Subscription rates and postage details for Post publication
Rates for Daily, Sunday and foreign subscriptions are listed with durations and prices. Additional Canada and Boston postage terms apply. Mailing notes require checks or money orders to POST PUBLISHING CO. and warn subscribers about renewal and discontinuation, with contact addresses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Canada
Sunday Post
Foreien
Boston
Maes
Post Publishing CO
Parcel post may shift burden from express firms
The text notes parcel post enables bulk shipments from the East to distant points at low rates. Packages stamped for local delivery are opened and the pieces sent onward by rural mail. It speculates wide use could influence the express business in long distance carriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aia
United States
Parliament Salvage Hat Inspection Law Sparks Outcry
A British bill to ban plumage imports includes a clause allowing policemen to inspect women's hats in the streets for imported feathers. Mr. Tan Malcolm denounces the measure as intolerable, claiming it targets wives and sisters and violates liberty. he urges adopting American-style law to avoid policing women’s hats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Britain
Tan Malcolm
England
Fiscal year close shows better customs receipts under new tariff
The October in force tariff yields favorable results as nine months of collections total $225.5 million, only $24 million below the old tariff. With June 30 year end near, officials expect the full year to show further gains and revenue growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uncle Sam
Cleaning Up Movement Gathers City Support
The Boston Clean-Up and Paint Committee under the Women’s Municipal League collects funds and plans a city wide effort. Municipal authority should aid and direct the initiative to ensure thorough disposal of rubbish and to fulfill community clean up purposes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Women’s Municipal League
Adelaid Moffatt
General Bancroft
Boston Elevated Company
Municipal Authority Promises High Way Cleanups
A municipal authority pledges action in the crowded tenement districts to tidy up along the highways and improve urban cleanliness amid pressure from residents and officials.
Colorado Radium Riches Stir Mines and Law Talks
Colorado officials say the state holds enough radium bearing ore to supply the world and federal regulation may follow. In one Colorado county 97 radium claims were filed this year, about 200 in the same locality. Debates on radium’s cancer treatment value continue after Dr Eiselsberg’s Vienna studies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado
American Surgical Association
New York
Eiselsberg
Vienna
Questionable Panama Canal Clause in New Bogota Treaty
The piece argues against a treaty provision granting free canal passage to Colombian warships and supply vessels, calling it inconsistent with U S aims for equal toll treatment. It warns such an exception could force exclusion of U S coastwise ships and mock the nation’s stance on international comity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of State
Bogota
Panama Canal
Senate
United States of Colombia
Colombia
A Reasonable Method in Handling Suffragette Protests
The British home office tolerates the cat and mouse tactic as a cure for hunger strikes among suffragettes. Prison doctors release weakened prisoners to avoid death in jail. New York police suppression of a strenuous oratory failed, yielding only agitation and no trouble.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
British Home Office
New York
Be Fair in Reaction to Massachusetts District Result
The piece argues some papers mock the Progressive collapse in the 12th Massachusetts race. It notes declines across Democratic, Republican, and Progressive votes as total turnout fell from 29,688 in 1912 to 16,272, with the Progressive drop most dramatic. It urges fairness in commentary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachusetts
New York Sun
Boston
De Lesseps Son on His Way to Panama
Count Ferdinand de Lesseps the son of the canal pathfinder left New York with the countess and two young sons on the United Fruit steamship Calamares for the Panama Canal region. He has never seen the canal and expects to view the vast project with emotion. The party lives near Paris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Panama Canal Region
Ferdinand de Lesseps
Canal Zone
Calamares
United Fruit Steamship Line
Paris
Couple 149 Years Old Wed In Ridgefield Ceremony
Vancouver reports George L. Rose 73 and Mrs. Amanda Nagie 76 obtained a marriage license then rode by buggy to Ridgefield, 17 miles away, where the Rev. George Stover, aged over 80, officiated their wedding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vancouver
Wash
Ridgefield
George Stover
George L. Rose
Amanda Nagie
All Sorts by Newton Newkirk
Poem extols a thrill seeking life with cars speed and grandstand viewing as the speaker contrasts fast joys with the office grind and domestic duties. The narrator hints at American sports scenes and leisure while poking at daily work life. The piece ends with a personal closing signoff.
No Free Lunch Says Critics Amid Advice
Readers debate the claim that nothing of value comes without cost as critics offer differing views and practical guidance.
Maple sugar surprise from Wells River man sparks office whimsy
A parcel from Wells River Vermont delivers maple sugar cakes to Newt in an office prank. George the office boy is warned off opening the box, while Newt indulges in the sweets and muses over shared danger. Glynn signs the gift, joking its harmless nature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wells River Vt
George
Newt
Wells River
R. E. Glynn
Georgie
Brother Glynn
There is no place like home during house cleaning time
A lighthearted line reflects the comfort of home as chores take center stage. The phrase contrasts travel or work with domestic routine, implying cheer in tidy spaces and familiar surroundings.
Sneezing horse and a river of gossip in a rural squib
A village squib recounts Ebenezer Long landing at the post office with his mare Kate. Deacon Simpson’s misadventure after Kate sneezes as he examines her teeth leads to a near-violent clash. The incident ends with a lawsuit looming and a moral about not judging a horse by its sneeze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ebenezer Long
P. O
Deacon Simpson
Kate
Yaas
Deacon
Arthur A. Shurtleff
Boston Common
Mr. Shurtles
Thn
Eben Keith
Sagamore
Harbor and Land Commission
Cape Cod Canal
Keith
Holy Land
Sparta Once a Warlike City Now a Quiet Village
The ancient city of Sparta is described as a picturesque, mountainous town of under 5000 inhabitants with few memorials of its militaristic past. It notes Spartan eugenics and socialism origins, Lycurgan laws, equal land, iron currency, state care for children, public meals, regulated expenditures by women, and barracks-like housing, while highlighting Leonidas and Helen of Troy as enduring memories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sparta
Athens
Plato
Greece
Leonidas
Thermopylae
Helen
Paris
Easter Reward Sparks Gift of Love and Hope
Dorothy wins a ten dollar prize by writing why her husband is the best, inspired by Jack’s selfless act of pawning his gold watch to fund her Easter hat. She uses the prize to buy both hat and watch for him, while he praises her honesty and devotion, dreaming of better days ahead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack
Dorothy
Fay
Blaze Damages Middlesex Bleachery and Dye Works
Fire at Middlesex Bleachery and Dye Works 650 Somerville Avenue Somerville caused about 10000 dollars in damage. Two alarms summoned most of the city fire apparatus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middlesex Dye Works
Middlesex Bleachery and Dye Works
Somerville Avenue
Somerville
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mair Ray
Ne Ee
Durance
Edwin A. Grozier
Radium
DE Lesseps
Panama
Pastor
Newton Newkirk
Joe Wood
Red Sox
L'Onvoy
Watertown
Bunker Hilday
Ernest J. Clark
National Association of Life Underwriters
Gilette
A. H. Quessy
Quessy
State Board of Labor and Industries
Walsh
Les Artisans
L’union St. Joseph
L'Union Dramatique
Fitchburgest of Owls
Fitchburg Serie of Eagles
Massachusetts Medical Society
Fitchburg Medical Association
Fitchburg Brigade
Franco-American Volunteers of
New England
Garde d'Honneur
Matrimonial Union
Parents’ Association
Thomas TI. Gasson
S. J
Boston College
Woodstock College
Father Gasson
Church of St. Francis Xavier
New York City
Parcel Post
Asa C. Jones
Nantucket
San Francisco
Quick Inneh
T & Murray L. Hamill
Kineo
Moosehead Lake
Old Indies
Beacon Street
Women’s City Club of
Society For the Preservation of
Cooper- Austin
Cambridge
Helen Keller
Wrentham
Miss Keller
William Jones
Harvard
Henry C. Whitcomb
Dorchester
Mrs. Stowe
David Harum
Ndititine
AEDT
Underwood & Underwood
The
Nellie F. Page
Granite Street
Maiden
Olympia
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!