Boston Post 1909 subscription rates and notices
The Boston Post issue from April 17 1909 lists subscription prices in advance and cancellation policy. It includes rates for daily and Sunday editions, Canada copy price, and payment instructions. Editor E A Grozier is noted as publisher.
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the Representative Democratic Paper of
New England
Post Publishing Co
Washington St
Boston
Mass
POA
Cvingie Ovneee
THE
Sunday Post
Canada
Post Publishing
E. A. Grozier
Harvard and Columbia Face Off In Charles River Basin Rowing Meet
The Charles River Basin hosts a preliminary intercollegiate race between Harvard and Columbia varsity eights. The event serves as entertainment and a gauge of early season form ahead of the New London clash in July. The Yale crew’s earlier defeat by Pennsylvania is noted for context.
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Charles River
Harvard
Columbia
New London
Yale
Pennsylvania
Athletic Heroism and Wheat Market Gambles
A Gloucester fishing crew rescues a man from a sinking schooner but he dies from wreckage. The piece urges action to curb futures trading and wheat speculation, citing Attorney General review and a bill to ban grain and farm crop futures. It condemns gambling in life’s essentials and calls for public intervention to prevent a national calamity.
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Gloucester
Secretary of Agriculture
Wilson
Bernard J. Rothwell
Germany
Congress
Washington
Chicago
Scott
Kansas
Committee On Agriculture
Rothwell
Regulation of the Taxicab for Public Utility
The piece argues taxicabs are a public utility and urges stringent oversight. It cites London licensing, verified chauffeurs, and sealed automatic meters, proposing thumb impressions for licenses, age limits, anti overcharging laws, and expert technical inspection to prevent abuses in New York and Boston.
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London
New York
Boston
Unwise Economy in Using Schools as Voting Places
The proposal to use public school buildings as polling sites is seen as a reversal of a long worked system. It would disrupt the school year, deprive students of proper accommodations, and yield only small savings compared with the harm to attendance and morale.
Boston School Trust Property Still Aimed For Public Use
The school committee resists diverting trust property and urges maintaining standards for Boston’s public school system. City officials argue over resource use while a portion of the community seeks economy, but advocates insist on keeping the property for its intended educational purpose.
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Boston
A Cooperative Railroad Pension Plan Proposed
The Boston and Maine legal team with Brandeis have crafted a broad pension scheme for railroad workers. Members pay initiation and yearly dues while the company matches, funding an annuity and pension reserve. A seven member board oversees the fund with three directors from the road, three employees, and one jointly chosen. The plan aims to strengthen cooperation between employers and employees and seeks employee support or objections to participation.
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Boston & Maine Legal
Louis D. Brandeis
Road
Slaughtered and Smiling as Hughes Nominations Battle Rages
The New York Senate rejected Governor Hughes direct nominations bill by 33 to 14, with party bosses jubilant yet the governor undeterred. He argues party power resides in nominations, not people's mandate, and vows to renew the fight, praising civic sense and principle.
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Senate
New York
Hughes
Technique Rush Free For All Yearbook Copy Event
Technique Rush, the annual roughhouse by Tech students, will occur this afternoon at 12:15. The event marks the distribution of the first 20 yearbooks for the year, organized by the junior class members.
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Technique
Tech
All Sorts by Newton Newkirk Synopsis
Synopsis of Previous Chapters explains the serial can be read starting at any point without prior chapters. It emphasizes the charm of accessible entry and invites new readers to join the ongoing tale without background knowledge. The piece frames the series as welcoming to casual readers.
Stealthy Steve Foils Plot On Hamburg Steamer
Late night espionage scene on the Hamburg reveals Stealthy Steve grabbing a sealed packet of papers from Slipshod Sue after a confrontation with Stubb the Sting. Sue's betrayal is exposed as Steve nabs the bundle through a port hole before night ends, leaving the others to ponder consequences.
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Colonel Roosevelt
Steve
Sue
Ananias
John Burroughs
Dr. Long
Hamburg
Thut
Stubb
Sting
Sting, and Slipshod Sue
Slipshod Sue
Stanley
Naples
New York
Slinshed Sue
To morrow's Sunday Post continuation teaser
Fragmentary lines hint at a serialized Sunday feature with witty proverbs and humorous aphorisms. It references a public library offering free lunch and jokes about beauty, rhinoceros skin, and a pun on sowing wild oats.
Indignant passenger after transfer fails to Boston
A young woman argued a transfer should work to Boston. The conductor explained the transfer would take her to nowhere, clarifying its actual destination and prompting amusement among riders.
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Hanover Street
Boston
Pay Last Tributes to Senorita Huidobro
Brief services were held for Senorita Carolina Holman M Huidobro at Forest Hills cemetery chapel with Rev. Edward Cummings officiating and Edwin D. Mead assisting. Mead, as president of the Free Religious Association, noted Huidobro’s decades of service and her work to foster U S South American friendship and the Christ of the Andes. Ashes moved to Woodlawn family lot. additional services conducted in New York by Rev. John H Holmes.
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Senorita Carolina
Free Religious Association
United States
South America
Woodlawn
New York
John H. Holmes
Church of the Mesalah
Dreams and Struggles in a Summer Scene Poem
A lyrical piece by Walt Mason contrasts a dreamy wanderer with a neighbor driven by greed. The speaker finds contentment in nature while the neighbor toils for gold, then shifts to a harsh winter and a needy return. The poem laments economic disparity and longing.
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M Walt Mason
George Matthew Adams
Among the Churches of Greater Boston
The Rev. Charles F. Weeden of the Central Congregational Church of Lynn accepts the call to Harvard Church of Dorchester and resigns in Lynn. Lynn parishioners hosted a reception with gifts totaling about 800 dollars and a large clock and brooch. Walnut Avenue Congregational Church in Roxbury nears dedication May 2. Rev C W Casson to speak at Dorchester Third Universalist Church tomorrow. Casson originator of a 10 word sermonette. A musical program from Church of the New Jerusalem to be repeated.
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Charles F. Weeden
Central Congregational Church
Lynn
Harvard
Dorchester
Weeden
Dr. Weeden
Walnut Avenue Congregational Church
Roxbury
C. W. Casson
People's Forum
Third Unitarian
Church of the New Jerusalem
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Otis
Ol’ Kid
Patrick J. Waters
Catholic University
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Washington Street
Boston National League Park
Moses Chandler
Lowell Club
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Gus
North End
Murphy
Police Department
Warren
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Rane
Massachusetts State Forester
Wareham
Tle
Wolfboro
Winnipesaukee
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Board of Health
Pleasant Street
Malden
Charles Russell Lowell
William J. Gillispie
Gillispie
Boston Fusiliers
Maine Veterans’ Association of Boston
Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company
Jamaica Plain
Brookline
King
Frank Brandenburgh
Senorita Huidobro
Walt
Greater Boston
the Immanuel
Morse’s
Paul Revere
Annals of Patriotic America
Paul
A. B. Shields
Europe
St. Luke's Hospital
San Francisco
Daniel Evans
Andover Theological Seminary
North Avenue Congregational Church
Cambridge
Evans
Adams Square
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