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The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-11-23
WHERE THE WILD TURKEY CALS-THE REAL THANKSGIVING BIRD

The earth is in process, and we still
have earthquakes and volcanic erup-
tiOnS.
Humanity, too, is in process, and
strife and sorrow and death will con-
tinue to be it's lot. We must face life
resOlutely and meet destiny undis-
mayed.
This year we will not be thankful
so much for the blessings we have re-
ceived, for the things that have been
given to us-for being pampered by a
prOdigal PrOvidence-and being re-
lieved of our burdens, as we will be
thankful for the strength to bear them.
In the shrine of our hearts our deep
est prayer is not that we shall be re-
lieved of our burdens; but that we
shall be given the strength to bear
them, for we are great in the degree
and the manner In which we face our
tasks and perform them. The Great
Souls are those that have suffered
and endured.
Our Thanksgiving this year will be
no perfunctOry, tnfantile prattle be-
cause Of safety.
This is year of reckoning with
fate; of being thankful if we, our
selves, have not fallen in the wreck
age. We are thankful not for what
has happened; but for what has not
happened.
Life is not a trivial pastime. 1t is
deadly earnest. 1t is the course that
destiny takes. and let us be thankful,
not for less of life, but for more of it,
and the courage, the fortitude, the
strength, and the persistence to meet
it's difficulties and continue its course
undaunted by disaster and unspOiled
by success.
We are thankful for Character, not
charity, and for iron wills that have
not been broken by the inevitable =
From the Sunday Magazine.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-11-23
Thanksalvlno Fable.

An aged Turkey, once upon a time
had occasion to read the Riot act to a
Grandson because the latter was a
GluttOn.
"It Behooves you to Fast for few
weeks" said the Wise Old Bird, "for
Thanksgiving draweth apace-that
season when long-legged Bipeds
Swoop down upon Us without Warn
ing and give it to our Family in the
Neck"
"Oh, go tor exclaimed the Young
Glutton. "You think because Old Age
has made you Gouty and rendered you
Unable to Partake Of the Good things
of Life that you can Stuff me. I'm
Dead Next. See"
Every WELL" answered the Grand
sire. keep right on getting Obese
and you will be Dead Next for keeps
then You'll see who does the Stuffing."
And the late November returns
showed that the Old Turk knew
Whereof he Spoke.
Moral-f you would Live Long and
Prosper, Don't get Gay.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-11-23

TllIS is the week of Thanksgiving.
Thanksgiving day is an Ameri-
can custom started by the Pill
grimS who landed on the new
continent and faced hardships which
few can realize who are reared in
the wealth and luxury of the land to-
day.
The season had been hard one.
Many had died and the prospect of
starvation during the cold winter with
Its ice and snow lOOmed large. So,
when the harvest yielded enough to
keep them until another season would
produce the necessities of life, they
met that last Thursday in November
in year 1921, and gave thanks to their
God, who had remembered them.
Thankfulness Is usually in inverse
ratio to the value of the thing for
which we give thanks. This is no dis
arrangement Of the things we are CRATE
full for; but humanity does not think
of thanks until it has felt the terrors
of distress.
The rich who live in luxury and ease
do not thank with their hearts. Their
thanks are but formal expressions of
meaningless words. How can words
mean anything when one has not felt
the things which make for thankful
ness?
But the poverty-stricken who have
faced starvation pour out thanks from
their humble hearts for the things
that have saved their lives.
Those who live In gorgeous homes
with comfortable f1replaces do not
think Of thanks. But those who live
in the little hovel with big cracks in
the walls and crevices about the doors
and windows and without fuel, give
thanks for the comfort of fire.
Ws do not prize health until we have
lost II, and we do not appreciate life
until we have faced the danger of hav-
ing to give 1t up.
That which we have we are likely to
accept as matter of course; but be
deprived Of 1t and the sudden realiza-
tion of its value jars our souls like an
earthquake.
We are thankful in the full sense of
the word for things necessary to life
and happiness only when we have had
to do without them.
We are not thankful for that to
which we are accustomed and accept
thOughtiessly. But when we are de-
prived Of the necessities of life and
face the hardships, including death,
that come as result, we are thankful
with all our heart.
America has more to be thankful for
yearly, than any other nation In the
world; but our thanks are tempered
by the gravity of :he sorrow of our
neighbOrs.
The year has not been one of great
happiness, peace and prosperity. 1t is
a year of travail for humanity-the
travail Of a people being born again.
But out Of 1t will come a disciplined
and sober people; people who will
know the realities of life better.
We will learn that life Is a serious
matter, and no silly, simperlng affair,
The war has brought us again to an
understanding of the terrible earnest
nesa OF the thing we call life.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-11-23

1t was in 1889, on the Sd day of Oc-
tOber, in New York, that George Wash
ingtOn as the first president of the
United States issued the first national
proclamation for Thanksgiving day.
In the South it was not until 1855
that the day was recognized. Governor
Johns of Virginia in that year sent a
message to the legislature asking leg
islative acknowledgment of the day, 50
that he might the more properly pub
lish a proclamation. The advice given
him was negative, because the pro-
posed holiday had origin in Puritanic
bigOtry."
Nevertheless, there was a difference
Of opinion, and two years later, the
next governor Of Virginia issued q
Thanksgiving proclamation, without
asking advice. Eight southern states
began to keep the day the ensuing
year. and did so in manner of great
hospitality. up to the time the Civil
war broke out.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-11-23

neighbor told my mother about Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and
/ took it, and now l feel like q new
person. I don't suffer any more and I
am regular every month. Mrs. HAZEL
HAMILTON, 822 South 18th st.
When a remedy has lived for forty
years, steadily growing in popularity
and influence, and thousands upon
thousands of women declare they owe
their health to it, is it not reasons
BILE to believe that it is an article Of
great merit?
IfyOu want special advice write
to Lydia Z. Pinkham Medicine
Co. (cOnfidentiaD, Lynn, Mass.
Your letter will be opened, read
and answered by a woman and
held in strict confidence.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-11-23
THANKSGIVING FABLE.

1t was hungry pussy cat, upon Thanks
giving morn,
And she watched thankful little mouse
that ate an ear OF corn.
IF ate that thankful little mouse, how
thankful he should be,
When he has made a meal himself, to
make meal for me!
Then with his thanks Tor having fed, and
his thanks for feeding me,
With all his thankfulness inside, how
thankful shall be!''
Thus unused the hungry pussy cat. upon
Thanksgiving day;
But the little mouse had overheard and
declined with thanks) to stay.
Oliver Herford.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-11-23

He give us a navigable river, but it
ain't never been navigated by anything
much but bullheads and canoes. He
give us a high hill to shut off the
west wind, but there's some of us that
amt been to the top Of 1t yet. He
give us good soil, but we're keepin'
it more or less of a secret. He give
us q lot of natural advantages, and
quite q bunch of natural lOafers, one
of whom l guess am which. FacC
Is, he give us q darned sight more than
we ever give ourselves. Six days he
Iabored and made Hometown; and 1t
amt never had any next week since"
OF course, 1t wasn't as bad as that.
Dan Meeker. who had been a tent-boy
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-11-23
THANKSGIVING DAY

That we're at peace with all the world
Safe in our cities and our homes
That unto this, our favored land.
Such gift with all its blessings, comes
That men go not to war and death.
That women do not fearful brood
By anxious hearths for dear ones gone
We thank Thee, GiVer Of all good
That no ambitious strife is ours
That lust Of conquest does not thrill
This Ti;siry nations inmost heart
That we abhor to burn and kill
That weaker nations we protect
Fight but to make their wronsins cease
And only comes to make them free,
We thank Thee, God Of love and peace
That in the stress around US now,
We feel our hearts with pity throh
And haste to heal the wounded man
To hush the child and woman's sob
That we are eager still to share
The goods that heap our stores again
With those who have but US to help
We thank Thee Father Of all menl
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-11-23

MeeKer be made secretary of the
blamed business, whatever 1t is"
II didn't take more than a minute
to make Dan secretary. They wanted
to make April president, but he
wouldn't have 1t. But he would act as
treasurer, so the Methodist minister
turned over the collection.
"Wait a minute" said April Jones,
you amt through with this here col
lection yet. Here's this hill west Of
town, that sends half the farmers to
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-11-23

old dam, and we're going to pay off the
mortgage on the Methodist church, and
do q few more things. And, as for the
mortgage, put me down, Mr.. Secre-
tary, for two hundred for a starter" I"
There isn't any mortgage on the Cen
trail NJ. E. church at Hometown, and
there is power plant at the dam, and
Dan Meeker is working in the bank.
No, April hasn't taken him into part
nership.
But June has.
(CopyrISht, 1915 Western Newapaper Union. /
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-11-23
Real Essentials,

After all it matters not how simple
the Thanksgiving dinner is If only the
food Is palatable and well cooked and
the welcome is hearty. Did not dear
old Doctor Holmes once say. 'aThe
true essentials to feast are only fun
and feed?"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-11-23

Spragueville with their produce be-
cause it's too hard to haul. How many
men'n give days work with teams
to grade her DOWN."
Fifty hands went up in the air like
bayonets. Good" said April Jones.
That's the first thing we tackle. But
we're going to git a power plant at the
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-11-23

mOnln ii Wnlc0 ne was DOF1. bSpeClak-
ly since he had had to go thEenSh life
with the nickname "Ape," a natural
shortening Of his longer name, but one
that was not so very complimentary.
"a darned good name, April or
Ape" said Harry Dee time and again.
IF it's Ape he's as Cociable as a
gorilla. And, If it's April he's as
pleasant as the breaking up Of a hard
winter"
Yet April had acquired funds, If he
hadn't made friends. And he had 9TH
er riches. Chief among them was
June, daughter, named for her birth
month, like her father. She was well
named, toO-fOr she had roses in her
cheeks, and eyes that were twin
patches Of blue sky. Nearly every
body preferred her to her sister May.
Dan Meeker certainly did-or to any
one. April, May and June were the
whole Jones family.
AS for Hometown, and the kind of
town Hometown was, this is the way
Harry Dee described it when he went
down to the city, and they asked:
Hometown, is the best little town
the Lord ever made, but there amt
anybody else ever worked at it much.
When he quit, everybody else laid off.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-11-23

Strength of character is not mere
strength Of feellng-it is the resOlute
restraint of strong feeling, 1t is un-
yielding resistance to whatever would
dlsconcert US from without or unsestls
US froEa withln.-ChaFleA DlekenA
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-11-23

"What are you thankful fur tOdayT''
asked PlOdding Pete.
swell. If I had riches" replied
Meandering Mike, II s'pOse I'd be wOr-
rying about me taxes. Maybe I ought
to be thankful l amt got nOthin' much
to be thankful fur"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-11-23
rhs Thankful Shirt

Cultivate the thankful spirit. It
will be to thee perpetual feast.
There is, or ought to be, with us no
such thing as small mercies; all are
great, because the least are unde.
served. Indeed, really thankful
heart will extract motive for gratitude
from everythlng.-J. II. Macduff.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-11-23

teen l suffered each
month 30 ! had to be
in bed. had head
ache, backsche and
such pains / would
cramp double every
month / did not
know what 1t was
to be easy a minute.
My health was all
run down and the
doctors did not do
ma ANU nOod A
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-11-23

II you suspect that your child has Worms
a single dose of Dr. Peery's Dead Shot,
will settle the question. Its action upon
the Stomach and Bowels IL beneficial in
either case. No second dose or after pur-
gatiye necessary. Adv.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-11-23

The annual rice production Of Japan
has reached the 250.OO0,O -buslTel
mark,
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-11-23

Norway has total trade-union men,
bership of $4,000,
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-11-23
"IDON'T SUFFER
ANY MORE"
" Feel Like a New Person."
says Mrs. Hamilton.

New Castle, Ind.-"From the time
I was eleven years old until was seven
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-11-23
ApR|[J0NES
GIVES THANKS
DouqIas haIIoch

PRIL Jones was the
worst crouch In Home
town. Perhaps It was
enough to make a man
grouchy, to have had
parents with no more
originality than to name
him april" because
April happened to be the
The Arvada enterprise., 1916-11-09
COINAGE RECORD BROKEN.
Philadelphia Mint Turns Out 5.23i ,ai3
Coins, Valued At sI,643,o15.

Philadelphia records for tn"
number OF pieces coined were broken
10y thy United States mint In this city
during october. Tho total number OF
coins turned on, WAS ii,23l. .Il3, or
moro than on" fourth the coiuHp" for
any OF the past Nv" years, tn" yearly
output having averaged around l1D,.
uou,UuO pieces. Included IN the months
coinag" were lO.ul3 Mckinney m"mOr.
ial gold dollars. COCO 600 old design
dimes. 3,UuO,OOO now design dimes.
o.Go7,2pO five cent pieces aud L5.pli,
200 bronk" pennies, with value OF
S.Gi3,0l5, In addition, l,apnUOl pieces
Of fiy" contdyos for the government of
Salvador, Of the value ut &i5,O 600. ami
10000 gold pound blank"' FOR the
government Of Peru, nl ia" value Of
s2i3,320,Hj. were made"
The Arvada enterprise., 1916-11-09
Collects S3,9s2.32 Inheritance Tax.

or $,9N2,%2 paid in inheritance
taxes at the state trcasurcr's office
in one day, the estate of Charles w.
darkness OF Denver paid the major
portion, s3.02l, the cash valuation of
his property being Sl73,i29. Mr..
Hardness died last May. His estate
consisted principally OF 40 shares of
stock in the Continental OH Company.
valued at $liS,Oo0. and twelve shares
OF preferred stock and ili shares of
common stock in the Colorado Power
Company. together appraised at sl2,.
$40. Other settlements included the
estates Of Charlotte Ramsey of BOul.
der-si5.GO on s2i,9G0: George Hide
brandt G. Rio Blanco SliG.O2
on s21,&r6.2l; stephen NJ. Griswold of
Denver S2GG.GO on s7,07j; Lewis
Stevens of Arapahoo county $352.&2
on sli,235, and John Henry Bc'z of
Denver-sl5l.OS inheritance tax on II
valuation of sG.l9l.OG.
The Arvada enterprise., 1916-11-09
OIL INSPECTION LAW
DECLARED BOON TO STATE AUTO.
IsTS BY JAMES DUcE.
Oil Inspector Says Act Has Saved
$4,000 and Prevented Ruin Of
Many Engines.

Denver. - Upward of 100000 has
been saved TO the owners of automo-
biles and the ruin of many engines
prevented through the operation of the
state oil inspection act which has re.
suited in the elimination from Colo
rado OF fake gasoline improvcrs, nc.
cording to tie report of State Oil In
spcctor James nucc, now being COM
piled.
The oil inspection bureau has
turned $4,000 in license fees into the
state revenue above expenses. Case.
line sold in Colorado is declared to be
of an average better quality than sold
elsewhere, because of the heavy fine
involved in detection for mixing oils.
The report will relate that forty
eight p cparations have been de
barred from the state through the
bureaus 'rtusal TO approve labels sub.
mittGd under the act.
The report when completed, will
contain the names Of all the prepare
tions approved and disapprovcd by the
bureau, together with the reason for
exclusion
No question OF laboratory analysis
comes before the bureau under the
act, which states that the bureau must
approve the label of the concoction he
fore it il offered for sale.
The Arvada enterprise., 1916-11-09
Anthracite Freight Rates Reduced.

Through informal action, and with.
out the necessity of conducting an in
vcstigaiion and having "A formal hear
ing, the State Public Utilities Commis.
sion has secured the following rcduc-
lions in anthracite coal freigh, rates
on the Ecnvcr & Rio Grandc railroad
from the Crested Butt" mining dis.
trict to the following points: Mont
rose, from s. 10 $3.50. Lake city. 81
TO $3.50; Cimarron, s2.75 to $3.50:
Ridg,Wy, s&.25 10 $3.50; Ouray, s&.25
TO 81; Ola'hc, S3l5 to S2.G5: Delta
1925 to s2.75; iiotchkiss. $3.50 TO 81:
Paon'a. $3.50 10 81; Whitewater, $40
TO $3.25; Mears Junction, s2.S5 to s2.Ij.
These reductions bring the anthracite
coal freight rates into line with the
soft coal freight rates recently or
lcrcd into effect by the commission
The Arvada enterprise., 1916-11-09
Forest Reserves for Fairgrounds.

That Denver should establish play.
grounds IN ia" forest reserves and
thus be IN line with California cities
is TIA" opinion Of District Forester
Smith Riley, who returned from tour
of the Pacific coast. There arc any
number OF areas within forty five ,u
sixty miles Of Denver that could b.
easily utilized for playground and
recreation purposes, either municipal
or private, ana at small expense. he
says. Los Angeles has already ~
'ablishcd u playground on national
forest domain.
The Arvada enterprise., 1916-11-09
HAD ALL SHE COULD STAND
Despite Possible Proposal, "Youns
"old Maid" Was Unable to Put
Up With Bore.

lolc Is n new and charming CORE.
kpondent who describes herself as ~
rather young old maid In whom the
eager desire for matrimony Is almost
ovcrbnlanccd by an unfortunate sense
Of the righteousness OF all masculine
beings" Her letter relating some re-
cent experiences with male horcs and
zanics Is too long TO reproduce. We
print this bri.f excerpt:
''Iic talked v socialism from 30 to
o:3O. Of the war from then iii 10 30,
OF Bernard Shaw ana how he Is df.
fcrcnt from chcst"rtOn III II :3o-nnd
then OF psychic therapeutics!
"T am, you know he intcrjcctcd.
connected with the Emmanuel move
mont.'
lyon surprls" me. murmurcd.
"Why should you he surprised that
! nm Interested IN SO absorbing n sub.
i"cti' he demanded. And I'm afraid
] glanced Mt the clock rs an.
swcrod
81 didn't Imagine YOU could be- con.
ncctcd with hny sort Of n'cr.moyc.
ncntl'
"But isn't II too hadI think h."
would hnNc proposed II I'd let him
talk another hour or sol''
The Arvada enterprise., 1916-11-09
PROUD OF THEIR MODEL SON
OF Course He Wss Young, but Just
Then His Habits Were Abso.
iutely Irreproaehabie.

"Ah, well, wife" said John Runblcs.
the honest farmer. though our corn
was stricken with Quinsy this year.
and our pigs all got the ear disease.
and our cabbagcs were all hollow. and
our wheat had appendicitis. we have
the consolation of knowing that we
have model son. Just think, Roland
has never smoked cigarette In his
whole llfc."
"Nor anything else. for that mat
ter" replied Susan. his honest wife.
And he would no more think of TAX
ing strong drink than he would Of fly
Ing"
True" asserted Honest John. with
n sick!y smile. "And III. regular hours
he keeps"
yes" put in Honest Susan, eagerly.
"To bed right aftcr supper every night
regular ns clockwork."
And for while John smoked in con
tcmplativc silence, while Susan knit
ted away in her easy chair.
"But of course. there's this" said
John nj length. I'VE can't tell how
he'll be later on. We must remember
he's only six months old"
"Ah. John. We mustn't borrow trou.
bic. We have enough already, good
ness knows" snlckcrcd Susnu.-De.
troit Free Press.
The Arvada enterprise., 1916-11-09
LIQUOR shIpmen,s shou p,orra,,

Liquor fhIpmouta into Colorado lof
Ia" month Of September reports ol
which have just been compiled at the
state house. show % decrease ol I3l
over the preceding thirty days. The
total was 2G,72j, ThlrtyfIyc counties
IN the state share IN this d"cronar
but Denver and III pnso counties r.
port Increases Of forty and gOa ship
m"nis respectively August IH the
IlrHt month sine" prohibition went In
10 effect which has shown drcropro
The Arvada enterprise., 1916-11-09
submatln. Va. $4,000 silver Load.

New London. Conn Six and one
half tons OF silver bullion from the
mint at san frHncifco were unloaIcd
her" at the railroad station by an oR.
press company and transported TO the
German merchant subUHfin" DoulHch.
land, moor"d at the state pier, for ship
mont across the ocean, tn" metal
was conveyed through the streets IN
five open wag"s without armed guard g
end f"w persons suspected that $50,
600 worth OF property was bulng
moved In that fashion
The Arvada enterprise., 1916-11-09
GERMAN PAPERS
PLEAF0R PEACE
FIELD MARSHAL Won HINDEN.
BURG ADVISES FRANCE TO
BE REASONABLE.
.FOODCoNFEREN HELD
EMPEROR W u L AN AMONG
THOSE PRESENT AT MEETING
PLANNING FOOD SUPPLY.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Bcrlin.-The Berlin Norwaerts, com
mcnting on the interview with Field
Marshal Won liindenburg, in which he
discussed many phases OF the war,
says:
HE advises Franc" to be reasona-
bic and not to act as Il further obsta
Gle TO peace. This advice will have n
better chance Of being heard abroad
II we show ourselves reasonable. too
If we are going TO drag this war on
indefinitely, then the whole OF Europe
will bleed 10 death and America and
the colorCd races would be our heirs.
But We want Europe 10 live not Ger
many only, but all nations. We want
France to live. We see her nov
hated her. We want peace for Eng
land and Russia, peace for the whole
bloodstaincd world"
\ food conference was held AT the
chancellor's palace AT whicn there
were present Emperor William, the
'lliHCclloI, Dr. Won B'lnlnann-lioll'
veg; secretaries OF state and heads OF
all departments and representatives
o! important organizations throughout
the empire which are directly or even
indirectly interested in tn" subject.
The conference continued for nearly
two hours, during which the emperor
conferred personally with each o.
those present.
The Arvada enterprise., 1916-11-09
ALLIED ATTACKS ON soMME FAIL
Thousand Prisoners Taken In Assault
Near Rothenthurn Pass in
Rumania.

Berlin, Nov. S.--On the Sommc front
the British made an attack near Eau
court L'Abbayo but were Immediately
beaten back. the war office announced
The capture of Il Russian bridge
head on the Stokhod is reported by
the war office. On the northern part
of the front, between Dvinsk and Lake
Narocz, Russian artillery is displaying
marked activity.
Near Rothcn,hurn pass the Aus
trians and Germans advanced and
took more than 1000 prisoners. Near
gained.
The Arvada enterprise., 1916-11-09
Even up
HIGH COST OF LIVING

This is serious matter with house
keepers as food prices are constantly
going up. To overcome this, cut out
tile high priced meat dishes and serve
your family more SINNERS Macaroni
and Spaghetti, the cheapest, most de-
liclous and most nutritious of ull foods.
Write the Skinner Mfg. Co., Omaha,
Nebr., for beautiful cook book. telling
how to prepare 1t in Il hundred different
ways. It's free to every woman.-Ady,