Show President Coolidge Names Day of Thanks In keeping with a 0 long established establish establish- I ed practice President Coolidge Is Issued issued is- is sued a proclamation last Tuesday ar declaring Thursday November as ag Thanksgiving da day and called upon upon upon up up- upi i on all nIl citizens to render thanks for forthe forthe the bounteous harvests and blessings bless i ings enjoyed by the people during time the past twelve months The proclamation follows By UBy the President of the United States of America A proclamation I tion The season approaches when in accordance with a long established and respected custom a day is set apart to give thanks to Almighty God for the time manifold blessings s which His ills gracious and and benevolent providence pro has bestowed upon us as ns asa a nation and a as Individuals I We uVe have hav b be en on brought with safety safety safe safe- I ty and honor through another year ear and through the lime generosity of nature nature nature na na- na- na ture lie He has blessed us with re resources resources resources re- re sources whose potentiality in wealth I Is almost we are at 1 peace at home and abroad the pub lie Hc health Is hood good we have been undisturbed undisturbed undisturbed un un- disturbed by pestilence or great reat ca catastrophic catastrophic ca- ca our harvests and and our industries lu hate ve been heen rich in productivity productivity our commerce spreads over the whole world and labor has been well rewarded for its remunerative As have hae and we grown prospered prosper prosper- I ed cd In material things so also should wo we progress in moral and spiritual things We Ve aro are a people who should set ourselves against evil and strive for righteous righteousness ness in living HYing and amid observing the lime Golden Goldon Rule we should from our abundance help and serve those I less fortunately placed We Ve should bow in imi gratitude to God for His Ills many favors Now therefore I Calvin CoolIdge Coolidge Coolidge Cool Cool- idge president of the United States do hereby set apart Thursday the thet t twenty sixth day of November next as a day of or general thanksgiving and prayer yer er and I recommend that on that day the people shall cease ccase from Crom their work and amid in their homes pontes or 01 in their accustomed places of oC worship devoutly give thanks to time the Almighty for tor time the many and great blessings they have hav received and to s Rrok ok his hs guidance that they the themay may deserve a continuance of His Ills favorIn favorIn favorIn favor In witness whereof I have hereunto hereunto here hereunto unto set my hand and caused the seal of the tho United States to be af af- af- af fixed Done at the time city of or Washington this twenty sixth day of October in inthe inthe the tho year of our Lord one thousand nine nino hundred and twenty five andI and I of the independence of the tho United I States of America the time one hundred and fiftieth Seal Calvin Coolidge D By the tho president f Frank D B B. B Kellogg Secretary of State |