The Record-courier. [volume] (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1904-current, 1924-11-14
THANKSGIVING
PROCLAMATION
President Coolidge Proclaims
Nov. 9th Day of Thanks
for Manifo O d Blessings

President Coolidge issued procla-
.ua,ion last Wednesday formally pro-
olaiming Thursday, November 9th,
Thanksgiving Day, a holiday.
The proclamation urged that Thanks
10 o;ven because the year had been
a~orked by continuation of peace
,rhereby "our country has entered in
,o relationship of better understand
;no with all the other nations of the
aar,bp and because at home 1--WE have
continually had an improving state of
hoaltb" with industrial production
,.rge and haryests bountiful. II fol-
lows:
States of America;
"A proclamation:
"We approach that season of the
year when it has been the custom for
the American people to give thanks
for the good fortune which the bounty
~ Providence, through the generosity
~ Nature, has visited upon them. 1t
Is altogether good custom. 1t has
the sanction of antiquity and the ap-
nrobation of our religious convictions.
In acknowledging the receipt of Di-
vine favor, in contemplating the bless
in0s which have been bestowed upon
rs. we shall reveal the spiritual
strength of the nation.
aThe year has been marked by a
continuation of peace whereby our
country has entered into relation
ship of better understanding with all
the other nations of the earth. Ways
have been revealed to US by which we
could perform very great service
through the giving of friendly coun-
sell through the extension OF financial
assistance, and through the exercise
Of a spirit of neighborly kindness of
less favored peoples. We should give
thanks for the power which has been
given into our keeping with which we
have been able to render these serv-
ices to the rest of mankind.
AT home we have continually had
an improving state of the public
health. The production of our indus
tries has been large and our haryests
have been bountiful. We have been
remarkably free from disorder and
remarkably successful in all those
pursuits which flourish during
state Of domestic peace. An abundant
prosperity has oyerspread the land.
We shall do well to accept all these
fayors of bounties with a becoming
humility, and dedicate them to the
service of the righteous cause of the
Giyer of all good and perfect gifts.
As the nation has prospered, let all
the people show that they are worthy
to prosper, by rededicating America
to the service Of God and man.
Therefore, |, Calvin Coolidge, pres
ident of the United States of America,
hereby proclaim and fix Thursday, the
twenty seventh day of November as
day of thanksgiving. recommend
that the people gather in their places
Of worship and at family altars and
offer up their thanks for the goodness
which has been shown to them in such
a multitude of ways. Especially
urge them to supplicate the Throne OF
Grace that they may gather strength
from their tribulations, that they may
gain humility from their victories,
that they may bear without complain
ing the burdens that shall be placed
upon them and that they may be in
creasingly worthy in all ways of the
blessings that shall come to them.
"In witness whereof, have hereun-
to set my hand and caused to be affix-
ed the great seal of the United States.
Done at the City of Washington,
this 5th day of November, in the year
Of Our Lord One Thousand Nine Hun
dred and Twenty-Four, and Of the In
dependence of the United States, the
One Hundred and Forty-Ninth.
calvin COOLIDGE"
(SEAL)
By the President.
Charles T. Hughes Secretary OF