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November 11, 2019
Learn about your antiques and collectibles with Georgia Caraway
Breed champion
An American writer named Sarah Josepha Hale, who also happens to be the author of the nursery rhyme “Mary Had a Little Lamb,” is credited with promoting Thanksgiving as a national holiday. Born in 1788, Hale was a popular editor and became a champion of women of her time. She set standards for taste in topics like cooking, fashion, and literature. She wrote a novel in 1827 called "Northwood," in which she described what would be the ideal Thanksgiving meal, featuring turkey as the main course: "[It] is considered as an appropriate tribute of gratitude to God to set apart one day of Thanksgiving in each year; and autumn is the time when the overflowing garners of America call for this expression of joyful gratitude." For years she wrote editorials encouraging the 150,000 readers of the “Boston Ladies Magazine” and “Godey’s Lady’s Book” to join with her in soliciting support for a Thanksgiving holiday, even writing letters to five presidents. Hale continuously touted her idea of the perfect Thanksgiving, and turkey was always at its center. The bird was as symbolic as the holiday itself: a sign of America as a land of plenty. Hale’s letter to Abraham Lincoln led to the creation of the holiday. In 1863, in an effort to unify the country in the aftermath of a bitter Civil War, in a proclamation dated October 3, Lincoln invited Americans to "observe the last Thursday of November as a day of thanksgiving.” It wasn't until after Hale's death that the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives and President Franklin Delano Roosevelt established Thanksgiving as a legal holiday. I have a large collection
of Thanksgiving postcards all featuring the turkey. (After last week’s column exposed that I have 40 sets of turkey salt and pepper shakers, I hesitate to admit that the turkey is the subject of another of my stashes.) Many of the turkey designs on postcards have comic quotations. But the most valued cards are those that have a patriotic theme. One interesting card depicts the American eagle and the Thanksgiving turkey. The greeting reads, “May one give us peace in all our states, the other a piece for all our plates.” Turkey postcards are generally inexpensive at $2.00 to $10, however some of the patriotic cards can cost in the $20 -$25 range.
Presley Shockey of Howe won Breed Champion Polled Hereford over the weekend at the North Texas Fall Buckle Showdown in McKinney. Courtesy photo.
A Thanksgiving joke: What are turkeys thankful for at Thanksgiving? Vegetarians. Dr. Georgia Caraway and her friends operate Howe Mercantile at 107 East Haning. A HUGE sale is going on behind the Mercantile on the Pavilion between now and the end of the year. Think of us for a unique Thanksgiving and Christmas shopping experience. SHOP LOCALLY!! We can show you Howe!!
Howe 6U softball wins fall championship The Howe 6U team played in a triple -overtime game to win 1312 to go into the Championship game against Bells. Howe became the champions as they won 10-3. The team was undefeated during their fall ball season. Payton Cartwright, Stella Thomas, Kaydence Barnhart, and Avery Landino all hit home runs during the tournament. Team members were Kayden, Evelyn, Tatum, Stella, Payton, Brooklynn, Leena, Hana, Charlie, Avery, and Paisley
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