Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 274, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 November 1918 — PERSHING CHRISTMAS BOX [ARTICLE]

PERSHING CHRISTMAS BOX

Lincoln, Neb., Nov. 22.—Warren Pershing, little son of General John J. Pershing, commander-in-chief of the American expeditionary forces in France, took into consideration the averagfe soldier’s liking for sweets when he sent his father’s Christmas presents this season. The general s Christmas box, which has gone forward from the boy’s home in Lincoln, to New York city for shipment to Europe, contained a layer of chocolates, a layer of candied fruit, a knife three linen handkerchiefs and a pair of sik socks. The parcel conformed with all of the government’s regulations regarding the size of Christmas packages destined for men overseas.