Boston Post April 3 1908 subscription rates and notices
The Boston Post lists subscription prices for daily and Sunday editions including daily one year six months and three months rates, plus Canada copy price. It notes advance payment policy and discontinuation on expiration and provides postal contact for delivery.
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Post Publishing Co
Washington St
Boston
Mass
Ss Gnee Daily
THE
Sunday Post
Canada
Maia
Post Publishing Company
Billboard Nuisance Sparks Beacon Street Protest
The placards posted at Beacon street and Bay State road provoke a likely legislative protest against flamboyant advertising on public places and highways. The author notes the evil is widespread in less prominent areas, but foresees an attack on the invasion of intimate regions.
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Beacon Street
Bay State Road
John Harriman
Adams House
Mason Street
West Medway
Harriman
Edward Hale Reaches His 86th Birthday Milestone
Edward Everett Hale completes his 86th year today, described as vigorous in heart and spirit. The tribute lauds his lifelong influence on youth and the republic, calling him a persistent force in humanity, exemplar of citizenship and faith, with vast public respect and wishes for long life.
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Edward Everett Hale
Republic
Dr. Hale
Commonwealth of Humanity
Sun-spots and earthquakes linked in Marquette report
A Marquette University note claims three large sun-spots crossing the sun's disc align closely with earthquakes in Mexico Central America and the Antilles. The observed coincidences suggest a possible connection challenging the prevailing scientific view that no link exists.
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Marquette University
Mexico
Central America
Antilles
Marquette
Injunction Bill Aimed To Free Persuasion In Labor Reform
The proposed injunction bill drafted by Representative Turtle seeks to allow reasoning talk and persuasion without risk of injunction or criminal liability. It would permit dialogue aimed at influencing conduct not forbidden by law, aligning labor demands with industry and citizenship and promising entire impartiality.
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Organized Labor
Turtle
Judiciary and Labor
Dust winds again raise city dust storms in streets
Winds lift dust across the streets as years of neglect by the Mayor Hib bard's street watering department fail to curb the problem. The dry plague of dust returns with brisk air movement, threatening continued dusty conditions.
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Hibbard
Boston
Boson
Mayor’s delay worsens Boston dust problem
A newspaper critic laments repeated dust storms in Boston despite ready street watering equipment. The writer urges immediate action to spray water and curb ongoing suffering, criticizing the Mayor for deliberation on oiling methods and insisting the traditional water method suffices for now.
Senator Overman Pushes Free List for Paper and Pulp
The article notes Senator Overman’s joint resolution to place printing paper and wood pulp on the free list, referred to the finance committee. It criticizes Speaker Cannon for dilatory actions, asserts the President urged repeal of the duty, and argues Congress, under Cannon’s influence, will block relief for the people.
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Overman
North Carolina
Committee On Finance
Cannon
Secretary of Commerce and Labor
Massachusetts
Roosevelt
Congress
House
Committee On Ways and Means
Party
White calls for evidence on railroad merger report
In a Brookline backed move Representative Norman H. White asks the Commission on Commerce and Industry to turn over the evidentiary basis of its recent railroad merger report. He argues for full access to facts behind promised benefits before legislative action next Monday.
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Norman H. White
Brookline
Commission On Commerce and Industry
Commonwealth
Representative White
New England
Dear Newt and the Push to Shove Difference
Two reader letters humorously recount a sleepy cat incident with dough, a misdirected breakfast, and mismatched cheese, then debate the Webster definition of push versus shove with a playful jab at authority. The author signs from Southville, Massachusetts, and Cambridgeport, Massachusetts.
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Newt
Cambridgeport
Mass
KRM
Webster
Tom Lawson
Tom. P. S
Filibuster memories linger after lively House session
The day’s House session was marked by a sharp filibuster that left members buzzing. The Boston delegation backed John Sharp Williams as Senator Lodge voiced confidence in 22 of 32 delegates loyal to Taft. Navy and military moves followed with Capt A S Williams reassigned to Charlestown and Maj Cruse to lead Boston purchasing office.
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Washington, D. C
Boston
John Sharp Williams
Lodge
Taft
Ward 20 Democratic Club has no nomination papers filed
The Ward 20 caucus showed two competing delegations but the Young Men's Democratic Club did not file papers and the ward committee also declined to contest. No delegation papers were filed by either the Democratic Club or the ward committee.
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Ward 20 Democratic Club
Democratic Caucus
Ward 20
Young Men's Democratic Club
Ward Committee
Democratic Club
Lobster a la Newkirk Entreats a Boston Menu Debate
A reader from Brighton asks if a dish called Lobster a la Newkirk exists in Boston. The editor denies any dish by that name and defends the paper against being likened to a lobster, noting they refuse to degrade themselves and prefer not to insult readers.
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Boston
la Newkirk
C. MC
Brighton
Mass
Newfoundland lecture fills Tremont Temple
Charles Everett Beane, sportsman lecturer, spoke on Beautiful Newfoundland before a large Tremont Temple audience. The talk, under Newfoundland Mutual Benefit Association auspices, featured Beane’s own motion pictures of Newfoundland, including caribou hunting and salmon landing.
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Tremont Temple
Charles Everett Beane
Newfoundland
Newfoundland Mutual Benefit Association
Birds disrupted by awning reveal street scene humor
A street firm’s winter awning reopening disturbs a pigeon nest, one chick saved as a passerby notes a 25 year old man paying a bet with a white painted cloth on his back, and various local tidbits follow from Boston area life.
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Bbb
Washington Street
Train narrowly saves passengers at Yale siding bridge fire
A Colorado Midland train carrying 100 passengers yesterday barely escaped destruction as a burning bridge at Yale siding halted the coaches at the brink of a precipice.
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Buena Vista
Col
Colorado Midland
Yale Siding
Snow Storm Blocks Rail Traffic Across Regions
A large April snow storm began in North Saskatchewan and blocked railway lines in several districts. Many settlers from the United States are tied up.
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Winnepeg
Man
North Saskatchewan
United States
Stolen Locket Believed Taken by Sneak Thief
A $1000 jews elect locket once belonging to Miss Mae Virginia Black of Wilkes Barre Pennsylvania was taken from her hotel dresser in Washington. The incident was described as the work of a sneak thief.
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Washington
Mae Virginia Black
Wilkesbarre
Penn
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