Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1917-11-15
PRESIDENT ISSUES
GAIL FOR THANKS
NOVEMBER - SET APART ron
oAY ~ NATIONAL THANK
PUlNGoo.
SEES HAPPINESS IN soRsoW
One Mind and One Purposs b Mark
Day's OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Prayer.
ful lnterceesien for Continue
ton Of Manifold o~lessines.

President Wilson issued his 1917
Thanksgiving proclamation, calling
upon the nation, vel In the midst
Of the sorrow and great peril OF .
world shaken by war. to thank God
for blessings that are better than
mere peace Of mind and prosperity
Of enterprises.
The proclamation. fixing Thursday,
November 20. as Thanksgiving day.
follows:
Thanksgiving, 1917.
by the President OF the United
States Of America:
"a proclamation.
1T has long been the honored Gus.
tom Of ou people to turn in. the fruit.
full autumn Of the year in praise and
thanksgiving to Almighty God for his
many blessings and mercies to US as
q nation.
THAT custom we can follow now,
even in the midst Of tragedy of q
world shaken by war and immeas.
urable disaster, in the midst Of sor.
row and great peril. because even
amidst the darkness that has gath,
cred about us. we can see the great
blessings God has bestowed upon us.
blessings that are better than mere
peace Of mind and prosperity Of en-.
terprise.
1--WE have been given the opportu.
nifty to serve mankind as we once
served ourselves in the great day Of
U Declaration of Independence, by
taking up arms against a tyranny
that threatened to master and de.
base zen everywhere and joining
with other free peoples in demand.
ing for all the nations Of the world
what we then demanded and obtained
for ourselves.
zone Mind and Purpose"
I'm this day Of the revelation Of
our duty, not only to defend our own
rights as a nation, but to defend also
the rights Of free men throughout
the world. there has been vouch.
safed US in full and inspiring meas
ure the resolution and spirit Of unit.
ed action. We have been brought to
one mind and purpose.
"A new vigor Of common counsel
and common action has been revealed
In US.
1--WE should especially thank God
that In such circumstances, in the
midst Of the greatest enterprise the
spirits Of men have ever entered upon,
WI have, II we but observe a reason.
able and practicable economy, abun
dance with which to supply the needs
Of those associated with us as well
as our own. A new light shines about
us. The great duties Of a day awaken
a new and greater national spirit In
US. We shall never again be divided
or wonder what stuff we are made OF
"And, while we render thanks for
these things, let US pray Almighty
God that in all humbleness Of spirit
we may look always to him for guild.
ance; that w may be kept constant
in the spirit and purpose Of service;
that by his grace our minds may be
directed and u hands strengthened,
and that In his good time liberty and
security and liberty and the com.
radeship Of a common justice may
be v%ouchsafed all the nations Of the
earth.
Urges Day Of Prayer.
Wherefore. l, Woodrow Wilson
president Of the United States o,
America. do hereby designate Thurs.
day. the tw~enty.ninth day Of Noven'
Der next, as a day Of thanksgiving
and prayer, and invite the people
throughout the land to cease upon
that day from their ordinary occu
pations, and In their several homes
and places Of worship to render
thanks to God. the great ruler o.
nations.
In witness whereof. / have here
unto set my hand and caused the
seal Of the United States to be al
fixed.
Done in the District Of Columbia
the seventh day OF November, in the
year Of Our Lord, n thousand, nine
hundred and seventeen. and Of the
Independence Of the United States
Of America. the n hundred ant
f~orty.secorI.
WOODROW WILSON.
by the president.
ROBERT LANSING. Secretary o.
State"