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State Hist Society TUL AXTELL STANDARD. 18, No. 2. Axtell, Kansas, Thursday, November 25, 1915. $1.50 per Year.

Edla Josephine Olson "Josie," as we always called her, was born in the Swedish Settlement near Axtell, Nov. 28, 1896. Died Wednesday, Nov. 17, 1915, age 18 years, 11 months and 20 days. She was baptized and confirmed in the Salem Lutheran Church of which she was a faithful member till her death.

Last spring she graduated from Axtell High School and had now a position as teacher in the Farrar school two miles from the church. Last winter she went through an operation but she recovered and seemed in perfect health. She attended church Nov. 7, and it was her intention to take part in the communion service the following Sunday. But Thursday evening, Nov.

11, she became suddenly ill and was taken to Axtell. As soon as the nature of her sickness was ascertained she was taken to St. Joseph to be operated on; but it had gone too far, the sad news was communicated to us that Josie could not live but a few hours. During her last hours she asked brother, Robert, and sister, Dora, who were with her, to take good care of the folks, especially little brother, Kermit. She remembered her church, her pastor and the children of her school.

The Lutheran minister of St. Joseph was called. Josie received the holy communion and was ready to die. At 3:15 p. m.

Wednesday, Nov. 17, she peacefully passed away. Josie was a quiet, lovely character and was highly esteemed by all who knew her. She was a faithful member of the church and an active worker in the Luther League. She was on the program for a song Thanksgiving Day; but instead she will mingle her voice with the celestial choir.

Besides her parents she leaves three brothers, George and Robert of Beattie, Kermit, who is at home, and five sisters, Mrs. G. V. Johnson and Mrs. Frank Lann, both of the Settlement, Dora of Frankfort, Etta, who is attending the Business College of Salina, and Lou, who is teaching at Brookville, and a very large circle of warm friends who mourn the loss of one who was always gentle, kind and cheerful.

The funeral was held Friday, Nov. 19, from the home in Axtell and from the Salem Church. The students of the Axtell high school and a great number of people gathered at the residence and the church was filled to its capacity with syinpathizing friends. Members of her confirmation class acted as pall bearers. The children of her school attended in a body.

Several beautiful songs were sung and the tribute of flowers was very beautiful. May God comfort the bereaved family and may they find consolation in the promise and hope that we shall meet our loved ones again in a better land where death and sorrows are no more. "We shall sleep, but not forever, There will be a glorious dawn. We shall meet to part no, never On the resurrection morn!" Rev. Gustaf Nyquist.

Card of Thanks Words fail us in our attempt to thank the friends and neighbors for the many acts of kindness shown us during our recent bereavement, the death of our beloved daughter and sister, Josephine, and we gratefully appreciate the lovely decorations at the church and the beautiful flowers. Also to those who furnished the singing, and spoke words of consolation and comfort do we express our heartfelt thanks. Mr. and Mrs. John Olson and Family.

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Naturally that day was not observed by the seceded states, but now it has come to be recognized in nearly all of the states, though in many of them it is not a statutory holiday. It is not, and never was, a national holiday by legislative enactment. Just when the turkey flew in as one of the almost imperative accompaniments of the Thanksgiving table is not worth mentioning, as it is an incident so vague. That fowl, with mince or pumpkin pie as a part of the dessert of the time honored dinner of the day, has for long years come to be SO well recognized that it has been urged as the only logical bird for blazoning on the national escutcheon, the eagle having become mighty "skase," and having been much missed both in this and other countries. In 1859, the morning of June 5, frost killed all that was killable throughout the entire North.

In October of the previous year, as will be well remembered by elderly people who were children then, the Donati comet suddenly blazed across the heavens, and for months was one of the most beautiful of spectacles, but, to the super stitious, fear and direful. When the nucleus was low in the northwest in the early evening the "tail" dominated all other celestial phenomena, flowing far past the zenith. The presage of a great Civil war to come was in the air and to those who were in the least superstitious the comet was a sign of calamity near at hand. The freeze of the following June clinched the premonition, and in the fall of the year of the frost there was a quite generally observed day of fasting and prayer. It was this sort of recognition of the omnipotence of Deity, solemn and profound and utterly sincere, which in the earlier days of the nation gave foundation to the origin of the days of thanksgiving for the good things of human existence, and, when they were not as good as they might have been, that they were no worse than they were.

Then the whole custom of setting apart a day for giving thanks to the Almighty grew gradually into that present beautiful intermingling of religious services, reunion families and friends, feasting and general rejoicing, even if the times were portentous of adversity for some of the peoples of this and other parts of the world. It is peculiarly an American "institution," and our fat and frivolous fowl of paradise is its fetish. It is in all its forms and colors, wild or domestic, essentially an American bird, our Thanksgiving dinner bird, yesterday and today and forever, beloved by all ages and races, and for at least that one day putting the Roman nose of the eagle out of joint. Slow to Find Favor in South. In the South Thanksgiving day was practically unknown till about 1855, when Governor John of Virginia urged the observance of the day in a letter to the legislature; but the idea met with hot opposition, the ground that it was "New gland superstition," and the small or it found was completely wiped out -y the Civil war.

Pessimist Always With Us. "Well," said the cheerless person, "Thanksgiving is all right, but I I prefer an old-fashioned Fourth July." "Why?" "It's cheaper to celebrate. A pack of firecrackers costs a lot less than a turkey," The marriage ceremony of Georgia Farrar of Axtell, Kansas, and George Edward Brown of Brooklyn, New York, was solemnized by Dr. J. E.

Kulp in the Linwood Boulevard M. E. Church at 3 o'clock Wednesday, afternoon, Nov. 17. Two solos were rendered by Paul Lawless, tenor, "At Dawning," by Cadman and "Oh Promise Me," by De Koven.

Miss Lula Tuttle played "Bridal Roses" by Spalding, and "Melody in D. Flat" by St. Clair, closing with "Wedding March" by Soderman. More emphasis was given to the sacred elements of the service than to the social. The young couple was married before a few close friends and relatives in a quiet and informal way.

The bride was attired in her traveling suit of blue broadcloth, the groom in conventional black. After taking dinner at the home of the groom's parents at Lanexa, Kansas, they left for Washington, D. C. and other points east. A series of social events has been arranged for them by friends of Mr.

Brown, opening with a church reception by his members. Mr. Brown is pastor of Kings Highway Congregational Church of Brooklyn, New York. Both young people hold Master of Arts degrees from Columbia University, New York, Mrs. Brown from the English department and Mr.

Brown from the Theological department. Very Clever Bracken's All Comedy Show, which played here Friday and Saturday of last week and consists of Mr. and Mrs. Bracken, gave very pleasing performances to a fair sized audience Friday night and to a full house Saturday night. Three reels of pictures were shown in connection.

Mrs. Bracken is a singer and gave two selections each night which were well received. Mr. Bracken is a genius. His imitations of birds, pigs, dogs, babies, were very clever and brought forth a storm of applause.

He is also an artist on the fiddle, guitar and banjo. Not only does he produce music from a broom, a handsaw and a tin cup, but also from a row of old tin cans. He sings, jigs and performs acrobatic stunts, in fact -he is a whole show by himself. Mr. Hendricks.

manager of the opera house, was fortunate in securing this attraction his patrons and for SO moderate a price. Turner--Harrison Miss Nancy Mildred Turner of Hot Springs, So. and Mr. Lyman Harrison of St. Joseph, were married at the latter place Wednesday evening, Nov.

17, at the Episcopalian Church. After the ceremony a reception was given them by their friends at the Elks Club. The bride has been doing steno graphic work at St Joseph and the groom is dispatcher for the St. Joseph Grand Island R. R.

in the same city. The newly wedded couple are at home to their many friends at 1029 Farron Street. as he is called by his friends here, is an Axtell boy, a son of Joseph Harrison. He was formerly assistant station agent here, then was transferred to Hiawatha after which he was promoted to his present position. His Axtell friends extend congratulations.

OLD AS THE RACE Setting Aside a Period for Thanksgiving Is a Custom of Remote Antiquity. THE idea is prevalent in the United States that our Thanksgiving is peculiarly an American custom of New England origin. This is true in part only. The general observance through many years of a set day on which to give thanks to Almighty God for his blessings has made the custom distinctively American; but its origin long antedates the settlement of the western continent, and we must look elsewhere for it. The idea of Thanksgiving day goes back to remotest antiquity.

It is a part of natural religion, and is probably as old as the human race. In written records, we have ample evidence that the festival was celebrated in connection with "the fruits of the earth" by the ancient Egyptians, the Jews, the Greeks and the Romans. Long before Luther's revolt from Rome in the sixteenth century it had been observed by the Christians; and after the Reformation, Thanksgiving days were in frequent use by the Protestants, especially those of England. The festival appears early in Jewish history, and, as it was connected with the land and its possession, may have had a Canaanitish prototype. Its celebration was annual, and each festival continued through seven days.

At the beginning "two vessels of silver were carried in a ceremonious manner to the temple, one full of water, the other of wine, which were poured at the foot of the altar of burnt offerings always on the seventh day of the festival." Plutarch describes this ceremonial, which he believed was a feast of Bacchus. He says: "The Jews celebrate two feasts of Bacchus. In the midst of the vintage they spread tables, spread with all manner of fruits, and live in tabernacles made especially of palms and ivy together. A few days later they kept another festival which was openly dedicated to Bacchus, for they carried boughs of palms in their hands, with which they went into the temple, the Levites going before with instruments of music." Analogous to the Jewish festival and possibly borrowed from it was that of the old Greeks, the Thesmorphia. This was a feast to Demeter, the goddess of the harvest.

It lasted nine days and consisted of sacrifices of the products of the soil with oblations of "wine, milk and honey." Theocritus refers to 1 it in the "Seventh Idyll," where Simichidas says: "Now, this is our way to the Thalysia; for our friends, in sooth, are making a feast to Demeter of the beautiful robe, offering the first fruits of their abundance, since for them in bounteous manner, the goddess has piled the threshing floor with barley." The Circle of Our Love. The strange So wondrous And those Complete the And when we We keep, In sweet life we have and own, is from friends we've known; anear and those above, cirele of our love: of these, and pray, sooth, Thanksgiving Day! -William Brunton. Thanksgiving Fable. A turkey one day observed a peacock in the farm yard and immediately began to find fault with it. "You vain, conceited bird," said the turkey, "you are proud of your looks, and yet you are of no value in the economy of nature.

Why do you strut around and regard all others with digdain?" "You make a mistake," replied the peacock. "I am not now admiring my. self, though I should be excused for doing 80. Next Thursday is Thanksgiving, and I was merely indulging in a cakewalk because I am not a big, fat turkey like you." Moral: Beauty is only skin deep, but edibility extends to the bone. Not Copied From the Jews.

Undoubtedly our present Thanksgiving day has its prototype in the Plymouth thanksgiving festival of 1621. It has been asserted repeatedly that the Plymouth festival was Bug. gested to the Pilgrims by the Jewish "Feast of Ingathering." That is not probable, as the differences between them are more striking than the likenesses. They were of the same duration, each lasting a week; and in common with all other harvest festivals they had the same intent. But in the Jewish festival sacrifice and worship were the prevailing characteristics, while in that of the Pilgrims they were entirely wanting..