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Newspaper
Cameron Herald
Location
Cameron, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1919
Page
9
In France and in America a campaign to help fatherless children gains momentum. The Fatherless Children of France organization collaborates with a French group headed by Marshal Joffre, forming a county campaign committee led by Mrs. Walter S. with broad sympathy and practical support.
The article details fund drives in Galveston and Chicago with prizes and fetes raising substantial sums for French war orphans. It contrasts lavish efforts with 40 000 child recipients and quotes Mrs Brewster urging persistent individual giving and a call to personal responsibility through education at Tyler Commercial College in Tyler Texas.
A donor is linked with a special child through correspondence with all funds going to the children. Mrs. Brewster offers to mail a booklet of translated letters to anyone who sends a stamped self addressed envelope to Room 928, 419 S Michigan Ave., Chicago.
In Central Texas Fast Texas and South Texas excessive rains have damaged cotton seed making it unsuitable for planting. Good seed can be secured in West and Northeast Texas. buyers should arrange to purchase directly from farmers or via a business agent. The Texas Department of Agriculture will direct buyers to sources and asks prompt action to avoid crushing or speculator purchase.
As early as the first winter of the war the Red Cross sent a sanitary commission to Serbia to combat typhus. After the US entered the war a full commission in August 1917 conducted extensive relief for refugees. Hospitals were set up, the refugees fed and cared for, the army aided with dental help, seeds and farm machinery provided, and programs launched to aid children amid the devastated nation.
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