Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1909-11-25

Everybody in Omaha win have Thanks
giving day II he will but take advantage
Of the opportunities offered. The business
houses. offices and public institutions gen.
erally will be closed to allow employees ana
employers to observe the day
Special services are to be held IN many
of the churches Some of the churches
have Joined in holding Thanksgiving serV-
ices in certain districts.
The Young Mems Christian association
will give a dinner to the young men OF the
city who are away from home, The fouhB
Mems Christian association proposes 10
make those so situated forget their inabli-
ity to eat Thanksgiving dinner at home
so far as possible.
open house will be kept all day at the
Young Women's Christian association.
There will be gymnastlo events in the
morning and at o'clock a basket ball
game. A musicale will be given at
o'clock Thanksgiving day dinner is an
nounced for 1870 o'clock.
The poor have not been neglected and
the charitable institutions Of the city have
all made provisions for their charges. The
Volunteers of America are distributing bas-
kets filled with provisions for the holiday
dinner and the Salvation Army is conduct
J ing a similar program.
The prisoners in the city and county
| iails will have turkey for dinner as
token that though they may be naughty
they are not forgotten Americana.
Special programs and menus will make
the inmates Of the hospitals as happy
I as environment and health win permit.
The one athletic event Of the day.
above others, will be the game between the
| Omaha and Topeka high schools at Vinton
street park, The Benson Gun club will
have on hand the interstate gun tourna-
ment.
Play at PRrOchiaI school.
/ The pupils OF ST. Josephs parochlal
school, Seventeenth and Center streets are
| to repeat their amateur theatrlcals recently
] given on the afternoon Of Thanksgiving
day "St Julia" will be given in German.
while Kathleen" vii, be presented in
! English The entertainment will tegin at
3 o'clock.
! At o'clock in the evening a Thanks
! giving dinner will be served at the
Peoples church to all who have not
had the pleasure Of the holiday dinner
| elsewhere.
The Holy Communion will be admin
istered at all Saints church at 1870 o'clock
! in the morning, and an address VIII be
made by Rev. T, ]. Mackay rector, The
! First Christian, the Kountze Memorial and
| First Baptist churches viii unite in giving
| services at 1880 o'clock at the First Bap-
tlst, Twenty avenue ana Harney
street. Rev. J. NJ. Kersey pastor OF the
! First Christian church viii preach. The
| choir of the First Baptist church will have
charge of the musical program. Services
! will be held by the First Christian Science
|
J Twenty-fifth and Farnam streets, at II
o'clock in the morning Rev. James McGee
Of Marshaltown, Ia, VIII preach in the
/ evening at Calvary Baptist church.
| The German Free Evangelical church,
| Twelfth and Dorcus streets, viii render
Thanksgiving program at 1O;SO o'clock @.
m with an address By the Rev f. H. w.
| Bruechert
other Churches Unite.
The North Presbyterian, Emmanuel Bap-
tist, First United Presbyterian, North side
Christian. Trinity Methodist, United Breth-
rem and Plymouth Congregational churches
will unite In II o'clock sedvice al Ply
mouth church. Rev T.. n. Mcdowell Of
Emmanuel Baptist, viii preach the sermon
and prayer win be Offered for the Old
Peoples home,
| The service Of the six churches IN the
iahscoIh PARK olSlllcL VIII De helu III the
Grace Lutheran church South Twenty
! sixth street between Poppleton and Wool
worth avenues, al II a. m. Rev. /. o.
/ Baird win preach the sermon. The Offering
will be for the OLA Peoples home.
! Thursday the city hail viii be closed an
day, and the elevators will be shut down
/ to allow the operators 10 get 20 the first
/ table
The families OF about seventy-flve en-
ployes Of the John Deere Plow company
will eat Thanksgiving day turkey at the
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