The Boston Post April 24 1908 subscription rates
The Boston Post lists price plans for daily and Sunday editions with rates for 1 year six months and three months and Canada copies. It notes all money sent at sender's risk and to pay by check or money order to Post Publishing Company with editor E A Grozier.
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Post Publishing Co
Washington St
Boston
Mass
Fiat Base
THE
Sunday Post
Canada
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Post Publishing Company
E. A. Grozier
The Merger Opposition
The article reports strong opposition to a proposed merger by the Boston Chamber of Commerce. A large meeting endorsed resolutions against the merger, and a member survey confirms the vote reflected prevailing sentiment.
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Boston Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce
A Treasury Deficit Reflects Industrial Slowdown
Uncle Sam faces a substantial fiscal gap as revenues for the fiscal year lag spending by about 46 million dollars, with April receipts running 10 million below expenses and customs and internal revenue down while payments rise by 6 million. The shortfall widens from last year, though the government remains solvent.
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Sam
Ourgo
Uncle Sam
The New Liability Bill Passes Into Law
The act signed by the President increases employer liability for injuries to employees. It directs risk and responsibility to employers, and is expected to spur safety measures for workers. A key provision bars employees from signing away their rights. any contract to exempt the carrier from liability is void.
Parkways Scheme Draws Fire Before Ways and Means
Suburban municipalities urge parkways and boulevards to serve their districts, claiming the plan can cost 2 million dollars, to be paid over years. Boston residents face about 1.3 million of the burden, while the rest benefit. Opponents promise to testify in a likely contentious committee session.
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Boston
Legislative Committee On
The Chelsea Plan
Senate considers emergency government for Chelsea proposed by Hall of Suffolk. The plan creates a temporary city commission with broad powers for five years, shifting control from locally elected officials to the state executive, before returning some authority to the people. Approval via a direct public referendum is urged.
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Chelsea
The
Post
Senate
Hall
Suffolk
Commonwealth
Massachusetts
Chelsea Adopts City Charter Plan With State Oversight
The proposed Chelsea charter would create a new city with Governor supervision of appointments and state financial backing. After a five year rehabilitation period local control returns via elections, though residents must vote to proceed due to their great stake in the outcome.
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Chelsea
The Observant Citizen and Boston Society Notes
A column of light social notes from Boston recounts amusing lines about fashion hats and a Merry Widow joke, a Roslindale singer arriving to America, a dinner honoring Jeremiah McCarthy, and remarks on George Broadhurst’s The Man of the Hour in Tremont Theatre. Also mentioned are the Boston Fusiliers at Shenandoah, a speedily dressed couple on Arlington streets, and transit passengers debating smoking on electric trains.
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Blanche Hamilton Fox
Roslindale
America
New York
George S. Stockwell
Hotel Vendome
Algonquin Club
Jeremiah J. McCarthy
Port
Hibbard
Fitzgerald
Stockwell
J. Nelson Parker
The
Beacon Society
Lemuel P. Howe
George Broadhurst
Boston
Tremont Theatre
Providence
Henry B. Harris
Boston Fusiliers
Boston Theatre
Gus Pierce
Waltham
Brighton
Allston
Gus
Cottage
Postal card voice warns of widespread concern
A duplicate postal card circulating yesterday warns recipients about a broad issue affecting many people. The message lacks specific details but prompts readers to take note of the communication.
Does Everybody Read the Boston Daily Post
A letter from A C Reader in Boston April 22 1908 asks if the Boston Daily Post is widely read. He mentions hearing about a friend in the Observant Citizen column in Roxbury Winchester Winthrop and seeks confirmation of readership across these areas.
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Daily Post
Roxbury
Winchester
Winthrop
Boston Daily Post
A. C. Reader
Boston
Two Noted Wrecks Dates Sought by Reader
A letter asks for the exact dates of two naval disasters: the explosion of the battleship Maine on February 15, 1898 and the sinking of the steamer Portland on November 27, 1898. The query notes April 23 as a Lynn reference and seeks confirmation of dates.
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Maine
Portland
Eke DE Lynn
Busy Bees in Allston Hold Covert Dinner Night
An Allston sewing circle called The Busy Bees, eight married women, secretly fund a dinner and theatre outing without informing their husbands. The men, left at home, debate marriage’s faults while awaiting their partners and wonder if alimony or a divorce for desertion is due.
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Newt
Allston
Zeke
Lilley Denies Rap At Mates
Representative George L Lilley of Connecticut faced a House special committee over submarine charges. He was questioned about a Hartford Courant letter written by his secretary Webster and signed by Lilley that criticized the investigative panel and cross examination limits.
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Washington
George L. Lilley
Connecticut
House
Hartford Courant
George W. Goff
Easthampton
Conn
Lilley
Goff
Webster
The salesman who knocks another man's line
A terse saying warns that undercutting rivals damages one own commissions and sales standing. The phrase emphasizes integrity over aggressive tactics in competitive markets.
Merry Widow hat stirs wit and wonder in a busy world
A humorous roundup notes Wu Ting Fang’s curiosity about the Merry Widow hat and its social mischief. It cites college pranks at Grove City, a Cleveland woman’s rescue thanks to the hat acting as a life preserver, and quips about hats serving as parachutes or roofs in various antics.
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Wu Ting Fang
Boston
Sharon
Penn
Grove City College
Selma Jayis
Cleveland
Wake Park Lake
Miss Alice Gardiner Weds Livingston Davis in Easter Ceremony
Society filled Trinity Church for the wedding of Miss Alice Gardiner and Mr. Livingston Davis. Bishop Lawrence officiated with Dean Talbot in attendance. a reception followed at 322 Beacon Street. The Davis family mourns, limiting guests.
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Alice Gardiner
OF Livingston Davis
Livingston Davis
Trinity Church
Gardiner
Anna Gardiner
Lawrence
Mann
Trinity
Henry R. Talbot
Cathedral of All Saints
Albany
N. Y
St. Stephen’s Church
South End
Dean Talbot
Davis
S. Huntington Wolcott
Harvard
Messrs
R. H. Gardiner, Jr
W. Tudor Gardiner
James Jackson
Thomas P. Beal, Jr
Franklin Roosevelt
New York
John B. Swift, Jr
Roger Pierce
Milton
W. Prescott Wolcott
Wynant Vanderpool
Morristown
N. J
Beacon Street
Comprehensive Hotel and Club Tableware Selection
Buyers will find extensive varieties of all grades from common white ware to decorated china services. Toilet ware offered in great variety including low values for summer outfits. Glass Department features pressed glass to cut crystal specimens for wedding gifts lamps and lamp fittings for parlor hall office and piazza.
Buskirk Addresses Scientists in St Louis Lecture
The Honorable Clarence A. Buskirk of St. Louis delivered the semi annual lecture for the First Church of Christ Scientist at the Norway Street church. Former Indiana attorney general and Christian Science board member spoke on the religion's rapid growth as introduced by W. D. Mc Crackan.
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Clarence A. Buskirk
St. Louis
First Church of Christ, Scientist
Norway Street
Judge Buskirk
State of
Indiana
Christian Science Board of
W. D. McCrackan
Christian Science
Rockefeller Junior Leases Bar Harbor Cottage for Summer
April 23 report that John D. Rockefeller Jr. has leased the Bar Harbor cottage owned by the J. Montgomery Sears estate for the coming summer. It marks the Rockefellers first visit to Bar Harbor.
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Bar Harbor
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
J. Montgomery Sears
Rockefellers
Bar Hlarbor
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Huntington Chambers
Newton Newkirk
Sphinx
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Mates
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Encyclopedia Britannica
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