Boston Sunday Post advertising rates and contact details
The notice lists subscription pricing for the Sunday Post at one year 2.50 six months 1.25 three months 0.65 and single copies 9c to Canada. It warns money sent at sender's risk and to avoid sending cash. Checks should be payable to POST PUBLISHING COMPANY with various office telephone numbers and room numbers for different departments.
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Tks Sunday Post
Canada
Post Office
Boston
Mass
Post Publishing Company
Cold Weather Caution Promotes Stronger Immunity
The piece notes the yearly rise in catching colds due to mild weather and careless clothing. It quotes an authority urging cold baths and open air living as prevention, while acknowledging practical limits and stressing care in exposure.
Materialism and Art High Prices Set New Records in New York
The Yerkes collection sale in New York shattered price records with a Turner fetching 129000 and totals reaching 700000 in one night while others paid over 137000 for a Half and more than 300000 overall. The event shows art markets' lure despite a prevailing materialist culture with a lingering esthetic spirit.
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New York
Babylon
Yerkes
America
Turner
One City's Commission Keeps Des Moines Government
Des Moines residents defend their commission form against opposition from public service interests and former political bosses. In two years the city reports progress with new public buildings, cleaner streets, lower electric and water rates, and reductions in the tax levy amid ongoing reforms and growth.
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Des Moines
Des Moines Residents Rebuff Money and Bossism
Des Moines citizens deserve congratulations for resisting an effort by moneyed interests and political bosses to overturn a local advancement. The community showed sense and strength in defending progress and the public good.
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Des Moines
Taft Defends Administration as Taft and Wickersham Clash
Taft’s Washington address is seen as a defensive pitch toward insurgents and a signal of party unity. Wickersham counters, urging steadfast loyalty and accusing dissenters of aiding the Democrats, framing a sharp intra party clash at the opening of the Republican fight.
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Taft
League of Republican Clubs
Washington
Wickersham
Chicago
Tam
Indiana Republicans Press Tariff Reform Critique
The Consumer notes a split in Indiana Republicans over the Payne Aldrich tariff. It argues for a protective tariff reflecting production costs abroad and domestic profit, contending the consumer bears excess taxes while labor pays unfairly. The piece criticizes.taft and Beveridge for causing platform clashes and seeks faster adjustment of tariff differences.
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Indiana
Taft
Beveridge
Republican Party
Safety at Sea Shows Low Fatalities on Transatlantic Routes
The 1909 U S Bureau of Navigation report notes 413,531,305 passengers across all vessels with 74 accidents and 278 deaths, equating to one death per 1,440,000 travelers. Innovations like wireless telegraphy, unsinkable lifeboats, and new bulkhead designs reduce danger compared with land travel.
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U. S. Bureau of Navigation
Sulkhead
Love at First Sight Says by Newton Newkirk
The Sphinx columns by Newton Newkirk question if love at first sight lasts, noting the idea’s charm and doubt. The piece reflects on romance with a wary, witty tone typical of the era.
Pronunciation Troubles With Russian Place Names
A letter exchange about pronouncing obscure Russian place names including Brzezany Hopyenynce Peczynszyn Szczbrzeszynamd Zaleszczyky. One writer notes jaw dislocation from attempting the sequence while another admires the effort and asks for guidance.
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Newt
Russia
Brzezany
Hopyenynce
Peczynszyn
Szczbrzeszynamd
Zaleszczyky
Professor Bonehead
Bonehead
Kansas Law Curbs Drinking at Home Says Editorial
A Kansas law making it a crime to drink alcohol from one’s own bottle within state borders is seen as a personal liberty curtailment. The piece notes residents’ surprise and argues the crime is in getting caught, not in drinking privately.
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Kansas
OFFICE BOY
A frustrated office boy vents his daily tension with peers as every action or trait sparks a barrage of labels. He decries constant judgments over talking, silence, smiling, dusting, borrowing, punctuality, and wage raises.
Frantic kiss leads to broken rib in Pungateaque romance
Richmond despatch reports Elwood Scott and Lola Wescott after a long farewell at Lola's gate. In a desperate embrace he crushed her, breaking a rib and leaving Lola laid up. The incident tests their engagement as Lola contemplates marriage amidst the injury.
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Richmond
Pungateaque
Elwood Scott
Lola Wescott
Wilwood
Lola Will
Elwood
Lola
Miss Wescott
The Man Who Deserves a Raise Memoirs
A brief quotation notes that the man who deserves a raise typically receives it without asking. The line reflects workplace merit and unspoken expectations in professional life.
The Enchanted Island poem of unity and love
The piece presents a lyric meditation on unity and resilience. It envisions eternal connection through nature and the cosmos, embracing the idea that hearts, spirits, and life stay one as the world evolves. The poem ends with a refrain of enduring oneness.
Ex-President Roosevelt May Stop in Berne on Europe Trip
The ex president, during his eastward flight to Vienna and Budapest, is invited by Swiss authorities to visit Berne. Read about Berne’s history from its founding in 1191 to becoming capital in 1848 and its landmarks including Rathaus and Nydeck bridge.
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Roosevelt
Berne
Vienna
Budapest
Berthold V. of
Zahringen
International Postal Union
Metzgergasse
Milk Avoidance and Local News From Boston Harbor
A Boston physician says he stopped using milk over a decade ago, noting safety depends on certified sources and price. Senator Leslie A. Simpson, a Rough Rider from Dickinson NC, is highlighted for his Cuba campaign service. Crowds greet the North Dakota battleship at the wharf as yachts prepare for the season. John Parkins Teonard proposes a Franklin Park amateur golf tournament in September. Mayor Fitzgerald visits Haverhill’s Elks and joins a playful fine for a skit, singing Sweet Adeline. An Rangeley Me report notes fast ice in the lake chain, and social visits continue in South Boston with Miss Marion Mason and Miss Marguerite Gallagher sharing hospitality.
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John Parkins Teonard
St. Elmo Street
Dorchester
Franklin Park
Boston
Leonard
Fitzgerald
Haverhill
Lodge of Elks
One Thing Well Says Walt Mason Ode to Skill and Focus
The excerpt presents Walt Mason praising specialization and mastery over many trades. It contrasts worldly fame with doing one task well, urging effort and dedication to excel. The dialogue frames advice as timeless prosaic wisdom from a humorous uncle figure.
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Crichtons
Walt Mason
George Matthew Adams
Five Minutes With the Funny Men and Light Humor
A collage of quips and cartoons from era newspapers. Jokes mock schooling pride, political figures, and religious harmony with punch line gags and cross references to Taft Teddy Roosevelt and Diogenes in a satirical spread.
Boston audition and a horse is a hero in Dorchester
Miss Mason travels to Boston to hear a friend sing at the New England Conservatory next Wednesday night. A Dorchester incident shows a horse stopping to shield a falling child. A North End arrest reveals a winter lumberman turned walking bank and unwary target.
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North End
Jere Mahoney
Hanover Street
Elevated spur track plan aids ball grounds access
The article notes a spur track being laid on Huntington avenue by the Elevated to curb delays for fans and regular passengers at the ball grounds. The move should reduce half hour hold ups caused by congestion at the switch and improve service. It also mentions a bowling challenge issued by Tim Callahan Jimmy Powers and John McCarthy to all comers.
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Huntington Avenue
Tim’ Callahan
Jimmy
Powers
John McCarthy
Jim’ Gallivan
Johnny” Weeney
Ned’’ Costello
Fashions and Fads Highlight Spring Millinery Trends
Paragraphs describe blue flower wreaths on large hats, border fabrics in prints for skirts, shorter fitted coats with various closures, new imported parasols with flowered muslin and ivory ring fasteners, cream scrim overblouses with allover net guimpe, and hat decorations of tulle net and maline. Millinery signs in cerise, a Napoleon hat in red and black, and a clash between pleated collars and directoire jabots mark the season’s style debates.
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Directoire
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