The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-11-19
DIRECTS PEOPLE
TO GIVE THANKS
Governor Blaine Issues An
nual Thanksgiving Day
Proclamation.
PROMOTE GOOD WILL

Madison, Wis. - l---) - Governor
Blaine in his Thanksgiving Day pro.
clamation issued today, calls for the
"glorifcation of greater mutual un-
derstandings among the people of our
state and the nations of the world"
Convention, the, governor says, shas
developed service to Mammon, until
two masters grip the human race; un.
til in large measure, material things
are exalted above the cooperative and
spiritual things"
Zone day set apart for thanksgiv-
ing and supplication is effective only
insofar as we keep the faith and full
fill the promise in all things on every
day." he adds. The proclamation fol
lows:
Recalls Pilgrim Fathers.
"The Pilgrim fathers, in a new
land, with the handicaps of the
frontiersman and the privations that
face the pioneer, and battling with al
the forces of nature, turned theil
thoughts to prayer and thanksgiving
and established day that custom and
tradition has set apart with a special
significance. Before the early pioneers
of America lay a vast continent, upex.
plored except by the early priests, who
carried the c,oss into the wilderness
and penetrated the deep forests and
navigated the lakes and rivers, and ar
empire, uninhabited except by tribes
of Indians. The great forces of nature
49, A& -
oneers and in their cooperative ply.
steal weakness they sought spiritua,
strength through prayer and thanks.
giving.
st has been a long, long road that
the people Of America have Travelled
from the earliest day. American in.
genuity, industry and invention have
overcome those forces of nature that
seemed insurmountable centuries be.
fore, and in the days Of the mastery
of man over material things, the an.
nual repetition and acknowledgment
of material abundance has glorifeC
material things above the spiritual at
tributes Of man.
Can Nee Serve Two Masters.
Convention. therefore, has devel'
oped service to Mammon, until two
masters grip the human race; until II
large measure, material things are ex
allied above the cooperative and spir
itual things. No man can serve two
masters, for either he will hate Thu
one and love the other, or else he will
hold to the one and despise the other.
One day set apart for thanksgiving
and supplication is effective only 81
far as we keep the faith and fulfill the
promise in, all things on every day.
"There is abundant evidence that il
Wisconsin the people as a whole ex
alt the cooperative and spiritual snt
thus promote mutual good will, toler
ance, understanding, sympathy and tn,
excellency of Gods mercy, and al
the attributes of the humanities.
"Now, therefore, l, John /. Blaine
governor of the state of Wisconsin, d.
hereby designate Thursday, the 20tl
day of November, A. D. 1925, da!
set apart by the president of the
United States, as Thanksgiving Day
and l recommend that our people a.
they gather. about in their homes anc
accustomed places of worship on tha
day, acknowledge their indebtedness!
for the excellency of Gods mercy, anC
for contentment, and for the glorifica
tion of greater mutual understanding!
among the people Of our state and the
nations of the world"