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The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1918-11-28
One Day Only
NO CHARGE FOR EXAMINATION

DR. Mellenthin is a regular gradu-
ate in medicine and surgery and is
licensed by the state of oNrth Dakota
He visits professionally the more i'm
portant towns and cites and offers to
all who call on this trip consultation
and examination free, except the ex-
pense of treatment when desired.
According to his method of treat
ment he does not operate for chronic
appendicitis, gall stones, ulcers of
stomach, tonsils or adenoids.
He has to his credit many wonder
full results in diseases of the stomach,
liver bowels, blood, skin, nerves, heart
kidney, bladder, bed-wetting, catarrh,
weak lungs, rheumatism, sciatic, leg
ulcers and rectal ailments.
If you have been ailing for any
length of time and do not get any bet
ter, do not fail to call, as improper
measures rather than disease are very
often the cause Of your long standing
trouble.
Remember above date, shat exam
nation On this trip will be free and
that his treatment is different.
Address,. 1876 Boston Block, Min
neapolis, MINI.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1918-11-28
Turkey in American History,

The turkey was domesticated by the
abOrigines of the Southwest and by
the Aztecs of Mexico, centuries before
the white man ever set foot in Amer
lea. The Yucatan variety was the one
tanned by the Indians, and from it most
of the varieties now under domestica-
ton are supposed to have been de-
rived, although it is possible that there
has been a large admixture of the
blood of the Northern wild turkeys.
The famous Feather cloth" woven by
the Aztecs in days before tn, conquest,
specimens of which are still pre-.
served in the royal palace ut Madrid,
was woven of ocellated turkey feath-
ers. This feather cloth was also
known to the prehistoric cliff dwell
FRS Of the Mesa Verde Canon de Chel-
~ and other regions of Arizona and
New Mexico, and is occasionally found
when excavations are made.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1918-11-28
OBJECTED TO CUSTOM
observance Of Thanksgiving Was
for a Period Not Popular
in Southern States.

Tx the South Thanksgiving day was
practically unknown until 1856. In
that year Governor Jones of Vir-
gaia sent letter to the state legiS-
atnre urging a recognition of the dny'
:nag he might issue proclamation for
It's observance; but he was advised
Aat as most Of the citizens of the
gate regarded this day as "a relic of
earitanic bigotry,' he ought not to
Ige its observance.
Two years later Governor Wise, the
e1ccessor Of Jones, without asking adj
VICE Of the legislature, issued proc
Anation, and the people, generally
Growing aside their prejudice, OBJ
served the day.
In the next year, 1858, eight COVER
aors Of southern states issued procle-,
raaeiens after the model Of New Eng
tand, calling upon their people to OBJ
%rve the last Thursday in November
us q day for thanksgiving. But the
hyll war was at hand, and the bit
ferlsess engendered In the long contro-
sersy over slavery caused many vio-
s0t'. opponents of the North to oppose
E4s proclamation, because Of the in
faduction of a yankee custom"
Undoubtedly our present Thanksgiv-
tug day has It's prototype in the Ply
mouth thanksgiving festival Of 1921.
II has been asserted repeatedly that
:he Plymouth festival YVES suggested to
Ehe Pilgrims by the Jewish "Feast Of
Aagathering."
It the Plymouth festival has imme-
Nate kinship with similar events in
sae past, it has analogies with the har-
vest home Of England. The Pilgrims
we're familiar with the English cele-
tration. and many Of them, no doubt,
had participated in 1t. The dominant
mark of each was the Joy over the In
gathering harvest.
The chief difference between the two
vas the want of ceremony at Plymouth
fsat characterized the English festi-
sHl-. In some parts Of England the
nerrynaking was around the mod
dsngsheaf," or "kern baby" aot ii
saany places the last load Of the har>
vest was drawn to the barn In wagon
called the ''hoch cart" I'm fro'it went
pinc and tabor, and around ii gathered
tie reapa'rs, mon and women, singing
joyously as they proceeded. At Ply
mouth there was no ceremony. There
sas no harvest song so familiar in
=he Sutherland:
Here's health to the harley NOW;
Here's a health to the man
"hn very well can
Both harrow and plough and sow.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1918-11-28

I'm thankful for lot of things,
I'm thankful I'm alive,
I'm thankful that I'm six years old,
Instead of only FIVE.
I'm thankful for my tops and toys
And for my Kitty Gray.
I'm thankful for the big outdoors
Where I can run and play.
I'm thankful for the things that grow,
The apples-areh't they good?
The corn where we played hide-and-
AS in little wood.
I'm thankful for the pumpkins round,
Just like a golden ball,
And Jack-o'-lanterns, big and queer
They don't scare me at all.
I'm thankful for Thanksgiving day,
For pies all in row;
I'm thankful Grandma made them
sweet,
She knows like them so.
I'm thankful for the turkey, too
How brown it is, and nicel
And I'd be very thankful, please,
For only one more slice.
elizabeth H. Thomas, in Youths
Companion.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1918-11-28
DAYS new MEANING
This Year National Rejoicing Is
A||oyed With Thought Of
Glad Sacrifice.
TO a very great number Of us,
especially the fathers and

TNO very great number Of us,
especially the fathers and
mothers and wives of the Unit
ed States, Thursday will be one of the
most realistic Thanksgivings we have
ever spent. At last, after many years
in which this national holiday was
nothing more than that-merely, in
fact, an occasion for feasting and gath
ering and pleasure-seeking-this dis
tinctly American day is to mean some
thing very real and intimate to us all.
Just what message and benefit it
brings to us will depend largely, if not
wholly, upon ourselves. And the char
acter of our appreciation of the bless
ings that have come to us will measure
the depth of our patriotism and love
of country.
We are not of those who believe the
whole sacrifice belongs to the man who
has gone away to fight. AS mucll-in
some cases even mOre-bravery and
courage and devotion to duty and to
country have been necessary on the
part of those who remained behind.
And we are certain that those who
stop at home viii, on this coming
Thanksgiving, realize more completely
than they have heretofore that the call
Fate has made upon American man.
hood and wOmanhood is indeed an Op-
portunity for service, not merely a
| disagreeable duty to be shirked if pos
sible. For only if the men. in the
ranks, and equally the men and wom-
en- at home who support and encour-
age them, enter this war in such a
spirit Of glad, eager sacrifice will it
ever bring us more than disappoint-
| ment and regret and terrible loss.
So let Thursday be day of glad
ness, not Of sorrow. Let your tears,
if tears there be as you sit beside the
empty chairs, be evidences that your
heart rejOices in the realization that
| your son or husband or brother or
friend was brave enough and willing
enough, yes, eager enough, to risk all
| that selfish men hold dear and desir-
able that his country might win honor
and security through his blood.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1918-11-28
CUSTOM AN OLD one
Pages Of History Filled With Rec
ord of Days Set Aside for
Giving Thanks.
T\HE idea is prevalent throughout

\f1N lueI Is prevalent throughout
the United States that our
Thanksgiving day is peculiarly
an American custom of New England
origin. This is true in part only. The.
general observance through many
years of set day on which to give
thanks to Almighty God for his bless
ings has made the custom distinctively
American; but it's origin long ante
dates the settlement of this western
continent and we must look elsewhere
for it.
In old Egypt, when the harvest had
been gathered, it was the custom to
observe day of feasting and to lay
offerings upon the affairs of Isis, the
goddess of agriculture. The Jewish
festival was the "Ingathering," or the
"Feast of the Tabernacle" mentioned
in Exodus and other parts of the Old
Testament. This was more particular
ly thanksgiving for the fruit harvest,
but as it came at the close of the en-
tire harvest it probably was intended
t1iSO Il SoCACI III IldHho6ANAuS3 1OA tAC
bounty of nature"
The goddess of the Roman harvest
was Ceres. Her festival was celebrated
annually and was called Ceralia. 1t
was day of worship and rustic sports.
Men and women formed professions
and went to the fields with music.
In one way or another, Thanksgiv-
ing day had been observed in Chris
tan Europe for centuries before its
celebration in New England. The early
Christians kept such days as the bish-
ops named them within their jurisdic.
ton. On the continent, and for time
in England, it occurred at Martinmas,
which was day of feasting and drink
ing. Occasionally too, civic authorities
recommended the observance of some
fixed day.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1918-11-28
Over Seas for Freedom.
ct US be glad together that the
passionate love Of freedom that
1000 81

r ct US be glad together that the
passionate love Of freedom that
49, made the Pilgrim Fathers set
sail In fragile ships to brave the IN.
known terrors of the inhospitabIe New
England coast is driving US back over
the seas In dreadnaughts to face the
known horrors Of modern warfare.
When that spirit dies there can be
no more thanksgiving in America. As
long as this spirit lives it Is always
Thanksgiving day, whatever happens,
Or whatever we may have or may not
have for dinner.
Let US give thanks that years of
prosperity and fairness, years Of peace
and security, have not served to make
US entirely forgot that unless we love
freedom more than life, we are al
ready as one dead; unless we know
the difference between real peace and
selfish security, we are already a con-
quered people.
Let US give thanks for our strength,
our wealth and our opportunities gar
nered under the protection Of even a
dawning democracy, and for the
chance to pour them out without stint
for the spread Of democracy to every
corner Of our world.
ANNE LEWIS PIERCE
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1918-11-28
Time for Self.Examination.

The THANKSGIVING season is a good
Hme to- examine self and sec if there
f. anything in orr life that hinders
nc progress Of the neighhorhcod. 1t
may be that we are standing in the
wny Of community progress unawares.
Il: may be that while we fee! that we
stead. or at least one who works with
others instead Of in advance rf them
Society does not care whether we lead
ar whether our neighhOr leads. What
society wants is progress and we will
be held responsible if we ,io net sac
dfice our own peculiar views II neces-
sary for the welfare of the n3ighbor-
abod, -,
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1918-11-28
The Difference

Inc OJIISTenCS-
Science is concerned with the names,
distances ard magnitudes of the stars;
and with problems touching the I'm
festival parasites of the flea Art, lit
erature and religion are concerned
only with mankind with the elemental.
the universal, the eternal: with the
dream, the defeat, thu. romance of life.
Dallas Lore Sharp, In Atlantic.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1918-11-28
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40, %2& t@H|

IIIlEs WIlIES.
Down come the victims by the score,
And still they blaze away
TO STAY a penteous dinner for
That first Thanksgiving day.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1918-11-28
Real Day Of Thanksgiving.

There is a difference between being
thankful and having good time. One
can enjoy an elaborate dinner and the
meeting of friends without any uplift
OF the heart to the Oliver of all good.
Make Thanksgiving more than Jolly
day, a day of festivity and good cheer
and friendly companionship. Put
aside a portion of it for real Thanks
giving to him to whom your thanks
are due. = -.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1918-11-28
Common Cause
Howdy Thanksgivin'! Here you is
apainl

Howdy Thanksgivin'! Here you is
again!
You comes a-interruptin' when rs
ready to complain.
Is thankful fob pork chop an Is
thankful fob a bean;
rs thankful fob each lump o coal dis
neighborhood has seen.
Now folks is helpin' other folks to see
de winter through,
Cause all de folks is kickin' jes de
same as me an you.
Howdy, Thanksgivin'! As I looks
along de line
Is thankful fob de comp'ny, cause de
comp'ny's mighty fine!
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1918-11-28

ss 1Eaea5 a|
RTHANKSGlVlNG 81
~ 4s52q's<&syy3st:; e.,SHe9<I
lk2isEs 5000 iN
led sumac flames across the hill,
snd in each wood>fr inged hollow,
Ahe autumn breeze among the trees
ais, Follow, follow, followl"
the pumpkins gleam like vagrant gold,
khe grain is silver shining:
Khe very clouds a ove unfold.
a5o show rosy liningl
Red surnac flames across the hill.
Where fading sunlight fingers,
ssH3 points the way for me to stray.
NTH soft, enchanted fingers
And as | stand beside the way,
Hhe world seems throbbins. living
And there feel Gods love today.
And thank him for Thanksgiving
-Cb.ij.ias Herald
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1918-11-28

The war-whoop of the savage came
Unto the flying four.
And though already spent and lame
It made them run the more.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1918-11-28
FIRST THANKSGIVING

"After tho first harvest Governor Brad
ford declared a day Of thanksgiving, and,
there being but little food in the town,
sent four men OUT fowling, that they
might rejoice the more."-Old American
History
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-08-04
NEW VAUDEVILLE
AT THE EMPRESS
Marcel Gauticr. Celebrated
Pianist, Headlines New
Features.

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Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-08-04
COMMISSION AFTER
ALL TRAFFIC HEADS
Oklahoma Freight Rate Making Hpd,
VIII rake Nuuihrr much nt
iluw over Discrimination.

oktNliINlN CITY Aug 3 Fur-
Cher asserting .ts ufnt fu bIIua, spt,
irrigHt rates. the corporation pom-
mission rhH evening Issued summons
tor heads ~ gafne departments of
all tho TRUNK railroad lines operating
ln oklahoma to appear before the
commission ~ Aurust o. tu ur inter.
rouf,l concerning freight rates NOW
effective When tho commission
opened i's hearing yesterday relative
ip adjusting alleged Discriminating
rates ON tho state. uu response from
ihr principal lines north railroad adj
WiniFirliIuu WIS ufrou,I Iu, yuw.
mission proceeded foo make % record
pf such facts boz its possession and
those favored from shippers
Taking uf such evidence fpr the
state was finished thH evening and
the adjournment taken lu order gnu
summons might b. served on traffic
experts. % the roads Commissioner
Russell this evening contends that
the commission had power as uy
other court tu summon Witnesses and
compel their attendance Should.
these witnesses appear before tho
commission and testify then they
could hc lnterrogltcd as 90 what ha-
sia present rates were computed
II Wts anticipated us possible that
u event the DuWwIHriun would n
nhIlN compile sul attempt Goo enforce .
a new sisirW rates attorneys fur the
railroad would seek restraining or. .
Ter iu federal court preventing the /
commission enforcing tho rtrH or /
hr ground that tho railroads are an /
Ten guyu.". .r' control
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-08-04

animals slain over 1000 natives
were engaged. assembled at Manaos
and transported inland and re-
AgtTscd Tor three weeks before INC
scenes typlfyiuE cannihal action
were staged AZ the natives spoke
nothing but "a Portuguese patols,
number 0f Interpreters were hep'
constantly on the scene ana ouSl,y
engaged conveying the dlrec'oI d
wishes,
Bughmen were necessary 10 ''oN
tho locations each day OF polsouNue
reptiles and during the ten "eoNs
tho company stayed Ia btaNll W.
oon s,aEes were kllled, 10 serious
.,ctaents happened to the players
Inv he company and three fires o'.
curred.
A cnnnlbal village covering ih''t
acres OF ground was hullt ana tu'h'u
to the ground during lhe n''l'n OF
the play. and rebuilt from another
angle and Seain burned vine" IN..
r,n M the heud Of % group ~ pl".
nbants. ranged through fhr N'lag.
to 1ycugo the urn'h uI iNa Uu.
mother. Thre, hundred 'hH'0nrI
roof huts wcro buIt each Nm.
Ere. .3uo aerial nnrublu we've .r
ragged and taken tu 'lr unn auN
ape suits built Goo their measure Do.
talors
Sine cars aA Pullman. mnN hrre
harr1rr were rsI1Hud Ia itus
port the company from Lu. w.
rrIrs tu Sow Ur.Ju. uH.r. muw
her uf scenes were .Usnt Sixteen
sheds similar Oh ihu.n Hf uur Hr"
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1918-06-06
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.

Sealed PROPOSALS will be received by
the Clerk of the Village of Perrysburg,
Ohio, at his office in said village until
1880 o'clock p. m, June 25, 1918. for the
furnishing of material and labor neces-
sary to construct sidewalks four (H
feet wide, and four (D inches thick,
and sidewalks six go inches thick and
six 90 feet wide, and intersecting
crossings.
Proposals must state the amount bid
per square foot for each sidewalk and
intersecting crossing, which shall in
clude all excavating under ten (1O)
inches, and all fills less than four (4)
cubic yards
Each proposal must be accompanied
by certified check on some local bank
for $500, payable to the Village
Treasurer. as guaranty that, if the
accompanying proposal is accepted
contract and bond will be entered into
within 10 days from date of award of
said contract.
The Council reserves the right to re-
ject any and all bids.
By order of the Council of the Viii
lage of Perrysburg, Ohio. Dated May
28, 1918.
FRANK l.. FULLER,
Village Clerk.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1918-06-06
H. s.. COMMENCEMENT
Continued from First Page.

ing with some appealing patriotic
utterances. There was spellbound
attention throughout.
The presence of Carl Letherer in
khaki uniform with the other
graduates who wore gray gowns
presented a beautiful and touching
stage appearance. The climax OF
the evening was reached when the
Way scholarship was drawn.
First the report of the examining
board, composed of Attorney Fred
Averill, .Perrysburg; Seperintend-
ent II. E. Hall, Bowling Green, and
DIR. G.. c. Kohl, Scott III. S., was
read. The following were the
three highest: Arthur Mcintosh,
Cozy Grimes and Mildred Witzler.
AS everyone was holding their
breath, the darwing took place.
Arthur Mcintosh drew the $1,000
scholarship. He expects to enter
Case next fall to begin the study
OF engineering.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1918-06-06
ARE YOU RHEUMATIC?
Many Pangs That Pass for Rheuma
tism Are Really Due to Weak
Kidneys.

Is it rheumatism
Not every pain is.
Weak kidneys let uric acid collect.
Uric acid causes many queer pains.
In the thigh it's sciatica;
In the back, lumbago;
In the nerves, neuritis.
Gout, gravel, dropsy are uric
troubles.
When you suspect the kidneys use
oan's Kidney Pills
The home recommended remedy.
Perrysburg testimony is the best
proof.
Read this Perrysburg story:
Mrs. Mary Schroeder, Sixth St., says:
"For eight years l have been troubled
with rheumatic pains at different
times. When l have had these attacks
my limbs have been so sore l could
hardly stand it, and they have panied
me so l couldn't sleep. Now when l
feel one of those attacks coming on
use Doan's Kidney Pills right away.
Doan's have never failed to help me,
although other medicines have failed
to do me any good and 1 wouldn't be
without them for anything"
Price 60c at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for kidney remedy-get
Doan's Kidney Pills-the same that
Mrs. Schroeder had. Foster-M -Milburn
Co., Mfgrs., Buffalo, N: Y.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1918-06-06

| Providing for the issuance of bonds in the
sum of ss,OoO.00 for the purpose of extending
| the water works of the Village of Perrysburg
and supplying water to the corporation and the
inhabitants thereof.
! WHEREAS it is deemed necessary by. the
Council of the Village of Per rysburg to issue
bonds of said Village in the OF $s.000.0U
Tor the purpose of extending the water works
or said Village and spplying water TO the cor
poration and the inhabitants thereof by the
construction of water mains in Louisiana Ave
nue. from the water main in the alley between
sixth Street and Seventh Street to the line
between out lots 81 and 9S extended across
said Louisiana Avenue, and also by extending
Street and Sixth Street from Locust Street
easterly along said alley to Hickory Street,
thence northerly along Hickory Street to the
alley between Indiana Avenue and Fifth
Street, and thence easterly across out lots 151
and ITO, to the easteriy line of said out lot
10; now therefore
Be 1t Ordained by the Council of the Village
of Perrysburg. state of Ohio:
Section /. That for the purpose of making
improvements to the Water Works of said Viii
age referred to above there be issued bonds
nj the village in the sum of $e.o0Ooo
d esto9 the ;sae snail of
umbered consecutively from / to IL inclusive,
.ated July !, 1919. due and payable $500.OO on
,uly l. 1920 and $4,000 July each year
hereafter until all of said bonds shall have
Section 8. Said bonds shall bear interest at
he rate of six per centum per annum. payable
.emi-annually on the first day of January and
July in each year. the several installments of
10 said bonds. and both principal and interest
payable at the office of the Treasurer of said
Village. in Perrysburg. Ohio.
Section 4. Said bonds shall be signed by the
Mayor and Clerk of said Village. and have
affixed thereto the corporate seal of said Viii
lage, and the interest coupons attached to said
bonds shall be signed by the Clerk. or fac
smile of his signature shall be printed or lith-
lographed thereon.
Section 8. The Mayor and Clerk are hereby
authorized and directed to execute said bonds.
therein pledging the faith. credit, revenue and
property of the Village for the payment of the
principal and interest thereof at maturity.
Section 6. There shall be levied and col
lected annually by taxation amount suffi-
cent to pay the interest on said bonds as it
accrues. and to provide the sinking fund for
their final redemption at maturity
Section Z. This ordinance shall take effect
and be in force from and after ten days after
lts first publication according to law.
D. R. CANFIELD. Mayor.
Passed May 2s. 1918.
Attest:
FRANK L. FULLER. Village Clerk.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1918-06-06
iLLlTERATEs IN U. 8.

In various ways there were gathered
into this country in 1910, 5,5O0,OOO illit.
crates. Were these segregated they
would make a nation larger than Swift
zerland, or as large as Denmark and
Norway combined. 1t would be q ma
ton without Bibles, without song
books, without magazines or newspa.
pers, without banks, without railways,
without pens, pencils or writing pa
per, and one supplied with only the
coarsest commodities of trade. I
heard an illiterate woman say that she
couldn't recognize 50 bill until she
was twenty-five years of age says a
writer in Christian Herald. Square
money" with its printing, is not as
popular with them as "round money"
When the census takers were taking
the list of illiterates in 1910 the
moonlight school" as remedy for
adult illiteracy was being evolved. In
1911 the experiment was tried first In
all-e the schools in Rowan, one of tho
mountain counties of Kentucky. Mono
is better prepared to witness the re-
suit of that experiment than the Unit
ed States bureau of education, which
heralded to the world it's success In q
bulletin entitled "Illiteracy in the Unit
ed States and an Experiment for Its
Elimination"