Typed as spelled and written
Lena Stone Criswell

THE MARLIN DEMOCRAT
Eighteenth Year - Number 50
Marlin, Texas, Wednesday, November 13, 1907
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Thanksgiving Day.
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       Austin, Tex., Nov. 11.--Governor Campbell today issued the following Thanksgiving proclamation:

       "In accordance with the proclamation of the president of the United States appointing a day of national thanksgiving and prayer, L. T. M. Campbell, governor of the state of Texas, in consideration thereof and in conformity with law, do hereby designate Thursday, November 28th, 1907, as Thanksgiving Day, and proclaim a legal holiday for the offering of thanks and praise to the Giver of every good and perfect gift for the bounties of nature, for the rewards of toil, for the blessings of peace and prosperity vouchsafed our state and union.

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