Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 64, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 November 1909 — An Entra Thanksgiving. [ARTICLE]

An Entra Thanksgiving.

A very notable proclamation independent of the 0 regular autumnal Thanksgiving day. though in the official records J; is designated not as a proclamation, but as "the president’s address to the people for thanksgiving and prayer,” was McKinley’s promulgation of July 6. 1898. The president addressed his words "To the People of the United States of America." He referred t:> the fact that "to the yet fresh remt mbranee of the unprecedented success which attended the operations of the United States licet in the bay of Manila on the Ist day of May last are t-dded the tidings of the no less glorious achievements of the naval and military arms of bur beloved country at Santiago de Cuba" and asked the people upon next assembling for divine worship "to offer thanksgiving to Almighty God. who has watched over our cause and brought nearer the success of the right and the attainment of just and honorable peace."