the assistant who tried to make the record
was knocked down and roughly handled
Suspecting that this resistance based
upon the mans previous knowledge of the use
of which these finger prints might be put and
that his record bad, the warden sent copies
authorities in number of cities. Within a com
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AH can De ThankfuI.

In spite of the sorrows of life the
young and old all have something to
be thankful for Indeed, Jeremy Tay-
lor held that the privative blessings
the blessings of immunity, safe
guard, liberty and integrity-whsch
We enjoy. deserve the Thanksgiving of
q whole life" Each family knows
what it should be thankful for at the
present moment. and the spirit of the
day will lead them to remember 1t,
and by remembering it they are made
better morally ana spiritually.
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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1906-12-01

Notwithstanding a quite prevalent
opinion to the contrary, for which
certain historical writer's are large
ly responsible, Thanksgiving is
day for family reunions, feasting and
social enjoyment, is practically a
modern institution, owing to its
present Importance in the main to
the conveniences of travel that came
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BACK STAMPS ON LETTERS in FAVOR.

1t is said that the postal department is be-
ginning to hear from bus mess men in different
parts of the country regarding their dislike of
the recent order to discontinue the back-stamp-
ing of mail in the post offices at Los Angeles.
Kansas City, minneapolis St Paul, Detroit and
other cities. That disfavor is also shared by the
business men of Washington, who are not slow
their intimations that the back stamp enables
who gets delayed letter to register his
kick with the person at fault and largely fixes
upon the party responsible for the delay.
The back-stamping consists of stamping ON
the back of each letter the of the city or
town in which it is received, together with the
time of its receipt This with the stamp on the
front of the letter shows the actual time occupied
in the transmission of the letter from the place
in which it was mailed to the town place where
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1906-12-01
ExPERTs Will NOT PRoeE- BABIES

Prospective visitors to the agricultural de-
partment acquire monumental unpopularity
by referring remotely to the subject of
baby breeding" A dull day, and a few facts
perhaps responsible for the report to the
effect that, along with plant and animal propaga-
ton, the department planned to begin crusade
to improve the American baby. The facts
these:
culture is secretary of the American Breeders
association He has named committee of noted
scientists and as-asked it's members coordinate
scattered observations already made
corning heredity. 1t is hoped that from available
data it may be learned, in measure how heredity
and environment affect the development of human
beings, particularly with respect to blindness,
deafness, and other principal physical defects,
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1906-12-01

Newsy from the Capital Of the NaionPrident Goes
to See Of His Trip Babies Not for the
Department Of Agriculture
WASHINGTON.

WASHINGTON.-Preside Roosevelt, accom-
panied by Mrs. Roosevelt and Surgeon General
Rixey, of the navy, has gone to investigate the
big ditch Uncle Sam is digging on the isthmus
The president is breaking presidents with
out mercy in connection with his Panama trip
When he made his trip from New Orleans to
Hampton Roads with the armored cruiser squad
he went outside of the marine limits of the
United States, and now he will go ten days away
from American soil.
A president of the United States has never
placed his foot foreign SOIL Mr.. Roosevelt
will do so at Panama. Hawaii be reached
from San Francisco in less time than Panama
from Hampton Roads. and Europe in much
less time from New York Perhaps with the
precedent of visiting foreign lands established
q Trim, MAY he mad hy me
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with the introduction of the steam
railway.
The holiday observance in the au-
tumn of 1921 by the people of Ply
mouth. SO often referred to as our
earliest New England Thanksgiving,
cannot be justly so characterized, be-
cause our early Thanksgiving in
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WILL STUDY MEN AND PROJECT.

When the ships reach the Caribbean sea the
wireless station at Guantanamo will be depended
upon to keep Mr.. Roosevelt informed and to trans
NIT to Washington any instructions he may care
to give. The navy has experimental with the
Guantanamo station and has had trouble in
transmitting and receiving messages to and from
Panama.
In order that there may be question. how
ever ether ships equipped with wireless teleg
raphy will be in constant communication with the
Louisiana. The armored cruisers accompanying
the battleships can be employed as dispatch boats
should the necessity arise. With such formid-
able array of armored craft it is extremely doubt
full of even the ghost of the redoubtable Capt.
Kidd will care to attempt to board the presidents
Aoo hin
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-11-08
Yellow Front

A girl patient In a London hospital
asked one morning whether she
might have an extra allowance OF
butter. The house surgeon. TO whom
the request was made. felt rather In
jured. But don't you get enough but
teri" he replied. We'll. you see. sir.
answered the girl. with a shy but
happy smile. my Herbert Is coming
to see me to-day. and ! want my hair
to look nice"
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A sweet young thing has written q
novel. II Is a wonderful performance.
Take this passage: "All OF sudden
the beautiful Alicia continued to sit
on the sands. gazing out upon the
briny deep. on whose heaving bosom
the tall ships went merrily BY. freight.
ed. ah. who can tell. with how much
Joy and sorrow and pine lumber and
emigrants and hopes and saltfish."-
Boston Transcript
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-11-08

That there Is an abundance OF lions
in central Africa Is proved By these
kilograms. said To have been sent 70
Gently by a railway station master 70
his division headquarters: "Pieasr
send further police protection. Me
very brave, but less 30 when roarin
begins" And Please let 10 a. m n
up to the platform disregarding Oh
nails. Signalman up post. lion at D.
tom"
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Local ~
Brevities.

OYSTER stews | S cents at Bryon's.
Fountain lunches at oBryon's always
ready
See the china in the window at Gibson S
bazaar.
Special sale Of street hats at Mrs. W.
E. Rogers
The banks and saloons were all closed
on election day.
Miss Tena Steffen Of Morley is a new
arrival in this city
Order Xmas Photos this month at bargain
prices. W. X. Menkee.
Or. and Mrs E. w. Little we're Grand
Rapids visitors Monday
Chamber sets, all kinds and all prices
Ask Foster, Ritter & Foster
o. c Wright Of Ionia was the guest OF
friends in this city over Sunday
Wilson Orser was taken down on Fri
day Of last week with typhoid fever.
Miss Edith Caswel spent Sunday with
her parents and friends in Greenyille
Friday afternoon and Saturday of this
week is the cloak sale at Spencer Bros
Foster, Ritter & Foster are showing a
fine assortment of lamps at prices very
low.
The n. H. Vincent house is for rent on
Leonard street, N. S. Inc ire of Eugene
Warner.
Miss Mable Barnum was the guest OF
Grand Rapids friends from Saturday till
Monday.
Mrs. Samuel Pitt OF Orleans was q
Sunday guest at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Merit Eaves
Mr.. and Mrs A. B Morse of Ionia were
guests at the home of Joseph Morse from
Saturday till Monday
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Morgan Of Green
vile were guests of Mr.. and Mrs. "A. K
Workman oyer Sunday
Miss Maria Kaufman, who has been a
guest of her uncle, w J. Altenourg re-
turned to Stanton, Tuesday.
Good piano, nearly new. for safe cheap,
$l65,00 takes 1t, cash or easy terms
Ask Foster, Ritter and Foster.
j. c. Hatch of Lowell was guest at
the home Of Mr. and Mrs. William Cogs-
we'll from Saturday till Monday.
Miss Bertha Rowling returned from
Stanton where she was called recently on
account Of the death Of her father.
Mrs. Gertrude Edgar Of Lakeview was
a guest of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. H.
j. Pixley, from Saturday till Monday.
Will Clarke, Neil Jersey and Fred Ben
ton left Monday for Kenneth, IN the Upper
Peninsula, on deer hunting expedition.
Miss Clara Westerland of Paris, Mich,
arrived here Monday for a short visit with
her sister, Mrs. Wess Porter, Of the North
Side.
Mrs Tillie Hodges OF Lakeview arrived
here Monday for a weeks visit at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. George Feurstein
of Miriam.
Mrs. H j. Edgerly returned to her
home at Lakeview Monday after two
weeks visit with her sister, Mrs, VIII
Rtterstoff.
Miss DAISY Fish Of Syracuse New
Work, is spending few weeks at the
home Of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs
George Fish.
Mrs. H. w. Darling and granddaughter
Neva, lief. Monday for weeks visit with
WITS. DdIlue . OduBi Sl' Nii d AASNBS' "
Lake Odessa.
Mrs. Hattie Gleason was called tc
Trufant Monday 10 care for her mother
who is seriously i'll, having reached the
age Of 81 years.
Chas. J. Seeley is engaged in writing .uF
the city of Ionia and will in the near tu-
ture publish finely illustrated souvenir
book of the city and its business interests
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Miss Florence Wagner

Teacher of voice culture. VIII
so accept engagements Tor
Musicals and Entertainments.
STUDIO AT II L Il II o M K
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