Daily Post Publishing Co. Boston 1907 Subscription Rates
The issue lists post prepaid subscriptions for The Daily Post and The Sunday Post with prices: Daily one year two dollars, six months one fifty, three months seventy five cents, one month twenty five cents. Sunday one year two fifty, six months one twenty five. Editor E A Grozier notes advance payment and discontinuation after expiration.
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Cee Ee
Post Publishing Co
Washington St
Boston
the Sunday Post
Legislature to search for Roger Williams body
The Rhode Island Legislature plans a commission to locate Roger Williams burial site. The excerpt mockingly asks why lawmakers cannot form a commission to find a living U S Senator, implying a failure to identify current political leadership.
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Rhode Island
Roger Williams
United States
Governor Swettenham Letter Sparks Resignation Call
Governor Swettenham of Jamaica says his letter to Admiral Davis was written in a spirit of pleasantry. Yet the colonial office in London demanded his resignation. Sir Alexander is described as a humorist who might contribute funny items to London Punch if not appointed to another British dependency.
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Swettenham
Jamaica
Admiral Davis
Colonial Office
London
Alexander
London Punch
Simplified Spelling Board Formed in New York
The Simplified Spelling Board will be incorporated under New York law with Professor Thomas R. Lounsbury of Yale named president. The move may lead to a Simplified Spelling Trust, potentially forming an absolute monopoly that even the Sherman law might tolerate. Concerns arise if Harriman gains control and alters the spelling lists.
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New York
Thomas R. Lounsbury
Yale
Harriman
Pittsburg Chamber Honors 28 Noted Residents
The Pittsburg Chamber of Commerce dinner honored 28 Pittsburgers with national or international reputation. Many honorees left the city after amassing wealth or fame, while Boston hosts many more such figures. The article notes Pittsburg’s smaller population and suggests coal smoke may influence future relocation trends.
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Pittsburg
Muzzles Off in Boston Sparks City Debate
Fragmentary report notes cities varying in muzzle regulation with Boston easing restrictions while several towns keep rules in place, extending into July in some cases.
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Boston
Muzzle Order Seen Not Enforced in Boston
The text argues enforcement of the muzzle order is impractical in Boston given police limits and crime prevention duties. It notes rabies scares have not occurred in areas where the muzzle rule was ignored, suggesting dogs might explain the pattern.
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Boston
Penrose alibi questioned in Knightly dinner accusations
The piece questions Senator Boise Penrose's involvement in alleged plots against President Roosevelt. It cites his claimed alibi cruising in the Caribbean Sea and denies knowledge of a 5 million fund or a Hariman Rockefeller conspiracy. It notes the White House mystery surrounding the alleged plot and calls for clarification.
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United States
Boise Penrose
Loeb
Roosevelt
Harriman
Rockefeller
Penrose
Caribbean
Mr. Loeb
White House
Boston Publicity Bill Would Limit City Grant
Mayor Fitzgerald seeks Senate approval of a publicity bill for Boston restricting annual appropriations to 50000, requiring a two thirds City Council vote and forbidding any other use of the funds. Supporters call for liberal passage to aid local business and civic improvement efforts.
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Fitzgerald
Boston
Senate
Committee On Cities
Walter Wellman plans polar airship voyage in July
All Sorts notes Walter Wellman aims to fly to the North Pole in a specially built mammoth airship for about a month. He will circle the pole and may anchor, marking a farthest north with a snow stake before returning. The piece humorously contrasts airship travel with dog sled journeys and mentions a fictional Sleuth Steve at the Pole.
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North Pole
Walter Wellman
Mr. Wellman
Pole
Walter
Cook
New England
Steve
Mrs. Miskell
Teamsters Demand Moderate Wage and Hour Concession
The Boston teamsters seek a ten and a half hour day and a one dollar weekly raise. They frame the bid as moderate amid eight hour norms and rising living costs, urging peaceful action and urging public support for the request.
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Boston Teamsters
The
Post
Higginson Urges End to Gate Money in College Athletics
Major Henry Lee Higginson told Harvard Union members that gate money should be minimized once the stadium debt is paid. He condemned athletics driven by money and urged amateur sports free from commercialism, praising the gentlemanly instinct in college athletics.
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Harvard Union
Henry Lee Higginson
Higginson
Derelict Launch Found Stranded Off Florida Coast
The 60 foot two masted launch Charlotte Casse, owned by Paul Casse of Wilmington, NC, was found stranded on a beach 16 miles below Palm Beach with no one aboard. It is believed the owner and party were on a cruise, struck by a recent gale, and washed overboard.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Charlotte Casse
Paul Casse
Wilmington
N. C
Pablow Beach
Cleveland Judge Sentences Man to Baths for Eighteen Months
Judge Feidler of Cleveland sentences John Artel to hard work and two baths daily for eighteen months. Artel says he has not bathed or used soap for ten years. The judge hints the baths may do him good and questions readers about bath discipline and health boards.
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Feidler
Cleveland
John Artel
John
Board of Health
Shrubbery removal at State House Park draws traffic concerns
Observant Citizen reports the imported shrubs at the Beacon Bowdoin Mt. Vernon junction were removed due to unsightliness and traffic hazards. The piece also covers local social notes from Cambridgeport events to Yale era figures, a pond filling dispute, yacht racing plans, and various community anecdotes.
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Commonwealth
State House Park
Beacon
Bowdoin
Mt. Vernon Streets
Soak EMS in Session Sparks Secret Ice Dealers Meet
The Boston Ice Dealers' Club held a secret meeting at the American House on Thursday. Reporters were barred and the plans remain hidden until summer, with hints of an ice famine or a new ice score likely to emerge, and the public warned to brace for a sharp revelation.
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Boston Ice Dealers’ Club
American House
Balloon Ascension From Pittsfield Planned for Tomorrow
Pittsfield prepares for Allan R. Hawley to ascend in the balloon Orient with Leo Stevens. Hawley aims for three ascensions from Pittsfield and two from Philadelphia to qualify as a pilot before leaving for Europe next month. One ascent will be by moonlight, a Pittsfield first.
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Pittsfield
Allan R. Hawley
Orient
Leo Stevens
Hawley
Philadelphia
Europe
Boston Athletic Club Tops Yale Gun Club In New Haven
In New Haven on April 5 the Boston Athletic Club team defeated Yale Gun Club by 314 to 296 in a competitive match.
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New Haven
Conn
Boston Athletic Club
Yale Gun Club
Abou Ben Harriman in a Dream Vision
A poem presents Abou Ben Harriman addressing T Roosevelt in a dream. Names of those who do not speak the truth are sought, with Harriman naming figures like Don Harriman and P Adame as examples revealed in an electric light visitation. The verse blends satire and literary allusion.
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Abou Ben Harriman
Fairbanks
T. Roosevelt
Ben Harriman
Holmes
Hawkshaw
Abou
Storers
Pault Bigelow
Harriman
Don Harriman
Malcom Rogers Confronts Love and a Bank Robbery Doppelganger
At midnight Malcolm Rogers confronts burglars at the village post office and encounters Jack Ormsby in a deadly heist. Ormsby is captured after a gunfight, and Rogers learns his love Beatrice Armstrong was not pledged to Ormsby. Beatrice reveals she loves Rogers, who faces murder charges and the truth about his stolen letter.
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Malcolm Rogers
Beatrice Armstrong
Beatrice
Rogers
Jack Ormsby
Ormsby
Justice of the Peace
Superior Court
Malcolm
Jack ‘Ormsby
Blind man seeks amiable wife in Hartford ad
Hartford April 5 John Miffitt a blind broom maker advertised for a wife aged about 26 to be amiable. He asked for letters and photographs to be sent to 51 Brown Street Hartford Conn and said he would show pictures to friends for judgment.
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Hartford, Conn
John Miffitt
Brown Street
Hartford
Conn
Miffitt
Love and Sentiment Advice From Mildred Champagne
A reader asks Mildred Champagne about approaching a 23-year-old working girl he admires. The columnist advises admiration from a distance until proper introductions occur and suggests discovering her workplace discreetly to avoid embarrassment.
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