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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1917
Page
4
A 12 year old girl Pauline writes to Santa describing a single mother who must work to pay rent and food, missing a father, three sisters, and hopes for a Christmas gift to ease hardship.
Volunteers appeal to readers to fund bundles for 600 or more children in poverty through the Post Santa program. Letters from families and orphans describe hardship, with donors urged to send contributions quickly to ensure no child is forgotten this holiday.
Washington reports plans for American bases in France to manufacture and repair all ordnance for the army. Gunshops are under construction and an officer to command them is on the ground. Guns used on trench lines are withdrawn and relined about every hundred days.
Mrs. Nelly Hall Root described as a "bread winning mother" and mother-wit, campaigned in a Los Angeles area community to back President Wilson. Her 6600 vote margin helped California support the national war president, preserving the election victory for Wilson.
Mrs. Root mortgaged her California home to travel East and rally progressive leaders for a federal equal suffrage amendment linked to war effort. She criticizes militant suffragists, praises President Wilson, and urges Congress to act when the time is ripe. She believes calm, wise pressure can win ratification without sensational tactics.
Explore fast daily trains from Chicago to California with the Overland Limited and Los Angeles Limited. Modern travel conveniences and automatic electric safety signals accompany each trip. For schedules and literature contact J. E. Brittain, G A, 322 Washington St Boston.
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