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Evening journal., 1914-11-14

Day, England enjoyed a special day
of prayer and praise over the defeat
of the Spanish Armada. Even away
back in the time Of the Druids, a sort
of pagan Thanksgiving was celebrated
when songs of praise were sung to the
gods for giving the people a plenteous
harvest. It was observed with the
greatest ceremony of feasting and
singing of chants.
Russia's Thanksgiving.
In Russia Thanksgiving Days are
set apart for any happening which is
regarded as an epoch-making event,
such as the escape OF the Car from
assassination, the birth Of an heir to
the throne, the birthday of a ruler OF
a province, and in some sections Of
Russia of the marriage of the daugh-
ter of a high official. During the reign
OF the present Czar several Thanksgiv-
ing Days have been celebrated when
the people gave thanks for the pres
ervation Of the life of their ruler who
had escaped some plot against his life.
When the little Czarovitch was born
the thanksgiving services In the
churches lasted several days and hum
dreds Of people were given holiday
in order that they might participate
both in church and civic festivals. on
this occasion the poor were given din
ners in various cities throughout Rus
sia. Even the prisoners were remem.
bered, and a special meal was SCI
before them as thank Offering fol
the great event. Family reunions. too
were the order Of the day-in fact, al
Evening journal., 1914-11-14

ing. After the praise and prayers are
over the peasants give their national
dances on q platform decorated with
vines and flowers (usuaily pieces OF
hop vines) before hundreds of people.
Thanksgiving OF The NIohammednn.
In Turkey the Mohammedans on
recovering from a severe sickness
often make the occasion one OF
Thanksgiving ceremony and feast Al
such times. the company meets in the
courtyard of the dwelling and dancing
In a circle about the convalescent they
first play lively instrumental music
and afterward sitting on the ground
sing a chant in Thanksgiving Tor nus
recovery. Then they each take the
patient by the hand and offer congrat-
ulations and good wishes This is fol-
lowed by a feast when a tender roast
/ kid or fatted calf Is eaten with thin
slices Of bread used as spoons The
observance ends with a parting prayer.
In some parts of Mexico Thanks
giving Day is observed, the meal for
the bread to be used on this occasion
being ground from corn ana Deahs on
the aboriginal stone. There is also
I plenty OF llon ANl AAAl 'AAHNt
day before the feast agave juice is
poured into nearby stream. This
stupefies the fish without inJuring
them. and OF course, they are easily
caught. A general dance follows.
Canada, our neighbor, has a genuine
Thanksgiving Day the latter part of
October. celebrated very much after
the fashion Of our own by religious
services, football games and family
dinners.
Wherever American Flag Flies.
Wherever the American nag flies thl
day set apart by the President a
! Thanksgiving is a holiday. In tn
Philippines the American colony hon
ors the day with baseball and othe
sports. In the evening they repair [
a reception given by the Governor q
the Islands. In far away Alaska eve
the Esquimau celebrates. He digs
hole In the ice and catches mess {
) FISH for the feast. Walrus meat
sometimes added to the menu as wei
Down in Hawaii. where Il is alwa,
: summer, the natives make holida
/ of the American Thanksgiving by hay
! ing a 'laua" Ia big dinner out
doors). Days are spent in preparation
/ especially IN making the ''poi'-a sol
= OF mush made rom the root or IN
Evening journal., 1914-11-14

shaving In the storm and growing at
fate which condemned us TO half
freeze there on Thanksgiving Eve. Ia-
ter on we remembered TO be thankful
that we We're permitted to escape un-
harmed--for that IS human nature
I don't think / ever was 80 absolutely
and frantioaliy hungry in all my life
There was nothing 90 eat on the train
and no way TO get anything. II war
certainly a long way 20 Tippornry'
1T took seven days from tho time J
left homo TO reach New York. but J
carried my appetite straight along
with me and II developed TO such tro-
mendous proportions during that en-
forced stay In the blizzard and subse-
Qucnt hungry journey that once there
I ate like a harvest hand.
Never did food taste so perfectly
satisfying and splendid / don't know
now what I ate, but ] do recall that i
was the first Of the party TO begin
eating and the last TO leave Off and
that / gave very little time, except be-
tween courses. 20 table talk"
A school Celebration.
MY most unusual Thanksgiving
Day happened only last year." said
]
Suffrage fame. "As a general thing,
everybody shuns school entertainments
and q representative audience gener-
ally consists OF reluctant pupils and
unwilling parents. And ! admit that
/ did not expect any thrills when
agreed TO attend such a celebration
down home last Thanksgiving g'-dowrf
home. meaning Alabama, which state
Mr.. Hefin represents.
1T IA always the unexpected that
proves most enjoyable, however and
! was surely due for a big surprise. To
begin with, every boy who came looked
] as II he was there because he wanted
i to he and n1t-fs vSs tii5 proceeds; s;;-'
s when ] pupil-guest at schoo
q affairs of o. hclSin' previous
- iy admin ID.
" "'rhe wallis OF the school wero orna
Is mented with designs Of leaves AM
.e autumn flowers, which spelled COOL
q, CHEER and all the other approprias
at Thanksgiving messages. The prograi
re was well balanced and varied an
m really, / had gone so expecting to
~ wearied and found myself so intense
OF interested throughout that ! cou
that my most novel, II uneventfl
ad iThnnksEiving."
Evening journal., 1914-11-14

by everyone who has any habitation
worthy to be called home. Even those
unfortunates who have no domicile
of their own feel longing for the
family table and very many estranged
ones OF households have found II Inn
possible to get past Thanksgiving Day
with reconciliation. My own family
always make II a point TO dine to-
gethcr and no matter how pressing my
duties or social engagements 49,"
cor exlgencies OF clections?" the In
terviower queried.
"You forget elections are over them"
the Senator parrled, although per-
haps some OF us feel thankful for such
results. too. But I was going to add
that / always spend that with my
Mother and Father az their home in
Southern California. Sometimes we
can dine out OF doors, but generally
the day is like a spring one--a mild
spring one--in washington; and yet we
have the regulation New England
Thanksgiving meal, with turkey and
mince pie and all that sort OF thing.
"But dining Is a small part Of our
homecoming. We indulge ia good
natured. family gossip, meet members
I or the IhNlAN WNN may AANh AAAAN' n'Nf'
one another for months and depart
cheered In mind as well as body after
such a wholesome festival"
In A Railroad Wreck.
Representative Julius Kahn, whose
home all the year around when he
isn't "Congressing" Is In California
does not aiiude TO any Of the pleasant
Thanksgivings In that perenniall'
balmy corner OF the earth, but mos
poignantly remembers a Thanksgiving
Day spent on an east-bound train
which was also snow-bound an'
wrecked.
1T was in the days when railroa'
] cars were heated by oid-fasnionu
J wood stoves" he explained, "and / wa
en- route for New York, where ! ex
y Dected to have quite an enjoyable fes
81 tival. Our car turned over In the sno'
( like top-heavy sleigh and spilled l
- neatly out into a raging blizzard. Thel
o stoves / have already mentioned wer
e luckily, fastened into place, else VIII
only proved narrowing experien
,f would have been a tragedy; yet ! a
he sure none OF us paused In our shivC
8. ing and toll to give thanks because
81 their steadfastnesse
ie "We," drily "were too well occupi
Evening journal., 1914-11-14

taro plant This Is placed IN a bowl.
known as a calabash, ia the centre Of
the table. and each person takes dip
with his or her fingers. While the
custom Is neither sanitary nor eiegan-
the natives get a great deal OF ENJOY
ment out of the feast and Of the prep
aration for IT, The American residents
OF the ISLANDS" go TO church In the
morning spend the afternoon watch-
ing baseball games, piayiiiS gclf' ~-----
and then enjoy turkey dinner.
Down on the Canal the Commis-
sary Department imports thousands OF
turkeys for the great American feast
and It is celebrated just as it is in the
United States.
At all our foreign embassies the day
is observed by a special dinner and
reception. These Thanksgiving recep-
tions are always attended by the so
cial set" OF the capital city Of the coun-
try to which the Ambassador is ac-
credited as well as by the American
colony.
The Thanksgiving of the North
American Indians must not be over
looked FOR their Corn Dance Is
Thanksgiving TO the Great Spirit for
the return Of the crops-usually held
the latter part Of August. The date
Of the festival is announced by an In
dian on horseback, who goes from
house to house on the reservation. Al
the appointed time the entire tribe
gathers in the Council House. wht1,
the feast has been prepared. In-
consists Of such Indian delicacies a.
cabbage. dog meat, succotash, etc
Each member receives a helping IN
wooden dish after which he or she a
the case may be. retires 10 the shad
OF some tree and eats until the ap
/ petite is satisfied. Then comes slice
under the trees and bushes. In IN
evening there is a dance--a sort G
exaggerated cake walk, done to th
music of drums and shells filled vit
{ shot. The movement Of the dancer
/ Is slow at frst but It gradually get
, faster. and finally the dancers sin
I exhausted. The affair continues r.
S into the night
!. So. after all. the feeling Of tha' I.
s and praise for some good which "a
y been received or which Is hoped tos
= instructive In the human race ac'
Z each nation to express this feeling pa
/. adopted a ceremony in keeping w'.'
I the times or OF the tradition or i''
2 people.
Evening journal., 1914-11-14

turkey cranberry sauce and plum
pudding"
In The Tropics.
Feeling rather chilly with the winds
that blew over the desert, the inter
viewer hoped for Thanksgiving
reminiscence which would tell Of
balmy airs and the tropics and found
such a one In the recollections Of Rep
resentative Greene, OF Vermont-erst-
while newspaper man. still retaining
that alertness Of his craft and peculiar
crispness Of humor which no layman
may ever emulate.
Perhaps the most unique Thanks
giving j ever spent" said Mr.. Greene,
was about two years ago aboard ship
In the middle Of the Caribbean Sea on
the way 10 South America. Being from
Vermont. where we usually have some
rather cool weather just about that
festive time Of the year. 1 could scarce
ly feel It right and proper for Thanks
giving TO happen in midsummer heat
However. the chef aboard rose SUI
perior to geographic conditions, II
did not, and served the regulation
turkey and trimmings dinner appro.
pirate to the United States up anC
down and crosswise.
"Of course" Mr.. Greene remarked
with an absurd twinkle In his wide
awake eyes, there IS turkey AND tur
key and / may suggest that one toucl
Of cold storage makes all turkeys kin
but we ate il and the accessories ant
| enjoyed them as much as possible
when ones digestive organs would In
hnitely have preferred salads and sucl
light food. The sea was very cain
and beautiful that day and the sun
shone as IL Il would never leave OF
anu everyone felt optimistic and i6z
IN accordance with the smiling tropics
A Homecoming Festival.
ITO me. hailing from Vermont,
was sufficiently out Of the ordinary I
remain my especially distinctly
Thanksgiving Day. In our Stat
j. / Thanksgiving Is made a 'home-con
+ ing festival. We have always cor
y sidered II more of q celebration tina
. Christmas. From every section OF q
: country, from all the cities and ranch
+ and wooded countries OF the Far We
d and Northwest the loyal sons Of We
L mont come on 10 eat their punk
Evening journal., 1914-11-14
How Different Nations
Give Thanks for Bless
ines Which Have Been
ShOwered Upon Them
Curious Customs In
Far Off Lands.

~ AVS set apart for a special
a thanksgiving to the Lord were /
known TO the Israelites and are |
~ mentioned throughout the Bible. |
They were not uncommon in England |
before the Reformation and among the
Protestants afterwards, and have con-
tinued until the present day, being eel
ebrated in all parts OF the world /
While they are somewhat dinerent
from the Thanksgiving Day Of the
United States they are days set apart
to give thanks for some particular
blessing, either national or personal.
Although these events in some lands
have not as yet attained the dignity OF
a national holiday they are none the
less real Thanksgiving Days.
AS far back as 1906 England set
apart day of thanks for the dis
covery of the Gunpowder Plot, and up
TO the present time, November fifth, is
stir celebrated by Great Britain and
her Colonies. A diabolical scheme had
been formed to blow up the Parlia-
rnent House the first day Of the session
Of the year 1905. Vast quantities OF
gunpowder were found concealed in
the vaults underneath ready for firing.
The conspirators were arrested, tried
and executed. In consequence Of this
deliverance the day was ordered to be
kept as a public thanksgiving to AL
mighty God every year "that unfeigned
thankfulness never to be forgotten,
and that ages to come may yield
praises to Gods divine majesty for the
same" The same prayers are still re-
peated IN the Church Of England on
Novenber fifth of each wear.
New York's Thanksgiving
Masqueraders.
The custom OF boys dressing them
selves in grotesque costumes and go
ing about the streets singing and beg
ging was part of the Gunpowder plot
thanksgiving ceremony up TO the year
1888, when it fell into disuse. 1t still
has its prototype IN New York where
on our Thanksgiving Day boys prom
enade the streets garbed in fantastic
costumes. Broadway Is their special
beat and they go about collecting pen
nies presumably for their own personal
use. New York is the only place
where this peculiar custom is In vogue,
and happily 1t seems to be dying out
there as each year the masqueraders
become fewer in numbers.
On October Srd, 1775, Leydon. Hol-
land, held Thanksgiving for the de-
nverance Of the city from a siege. A
day was set apart for the purpose Just
as the grateful Puritans on the shores
Of the new world did when they cele'
brated their release from distress and
peril in 1921.
Thirty-three years before Governor
Bradford's famous frst Thanksgiving
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OF the desert In which men and beasts
perish rapidly In the zero tempera-
ture. Thanksgiving morning a whirl-
ing snow storm was in progress and
the weather was bitterly cold.
I'VE cowboys knew we were I'm for
what Is popularly termed a round up;'
but we failed to display any of that
overwhelming enthusiasm moving pic
ture actors Invariably put into a chase
after steers. Everyone knew that If
We could only roundup the cattle
quickly we might get back to the
ranch house In time for dinner and no
time was lost in getting over the frozen
ground. But the snow and wind had
scattered the herd over the mountains
until Il was so widely separated that
we gave up all thoughts Of eating and
just 'driftod' on after them"
With n smile more good natured
than at all patronizing, the youthful
Senator came back from the bleak
dismal past TO elucidate that drift
ing" Is a recognized word in the vo-
cabulary of every Westerner, and
means when a cowboy is just moving
along on horseback without any def
mite objective point-and moving slow
~ lest he overlook the big. rangy
steers whose dull, red BROWNIES so
blurs in and mirgles v the color
scheme OF the buttes in stormy
weather.
An Unexpected Feed"
TT was Thanksgiving morning
when we started. We worked all das
in that stinging cold and penetrating
wind until we felt frozen to our sad
dies and could just keep our minds
on what we had set out to do. Tn
cattle We're refractory when we di'
get them together and. worst OF all
Evening journal., 1914-11-14
ACOwboy Treat = In the
Caribbean - Gossip and
Good Cheer - A Dime
Dinner-Ina SnOwdrift-
The Old SchOOlhOuse.

L.
~ Thanksgiving "reminiscences Of
representative men Of the nation
should be appropriate ut this time.
Senator Ashursi, OF Arizona-the Poo
Bah of tine Senate as regards a variety
Of jobs-insisted that there was moth
ing absolutely nothing" IN his life diff
ferent from the Thanksgiving of other
folks, but after musing awhile he re-
called the one most vivid in his mind
and-like so many public men who
reminisce-went back to his early
youth for the souvenir
Hard Luck Story.
II was only eighteen years old when
1 had the THANKSGIVING experience
which makes that day the best remem-
bered." he said. 1T is a hard luck
story Of cattle strayed and weather
that raged and cowboys who had to
20 dinneriess I'm order 10 bring order
out Of chaos. The fur1 and heat Of
the presidential campaign was over
and / mad gone TO the little town OF
Flagstaff to spend Thanksgiving Eve
and see what was 10 be seen.
1--WE were going to have regular
Thanksgiving Day dinner with real
turkey and ! ate s. in anticipation be-
fore the bird had even been bought
But early Thanksgiving morning word
came from the .owner Of the ranch
that his Kansas city people, TO whom
he shipped cattle, needed more beef
at a much earlier date than he had
expected and that ey husuing and for
warding them in time to supply the
demand he would make considerably
more money than later on.
''Now. contrary TO the general East
ern idea, Arizona isn't all hot burn
ing sand and cactus by any means,
we have sudden, swift, terrible snow
storms out ia the northwestern part
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1914-07-30
Loveland Items

Master Clark Hough, son OF
Walter Hough and wife OF
Council Bluffs, is the guest OF
his grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs.
n c. Morehouse and other rel
atives.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. j. BrookLous
er, Ben Scebold's children ano
Mrs. Mary Goss left for Creign-
ton, Neb., Saturday,, to visit
their respective relatives, viz;
the first mentioned will bt
guests of their daughter, Mrs
A. Jones and family; Sceboid'S
will visit their Sister, Mrs. 4
Pickle; and MRS. Goss with Il
c. and o. % Copeland aid thai.
families. They all planned u 5
weeks vacation.
DR.. j. L. Tamisiea made 3
professional cali at the home OF
d. H. Bailey, Monday night.
Mrs. Axtel! spent severa
days with Mrs. Townsend, O.
Neal and other relatives.
Miss Ruth Mann of Hastings
Neb., spent several days witt
Mr.. and Mrs. H. C. Morehouse
last week.
Fletcher Batkhuf has been
visiting his sister, Marion, fol
several days.
Mrs. Rev. Chas. Lamont anc
children of Lodus, Conn were
guests of grandma Edward anc
Miss Katherine French this
week.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1914-07-30
Grover 0Imst % ar my'5ye

Grover 0lmst % ar emyi5J
nf so e@!,l sfnr9~e p'.nf. had
s.-a .t..os N une hottlng de.
parlnent
i, uoz I aif 1t
SIX O'clock dinner last evening
- houor Of Mr.. end M,s. Herb.
iss1 r Il No. h pI:. q, \
ff e @ M ~
Fislle .-sengels
this morniAg.
Miss I4ei;her Engle and her
brother Gardner, left for Bloom. :
ing on, LII. this afternoon where
they will visit among relatives
and friends for a couple of
weeks.
Mr. and Mrs Harry Grain of
FG. Smith, Arkansas, are the
happy parents Of nine pound
son. Mr.. Grain lived here for
a humber Of years aud is we'll
known to a large number OF our
people.
Mrs Earl Cox and Mrs. Har-
ry MandeIko were visiting
friends in California Jul cLion
today.
Miss Martha Muller who has
been visiting Miss Hazel Hatch
err for the last few weeks re-
turred to her home in Walnut,
Ia, this morning. Misses Ha-
eel and Goldie Hatcher accom-
panied her as far as Council
Bluffs.
Elmer Smith has purchased
the Mi chelI general store al
ICal Jet, and will conduct 1T n
a modern up to date way.
Mrs. II. M sllsby and daugh
tiers are the guests of Modale
friends today.
Mr.. and Mrs. j p. Eyan we've
| Omaha passengers this morning
Cheer up, for no doubt it viii
be hotter still later on.
The great trouble with man!
of the colleges in tF., coun'r.
| is that the recitation balls wer'
built before the b II field an,
the stadium.
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Mrs. W. II Sudduth is spend.
ing q few days with Mrs. G. w.
Young in the country.
Deafness Cannot Be Cured

BY local applications. as they cannot reach
inc diseased portion ol the ear. There il
only one way to cure DEAFNESS, and that ID
by constitutional remedies. Deafness is
caused by infiamed condition of the mu-
cous lining oi the Eustachian Tube. When
this tube is inilamed you have rumbling
sound imperfect hearing. and when 1t is
entirely closed. Deafness IL the result. and
unless the Inflammation can be taken out
and this tube restored to its normal condt-
ton, hearing will be destroyed forever; nine
cases out of ten caused by Catarrh.
which is nothing but inhamed condition
of the mucous surfaces.
We Will give One Hundred Dollars for any
case of Deafness Caused by catarrh) that
cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
Send for circulars. free.
F. ]. CHENEY & CO., Toledo. Ohio.
Sold by Druggists. 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1914-07-30
Chicago & Northwestern Ry
Puts New Equipment On
The Denver Special

Chicago & Northwestern Ry.
Puts New Equipment On
The Denver Special
In addition to the new, extra
large all-steel dining car which
5h.. Chicago & Northwestern
Ry. recently placed in service
IN The Denver Special, luxuri.
Gus new Observation-Disclosures cars
VIII On the 25th inst, be placed
in service on these trains.
The cars Of the Modern Com
posite- Baifet Observation type.
A roomy Buffet parlor, with
easy chairs, card tables, writ
ing desk, etc, observation par.
Tor with broad windows, library
periodical and attractive cores
pondence materials, and a large
observation platform for those
hat prefer the open, are among
the principal features of the
new cars.
The famous train also carries
steel conl ariment and drawing
room slevpers and free reclining
chair cars. 1t runs through to
the Colorado Rockies over night
via the Chicago, Union Pacific
and Northwestern Line (The
only route that is double tracked
all the way to Colorado and pro.
tected by automatic electric
safety Signals the entire dis.
tance.
Mr. and Mrs. Jens G. Hanson
we're in Omaha today visiting
their daughter, Mrs. Larson ard
her newly arrived son.
Mrs. S. U. Blackburn and son
Alvin left this evening fol-
Wadina, Mimi, for several
weeks visit.
Mrs. w. J. Booher is spend
ing a couple of weeks with her
mother ia Sidney.
Mrs. Ned Irwin of California
was the guest of Mrs. K. L.
Price yesterday.
Mrs. K. E. Brundige and chill.
dren returned last evening from
Galloway, where they have been
the guests of friends for the
past week.
The State Savings Bank, j.
j. Sullivan and Eli Watkins are
all putting down new cement
sidewalks on Erie street. The
street would look much better
if all the sidewalks were con.
crete as they are more uniform
and more easily kept clean both
winter and summer.
Harry r. Newton has beer
awarded the contract for fur.
nishirg the coal for the schoo
houses.
The shop team went to Dun
lap Sunday and came home will
the scalp of the Dunlap boys
TIE final score was 3 to g anC
the game was an exceptionally
good ore, from all reports. The
sEiop team is playing good bal
and is strictly a local organiza'
tIOn.
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deaths "a.on-ned =!
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fi,e "a ~; ~, =.
.
,'os. -,..s &C 'Dute
heaVv 'o-1.
And the parent does not Sc
cure safety for his youngsters
by teaching them how to swim.
That may encourage them to
! go Tar Gu into deep water,
them taking chances of sudden
attacks of c = and chiIls
CERTAINLY every INV and ci,]
ouuht 70 learn n swim, WITH
a little pans and effort this can
De arranged almost aryWhefe.
Also let them Know now many
accidents are all the tune hap.
penlng from too venturesome
not be permitted ia nse canoes
and boats until thew learn 10
quit fooling on the water.