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•THIRTY-EIGHTH YEAR.
FLORA, ILLINOIS, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER    20,      1908
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rURKEY DAY
November 26 is set aside for a day  of National Thanksgiving by Proclamation of our Nation's ex- ^ "^ ecutive.    The one essential of being thankful is to ^ ^ be happy. It is a well established fact that the happy #" "^ person is the one who has an abundance of good ^ things to cat.    Hence we naturally conclude that to ^ be thankful, you must have iO ne ofthe following'     ^
Turkeys
Ducks
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Pork
Veal
Sweet Potatoes
Celery
Lettuce
Cranberries
Tomatoes
Green Beans
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Mutton,
Carrotts
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S Fresh Oysters, Bulk Mince Meat, Nuts of All Kinds, Dates and Figs f
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^ Swiss, Cream, Roquefort, Brick, Limberger, Royal Luncheon
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"^^ OraViges.     BananEfs,      Lemons,     Malaga Grapes,   Catawba ¦^p  i> .'Grapes,    Pine Apples anci Jonathan Apples '-'^
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Mayor's Proelpiion.
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Again the season approaches, when according to the ancient custom of our forciathersa day should be be set apart as a day of Thanksgiyiiag and prayer.
The President has named that day as Thursday, the twenty-sixth day of the present month. The .Governor of our state has concurred inthe selection ofthis day. Now therefore, I, C. S. Cunningham, Mayor ofthe city of Flora, 111., do hereby recommend that on next Thursday, No¬ vember the twenty-sixth, all business be suspended within the city from the hour of ten in the forenoon until two o'clock in the afternoon, and that the day be appropriately Celebrated by attendance upon a house of public worship and devoutly thanking Almighty God for his manifold ^lessings.
C.S.CUNNINGHAM,
Mayor.
Attest:   W, W. McMahan,
City Clerk,
Store,
{^cGRECOR   AND   GOLDEN
have opened a Feed Store in the first room south of   the City Hall, where they will keep a full supply of
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such as Hay, jCorn, Oats, Bran, Shorts and Mixed   Feed. ' Free ^nd prompt delivery to all parts of the city.
Phone 285 Flora, 111.
Y. M. C. A. in Flora.
In tbe lait year, much complnint hae beeu heard from the pureutB of tbe towu aa to the way the boys spend their even- inga, ns in loatinK on the streets, and in andaairable places. Mow tbat we have a chance ot providing a, snitable place tor the hoys to spend their spare time, will we let such a chance slip by.siinply because we do not thiuk serioasly of thin matter?
Tlie Y. M. C. A. coasists of three branches, educational, religions and physical. There are two classes ot members, sctiva and associate. The active are chnrch members, and bave a voting power, while the associate main¬ tain and likewise enjoy the privileges ot tba association.
Intbe qaarters ofthe Association is an offlce or Bureau of Information. In this department a secretary and an as- siitant are necessary, and here lists ot imtabU boarding lioatet and toomi are
made. A game aud reading i-oom are pi'oridod. Here the men and boys have access to tbe best of literature. Then a gymnaslnm is provided, together with baths and lockers. Tbe rooms are a plsce of meeting and rest tor any one holding a membership card iu a local association, at the rate of five dollars a year, has not only local privileges, but snch privileges in every state.
The iMys of the town are given a wider scoiw in athletics. Week day baso ball games ^would be possible, and this wonld thoronghly discourage Sun day base ball. Through the influence ot the Asaociation tha Irays wonld be bronght from tbe , streets and restaur¬ ants. Then the pool rooms would be forced to cloae. for, when one* interest, ed, the people of tbe town wonld not spend tbeir time on tbe streets.
Abont tbree thonsand dollars Is neces- iary for tbe eqnipment and maintenance of the Aaaociation in Flora fbr the firat year, two thotutnd being necewary for
cqnipuient anil one tliousand f jr maluta- naoce. A secretary nud an assistant mmt be provided for with a good salary. Atter the first year, with a memberahip of three hundred, tbe expenses can b« easily paid.
Some think tba town too small to at. tempt suoh a thing, bnt at Mounds, 111. a town of eleven hundred inhabltautl, eleven Inadred dollars was raised whan the to vu was first canvassed, and later the Association [received a donation ot Hve thousaud dollars from tbe Bailroad O mpany.
For tba preliminary oanvaas an amoan sufficient to pay tha axpensag of bringing - an experienced  Y.  M. C.   A.   man   ta--- Flora, to plan and advise with tba pro¬ moters ot tha project, a committee  wa appointed to solicit subscriptions.
Surely Flora can meet suoh expense* when aach resolta are   to   be obtainedr and it is to the interest of every one tO' take tbis matter under consideration. Btndent of Flora High School,