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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1921-11-24
Dared ALL"
Pilgrims Never Daunted by the
PeriIs of the Sea.
Buoyed Up by Faith, Their Difficulties
and Dangers Were Met But to
BE Overcome.

'sThese troubles being blowne over,
and now all being compacte togeather
In one shipe, they put to sea againe
with a prosperous winde, which con-
tinued divorce days tOgeather, which
was some Encouragement unto them"
So does William Bradford, in his his
tory "of Plymouth Plantation" record
the final setting ont of the MayflOwer
from Plymouth on September 16. 800
years ago. 1t is with this passage that
he opens his ninth chapter. that where
In he deals "of their vioage. & how
they passed the sea, and of their safe
ARRIVAL at Cape Codd." In many ways
It is one of the most interesting
chapters I'm one of the most interesting
books in the language. For although
details are few, and the narrative. as
ever, Is calm and matter-of-fact. 1t
presents just those essentials which
enable each one to fashion for himself
a satisfying picture Of his own.
The first impression to be gained
from the record is, perhaps, one Of the
great labor and great slowness Of this
passage of the sea. At first there was
the fair wind and clear sky. and
II there was some sadness as the coast
Of Devon was finally lost to sight In
the September mist, there was much
thankfulness. too. and joyful looking
forward. and. as Bradford puts 1t,
"some Encouragement" The high seas
In 1920 We're however, not hospitabie
to the little Mayfower. Three hundred
years ago she was still blowing her
way westward. with the long-looked-
for land still hundreds of miles ahead.
Nevertheless the worst of her troubles
were over, for 1t was about mid-At-
lantic that. with the fair winds and
weather Of her setting out almost for
gotten in the storms that had fol-
lowed the Mayflower came so near
to turning back once more toward
England. For days she had been
tossed about and buffeted with cross
winds and 'many fierce stormes." Her
upper works were leaking. and one of
the main beams amidships was
bowed & craked." The whole ship,
indeed, "was shroudly shaken" and
there was some fear that she would
never be able to perform her voyage.
A serious consultation was, there
fore. held between the pilgrims and
the master and his crew. and some
were for returning rather than cast
themselves into "inevitable PERIL"
But. i'm the end, when the master de-
clared he was sure of his ship below
her bearings, and the ships carpenter
declared that he could make her
sound above. the seamen. faced with
the fact that it was as far back TO
England as 1t was to America. con-
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scented to go forward. And SO, with
the help of ga great iron scrue" which
one of the pilgrims had brought with
him from Leyden, the beam amidships
was crowded back into its place, the
decks were recalked, and then, taking
care to carry no great press of sail,
the Mayfower, once more, addressed
herself to the storm. For the storms
still continued, and often the little
boat had to lie to for days together,
unable to "beare knote of saile."
But. at last. il was over, and on the
morning of November Goth, more than
two months after leaving Plymouth.
there came, at daybreak, the welcome
call of LAND ho!" Or, as Bradford
puts it, "after longe beating at sea,
they fell with that land which is called
Cape Cod; the which being made &
certainly knowne to be 1t. they were
not little jOyfull"
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1921-11-24
EACH MONTH HAS ITS JEWEL
Almost Universal Belief in Marvellous
Properties Attached to the Va
rious Precious Stones.

The ancients attributed marvellous
properties to many of the precious
stones. There is q significance attached
to the various stones in making birth
day, engagement and wedding pres
ents. The different months and the
stones sacred to them, with their re-
spective meanings, follow:
January, garnet; constancy and
fidelity in every engagement.
February, amethyst; preventive
against violent passions.
March, bloodstone; courage, wisdom
and firmness in affection. .~
April, sapphire; free from enchant-
ment, denotes repentance.
May, emerald; discovers false
friends and insures true love.
June, agate; insures long life, health
and prosperity. .v
July, ruby; discovers poison, cor
reefs evils resulting from mistaken
friendship. ne "a
August, sardonyx; insures conjugal
felicity.
September, chrysolite; free from
evil passions and sadness of the mind.
October, opal; denotes hope, sharp
ems the sight and faith Of the posses
sof.
November, topaz; fidelity and friend
ship, prevents bad dreams.
December, turquoise; prosperity III
love.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1921-11-24
"Rapid Transito in the Old DAYS.


An illustration of the more or less
rapid transit facilities between the
villages" of Brooklyn and Flushing
as late as 1919 is seen in the an
nouncement of the stage driver who
begs ito inform his friends in the city
of New York and the village Of
Brooklyn, Newtown and Flushing that,
Notwithstanding the opposition which
has lately been set up against him, he
still continues to run his stage be-
tween the villages Of Brooklyn and
Flushing in an equal If not superior
manner to that which he has been in
the habit for many years past. He
has improved his team with an addi-
tional span Of very fine horses which
enable him to perform his route in a
space of 90 minutes, being distance
of II miles. Those who wish seats in
the aforementioned stage will please
apply at w. & Z. w. Nichols store,
No. s Fulton Slip, New York; John
Bedell's, Brooklyn, and Samuel Low
erre's, Flushing. Fare from Brooklyn
to Newtown, 371s cents, to Flushing,
80 cents" All
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1921-11-24
LIFTED ABOVE ALL NATIONS
Surely Americans Have Abundant
Reasons for Giving Thanks to the
Bestower Of Our Blessings.

The history Of Thanksgiving day
has been told innumerable times in
song and story, from pulpit and plat
form and In the press. From the
time of its first celebration 800 years
ago men and women and children of
this nation have heard the message Of
the serious purpose of this commemo-
rative day. No less mindful than
were our fathers are we today OF the
sacredness Of its purpose.
True. in days gone by 1T was a
much more simple event. In the early
days Of its origin, little settlement
here and another there rendered
thanks to the Deity for the blessings
they felt He had bestowed upon them.
And they were simple blessings for
the most part. Gratitude for the gifts
which Nature had handed them; re-
joicing that I'm an alien world they
were none the less happy and con-
tented-these were the returns for
which they gathered In family groups
to give thanks.
Nature has not withheld from us
this year her customary bounty. Our
harvests have been gratifying; we do
not in this regard lack cause for re-
joicing. Nor indeed is our present
state in matters that do not pertain
merely to harvests and fields of grain,
one that is altogether without splendid
prospects for great achievement. BY
a combination of circumstances we are
today the one nation in the world to
whom her sister nations may look for
aid and comfort in their hour of need.
AS potential world power for good,
America has reason to be grateful for
the privileged position it holds among
her sister nations. That is at least
one cause for national thanksgiving.
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GIVE THANKS FOR ALL.

Thanksgiving. Lord, Thanksgiving!
For the blessings of our days;
For the Joy that sings through homely
things
In the common trodden ways.
For life and love and plenty,
For laughter and for tears;
For Thy wise plan of good to man,
Thanksgiving through the years!
Thanksgiving, Lord. Thanksgiving!
For thy bounty unto US;
For the gracious yields of ripened fields
That are so marvellous.
For the summer'sl golden promise
That the fruitful autumn bore.
Thy people raise the voice Of praise
Thanksgiving evermore!
Thanksgiving, Lord. Thanksgiving!
For all Thy ships at sea
That bear afar the brave that are
In service unto Thee.
Thanksgiving, Lord, Thanksgiving!
For Thy hosts in ev'ry cline
And ev'ry land. where'er they stand.
Thanksgiving through all time!
ESTHER CLARK HILL
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1921-11-24

Lee Lampson, organization mana
ger for the Washington Wheat Grow
ers association, has been granted a
leave of absence to go to Kansas for
the purpose of taking charge of SIM
liar organization of the wheat grow
ers of that state. Mr.. Lampson Wis
tied relatives here the first of the
week enroute to Wichita where he
will establish headquarters.
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contributed to the defense and protec-
ton Of our country-to safety against
dangers from abroad"
While George Washington origi-
mated the custom of Thanksgiving,
many of his immediate successors did
not follow his example, and it was
not until Abraham Lincoln became
President that the annual Thanksgiv-
ing as November holiday became a
regular institution in the United
States.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1921-11-24

cessive annual call for day Of re-
joicing and thanksgiving.
The first Thanksgiving proclama-
tion ever issued by President OF
the United States was signed by
George Washington, and the original
document is preserved In the library
Of the State department. The first
draft of the proclamation started of !:
f"In the calamities which afflict so
many of the nations;" but Attorney
General Edward Randolph did not
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1921-11-24

offering at the same time in their
respective religious assemblies their
humble alteration Of the Great Sow
ereign of the Universe, Of cOnfessing
their sins and transgressions and Of
strengthening their vows Of repentance
and amendment. . : They Will be
invited by the same solemn occasion
to call to mind the distinguished
favors conferred on the American
people-in their security and In the
victories which have so powerfully
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1921-11-24

It is to sign his name to it. The actual
composition of the Thanksgiving proc
lamation is the work Of a specialist in
the State department at Washington.
He endeavors, year after year, to ex-
press practically the same sentiments
In an entirely new way, or at least
without repeating verbatim anything
that had been said in previous Thanks
giving proclamations. And, as may be
readily understood, this task is be-
coming more difficult with each sue
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approve Of such gloomy beginning
for Thanksgiving message, so he
changed 1t to "When we review the
calamities which afIlict so many other
nations, the present condition Of the
United States offers much matter of
consolation and satisfaction"
Even this sentence was changed,
rewritten, corrected, revised, modi-
fed and altered several times by
various members of the cabinet to
whom It was submitted, but 1t was
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a Gcesoumohcn

ing November holiday, as it was OBJ
served on Feb. 10, 1895, and dated
January, 1875.
The other Presidents intermittent
ly or occasionally proclaimed the day
vi prayer, and / was curious to know
just what engaged the attention OF
President James Madison in 1916. just
100 years ago, and 1t has, in part,
these good lines:
'rThe day be set apart on which all
may have opportunity Of voluntarily
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1921-11-24
TURKEY is AMERICAN.

The turkey is genuine American
and not what his name would imply.
Who that has spent his youth in tur-
key raising community fails to recog-
nize the dignity of the turkey cock
when, with wings loose, he walks
through his domain with his obedient
focks of followers? If the turkey Is
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1921-11-24
PRESERVING an Appetite.

"When j was boy my parents did
not allow me to read dime novels"
remarked serious citizen.
Neither did mine," replied Miss
Cayenne. 'Tm very grateful to them
for not allowing me to indulge in SEN
sational fiction to an extent that
might spoil my taste for the modern
motion picture thriller"
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BURGLAR orr,m.'

attempt Monday night e, !. mad \
' entrance nee, at the rear Of = ~ 'o,s q
tempt to force the back S Isees'al a.
burglar rsa,. tried to cut the r sep.ss s
window wind w sill and in the s sDa,a' o. S'
gave up the attempt, Hneer al
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1921-11-24
DAY FOR THANKS
Presidential ProcIamations Are
Prepared With Care.
State Department Specialist Draws
Them Up Before They Are Submit
ted for Presidential Signature.

1t is a mistake to suppose that the
annual Thanksgiving proclamation
of the President of the United
States is always written or dictated by
the President. AS matter of fact,
about all the President has to do with
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1921-11-24

not our bird of paradise it is certain
that his presence contributes much to-
ward making paradise Of our homes
on Thanksgiving day.
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Thanksgiving Lore.

To entirely prepare Thanksgiving
dinner is a sign that you will have a
house of your own before another
Thanksgiving.
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THANKSGIVING DAY.

Never let day nor night unhallow'd pass.
But still remember what the Lord hath
done. -SHAKESPEARE.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1921-11-24

Young Turkey Gobbler, with highly arched head,
Looked at his mates gathered round;
"Tonorrow's Thanksgiving" he earnestly said,
"And not one Of us must be found;
For heard the farmer tell his wife
That he would only kill three
And all the while he sharpened his knife
He kept his eye on me-"
New Britain herald., 1921-10-26

YALE FIRST STRING ".
 MEN ARE GIVEN REST
Jones Takes No Chances With Players Who Lined Up Against Cadets
 Last Saturday

New Haven, Conn.,, Oct. 26.-The Tale first-string eleven whch started he game against West Point on Satur- day, was again rested yesterday the second team, as composed last week, meeting the freshmen for a lively thirty minute practice game. Harry Cross IT,, and Charlie O'Hearn, who have lined up with the second team since they recovered from their early season injuries, dividing the playing nonors with Newell, Neidlinger, who 3cored three of the four touchdowns ~egistered. Ralph Jordan taking the
 ther across.
 The freshmen did not live up to ex- pectations, although they twice started a down-the-f1eld match, losing the ball on both occasions by fumbles, one
 If which was made by Captain Pond s,fter the varsity 20-yard line had been
 cached. Mike Eddy, the baseball cen Ter fielder, who has never played foot pail until this fall injured his knee and is probably shelved for the season
 He was taken from the game after he 'ad been hurt in hard tackle follow ng his attempt to get under a forward ass. Ted Butler, who has been re ;ently promoted from the scrubs, re laced him at end.
 Among the graduate coaches wer. ex-Captain Burr Chamberlain, Georg 5oss, Jim Reilly, John Field and Tet illey
New Britain herald., 1921-10-26
CONNOLLY IS GOING
 STRONG WITH COLGATE
Local Boy is Impressing Coach Hunt inSton by His Fine Backfield
 Work for Maroon

Hamilton, N. Y, Oct. 2e.-The Col gate student body turned out en masse yesterday afternoon to cheer it's foot ball team. The undergraduates were allowed on the field for an hour, in which time they demonstrated satis- tactorily that win or lose they are heart and soul with the Maroon team.
 The players appreciated the spirit with which their fellow students at tended the cheer practice and respond ed with like spirit and eagerness to recover from last Saturdays disaster They are determined to give N r. U thorough trimming when the Maroon meets the Violet team at Binghampton T this Saturday. The gloom which set tied over Hamilton after Cornell's vic tory has disa appeared. The showing of Hermann and Connolly of New Britain. a New backfieId com hination of Coach Huntington today was a revelation to the students.
New Britain herald., 1921-10-26
CHANGES IN LINEUP
Coach Robinson Working Hard to Have Rejuvcnated Brown Eleven in Good Shape for Yale Game.

Providence, R. l., Oct. 2e.-Five hundred Brown supporters will make the trip to New Haven next Saturday to see the Brown team. fight 1t out with Yale. The rooters will make the rip from Providence in special rain, accompanied by the university oand of twenty pieces and four cheer ;eaders.
 As the result of a radical shape-up n the squad, the Brown eleven will face Yale with changed lineup Coach Robinson has put an entirely new backfield on the field and has sent two new men in at end in an effort 70 bolster the forwards. Sullivan Faulkner, and Ferry, with Meyers at quarter in place of Eisenberg is the combination which Brown will proba- ply start against Yale.
 Captain Shupert, who has played all season at right halfback, will probably take one of the ends, while Monk a second string man, will hold down the other end position. With seven of the 'egulars out on account of injuries, Browne is none too confident on the outcome of Saturdays game, although the .optimists have been cheered by che news that John Spellman, full back, whose knee was badly injured Saturday, may be able to play for a brief period.
 Coach Robinson is putting the varsity against second string tearr we'll drilled in Yale plays and is hold ing all practice behind closed gates With two good ends, Browns game will be materially improved, as so fal this season her line has proved inn pregnable from tackle to tackle
New Britain herald., 1921-10-26
HARVARD ELEVEN
 HAS LIGHT DRILL
Fisher Is Shaping Team for
 Princeton Game

Cambridge, Mass. Oct. 26.-With colder weather the varsity squad of Harvard football players perked up little yesterday. although the work continued along very light lines. Late
 n the afternoon the scrub team en- tered the stadium field The-yarsity men available for work lined up .-gainst the scrubs, who from now on will help the regulars get ready for the systems of attack to be ex- pected in the big games. and Bob Fishers eleven now may be said to be headed in earnest for the game with the Tigers.
 Any tendency on the part of the
 arst-string men to figure that the Jerseymen will have anything except 9 powerful team on Nov. is being discouraged by the coaches, who are doing their best to make the men for get that Princeton has been beaten av both the Navy and Chicago. In the workout yesterday the first line up was the same as started the week, and Roullard was brought up from | the substitutes to play in the run hing backf1eld with Churchill and Ciehrke. Gratwick has a bad leg, but seems to go along all right in | t'.e games, and there is still more
 chance that he will be in the Cen
 ter game ahead of Roullard.
 Captain Kane, Clark, Tierney,
 Ffaffmann, Owen and Grew are still
 unavailable. Grew, who has been
 away from the field for ten days. was
 in playing togs yesterday afternoon. and the coaches are eager to use him
 Saturday. H is all right except for weakness following throat infection.
 and, while he surely will be in the lineup at right guard at Princeton,
 Tommy Woods, the coach of the
 guards. figures that long session of
 play against Center will just about
 prepare him for the game with the ~Jersey team. + Kunhardt and Ladd both will help
 out the tackle situation and Macom-
 her and Janin will have plenty ot drilling to make them fit for the of 7 fense of the Kentuckians. It is pos sible that the team may be scrim. n1aged for short time today, as the ! men are fast recovering from the } Penn State game. At present how ever, there is not very optimistic at ? rnCsphere about the Harvard training quarters.
New Britain herald., 1921-10-26
REDS TRAINING CAMP

Cincinnati, Oct. s 26--Mineral Springs, Tex, is expected to be the raining camp city of the Cincinnati National league baseball club next spring President Hermann said today that of the five cities, which have invited his team, the Texas resort seems best suit and 1t is nearly as good as settled that the club will go there for it's preliminary practice Mineral Springs is about 50 miles west of Fort Worth. The Chicago White sox trained there. three consecutive years,
New Britain herald., 1921-10-26
ROPER REORGANIzES
 PRINCETON DEFENSE
Two Recent Defeats Cause Tigers Coach to Take Action

Princeton N. J., Oct. 26.-Prince- tons football eleven is undergoing a l complete reorganization in the de- ,a rtment of offense, and it is prob ] able that the lineup which faces Virginia next Saturday will be entire " different from that which met Chicago. The change will be made primarily because several of the old stars who have been injured are now back in the fold, but some unexpect- eG turns have come about because of Old Nassau's disappointing showing in the last games.
 Lourie. Garrity and Snively were af their old positions yesterday, the lat ter participating in both signal prac ice and scrimmage. Lourie and Gar lity will not scrimmage until today Frank Rutan, who was switched to cd Monday in an attempt to solve the wing problem, scrimmaged at that position yesterday afternoon for the | first time in his career, with gratify- ,lg results. It will take time, how ever, before he gets thoroughly accH- ated to his new job.
 | The entire squad with the excep-
 ton of Al Wittmer, Pink Baker and l Bill Morgan was on deck yesterday afternoon, and all the men have ap- parently recovered from whatever l slight bruises they received in the bat tle with the Maroon.
 Wittmer, who has been actively en. gagged in almost every single play l his season, is being given a rest and l Y i'll not play any football for the next
 two or three days. He is in good l physical shape, however, and could l play in a regular game tomorrow i necessary.
 Baker hurt his arm Saturday, ani
 the coaches are giving him an extra
 day in which to recover. He wa.
 hack tooay. Morgan's lay-off was de
 eided upon simply to give him a va
 cation, not because of an injury. + Several new plays and variou ; com binations were tried in prepara ton for the Harvard game here o1 7 Nov. 5. Neck and Hooper were a
 sa ckle, Snively and Ruttan at end J1ourie at quarterback, Gilroy an
 Smith at halfback and Garrity at full
 back.
 Captain Stan Neck lpracticed number of drop kicks and placement
 from various angles of the field wit
 varying success lie was consider ably hampered by the strong win which blew across the field. . Don Lourie, who will probably talk care of the kicking in the rest of tn games this year, was booting the ba r fairly we'll, but the wind also bother 2 ed him. On the whole his boots di n net carry as we'll as those yesterday e Scrimmage yesterday lasted on1 . Henty inutes, during which time u
 rarsity, minus several of it's regular
 registered two touchdowns with ~l varied attack. A long broken 'fel run~,ei fifty<ffy7o yards, by Bob Stir e son, substitute quarterback. feature t and scored the first touchdown ri I second was a result of forward pa! s from Stinson to MacPhee.