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one we arms n cana on VOL. 44. m); ~LAST EDITION,. IN LOGKPORT SCHOOLS Thanksgiving Exercises by the Public School Pupils. APPROPRIATE DOINGS OF THE DAY, mames Thankiglving Day ¥ittingly Observed by the Puplis in the Various Ward Schools of the Clty on Wodnesday After- noom Thore is no school in the city to- day nor will there be any on Friday, thoe scholars of the public schools be- ing allowed a half week | Thanksglv- ing holiday, In most of the ward schools of the city exerelses appropri- ato to the Thanksgiving season were hold on Wodnesday | afternoon,. The programs, so far as supplied to the Journal, wore as follows: Wost Avenite School, Song--November Hlelds are Dreary C06itl'lQ'Clitilittnkthttllui‘ Sorlpture reading, 67th Psalm. mord's Prayer in Unison. Wo Thanle Thao, ........... .... School Song. Tioading of President's Proclama- HOK . erve reece ee ccr wc ce- Anna Sharp \Thanksgiving Joys\ ..Arthur Armer \A Ting Seod\........c... Fred Laure \Thanksgiving Day*\... i...... . School \Thanksgiving Song\.....Firat Grade \November\ .......... Frances Steele \Litto Paul's Thanksgiving\. ...... tcc een cen rs ccc ccc cee} Dorris Stevens \hon Thanksgiving Gomes\....... waxer cakes eee Florence Rurgason \November\. . Chester 'Willlam for the Day\. Grade A Jack O'Lantern Exercise, Boys and girls, .... Class of Second Grade Solo--\Cathor the Golden Grain\.... rec.. Bertha Ellsworth \Tlvo Fat 6. sake. eek k 66 6a «eccc} - boys from First Grade \Making Mudples for Thanksgiving\ crecces cece cers cc cei .. Mabel Steiner \Tohn's Pumpkin®\........ Roy Striffler \What Makes Thanksgiving Day\.. ayer mr era 6 erea ce cece} .- Burl \When Grandma Bates the Turkey\ tre .. -Christopher Johnson Clags Recitation. \The Festival Month\ ..........._.. .. Third Grade \A Story of Thanksgiving\......... (if-finnu‘..,.....‘.. Leah Wolf \Today and Long .. .Bugone Underwood, Thelma Rees | Hong, \Novembat\........ ..... School Clags Recitation.......... .Flfth Grade Dialogue, \Old Plymouth Days\..... ...... Florence Connor, Mabel Gould \A Thanksgiving Dinner\........... ene en 666606 £ 1131th First Grflda Boys \Yo Thank Thea\.... Loraine Stevens \A Pumpkin Ple Shortaga\......... serv cr rre cccer cn e- LOtUIs McVittle Song--A Song of Dear November\... dar becca 6 cera cee rece 66+ School \TUTIGOY SOMG\ ... evs ecs se ece ee 66s ccr c- First Grade Boys Song--\Twas Barly In the Morning\ School cde ec 06 Cer e e 666 66 66 C64 na a Washburn Street School. Hymn, Hear our Song of Praise..... 6666606 66nd ee nearer 669 e nes School Psalm, CHL Hymn, Come Thou Almighty King.. kerk ree 666 re nee cece ces e+. School HAYS . eevee kak ess seeks e. c. «Advanced First Grade \The Reason 'Why ....Ericsson Merritt Song-The Angelug ...Frances Morton A Thanksgiving Dinner............. boys and girls The Comm Song ................ School \Tho Little Pilgrim: Mild.....e; .... ee ceca ee 6 rcc e. e. «Mary Dora Taylor All Mallowo'en ,..... Raymond Morton Turkey Song...... Class of Little Boys Song-Sing a Song of November.... perca ke 66 edhe t ser gee csa 6k. School \We Thant Theo....... . Howard Willis Polly's Atwater Mandolin Solo......+.....Claude Hart Song-Hall to Thae! Thanksgiving D&Y ve cri ecsecccsece cer ke a+. School Class Recitation ........ Second Grade Thanksgiving Song......Carl Stratton Candy Land .......... Evelyn Yeager Hong--Our Country ....;....... School ADDPIQS ..... .. Clara McVittie WISHDONOG RMOMG «.c ea ek eevee a k e+ +02 «xe ccc. c Ten Girls from Third Grade Apple THM... coccs cer ccr cre. 6. -Pavline Whitmore Song-Swest Summer's Gone Away nev 64 rat 6666s e6 6 c 6a ex a +- School The Thanksgiving FrollG. ,, ...}..... ccc} c-Class. from Fifth Grade SONF-AMOPIC®L .. School Walnut Straet School. \Thanksgiving exercises consisted of the usual devotional exercises, a violin solo by Sears Shearston, and the protty cmntata entitled, \A Thanks- tlving Frolle of Jack Frost and his Tilves\ was nicely rendered by about forty of the pupils. Ving Stroot School. Devotional exercises. 'the story of Thanksgiving, Recttation ............Rdward Tanner Thanksgiving Song i.....,.......... vrrescecr ec -Plrgt and Second Grades Hocltation--What the Turkey thought About Thanksgiving....Eithel Smith Reocltation ............Loule Blackley The TULKOY ev . lee cs es ekki... Kose McPartlin, Hazel McCulloch, Almoda Owen, Bessio Wilson, cree ear» + May Beach Recitation .............Alico Schmith Roclt@tOn ..........c... Edatha Bird | Song. «.. er..... .., Magdalene Barnum TLOCLEMAOM «a on ee cea e 666 6a car ere sae ceree cc Dean, Grace Miles A Thanksgiving Dinner............. Margaret Gaughan, Myrtle Paul, Foress Barone, BEthel Blackley, esx Cunningham BHoys Chorus. - A Thanksglving Feast...Carrle Craine March. ..... .Third and Fourth.Grades AMCIIG School School | pass memo Clinton Street School. Singing-November's Skies Are DreATY School Scripture Reading Ps. C. and prayer Lod by Principal Singing-November's Party....School Recitation, Thanksgiving Joys.:.... sess esse esr rec...... , Harold Coghlan Thanksgiving Song ................ re........,.First and Second Grades Reading, The First Thankseiving... verk corer erie ra cei}... Fred Poyfair Recitation, Elsie's Thanksgiving.... k...... Dorothy Hittenmyer Turkey Song ............First Grades Recitation, Thanksgiving Day is Here ................... Four Pupils Exercise, Thanksgiving in Song and Story ...................Six Grades Song- Columbia .............. School Recitation, Our Flag ........... School Song-America....... School Standing THANKSGIVING DaY. Through the Eyes of a Ten Yerr Old Pupil of West Avenue School. The following is a specimen of the compositions written last week by fifth grade pupils, averaging about ten years of age, in the West Avenue School, on the subject of Thanksgiv- ing. The name of the little essayist is Tlorence Ferree: \Thanksgiving day is ar day,, to praise God for his goodness, sparing our lives and a good many other things. \The Greeks, Romans and English celebrated Thanksgiving in the Old world. 'The Creeks celebrated Thanks- giving the first, \The Pligrims celebrated Thanks- giving first in the New world. The first Thanksgiving day was in 1621. The Pligrims were from England. They were the second company of white people to come to America that had good success. The King of England used to make all the people go to his church, so these people went to Hol- land. They lived in peace for some time but when their children began to grow up with the Dutch and speak the Dutch language they thought they had better go to America. The first wint- er they had no grain, for they got there too late in the year to plant it. There was lots of sickness and before spring time came nearly half the peo- ple had died. They had to plant corn on the graves to hide them from the hostile Indians. \The first Thanksgiving that they celebrated was in Plymouth in No- vember, 1621. It was hardly a year after they landed and the colony be- gan. The Pilgrims had to be thank- [ful for their safe landing, their good crops and for having some friends. \In the morning of the day appoint- ed for Thanksgiving an Indian and a few of his tribe came just as they were going to church, so they went with them. 'When they came home from church the women had dinner all ready for them and.then they all feasted. 'Then the Indians wanted to smoke a pipe of peace, so they did. Then the Indians danced for them. - \President Lincoln made Thanks- giving day a holiday. The President appoints our Thanksgiving day every year. 'We celebrate it by having ser- vices in the churches and then a feast and a good time. FLORENCE FPERREE. West Avenue School, Fifth Grade. Indian To Cure a Cold in One Day Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All druggists refund the money if it fails to cure. E. W. Grove's signature is on each box. 25°. Builds up the system; puts pure, vich blood in the velns; makes men and women strong and healthy. Bur- dock Blood Bitters. At any drug store,. MODEL POST OFACE Description of the Great Wash- ingfon City Office. ITS OHIEP HON.JOHN 4. MERRITT Splendid System Pervades All Depart- ments of the Office and Mistakes are Remarkably Rare -- Modetn® Methods Prevail in Every I’gxrt. L Quotations were recently made in the Journal from an article which ap- peared in the Postmaster's Advocate of Washington, D. C., for November, in which the Washington City post- office was described and a sketch was given of the duties and the excellent management of the office by Post- master John A. Merritt, whose home is in this city. The quotation made at that time referred almost wholly to the excellent things which were said of General Merritt in the publication noted. * It will no doubt interest readers of the Journal to know something more of the great office over , which Mr, Merritt presides and therefore the Journal is permitted, through the courtesy of The Postmasters Advo- cate, to present splendid half tone pictures of the exterior and interior of POSTMASTER MERRITT. than the combined values handled by all the other postoffices of the coun- try. * # # * * # # \The Postofflice building is situated upon the main thoroughfore of Wash- ington-\historic Pennsylvania ave- nue\-occupying an entire great block, being ten stories high. The ground floor and basement are for the use of the city postoffice. The mailing and delivery divisions take in the great court in the center. Forty feet above stretch heavy steel girders and supporting frame-work for the sky lights forming the first roof of mrs r € Ar INTERIOR OF WASHINGTON PoOSTOFFICE. the building and a portrait of General Merritt, together with an extract from the publication referred to describing the building and some of the workings of the great office. The quotation fol- lows: P \Here in Washington much pride is taken in the local postoffice. It is a great institution and is regarded as the model postoffice of the country. It is not the largest postoffice, by any means, but in its workings and equipment and efficiency of adminis- tration and operation it is not ex- celled. The office is notable for the great amount of free, ordinary and registered matter which it is obliged to handle for the Government. Its registry division ranks, in number of pieces handled, third in the United States, being surpassed by New York and Chicago only. The enormous Government values passing through the office last year amounted to $§55,- 910,784.84. This total i ncludes rev- enue stamps and currency from the Treasury Department, being greater this. court. At the top of the court the steel and glass roof is duplicated. From the second floor up the main corridors of the department, one on each story, run adjacent to the court. Thereby ample light is afforded, so much so that the sun's hot rays at times have to be excluded by means of canvass stretched over the lower or inner roof. © \In every other way that modern genius can devise, the postoffice ig strictly up to date. Desks for the public, in the corridor outside - the court on the first floor, furnish the necessary conveniences for attending to one's correspondence. Big signs, painted in gilt and other conspicious letters, placed at every turn, indicate just where you may obtain what you desire. In all well-regulated postof- fices of the first class a particular set of employees is assigned to each class of work. For instance, the Washing- ton office has a bureau of informa- Continued on eighth page. \THE WASHINGTON POSTOFFICE-HOME ALSO OF THE POSTOFFICGE DEPARTMENT. A ' FREE RURAL DELIVERY. Inspector Stationed Here to See that Proper Boxes are Put Up. On. several occasions the Journal has called attention to the fact that the per- sons who receive their mail through the establishment of free rural delivery in the county must comply with the government regulation that they supply themselves with one of the iron mail boxes which has 'been approved by the government, and which are purchasable in the hardware stores or at the postoffice here. Failure to do so within a reasonable time will forfeit the privilege of receiving mail in this manner., Rural Delivery In- spector Tallman has been stationed here to see that the requirment is properly ob- served and to supervise the working of the system'generally for the next few months. There has been some complaint at this requirement of the government, and there have even been insinuations that the post office department is getting some benefit through the sale of these boxes. This is untrue and unjust. The depart ment insists upon a proper sort of mail box being put up simply for the sake of uniformity and for the better appearance and protection to mail. The order- is in the interest of the farmer. There is one place in the county where a barrel has another man has put up a nail keg; soup boxes and tin cans are plentiful. The de- partment holds that all this tends to the disadvantage of the farmer himself; it lends an air of .shifflessness to his place and does not tend to dignify the mail ser- vice. Any one of the right style of box may be used; the government does not care which or from whom it is purchased,; but no mail will be delivered after a rea- sonable time is allowed for obtaining one of them if the matter is neglected. PERSONAL MENTION. W. M. Ward bas returned from Parry Sound for the winter. It is reported that Judge Daniel Stevens is feeling much better today | than for several days previous. J. W. Henderson, of Walnut Street, is spending Thanksgiving with his parents in Buffalo. Miss Hattie McLaughlin, of McKoon Avenue, Niagara Falls, who has been visiting Miss Ethed Warden, returned to her home Wednesday. Attorney Frederick P. James Monday afternoon for three weeks' tour of the south. He will visit places in each of the Southern States during his trip. left Mr. and Mrs. Jacques and child, of Wrights' Corners, will leave Thurs- day morning for a visit to the Adiron- dacks. The trip is taken for the bene- fit of Mrs. Jacques' health. John L. Poole, of Detroit; Baker, of Boston; F. D. Blake, of Boston; J. H. Stump, of irmada, Mich., and William E. Stéele, of Corry, Pa., are registered at the Commercial Hotel. J. R. ~ Racks Removed. Despite the cold and snows of the past few weeks many Main Strget merchants failed to remove from the sidewalks their bicycle racks. These racks in winter time give the city the appearance of a back-woods town and cause inconvenience to pedestrains as well. Mayor Huston, recognizing this fact, promulgated an order, Wednes- day afternoon, directing the merchants to remove the racks from the street at once. The order has been, complied with speedily and today nota rack can be seen on the main thoroughfares. Stop the Cough and work of? the Cold, Laxative Bromo-Quinine Tablets cure a cold in one day. No Cure, No Pay. Price 25 cents. - WHERE ARE TH been nailed to a tree as a mail receptacle; EBOYS? Whereabouts of Some of the Sons of Lockportf & OLIMBING THE LADDER OF FAME, ad wt Many Returned Home for Thanksgiving- Successes of Lockport Men in the In- dustrial and Con’imlerciul World -The College Boys and Their Progress. Thanksgiving is the day of days when the thoughts of those at home revert to the young men who have left home to seek fame and fortune in the big commercial world or perhaps entered the halls of learning or enlisted in the service of their country. The Thanksgiving of the citizens of Lock- port will be enough for any ordinary mortal. But what shall be said of good old country Thanksgiving with all its superabounding ggod ' cheer. Every young man who has left home is thinking of the old fireside today. And every. Lockport or +Niagara County man who has gone out into the world and borne himself worthily is the object to day of loving thought and conjecture, if there remains here one relative who once knew him. ' It is of course impossible to chronicle the movements of all the \boys\ who have gone out from among us. We wish that we were able to record the do ings, the thoughts, of all of these \boys.\ But we have recorded the whereabouts and progress of a few at random, as we could ascertain the . facts or call them to mind. To those we mention, and to the hundreds of others, we tender out salutations and best wishes on this day. Perhaps a good many of them, next Thanksgiv= ing, if we can look so far into the fu- ture, will drop us a friendly line to enable us to put their friends in re- membrance of them. There is little in this world of greater importance than the cherishing of true friendship and this the \boys\ away from home realize, we have no doubt, in the keenest possible «degree. * Some of the \Boys\ at Home Today. Among the young men who have re- turned to eat their ~Thanksgiving turkey and greet their friends are Wallace Whitmore, who is attending the University of Pennsylvania; Whit- ney Colliton, who is a student at Ho- bart College. Drs. B. A. and H. A. Moyer, sons of Dr. Frank J. Moyer, who are sucessful dentists at Niagara Falls; William E. Shaeffer, Jr., now a student at Hobart College, and Chas. Upson, son of W. H. Upson, who is at the. University of Pennsylvania; his brother Harry is also a student at the same University, but -will not eat his turkey here this' year. Harry Vos- burgh, who tours New England States in the interest of a metropolitan firm, is the guest of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. H. Vosburgh, of, Harvey Avenue. Louis O. Moody, son of Mrs. C, L. Moody, of South Street, who has been absent from Lockport for several years, now being connected with the Magnus Metal Company, with head- quarters in the Ellicott Square build-. ing in Buffalo, is also- home for . Thanksgiving. ' The Journal is pleased to note the presence in this city as a guest of ' Hon. Horatio Kilborne and William H. Kilborne, of W. H. Eager, of Toledo, Ohio. Thirty years ago his home was with his venerable grand-father, Tru- man Kilborne. in Eager was for many years manager of the American Express Company here and also associated with Wright's bookstore. He is at present the sur- viving partner of a wholesale and re- tail book and wall paper house doing an extensive business. , . Some of the Absent Ones. There is a long roster of the sons of Lockport, as we have said before, who would get the finest cuts of white meat, and loads of sage dressing, cranberry sauce and mince pie if they should happen into some Lockport home today. Those who have left re- cently or who are in attendance upon. institutions of learning are freshest in the memory of the people ~here, naturally. To start with, here is a partial list of/ the college boys: Tle College Boys. , Glen Folger is now taking the second year at the University of Penn- sylvania. ‘ 'Will Compton is in his second year at Hobart College. Paul Prudden, son of O. D. Prudden, - is in his second year at the University of Pennsylvania, taking the course in mechanical engineering.> He expects to visit his parents at Christmas time. Nicholas Muller is attending Colum- bia College, taking a - journalistic course and corresponding for the col- lege with the New York Tribune. J. Lindsay Criswell, son of the Rev. I Joseph Criswell, is studying law in the Ohio Wesleyan University. Walter and Herbert Michel, sons of Rev. Arthur E. Michel, pastor of the German Lutheran Church, are attend- ing Corcordia College at Fort Wayne, Ind. / t Charles Kandt and Walter Verwie- I be, sons of Main Street merchants, are attending Concordia College at Fort Wayne.- The boys expect to come home for Christmas. <5 Gerald Mudge, who recently served as street car conductor, running from Buffalo to Olcott, is now studying for the ministry at Alléghany College. Continued on fifth page. Lockport, Mr. - M .
