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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1926-11-25

Carloads of pumpkins as yellow as
gold,
Onions in silvery strings,
Shining red apples and clusters OF
grapes,
Nuts and a host of good things
Chickens and turkeys. and fat little
pigs
These are what Thanksgiving brings.
Work is forgotten and playtime begins;
From Office and schoolroorn and hall.
Fathers and mothers and uncles and
aunts,
Nieces and nephews and all
Speed away home as they hear from
afar
The voice OF old Thanksgiving call
Now is the time TO forget all your
cares.
Cast every trouble away.
Think of your blessings. remember
your joys.
Don't be afraid to be gay!
None are too old. and none are too
young.
To frolic on Thanksgiving day.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1926-11-25
TIME TO ENUMERATE
NATIONS BLESSINGS.
Americans Haue Every Rea.
son to Glue Thanks to
the Creator.

1t Is in order at Thanksgiving time
to pause to take account Of the rea-
sons why the nation should give
thanks for blessings, in response to
the Presidents proclamation. No per-
functory feeling of gratitude Is ade-
Quate. The people Of America should
thoughtfully consider the circum-
stances of their life. the bounties they
are enjoying, the opportunities they
find in daily lives to advance and to
justify themselves as members of
society.
Yet enumeration Of the blessings
that have been bestowed upon us as
people is trite recital at best. They
are well known, often related They
are evident in the daily goings and
comings Of all the people. They are
part of the very atmosphere of every
day existence. Prosperity. employ
ment, security from aggression. free
choice of occupation, the chance for
every man to rise to higher planes of
social and business activity, a sound
government based upon the highest
principles of self determination" the
administration of affairs intrusted to
citizens of integrity and capacity
such are the fundamentals of Ameri-
can life.
To appreciate the blessings of
American citizenship, especially in
these times, 1t is but necessary to
glance abroad, to other lands, where
conditions are far less favorable to
happiness and social development.
Though Scared by the war, through
the loss of a multitude of men, Amer
lea has received NO deep wounds.
Prosperity prevails in all sections,
among all classes of the people. Else
where this tale cannot be told. No
grave anxieties beset this land. The
prospect is fair, undimmed by clouds
Of doubt or fear.
A strong, healthy people. thrifty and
happy, asplrant for learning. eager for
service, gifted with the richest boun-
ties of nature! Americans have in
deed occasion to give thanks on this
day, fervently and reverently. for their
blessings.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1926-11-25
Not Easy to Trace
Ancestry of Turkey

There are some who claim that the
turkey which gets such prominent
place at Thanksgiving time, came from
Mexico. Both the Mexican wild bird
and our barnyard turkey have d
creamy white on the tips Of the tail
feathers and on the feathers everything
the base of the tail. The wild turkey
brown. Very often domesticated
bird will appear very Hike its MeSi-
can granddad, several times removed,
except for a greater development Of
the fatty lobes of head and neck.
There are others who tell US that
when the Spaniards made their con-
quest of Mexico they found at Monte
yuma a fine geological garden. In it
were nearly all the native birds and
animals, with many gathered from
affair." Strutting about were the an
cestors of our domestic turkey. The
700 birds We're domeSticated. In the
outlying country there were many
wild brothers and sisters Of these
birds. Before the first quarter of q
century was over some of the do
nestle birds had been trunsplanted to
the West Indies and the Spanish main,
where they We're kept by colonists.
BY 1910 the turkey had made Its way
to England, and so years later was in
high favor as the Christmas dish Of
the English farmer.
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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1926-11-25

Gy ~
Thank God for His favors,
Abundant and deep
The days for our striving.
The nights for our sleep.
The treasures He gives US
All through the hours,
The CLEAN of the sunlight.
The perfume of flowers.
The song of the wildbirds
In springs lovely ways,
The beauties and wonders
We see through the days.
The laughter of childhood.
The home hearth's bright glow,
Tbs sweet ties of kinship,
Friends whom we know.
s. The harvest 80 bounteouS
That grows in our field,
Filling our barns
With generous yield.
Thank God for His favors-
Today we bow low
And whisper our thanks
Tor the gifts that we know.
Katherine Edelrrlan.
tG 1926. Western Newspaper Union-)
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1926-11-25
Harvest Home Feasts
Old English Custom,

The following lines were often sung
in rural England at the celebration of
Harvest Home:
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1926-11-25

A view OF the Pilgrim Fathers
Memorial, unveiled at the Humber
river, England, near birmingham creek,
in honor Of the party which left this
very spot and sailed on September 6,
1920, from Southampton in the "May-
flower" to America, in search of re-
ligious freedom. Atop this shaft is
piece of stone from the famous Ply
mouth rock on which the voyagers
landed when they arrived here. Amer
lean, English and Dutch notabIes at
tended the unwilling.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1926-11-25
Early ProcIamations

History records that in 1863 Hall
fax proclaimed day of Thanks
giving to mark the peace that made
Canada British possession. Thirty.
two years later. in 1895, Washington
first President of the United States,
issued the first national Thanksgiving
proclamation of that country. The
day was more or less generally OBJ
served by number of the States in
succeeding years. and since Presi-
dent Lincoln's call for its observation
in 1864 has grown in significance and
has attained standin. as national
holiday in the Republic.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1926-11-25
BRINGING HOME TIE
TURKEY

When father brought the turkey
home
You must remember that?
The thrills-the wild e1citenaeat, too
From mother down to cat.
No circus day in all Youths years.
No toy in Santa's pack.
Outrivaled Dad when he Como home
A gobbler on his back!
When father brought the turkey
home
1 see him smiling now,
Though neighbors, knowing our estate,
Looked on and wondered how.
We children did not understand,
But, since, I've heard Dad say:
Your mother joyed in sacrifice
To make Thanksgiving day."
When father brought the turkey
home
Perplexities arose;
Where would we keep It? Mother said:
The cellar, ! suppose"
We made prisoner of our prey,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1926-11-25
CUT OUT WORRIES
AT THIS SEASON
Let Thanksgiving Time Be
CiUer Over Only to
Rejoicing.

A story which has been told In the
atrical circles for many years, relates
the adventure of comedian, long out
of job, who, in fear and trembling,
sought employment from gruff and
hard-v1saged manager. On being in
formed of his visitors errand, the
manager wheeled in his chair, fixed
the unfortunate actor with a baleful
glare and barked out, "All right, go
ahead and be comical now. Make me
laugh"
Something akin to the discontinue
OF the actor thus peremptOrily re-
qu1red to be mirth provoking is often
experienced by the citizen when 1t
comes to complying with the official
request to be thankful on the annual
occasion set aside for that function.
He may not feel at all thankful. He
may have private griefs and anXieties.
He may have domestic worries. He
may be oppressed with a conviction
of impending national disaster. He
may feel it necessary to devote him
self pretty exclusively to worry.
Therefore, en- being commanded to
be thankful at a certain time he is
disconnected and perhaps fails to bring
himself into the desired frame of
mind.
But it is good idea, nevertheless.
For the precise reason that most of
us spend too much time in examining
our causes for depression and in
dwelling upon the reasons we may
have for sorrow, regret or apprehen-
sion, it is an excellent thing to be
asked at q certain time to remember
our blessings.
For we all have them, however
much we may permit them to be OBJ
scured by our worries. Individually
and nationally we have much to be
thankful for and few moments of
thought will disclose ample reason for
gratitude.
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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1926-11-25
Sarah Hale's Good Work

Sarah Josepha Hale, editor OF
Godey's Ladies' Book, began a cam
paign of propaganda for having a
statute fixing the day for the Thanks
giving ceremony, and through her
large influence and that of her maya
zine she caused so much agitation
that in 1854 congress declared that
the last Thursday Of November should
thereafter be legal holiday.
Since then every President has Is
sued the welcomed proclamation, and
on the last Thursday of November
the American people follow the adj
vice of Governor Bradford Of the
early Plymouth colony and latter a
special manner rejoice together"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1926-11-25

When father brought the turkey
home
Dear mother used to say:
Il need the wings to dust the hearth
And brush the crumbs away"
All other feathers would be ours,
For Indians abhor
To go unfeathered down the trail
When counciling for war.
William Herschell, in the Indianap-
oils News.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1926-11-25

Harvest-home, harvest-home,
We have ploughed, we have sowed,
We have reaped, we have moved,
We have brought home every load,
Hip, hip, hip, harvest-home!
Nowadays the last day Of carrying
the corn" is not marked by such
hearty rejoicing and feasting as for
merly. Most of the old harvest Gus
toms have been allowed to drop. In
many parts of England Harvest Home
was the name given to the festival
celebrated in honor of the corn-gath-
ering. In Scotland the term was Kim.
Kirn-supper was the name given to
the meal, which was the principal item
in the rejoicings. The word probably
comes from "churn." as churn OF
cream was often part of the mate
rial entertainment. In the north of
England the feast was called the Mall
supper. Probably this term comes
from the French melee "a scramble.
mixture, or ming,ing).
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1926-11-25
THANKSGIVING DAY

Come, uncles and cousins and wives
and aunts;
Come, nephews and brothers. no won'ts,
no can'ts;
Put business and shopping and school
books eway,
The year has rolled round, 1t is
Thanksgiving day.
The table is spread and the dinner Is
dressed;
The cooks and the mothers have all
done their best;
No caliph of Bagdad e'er saw such dis
play,
Or dreamed of treat like this Thanks
giving day.
Now children revisit the darling old
place,
Now brothers and sisters long parted
embrace;
The family ring is united once more,
And the same voices shout at the old
cottage door.
The grandfather smiles on the inno-
cent mirth.
And blesses the powers that have
guarded his hearth;
He remembers no trouble, he feels no
decay,
But thinks his whole life has been
Thanksgiving day.
Then praise for the past and the pres
ent Well sing,
And. trustful, await what the future
may bring;
Let doubt and repining be vanished
away,
And the whole Of our lives be Q
Thanksgiving day.
Exchange.
$AMae
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1926-06-23
NO LEADERS NEED APPLY

"Yhat," asked Abe Martin on the
back page of The Journal the other
day, "has become Of the old-fashion-
ed statesman who used to lead the
people instead of following them ?"
To find the answer one need not
seek far. The primary, direct cleo
ton of Senators, and efficiently sor-
ganized minorities, have made it all
but impossible for any man to be a
real leader, a real thinker for him.
self, and still succeed in American
politics, National or State.
The poltroom in politicsNthe pseudo
statesman bow-legged from straddline
issues, has become a sight so common
as no longer to excite disappearing
comment. The people have become
so used to messenger boy statesman
ship that the majority are blind tc
and then trusting them to govern.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1926-06-23
THE REDWOOD GAZETTE REDWOOD FALLS, MINNESOTA

fourth regiment of Michigan, was
with the Iron Brigade" when the
Battle of Gettysburg opened July 1,
1862. He was wounded twice and
captured by Confederates, but was
rescued by his comrades three days
later. P. 7. Garrett of st. James was
elected senior vice commander and
T. C. Wakefield Of Hutchinson was
elected junior vice commander. Chas.
M. Wilson, Duluth, was elected SER
geant-at-arms, and George Smith,
Old Soldiers home, Fort Smelling, was
elected chaplain.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1926-06-23
MINNESOTA AND
HER NEIGHBORS
GOVERNOR URGES BILL

Passage of the Lenroot-Tabo SAM
tary cream bill was urged by Cover
nor Theodore Christianson in a tele-
gram sent to Senator George w. Nor
ris Of Nebraska, who is chairman of
the agricultural committee, which is
now considering the measure. Gov.
Christianson said he took this action
in view of the fact that cream which
could not possibly meet the sanitary
tests as prescribed by the proposed
measure is now being shipped from
Canada into the United States, re-
sulting in material harm to the Min
nesota markets.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1926-06-23

True, there are still here and there
some notable exceptions to the rule
that the successful politician must
trail the herd, instead OF leading the
herd. But the general practice. 50
far as elections to House and Sc -tc
are concerned, is to insist hat 4
recipient of the bulk of the votes i. ve
no mind OF his own-that he pe q
mere automaton to register at w. a
ington the passing whims, the mis-
taken fancies, of constituents whose
mental provenGer comes chiefly from
propaganda mills.
If a man is so weak in mind, in
spine, and in bodily internal fittings
that he is willing to go to Washington
as mere messenger boy. then is it
any wonder that his weakness also
renders him an easy mark for the or
ganized Hobbies that have made
science of throwing scares into White
lvered vote beggars?
But, unless a man has this weak
ness, the voters in most of the States
apparently want none of his sc vices.
Some able leaders have quit poll
tics in disgust, because they c. IL no
longer tsomach what their c. nging
colleagues were doing. John Sharp
Williams, statesman of the old ,choo,l
Williams, statesman of the old ciloOl,
became so nauseated by the situation
some years ago that he refcsed to
stand for reelection to the Senate
from Mississippi. So with Os al I'm
derwood Of Alabama, another real
leader, this year. And Rep. esenta-
tive ]. N Tincher of Kansas, from an
agricultural district in an agricultural
state, who had the backbone to fight
successfully the Corn Belters on fake
farm relief, is voluntarily withdraw
ing from Congress.
American politics cries for leader
ship, yet American voters stand ready
to crack the head Of any man who
dares lead.-Minneapolis Journal.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1926-06-23
MORTON WANTS PARK

Morton citizens have taken steps to
form an organization Of countrywide
scope to have charge of the work of
laying out, improving and maintaining
a park in connection with the Birch
Cooley Battlefield. This is a COM
mendable movement and one that
should have the support Of people in
all parts of the county. The organ
ization is headed by R. G. Quehl, a
real live promoter and man of ac-
ton and ability, and with his as
leader, the organization will accom-
plish what is has set out to do.-Olivia
Times.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1926-06-23
TWO STEAL WHEAT

Sheriff Heaney of Renville County
rounded up and arrested two young
men, residents of Wright county, on
a charge Of wheat stealing on the
farm of j. B. Anderson Of Palmyra
on the night Of June 18th. The young
men gave their names as Melvin and
Adolph Walberg, brothers, and when
arraigned in court Monday, pleaded
guilty to the charge. They were
bound over to District Court on 1000
bail, which they furnished.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1926-06-23
LITCHFIELD is SUED

Z. F. Mcclure and J. G. Morrison,
owners of farm near Litchfield, are
sueing that town for $4,000 damages.
The sewer system outlet is adjacent
to their farm and their claim is that
20 acres Of the land has been made
unfit for use and the farm buildings
made unsanitary by the large amount
of sewage exposed to the air.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1926-06-23
weather.

W4dCH1T.
"The same oceanic changes that pre-
vailed 100 years ago are now in evil
dence," he said. eve will have the
severest winter in 1926-1927 ever
known on the North American CONT
nent. America is practically sur
rounded by cold water and will be by
next year."
Mr.. Mrown bases his forecast on the
changes in the amount of heat given
off by the sun and absorbed by the
oceans.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1926-06-23
BOY WINS PRIZE

Phillip C. Elliott, 21-year-old son
of Judge Charles Burke Elliott, 1888
Humboldt avenue south, Minneapolis,
won the $1,000 Muriel Alvord schol-
arship offered for proficiency in paint
ing by the Yale School Of Fine Arts
for the first time this year. The prize
winner was announced last week at
Yale university, New Haven.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1926-06-23
STILL is DYNAMITED

Federal agents slipped into Roscoe
last Wednesday and pulled one of the
biggest raids ever staged in that vi
cinity. A still, valued at $4,000 was
found near Weiss Lake. After look
ing the place over the officers used
dynamite to destroy it. The owners
were taken into custody.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1926-06-23
FIREMEN "AGIN" VOLSTAD

A resolution advocating modifica-
ton of the Volstad law, with reser-
vations, was adopted after heated
discussion by the Minnesota Firemen's
association, in session ut New Ulm
last week. The resolution was intro
duced by the Mankato fire depart
ment. Immediately the delegates
started advancing their opinions on
the matter and for more than an hour
the discussion continued.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1926-06-23
PAYS HEAVY FINE

Dealing in moonshine has proven
a costly practice for Rudolph Jensen
of Sacred Heart. He was found gull
ty of transporting intoxicating liquor,
and was sentenced by Judge Qvale to
fine of $3.50 and Jail sentence of
80 days.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1926-06-23
PRAYER HOUR PLANNED

Another hour of silent prayer will
be held with headquarters at lamar
ack, but it is hoped, with branches in
"every country and every county" Of
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1926-06-23
FARMERS PITCH SHOES

Dakota county farmers watched 10
teams battle for the horseshoe pitch
ing championship at their annual pic
mic at Antlers Park. Otto Haus and
Harry Hazelton of Hastings, finally
emerged victorious.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1926-06-23

Some folks charge the vets with
being sore because they have no kick
coming.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1926-06-23

the world, beginning 10 a. m. July
II, Vernon Ewing, eyeglass filter has
announced.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1926-06-23
BROWN PREDICTS
A COLD SUMMER

Nineteen twenty-seven will be
without a summer" and the worlds
nations will have to use wartime food
control powers to ward off starvation,
according to Herbert Janvrin Brown,
meteorological, who spoke at Chicago
recently.
= Appearing before 500 attending a
Conference on scientific price forecast
ing, Brown predicted that 1927 will be
a counterpart of the year 1926, as to
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1926-06-23
G. A. R. ELECTS OFFICERS

P. B. German of St. Cloud was ell
ected commander of the department
of Minnesota, G. A. R. last week. Cor
man, as a member of the Twenty
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1926-06-23


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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-09-17
No General Cut in Wages,
A. F. of L. Head Predicts
Wage Tendency Upward Instead of Downward,
AS Production Constantly Increases, Green
Tells Great Audience at Sesqui Labor Day
Celebration.

| By International Labor News Service
Philadelphia wages, short
ened hours of employment, labor
saving machinery, and more sympa-
/ thetic understanding between en-
ployer and employe, is giving to the
/ United States the largest measure of
industrial peace and general prosper
ity that any country in the world has
known.
| This was the message of President
William Green and Vice President
Matthew Woll, of the American Fed
GRAFTON of Labor, in addressing the
Labor Day assemblage on the Sesqui
Centennial grounds.
WOll Sees More Prosperity
'We look for the dawn of greater
and still more prosperous days" said
| Mr.. Woll. 81 do not fear the great cor
porate combinations so long as labor
! may deal as a whole in entering into
contractural relations"
The speeches of both Mr.. Green and
| Mr.. Woll were broadcasted from a
radio station in Philadelphia. Earlier
in the day Mr.. Green delivered the
annual memorial address at the grave
in Camden, N. j., of Peter j. Mcguire,
known as the father of Labor Day.
Officials of The federation together
with Chairman Joseph M. Richie, of
| the arrangements committee, and
Adolph Hirschberg, president of the
Central Labor Union, of Philadelphia,
were guests of Mayor Kendrick at a
luncheon at the Sesqui-C Centennial
grounds at 1 o'clock.
Huge Crowd at Exposition
Excursion trains from New York,
Pittsburg, Washington and other
places brought thousands of trade
unionists to the city for the event.
More than 10000 persons passed
through the gates of the exposition.
"The use of machinery in industry
will continue to grow and expand"
said Mr.. Green. "New and improved
types of machinery will be perfected.
There seems to be no limit to the
use of mechanical devices. Machinery
will be utilized more and more in
manufacturing enterprises and in
serving the increasing needs of a mod
ern and progressive civilization.
"We are living in an era just pre-
ceding most amazing increase in the
use of power machinery and mechan-
ical devices. This anticipated devel-
opment will make a deep impression
upon us. No machine, however in
tricate or complete, can be relied upon
to supply the human energy which is
a part of industry"
Much Drudgery to Be Diminished
j He pointed out that production will
| be increased and the efficiency of each
individual worker will be enhanced by
the substitution of power and machin-
cry for human strength and skill. He
| said that the drudgery of toll will be
greatly diminished.
"It is natural for working men and
J women to be vitality interested in the
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-09-17
Cap Industry Accepts Pact
Providing For 4O-Hour Week;
Employers Praise Agreement

of the 40-hour week agreement,
George L. Livingston, spokesman for
the manufacturers, said:
''The development of the industry
has been such that the manufacturer
or contractor occupied the position Of
the mechanical department of the
wholesaler. The wholesaler is well
satisfied and, in fact, anxious to see
all manufacturers or contractors un-
ionized, so that there will be complete
stability and uniformity of working
conditions and production in the
trade.
"The association as such conceded
there are benefits to be gained from
unionism and is willing to cooperate
with the union for the betterment,
not only of the lot Of the working
man, but also that of the business
man, who is today harassed by num-
Der of trade abuses which could read
lily be eliminated through cooperation
between the wholesaler and the
workers"