Boston Post April 7 1910 front page notice and rates
The Boston Post announces subscription rates for daily and Sunday editions with prices for 1 year six months and quarter terms. It lists office addresses in Boston Massachusetts and notes orders and payments handled by Post Publishing Company with editor E A Grozier.
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Post Publishing Co
Washington St
Boston
Mass
The
Sunday Post
Canada
Post Office
Post Publishing Company
Walker presses for direct nominations bill stance
Speaker Walker warns Republican Senate leaders to bear responsibility for the fate of the direct nominations bill as introduced and framed with their consent. He questions whether Senate bosses will risk public sentiment by opposing the measure and allies.
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Walker
Senate
Treadway
Socialist Victory in Milwaukee Mayoral Win Not First
The Milwaukee election shows a Socialist mayor with council control, echoing similar cases in Haverhill. The platform pitched initiative referendums recall and home rule, challenging Republicans and Democrats to deliver honest, progressive city government under socialist ideals.
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New York
Milwaukee
Haverhill
Metropolitan council plan for Boston area gains broad backing
The proposed metropolitan council receives unanimous support from the legislative committee and progressive city leaders. It aims to federate neighboring towns for shared development, not consolidate power or shift taxes, and would supersede existing metropolitan commissions with cooperative regional governance and joint guidance.
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Boston
Metropolitan advance praised as economy and efficiency gain
The piece describes a plainly stated benefit to involved communities, predicting great gains in economy and efficiency. It calls the experiment an advancement that practical men warmly approve.
Public hearing urged on Jackson report for telephone rate reform
The article calls for wide public input at a Beacon Hill hearing on the Jackson report addressing metropolitan and suburban telephone rates and service. It urges citizens to assess the proposals, oppose inequitable increases, and attend the 10 o'clock session at 15 Ashburton Place to explain practical impacts.
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Jackson
Beacon Hill
Post
Ashburton Place
The
Highway Commission
muster of Massachusetts Grand Army of the Republic veterans
Grizzled veterans in blue march through the city marking the annual gathering of the Massachusetts Department G A R. Despite age and loss of limbs they remain active in citizenship and patriotism, urging younger generations to honor their service and duty.
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Massachusetts Department
Grand Army of the Republic
Hugh G. Brown Dies. Practical Newspaper Distribution Leader
Hugh G. Brown of this city and Brookline dies marking the loss of a devoted worker and executive. As moving spirit and president of the Hotel & Railroad News Company he improved distribution and lowered local paper prices, earning admiration from across the industry including past ties with James Gordon Bennett in London and New York.
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Hugh G. Brown
Brookline
Hotel & Railroad News Company
Brown
James Gordon Bennett
The
Herald
London
New York
Plan proposes 60 million subway expansion in New York
PLAN NEW SUBWAY NEW YORK April 6 reports New York City plans to spend 60 million dollars on subway construction. The proposed Broadway Lexington subway from lower Manhattan to the Bronx and the Broadway Lafayette Avenue line in Brooklyn are highlighted as key routes to be built.
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New York
New York City
Lower Manhattan
Bronx
Brooklyn
Beaux of Yesteryear Recalled in Ballade at Bellman
A reflective verse recalls past lovers from Bruce to Hal and Edwin, noting how each moved on to new matches. The poem laments vanished courtship and asks where the beaux of yesteryear now reside, as time and marriages scatter former flames.
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Amelia Josephine Burr
Bellman
Bruce
Yesteryear
Edwin
Angelina
David
Calandere
China
Hal
Bob
Bess
Riddles and a Cold Storage Egg Question
A reader asks how old a chick would be from an egg placed in cold storage in 1880 and hatched recently. The reply mocks the premise, refuses to answer without witnesses, and urges truth and veracity before calculating the chick’s age.
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Newt
H. Stoneham
Mass
E. H
Baron Munchausen
Ananias
Free Lunch Draws Crowds to Norwalk Church
The Norwalk Congregational Church under Rev. Ross Wicks offered a free Sunday evening lunch before services. Coffee sandwiches pickles and cake circulated, drawing a crowded turnout and even returning attendees seeking seconds.
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Ross Wicks
Norwalk
Ohio
Congregational Church
Wicks
Drunkenness arraignments in Third District Court
Sixteen men celebrated weekends by drinking and were arraigned before Special Justice Eliot D. Stetson. All but one were found guilty of their first or second offences and released. two of the sixteen were women, and five men were released without arraignment.
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Third District Court
Eliot D. Stetson
Beck Beer Man Takes Goat Halting Spring tale
Local note from Waverley Massachusetts reports a humorous clash with the Beck Beer Man who borrowed a goat, delaying any spring writing. The snippet evokes a small town anecdote in FUZZY WUZZY.
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Newt
Beck Beer
Waverley
Mass
Fuzzy Wuzzy
Jake Sanger's misadventure ends with police skirting suit swap
Jacob Sanger of New York endures a humiliating mix up after losing his pressed trousers to a stranger. He borrows a plaid skirt and disguises in feminine attire to rush to the police station where a heavy sergeant lends his own trousers. The missing pants remain unrecovered as residents react to the unusual scene.
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Jacob Sanger
New York
Jake
Jacob
Mary Walker
Sang
Lang
ttt + T
Hanover Street
Donovan
Little Memoirs of a Businessman and Circus Faiire
In a fragmented column a businessman named Jones explains his wealth comes from others letting go of money. The text shifts to a carnival scene with a storm derailing a circus tent and injuring acts like a sword swallower and a tattooed performer.
Ex President Roosevelt to Tour Europe and Rome Catacombs Visit
The article notes Roosevelt's European journey and a stop observing Rome's catacombs outside the ancient city walls. It explains how catacombs formed, their layout of parallel passages, typical dimensions, and the disputed origin of the term. It also mentions uncertain burial counts and a Genoa Campo Santo image planned for Friday.
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Rome
Roosevelt
Eternal City
Basilica of San Sebastian
Via
Ostia
Tivoli
Campo Santo
Genoa
Observant Citizen notes crosscurrents of city life
The column surveys diverse scenes from Boston life including a spike in motor traffic, opera plans for actor Donald Meek, a witty clash at a political rally, and brisk river canoeing on the Charles. It also records social notes from Taft era acquaintances, streetcar puzzles, sunlit sidewalks, a vet’s humane act, and local civic moves such as the East Somerville machine shop project and Newton weights official Andrew Prior stepping into city service duties.
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Andrew Prior
Newton
Prior
Board of Aldermen
J. D. Wellington
Theodore Roosevelt Nominated Ambassador of Peace
Poem hails Theodore Roosevelt as a promoter of universal peace. It portrays him as a calming, dovelike figure who tames conflict, recalls his White House tenure, and imagines his peaceful journeys from Cairo to Rome spreading calm and ending war.
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Theodore Roosevelt
Robert S. MacArthur
T. Roosevelt
White House
Afric
Cairo
Rome
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