Show THE PRESIDENT designating thursday november as thanksgiving day washinton washington e ton D C nov 4 the following p proclamation rocla mation was issued this afternoon by the president the gifts of god to our people during the past year have been so abundant and so special that the spirit of devout thanksgiving awaits not the call but only the appointment of a day when it may have common expression ho he has stayed the pestilence at our doors ho he has given us more love for free civil institutions in the creation of which his directing providence has been so conspicuous ho he has awakened a deeper reverence for the laws he has widened our phil atrophy by a call to succor distress in other lands he has blessed our schools and is bringing forward a patriotic and god fearing generation to execute his great and benevolent designs for our country Holias he has given us a great increase in material wealth and the wide diffusion of content contentment ment and comfort in the homes of our people ale ho he has given his grace to tho the sorrowing now therefore 1 I benjamin harrison prisident of the united states do call upon all our people to observe as has been our want to observe thursday tho of november as a day of thanks dying to god for his mercies and supplication for his continued care and grace |