"MOTHERS' DAY."
Miss Anna Jarvis, of America, first "Mothers' Day" in 1908. The death of her mother caused the devoted daughter to set aside one day in each year consecrated to the memory of the one she loved. Miss Jarvis, believing that nearly all who had lost a mother felt as deeply grieved as herself, began a nation-wide movement to have the day observed. —From Elsie Waring,
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 19962, 2 June 1928, Page 4 (Supplement)
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