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From the Ipswich Tribune

November 13, 1930 edition

People Asked to

Observe Thanksgiving

In his annual Thanksgiving day proclamation President Hoover asked the people of the United States to observe Thanksgiving day by extending aid to those who are in need.

His proclamation follows:

“By the president of the United States, a proclamation.

Notwithstanding that our forefathers endured the hardship and privations of a primitive life, surrounded by dangers and solaced only with meager comforts, they nevertheless bequeathed to us a custom of devoting one day of every year to universal thanksgiving t...

 

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