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i. .;•??. 7 *Fa 'W.A ' • • * ,v^ S»§] Three Hundred Years Ago THE PILGRIM FATHERS Held the First American THANKSGIVING FEAST i}- t JSf? Nuggets Illinois :y*/;" / f:"€ "?-j MERICA, England and Holland, the three nations most concerned with 'the lauding of the Pilgrims December 6, 1620, at Plymouth, Mass., have been celebrating this year the "Tercentenary of the Pilgrims," and the celebration runs.over tn£o 1921, with many Interesting features on the program. So, though the Pilgrims did not actually eat their first Thanksgiving dinner until the harvest of 1621 had been gathered, the "Tercentenary of t» Pilgrims," now being observed. Is also properly tbe^ "Tercentenary of Thanksgiving." ; r The Pilgrims, as every good American knows, landed at Plymouth In December. Their first Winter was a hard one. At one time only Brewster, Stanriish and five other hardy ones were well enough to get about. Hardships, hunger agnd sickness took heavy toll from the little klhlony. ' But In the spring and summer that followed, their fortunes Improved, and by autumn they had •Cleared twenty-six acres and made It ready for Cultivation. This Industry, too, had been rewarded by a bounteous harvest. Now food and fuel sufficient for the needs of the winter were " Ikld In. Then Governor Bradford ordered a 3!lianksgivlng, the first In America. • With a little help from the Imagination It la 4nay to reconstruct the scene In part. The historians have recorded that the first Thanksgiving Day was bright and fair. Of course there was the Itome riot of autumn color that glorifies New England falls today. Red, gold and bronze leaves bung on the trees and carpeted the ground. Purple irild grapes hung from the tree-cllmblng vines, jled cranberries were thick on the marshes. .Blue "gentians starred the meadows, and the uplands Spere bright with goldenrod. Over all lay the base 4rf the "Indian summer," and, as the crowning ifench, rose Into the still autumn air the smoke Jtom the seveh log cabins of the colony. s It was yet early in the day when a yell rent the air, and Massasolt and his aghters arrived. Hastily peeking into their ovens the women joined, Hie men to welcome the guests. They lined up along the path leading to the government house '4nd cheered with the redskins. Ninety Indldns had accepted the Invitation. The women rushed hack to their kitchens, while the men of the colony Were exchanging health greetings with the "com- |aw" |' C ame a roll of drums, and the colony made Its %ay devoutly to the meeting hous* for worship. |i was a simple, short service. At the door, as v|tas the custom, stood a guard watching over the little settlement. Eternal vigilance, even with ikiendly Indians present, was the price of life. Then, when tl)e benediction had been spoken, all ioade their way to the table* of rough boards, hand hewn from trees, set on trestles In the open «**• -j, * It Is possible to give a good guess at the good / viings that graced the board. The harvest had J Veen bounteous. The hunters had been success- All. And doubtless Old Mother Nature, who had Jfeen so merciless to the Colonists, was now generous. So;here is the possible menu: \ ifet 8onp '/ iTf H ' Clam H*h Lobster %. v Fried Oysterl Vegetable Oyster Stew Brook Stfaibed Cla Wild Tarfcey Duck Game Pastry • ' •eaiasn « Wild Gooes Blackbird Pie Succotash Hominy Cranberries Turnip#* Jams Jellies taipktB Pie Hickory Nats Beech Nats ; The women ft* their dark runM. ser off at the jieck and cuffs with hits of white, with wisps ot Hair peeping oat from under their white hoods. served and smiled, us women always smile when a dinner Is a success. The few children of the colony clung to the women's skirts and looked in awe at the Indians, who had come In full refealia --plumed heads, painted faces and with bows and quivers at their sides. Dinner finished, tables were cleared and tlte men rested their backs against stumps to let digestion have Its way. But the Indians, who hadn't inherited digestions, decided It was time to dance. So they yelped and Jumped and danced around to the delight of the settlers and to the fright of the children. Capt. Miles Standish, the' same who lost a bride by proxy, led out his company of twenty soldiers and drilled tliem before the Indians. The little baud went through Its maneuvers and as a climax fired a couple of Salvos from their matchlock muskets. T! e Indians cheered lustily, and crowded around ihe captain while be attempted to explain to them the mechanism of hla blund^rbus. Then, as now, sports were a part o| the observance of the day. In a clear space, leaping, running and other athletic games were staged. Tlie Indians laid aside their fur cloaks and the colonists peeled off their Jackets and contested -- for the honors. Evidently no records were lowered, for the official score books have nothing in them concerning this meet. In the course of three hundred years the celebration of Thanksgiving lias become a national custom. Its observance grew gradually and not until the Civil war were our national Thanks- * giving proclamations issued with annual recur* rence. The president's general Thanksgiving proclamation is now supplemented by that of the governors of the states. In 17S1 the Thanksgiving recommendation took, for the first time, the form and name of a proclamation. On September 13 Itoger Sherman, seconded by John Wltherspoon, moved that Thursday, December 13, be selected as a day of thanksgiving. This Roger Sherman is unique In our history Inasmuch as he Is the only man who signed all four of the Great Documents: Articles of Association, 1774; Articles of Confederation, 1775; Declaration of Independence, 1778, and Constitution 1787. The official growth of the Thanksgiving Daf observance was quite gradual. The Massachusetts Bay Colony officially designated such a celebration lit 1630. Connecticut followed example In 1639, and the Dutch of the New Netherlands In February, 1644, The day of observance varied, some of the colonies holding their Thanksgiving as early as Jnly and others as late as February; but, by decrees. It came to the great harvest celebf-atlon, thus preserving the true significance of the first Thanksgiving Day. The first officially appointed Thanksgiving Day observed by the whole nation was the twentysixth of November, 1789, which George Washington proclaimed as a dny for rendering the thanks of the people to Heaven for the good fortune that was theirs at that time., Washington had been In office just six months as the first President of the United States. . This document is couched In an exalted strain that should bear Its message anew to every American today. After a brief preamble, t^e proclamation says : "Now, therefore, I do recpramend and assign, Thursday, the twenty-sixth of November next, to be devoted by the people of these states to the service of that great and glorious Being who Is the beneflcient author of all the good that was, that 1% or that will be. That we may then unite 111 rendering unto Hinj our sincere and humble thanks for His kind care and protection of the people of thfc country previous to their becoming a nation; tor the signal and manifold mercies and fanprahle Interpositions of His providence In the course and conclusion of the late war; for the great degree of tranquillity, union and plenty which we have since enjoyed: for the peaceable and rational manner in which we have been enabled to establish constitutions of government for our safety and happiness, and particularly the national one now lately Instituted; for the civil and religious libe«1y with which we are blessed and the means we have of acquiring and diffusing knowledge, and. In general, for all the great favors which He hath been pleased to confer upon us. "And also that we may then unite In most humbly offering our prayers and supplications to the great Lord and Ruler of nations, and hesee<% Him to pardon our national and other transgressions ; to enable us all, whether In public or pt^vate stations, to perform our several duties, properly and punctually; to render our national government a blessing to the people by constantly being a government of wise. Just and constitutional laws. directly and faithfully executed and obeyed; to protect and guide all sovereigns and nations, especially such as have shown kindness to us, and to bless them with good government and pence and concord; to promote the knowledge and practice of true religion and virtue and the Increase of science among them and us, and generally to grant unto all mankind such a degree Of temporal prosperity as He alone knows to be best. "Given under my hsnd st the city of New York, the third day of October, In the year o( our Lord, one thousand seven hundred and eightynine. "GEORGE WASHINGTON." There Is, as stated, no statutory provision for •ur Thanksgiving proclamations nor for their date. In evidence of this President Andrew Johnson's first Thanksgiving proclamation designated the first Thursday In December, 1865. If we speak of Thanksgiving day as a national Institution It tates back to the Revolution, but If we have In mind the annual harvest Thanksgiving day It becomes nationalised through the adoption of it by the several states, and the first appointment was by Abraham Lincoln November 26, 1863. That proclamation 16, In part, as follows: "The year that is drawing to Its close has been tiled wlfh the blessings of fruitful fields and healthful skies.S, . . Needful diversions of health snd of strength " »n the fields of peaceful industry to the nafc defense have not arrested the plow, the sbutt. the ship; the ax has enlarged the borders of our settlements, and the mines, as well of iron and of coal as of precious metals, have yielded even more abundantly than heretofore. Populntion has steadily increased notwithstanding the waste that has been made In camp, the siege and the battlefield, and the country, rejoicing In the consciousness of augmented strength and vigor. Is permitted to expect continuance of years with large Increase of freedom. "No human counsel hath devised, nor hath any mortal hand worked out these great things They are the gracious gift of the most high Ged, who, while dealing with us In anger for our sins, hath nevertheless remembered, mercy. "It has seemed to me fit and proper that they should be solemnly, fervently and gratefully acknowledged, as w!*h one heart and one voice, by the whole American people. I do, therefore, lvlte m.v fellow citizens In every part of the Jnlted States, and also those who are at sea and those who are sojourning in foreign lands, to set apart and observe the last Thursday In November Bext as a day of Thanksgiving apd praise to our beneficent Father, who dwelierh In the heavens. And I recommend to them that while offering up the ascriptions Justly due to Him for such singular deliverances and blessings they do also, with bumble penitence for our national perverseness snd disobedience, commend to His tender care all tbose who have become widows, orphans, mourners or sufferers In the lamentable clvif strife in which we are now unavoidably 'ejigaged, and fervently Implore the interposition of the Almlghty band to heal tbe wounds of the nation and to restore It, as soon as may be consistent with the Divine purposes, to the full enjoyment of peace, harmony, tranquillity and union. "In testimony whereof 1 l.ave hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. "6one at tbe city of Washington, the third day of October. A. D. 1863, and of the Independence Of the United States, the eighty-eighth. "ABRAHAM LINCOLN." So It was Abraham Lincoln who first na the last Thursday In November in hls^pcockhna tlon of 1863 and thus fixed the date gythe celebration of Thanksgiving. ^ Hi Oldest Church Is Armenian il of Echmiadzin Was Begun M 901 A. D., and aif^ t> >- Imposing Edifice. % The cathedral of Echmiadzin, Ar £>•: •tenia, begun in 301 A. D., the year the Armenian nation officially embraced Christianity and became the first Christian nation in a pagan world, la #w oldest church in Christendom. The old church was built by (Jrsguvy the Illuminator, and tradition has It that tbe Savior himself returned to earth and for a period supervised the construction of the ancient temple. It has survived the storms of centuries, and Is a very imposing edifice. It Is rich In the memories of 17 centuries .if Armenians who have worshiped there, and has many rare mosaics and quaint chapda. it differs much from the cathedrals of the occidental world. It IS In this church that esch cathollcos '»r head of the Gregorian religion, Is consecrated after election. When a catholicos dies, a world-wide vote among Armenians Is taken, and It Is sometimes a year l>efore the ballots arrive from the seven seas. The new head is usually dne who has closely associated with the di --Detroit News. ias been ieceas&d. A camel will pick up a Mving where other animals would starve. PROFIT IN COINING MONEY. The government does not profit at all when gold money Is lost, becaus* It has an intrinsic value that Is virtu ally the same as Its face value. Th> profit on lost silver money depends on the cost to the government of the stl ver that goes into the dollar. When silver Is above $1.20 an ounce there Is no profit. When it goes below s dollar tbe profit is considerable. On lost nickels and one-ctnt pieces ths Percentage profit la large. Springfield. -No county In the state has any social agency to afford opportunities to foreign Immigrants to learn English and prepare for naturalization, according to the first report rtnde by the Immigrants commission, created by,the Fifty-first general assembly. This commission was appointed by (lovernor Lowden a year ago to make a survey of the Immigrant, alien born nnd foreign-speaking people of the state and to examine Into their economic, financial and legal customs, their educational and other needs. The purpose of the law Is to prepare tbe Immigrant for citizenship, to win bis confidence and to make of him a good American citizen. Chicago.--Maj. R. W. McClaughry, one of the best known criminologists and prison experts in the country, former chief of police In Chicago and for many years warden of the Jollet and Leavenworth penitentiaries. Is dead of hemorrhage of the brain at his home In Chicago. He was eighty-one years old. Major McClaughry was the pioneer of the "humane wardens"^ and won International recognition for his humanitarian methods in dealing with the 70,000 or more police characters and criminals who came under his Jurisdiction during his 40 years' service in penal institutions. Springfield.--Diphtheria Is" Increasing in the southern part of the state and there is a greater demand upon the state for antitoxin, according to a statement by Dr. C. St. Clair Drake, state director of health. The weekly report shows a total of 410 cases in Illinois, of which 306 are In the city, of Chicago. The state report also Shows that out of the total of 247 Pases of scarlet fever In the state 18 are In, the city of Springfield. One ease of Infantile paralysis Is also reported from Sangamon county. Mt. Vernon.--For the first time In the history of the state, a woman has been elected as clerk of the circuit court and county recorder. She Is Miss Carrie Hayter of Hamilton county. Hamilton county is normally Democratic, hut Miss Hayter received the nomination on the Republican ticket without opposition and was swept Into office with the rest of the state and national Republican candi dates. N Springfield. -- A state distributive school fund of $10,000,000 Is proposed by State Superintendent Blair, and a bill will be offered at the coming ses- , slon of the® genera) assembly. This sum was proposed two years ago. but was reduced to $6,000,(XX) by agreement. The appropriation of $10,000,- 000 has been approved by the State Teachers' association and other educational tables of lUlqoIa. Aurora.--Declaring it Is unfair to permit a voter who goes hundreds of miles away from home just before election to cast his ballot by mail, while a sick voter is denied the ballot If he is unable to go In person to the polls, northern Illinois county officials will seek to have the election law amended to class sick persons as "absent voters" and allow them to vote by mail. 1 Rock Island.--8ult for $30,000 damages has been filed In the Mercer coum ty circuit court by the Cannon Oiler compnny against the Illinois Northern Utilities company. Damages '%re demanded for'losses said'to have been Incurred In a shutdown of plaintiff's plant due to failure of the Illinois Northern Utilities company to provide electric power. Springfield. -- Lincoln's tomb at Springfield continues a mecca for sightseers. A total of 2,445 persons visited the tomb during October, the custodian's report shows. Thirty-nine states and four foreign countries were represented. The foreigners came from Belgium, Canada, Finland and India. Springfield.--Reports from 80 counties In Illinois, comprising the Springfield recruiting district, show that In the month of October 170 out of a total of 220 men enlisted In the army to get an education. That many gave this Is the first reason for their enlistment. Chicago. -- Mayor William Hale Thompson requested Hie resignation of Chief of Police John J. Garrlty and immediately after receiving It, appointed his secretary, Charles G. Fltzmorris, chief for the announced purpose of "ridding Chicago of crooks." Litchfield.--Ed Sanderson, fifty-nine, nnd son, Arthur, ten, were killed at Litchfield when their automobile was struck by a Wabash train. Mrs. Sanderson and two 4>ther children, who were thrown clear of the machine, escaped Injury. Springfield.--A serle** of nine motion picture films on various health subjects has been received by the state department of health l<ff loan In the stste. Batavla.--John H. Hart, elected state representative from the Fourteenth district, will be the "kid" of the Illinois legislature. He is twentytwo years old and 1s a veteran of the World war, having won a commission as lieutenant of artillery. Springfield.--An association to promote tlie Lake and Gulf Coast highway, christened the Lone Star route, ^ from Chicago to Galveston and rq/efT ^Brownsville, Tex., wfis organized at y--- ir session of good road boosters from Illinois, Missouri, Arkansas and Oklahoma, held here. Springfield--The annual contract for the manufacture of automobile number plates has been awarded by the state automobile department to four firms. Tbe work calls for an expenditure of $156,000. Mattoon.--Fire, which caused $200,- 000 damage, swept the business quarter here. The flames started In the Mengle furniture store and rapidly destroyed the building. It spread to tbe Schilling undertaking rooms on the west side of tl.e building and the Peers undertaking rooms on the east, both of which were damaged. Springfield.--A diamond mine In Illinois Is not only a possibility, but * probability, • according to information that until now has focused the attention of a comparatively few on the little county of Hardin, In the extreme southeast of Illinois, but was made public by Director Francis W. Shepardson of the state department of registration and education. "Hanil A county is In the foothills of the 07,ark8," Mr. Shepardson explained. 'Its formation presents what geologists term a 'fault.' It Is the sort of fault' that marks Johannesburg. No diamonds have been found yet. and we will not say diamonds will be found, but If geological conditions aren't misleading it Is very probable." Springfield. -- Expenditure by the United States government of. $70,000 for topographic surveys In Illinois within the next two years has been proposed by the government, and will become effective upon the appropriation by the ntext general assembly of a like amount, according • tt^. the announcement of Director Francis W. Shepardson of the department of registration and education. Favorable action by Illinois' legislature. Dr. Shepardson said, will be followed bj adoption of an Intensified program that will mean completion of the entire topographic survey of Illinois In thirteen years. Instead of the twentyfltve years necessary If work goes slowly on as at present. Springfield.--The population of Illinois institutions increased only 13 per cent in tlie first seven months of 1920, according to announcemnt which ltas been made by A. L. Bowen, state superintendent of charities. Figures prepared show that mentpl cases under state care had" a gain of 228 and that prisoners increased 141, but ittfc miscellaneous group population, including the Soldiers' home, was decreased by 356. On July 31, last, then* were 19,422 patients In the State Hospitals for the Insane; 3,400 inmates in the nine Institutions of the miscellaneous group and 3,703 prisoners in* the two state prisons and the reformatory, a grand total of 26,525. Springfield.--Concrete mileage posts six feet In height are to be placed 'In position this winter at all crossroads on the three state-aid highways, under the direction of the state division of highways. Five thousand markers will be ordered by the state department The- posts will bear In large black letters the number of miles to the next city or division point. Just above the mileage figure, within the black outlined "Illinois," will be the number of the road route. Each main road on the state system will have a route number. Below will be the letter "L" or "R," ro Indicate the right or left turn. Springfield.--Tlie latest discoveries In science, many of which relate especially to Illinois, are discussed by leading scientists of the state In three volumes of the Transactions of the Illinois State Academy of Science, which will be ready for distribution early In December. The volumes contain about 100 contributions, covering subjects In chemistry, physics, geology, botany, soology, physiology, public health, sanitation and agriculture. Bloomlngton.--Central Illinois fanners are calling for corn huskers. The demand Is far greater than the supply. Fanners rfre paying "5 to 7 cents per Ifushel, according to the condition of the tields, and -a fast workman can shuck 80 to 100 bushels per day. Not many huskers are willing to work for 5 cent8 and farmers who offer the minimum price are finding it almost Impossible to pecure men. Springfield.--Voting more than two to one against a proposal to require the legislature to enact an income tax law, Including a straight tax against inenmesiifrom Intangible property, the constitutional convention defeated one minority report of the revenue committee, and turned Its attention to another. The vote was 21 to 40. Springfield.--Instructions have been received by the state officers of the Illinois department of the American Legion v to Investigate every hospital In the state in which former service men are quartered. The Instructions came direct from F. W. Galbralth, Jr., national commander of the American Legion. Hinsdale.--H. H. Marcusson, secretary of the Haggard A Marcusson compnny, manufacturers of bed springs; Chicago, snd his wife were killed Instantly when their automobile ' was struck by an Aurora, Elgin & Chicago train at Hillside. Urbana.--Five hundred doHs will be dressed by University of Illinois co«ds for the Y. W. C. A. doll show here December 4. After the exhibition the dolls will be shipped to Ch'cago for children In Chicago settlements. Bloomlngton. -- Central Illinois Is making large shipments of seed corn to Siberia, following orders placed by Nicholas P. Makaroff, who is now In GREEN'S AUGUST FLOWER The 'Remedy With a Record of Fin* four Year* of Surpassing ExeslleneOk Those wbo suffer from nervo^r dj^pepsla, coostipatioa, - Indigestlo^* torpid liver, dizxtness, headache^ coming up of food, wind on stoat* sch. palpitation and other !ndlc»> ' tions of fermentation and lndlgen> tlon v(lll find Green's August Flowsr a most* effective and efficient assis taat <• in the restoration of nature's funrtlona and a return to health and bnppinesa. 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"What is the dlfferenco ber»«Slfn ' luxury and a necessity?" * "There Is no difference at all no##* days."--Detroit Free Press. v , Mw the Ms. *f The htJit of a burn or a cut inM VHB" Cole'* C*rbolisalve ts applied. It quickly without scars. 30c ai all druggists. For tree sample write J. W. Cole Co, Kocklord, UL-JLAf. - Cradle Boards. There are nine different kinds of cradle boards used by the varioaa tribes of North American Indiana. The Eskimos did not use such a hoard. The baby was wrapped tft the hood at the mother's fur coat. In the most southern tribes the baby was merely bound to the mother's back by a strip of cloth long enough to hold It. the United States, representing the farmers of the former nation. , Edwardsville. -- John Eilers, Jr., nineteen, and Wllmer Vol*, nine, went killed when , their sutomoblle was struck by an Illinois Central passenger train at Binney, near here. Ottawa.--Fire, believed to have been started by crossed electric wires, destroyed the plant of the Weldr«o Silica compnny near here. The damage Is estimated at $75,000. Jacksonville.--A purebred' Hotstefn cow, owned «by the State Hospital for the Insitne here: holds the record for producing milk and butterfat, accordbig to the report issued by officials of the Trl-County Cow Testing association. During the uiionth the cow gave 1.24Q pounds of milk, testing 4.8 per cent and with enough butterfat to make 60 pounds of butter. Galenn.--Turkeys are more plentiful in this section, farmers say. than for many years, snd the birds are now passing through the wholesale markets at around 32 cents a pound. It Is believed the retail prl<e at Thanksgiving time will be about 50 cents. Duquoin.--What Is bolleved- to be, the record week's earnings for a common laborer In southern Illinois has just be*?n established by * uegft*, Charles Gant, at the tie plant at Carhondale. 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