Show THANKS THANKSGIVING iVING PROCLAMATION l' l Governor V Wells ells h has ls issued the r ing proclamation designating ing mg Thursday tho the 1 Thanksgiving day The president of the United J States in incon conformity with custom hallowed by time and endeared to every American heart by tradition having Thursday th the tho i day of November 1900 as f Thanksgiving day to b be observed observed j by all aU the people of the Republic x Therefore I Heber M. M Wells 7 c I governor of the tho state of Utah by 4 virtue of authority vested in me J by bylaw law law do hereby proclaim the IJ said Thursday the day of November 1900 a legal holiday inthis in inthis this state and do recommend its observance by the tho people of Ten Ten- gen general en- en r eral thanksgiving to the Almighty for the innumerable mercies and blessings he ho has showered upon upon pon u us during this the closing year of sa the nineteenth century No portion of the Union ha has received greater manifestation of the divine goodness than our own t beloved commonwealth no people should be bo more appreciative of the x divine diviDe favor and guidance than the the- 2 people of Utah Let Lot us put away i z 1 s sour our se secular ular affairs on that day t and meeting in our places of worship worship wor wor- 8 t ship and in our homes by public i and private devotion demonstrate l' l the of our hearts forthe for fork J the rich abundance which i is ours ours- t 1 11 and in our devotions let us not if- if forget to minister to the sick and the afflicted t to relieve the tho wants of t the h e poor and t the h e un unfortunate f t ii and to lift up the tho hearts of those J e i iwho J C who mourn by bywords words of cheer an and l deeds of kindness ij I t t |