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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1985
Page
13
Third graders in Ms. Karen Chattin's Pottsville Pa class share what moms do that kids love. The sample notes include moms who cook their favorite foods, like hot dogs and pizza.
A playful scavenging note lists items including a scrub brush a rocket toy a tongue depressor a flashlight a monkey wrench a tooth horn and a small bowl as part of a word hunt.
Anna Jarvis of Grafton and Philadelphia is credited with starting Mother's Day. She handed out flowers from a street corner and urged people to wear blooms and write letters to their mothers. Jarvis spent years touring to promote the observance. In 1914 President Wilson proclaimed Mother's Day a national holiday.
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