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Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-11-24

fellow got up, raised one finger at
arms length above his head and said:
81 tell you what I'm going to do: |
amt going TO any of 'em, and I'm go
ing to 'em all !" And with this para
doxicaI pronouncement he stomped off
to bed.
Next morning April Jones sent the
cashier to ask the three clergymen to
meet him at the bank.
I'm much obliged to you all for your
invitations" he said, while the. Congre-
gationalist looked at him mystified, and
the Methodist and Baptist looked at
each other, ''but 1 can't be in no three
places at once. That shows you the
ruinous effect of competition. Now,
I'm going to suggest this: Let's open
up the school auditorium and have one
big, bang-up Thanksgiving service and
invite the whole town! !"
That is how the famous town
Thanksgiving in Hometown came
about. Before they got through April
Jones was made chairman of the COM
mittee of arrangements, and Dan Meek
er was called over from the grocery
and made secretary. It was agreed that
the Methodist minister was to open
the meeting, that the Baptist pastor
should offer prayer, and that the Con-
gregational brother should preach the
sermon, with the Methodist to pro-
nounce the benediction.
"And We'll have three chofrs get to-
gether up at June's house tomorrow
night" suggested Dan, land practice
each others hymnsp'
So one idea suggested another, and
before Thursday arrived the whole
town had been invited, and had agreed
to come.
No one in Hometown will forget that
Thanksgiving service in the school au-
ditorium. What singing there was by
that chorus of nearly thirty voices,
mingling in the best old Methodist
and Baptist and Congregational
| hymns! How the preachers Wed with
each other in elOquence! And when
the Methodist minister took up a col
lection, although nobody knew exactly
what for, everybody laughed right out
But that was April Jones' turn to
speak. 81 don't know whether it's
just regular for me to speak now, after
these good brothers," said April, ''or to
! speak at all, but l tell you what we
are going to do with this money. Us
folks here in Hometown have got a
lot to be thankful for, but we don't
know it. We ought to give thanks for
these three brothers here, who are pull
ing the weeds in our little vineyard
We ought to give thanks for our good
school. We ought to give thanks for
our good soil, and the good power in
our river that we amt never developed
yet. But tell you what think about
Thanksgiving think we ought to
give something more besides giving
thanks!
There's a young fellah setting down
here that has been secretary of our
committee of arrangements, who has
been Citing off a lot of ideas up at our
place about us folks Citing together
and l want to tell you they're sound
l move you that we go into commit
tee of the whole, or something, and
that, after we git organized, that Dan
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-11-24

convenience has been given consider
able weight, the artistic element is not
lacking. Use has been made of the
method Of finishing the house in white.
in the view shown in the perspective,
and this view also shows the added
touch which may be obtained by finish
ing the window sash in some dark
color The appearance of the hip roof
is pleasing in this design, and this
type of roof has the added advantage
that all of the upper floor rooms may
be full height without carrying the
room to excessive height. A small dor
mer is built into the roof at the front
in order to break up the monotony of
the shingled surface and furnish a
means of lighting the attic.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-11-24
THANKSGIVING Fable.

An aged Turkey, once upon a time
had occasion to read the Riot act to a
Grandson because the latter was a
GluttOn.
1T Behooves you to Fast for a 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 tol" 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 WE'LL" answered the Grand
sire. Keep right on getting Obese
and you will be Dead Next for keeps
then You'll see who does the Stufing.'
And the late November returns
showed that the Old Turk knew
Whereof he Spoke.
Moral-If you would Live Long and
Prosper, Don't get Gay.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-11-24

time without any new material being
produced.
Naturally the brick made in the ear
ly period of its history involved a labo-
rious hand process. It remained' for
the power machine to give the brick
industry the start which has made it's
rapid development possible. In 1910
Nathaniel Adams invented the first
power brick machine which was used
in this country. Today all bricks ex-
cept those made in the very smallest
yards are manufactured by power ma
chimes.
The development which is most in
teresting to the average man is that
which affects the appearance of the
brick. Although some of the speci-
mems of the earliest brickwork show
that processes were known at that
time whereby the faces of the brick
could be decorated in beautiful, colors,
the practice seems to have fallen into
disuse as time passed on, for only a
few decades ago the brick used in COM
| mon construction was anything other
than beautiful. The modern builder,
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-11-24

He give us a navigable river, but it
amt never been navigated by anything
much but bullheads apd 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 it yet. He
give us good soil, but we're keepin'
it more or less of a secret. He give
us a lot of natural advantages, and
quite a bunch of natural loafers, one
of whom guess 1 am which. FACE
is, he give US darned sight more than
we ever give ourselves. Six days he
labored and made Hometown; and it
amt never had any next week SINCE"
Of course, it wasn't as bad as that.
Dan Meeker, who had been a tent-boy
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-11-24

that is all he did. 1t doesn't take
much effort to agree. Dan did well, as
a clerk in the grocery, but as a stim-
ulator of the town he didn't make
much progress. Likewise he didn't
make much progress up at the Jones
place. June smiled, but April stormed.
AS Thanksgiving approached, the
three local pastors began to think
about their Thanksgiving services. The
choirs were rehearsed, and certain
Thanksgiving sermons were busted off,
looked over and rewritten. One day
the minister of the Methodist church
said to his wife:
There's April Jones. He has more
to be thankful for than any of US, as
far as this worlds goods go. Wouldn't
it be a fine thing to get Ape out to
our Thanksgiving meeting?"
His wife Immediately said it would
and she couldn't help wondering if
it might not ultimately have some
effect on her husbands back salary
although it was a worldly thought. So
that very afternoon her husband called
at the bank and invited April Jones.
April Jones said he'd see-and he
was so decent about it that the min
lister told his wife that April Jones
/ was a mSjudged man. The Baptist
pastor saw them through the bank
window and, as May taught in the Bap-
tist Sunday school and June sang in
the choir, he decided that it would be
no more than right to drop in and have
talk with their father and mention
the Thanksgiving services.
'The absence of our leading citizen,
said the pastor, would throw cold wa
ter ON the whole service"
'Well, little cold water amt going
to hurt Baptist, is it?' asked April
with something that approached a
chuckle. And, not quite so pleasantly
he said he would see.
April Jones was a suspicious per
son; and that night when Dan asked
him if he wouldn't come to the Con
gregational service, he roared:
'"What are you fellows up to?
amt no heather, that you have to star
missionarying me!''
1t took little time to convince hin
that there was no conspiracy of cordi
ality against him. Suddenly the oil
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-11-24

The chimney is carried well up above
the top of the roof, both for the in
creased draft which is obtained in this
way and for the effect in appearance
which it produces. All double-hung
windows have the upper sash divided
to take small panes of glass, and the
fixed-saSh windows are built with the
entire sash divided in this way. When
the dark finish is used the effect pro-
duced by this construction is marked.
The interior of the house is divided
into three rooms on the first floor and
four rooms on the second floor. The
entrance from the front porch leads
into reception hall. The living room
is entered from this hall and the fire
place is directly opposite, with a small
window on either side. The fireplace
is usually constructed of ornamental
face brick of rough texture.
The dining room is entered through
the living room. This room is one of
the pleasant features of the house A
bay is built into the wall on the side
of the house and three large windows
are placed in it. In the back wall
| two small windows are set, one on
either side of the buffet. The room is
very well lighted and represents an
excellent method of handling dining
room design. The kitchen is handiIy
arranged, with sink, and cupboards
along the inside WALL A grade door
entry near the kitchen is built large
enough to furnish space for refrige-
(: rator
On the second floor there are three
bedrooms, a sleeping porch, and the
bath. The sleeping porch is a room
having two sides filled in with win
dows. This porch may be heated dur
ing the winter months if it is desired.
For the family desiring a comfort
able home characterized by simplicity.
upon which is founded convenience in
room arrangement, good appearance in
every part, and the qualities which are
incident to ease in keeping things
clean, house similar to the one Illus
trated and described here has many
advantages.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-11-24
A Helping Hand.

One doesn't need to be rich or IA
nous to reach out a helping hand to
someone who needs it. A good exam
pie is great wOrk-the greatest work
woman can do-and it doesn't re-
quire the spending of one-cent piece.
Example is contagious. We can begin
a very sweet work if we villa work
that will do more good than we would
ever dream about.
Then let US put aside petty repinings
and complainings, sit down quietly
Thanksgiving day and count up our
blessings, and let us be truly grateful
for them. We probably know someone
struggling on alone. If we are able
to do so, why not bring a little prac-
tlcal cheer into her life Thanksgiving
day? If we do the holiday will fly
away with golden wings and next morn.
ing we'll know what it is to be thankful
and happy.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-11-24


TNHIS is the week of Thanksgiving.
Thanksgiving day is an Ameri-
Nan 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 a 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 Novenser
In year 1921, and gave thanks to their
Cod 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
paragement Of the things we are crate
ful for; but humanity does not think
Of thanks until II has felt the terrors
of distress.
The rich who live In luxury and ease
do not thank with their hearts. Their
thHnlss are but formal expressions of
meaningless words. How can words
mean anything when one has not felt
the things which make for thankful
ness2
~ But the poverty-stricken who have
fnced starvation pour out thanks from
their humble hearts for the things
that have saved their lives.
Those who live In gorgeous homes
with comfortable flreplaces 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.
We do not prize health until we have
lost 1t, and we do not appreciate life
until we have faced the danger of hav-
Ing to give 1t mp.
That which we have we are likely to
accept as matter of course: but be
deprived of II 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
uAAh hftRRAhNSo OiAtF NhNn we nave nuu
70 do without them.
We are not thankful for that to
which we are accustomed and accept
thoughtlcssly. But when we are de.
Eprived of the necessities of life and
sface 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
fby the gravity of the sorrow of our
neighbOrs.
The year has not been one of great
happiness, peace and prosperity. 1t is
year of travail for humanity-tht
travail Of a people being born again
NBut out Of IT will come disciplined
land sober people; n people who will
know the realities of life better.
We will learn that life is a serious
matter, and no silly, simpering affair
The war hns brought US again TO al
understanding Of the terrible earnest
ness Of the thing we callAife.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-11-24
First-Floor Plan.

however, finds in brick one of the most
adaptable of building materials. The
possible color range includes almost
tie whole scale from black to white
Various mixed color effects are avail
able. The texture may vary from a
CLASSY smoothness and polish to a very
rough finish. Although bricks are made
in standard sizes, it is possible to OBJ
tain special sizes for the purpose of
producing special effects. The method
of laying the bricks is also a means
of producing artistic effects; the use
of English bond, Flemish bond and
other special methods of laying, to-
gether with the use of colored mortar,
relieves the mOnotony of the more
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-11-24
HOUSE IMPROVED
BY BRICK PORCH
Expense of Its Addition Is War
ranted by the Extra Value
Given to Property.
SPECIAL EFFECTS MADE EASY
Color Range of Materials to Be En-
pioyed Is Practically Unlimited
Well to Have Foundation Wall
and Chimneys in SINH
lar Design.
BY WILLIAM A. RApEoRp.

Mr.. William A. Radford vii answer
questions and give advice FREE OF
COST on all subjects pertaining to the
subject of building, for the readers of this
paper. On account of his wide experience
as Editor, Author and Manufacturer, he
is, without doubt, the highest authority
on all these subjects. Address all inquiries
to William A. Radford No. 1927 Prairie
avenue, Chicago, Ill, and only enclose
two-cent stamp for reply.
Everyone is aware of the possibility
of greatly improving houses by the
addition of a neat brick porch. There
is, perhaps, no better method of alter
ing house to improve its appearance
than that of adding a brick porch. AS
a rule a brick porch may be built on
any house without involving a great
deal of expense other than that of
building the porch itself. 1t is not
necessary to reconstruct part of
the house in order to make the new
porch look right. The increased value
given the property by the greatly i'm
proved appearance of the house is usu-
ally sufficient to warrant the expense
incurred in the construction of the
brick porch.
Many people favor the brick-porch
idea to the extent that when the de-
sign for their new house is drawn up
q brick porch is included as one of
the most important features of eXte-
rior finish. There are a great many
possibilities in face brick, from a dec
orative standpoint. The advancement
which has been made during recent
years in the brick industry is interest
ing. The use of brick as a building
material dates back beyond the oldest
pyramid. The manufacture of brick
may be traced down through the ages
with only one serious break-immedi
ately after the fall of the Roman EN-
pire-when the brick which had al
ready been made were reused for {
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-11-24
One Of Most Ancient Customs

The Dutch colonists held 'tbank
days every year from 1890 until 171O,
and the English, upon gaining author
ity there, followed their example. The
English harvest home was familiar to
them, and they carried out the Ameri-
can feast day much as they had in the
old days on the island. This event
there was and still is purely a rural
one, and is the sole day in the year
when the vast estates of the British
gentry are thrown open to the whole
countryside. There is barn dance at
night, sports on the greensward as the
sun sets, just as there was thousand
years ago among the Saxons; and
there is, of course, quite a wonderful
dinner. 1t was in 1890 that the gov
ernOr of New York chose a day of
thanksgiving for yearly observance,
and several other northern governors
soon followed his lead.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-11-24


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, infantile 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 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.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-11-24
First Thanksuivinu Proclamation.


It 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, so
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 a
Thanksgiving proclamation, without
asking advice. Eight southern states
began to keep the day the ensuing
year, and did so in a manner of great
hospitality, up to the time the Civil
war broke out.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-11-24

mOnLn ii which he was born. Especial
ly since he had had to go through life
with the nickname APE" a natural
shortening of his longer name, but one
that was not so very complimentary.
"A darned good mama April or
Ape" said Harry Dee time and again.
'f it's Ape he's as sociable 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, a 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 Gid-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.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-11-24
India'S Tailor Bird.

The tailor bird of India, tiny yell
low creature, makes most curious
nest. To escape snakes and monkeys,
this bird takes a dead leaf, flies up
into a tree, and, with a fiber for a
thread and its bill for needle, sews
the leaf to a green one hanging from
the tree, an opening to the nest thus
formed being left at the top. The
leaf, apparently hanging from a twig,
would never be taken for nest.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-11-24
THANKSGIVING FABLE.

1t was a hungry pussy cat, upon Thanks
giving morn,
And she watched a thankful little mouse,
that ate an ear of corn.
''If l 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 for having fed, and
his thanks for feeding me,
With al his thankfulness inside, how
thankful I shall be-"
Thus mused the hungry pussy cat, upon
Thanksgiving day;
But the little mouse had overheard and
declined with thanks) to stay.
oliver Herford.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-11-24
Americans petest Quiet.

Of all things which Americans de-
test quiet comes first. Take as a proof
this matter of pianos and talking ma
chimes, says the Philadelphia Ledger
Every workday there now comes
from American factories an even 1000
pianos and about 1900 talking ma
chimes. You will notice that the piano
has not been entirely silenced by me
chanical music. Indeed, the value of
pianos made daily in our country is
31s times as great as the value of
photographs. but the number nf nianos
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-11-24

Meeker be made secretary OF Lne
blamed business, whatever it is"
1t didn't take more than a minute
to make Dan secretary. They wanted
to make April president, but he
wouldn't have it. 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 COZ
lection yet. Here's this hill west Of
town, that sends half the farmers to-
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-11-24
Observation-Disclosures
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 10 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 mighty nations inmost heart
That we abhor to burn and kill
That weaker nations we protect
Fight but to make their wrongine cease.
And only comes to make them free
Wethank 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
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