Boston Post advertising rates and publication details
The April 26 1918 Boston Post lists subscription prices for daily and Sunday editions, rates for different durations, and postage charges. It notes mailing terms for Canada and foreign copies, plus payment guidance and the Post Publishing Co as the publisher.
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Post Publishing Co
Washington St
Boston
Mass
Suahivbe
THE
Sunday Post
Canada
Maia
Post Publishing CQ
Editorial Rooms and Post Subscription Policy
The Post notes subscription payments must be in advance and will be discontinued upon expiration. Readers are asked to notify by postal mail if the paper cannot be obtained from a newsdealer or newsboy. Editor and Publisher E. A. Grozier signs the notice.
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E. A. Grozier
Largest Newspaper Printing Plant in New England
Cited boast from Robert Hoe of R Hoe and Company proclaims the Boston Post owns the largest newspaper printing plant in New England and the largest press in the world.
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Boston Post
New England
Robert Hoe
R. Hoe & Co
Globe Trotting Sailer Joins 68th Atlantic Crossing
M R Joseph Gamage of Maldon aged 75 set sail on the liner Parisian yesterday starting his 68th Atlantic crossing. A rare old gentleman he embodies the Sail from Boston idea, preferring slower boats for comfort and safety and has long begun his journeys from this port. May he live to make many more.
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Joseph Gamage
Malden
Parisian
Globe Trotter
Atlantic
Gamage
Philos
Boston
Perils of Royalty at Regatta Night Disruption
A visitor report describes a young man at a royal visit to the Crows regatta who swallowed a half sovereign, consumed his spectacles, and leapt from the royal train window, cutting himself. The incident is cited as a curious example of anti monarchist sentiment in Britain.
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Cable
George
Great Britain
OUR FOREIGN TRADE PROSPERITY FORECAST
The article lauds current foreign trade, predicting by July 1 total cross-border business at 4.5 billion dollars with a 600 million dollar visible trade surplus. February activity reached 343.6 million in bargaining, creating a 44.5 million dollar visible credit balance in favor of the United States.
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United States
Good Roads Federation Opens National Congress in Birmingham
The National Good Roads Federation began its annual convention in Birmingham Alabama noting public support for better highways. Officials praise progress and state road spending with liberal funding and a focus on initiative and payment ability. The federation expects outcome benefits across regions, with the South poised to benefit from its lessons.
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National Good Roads Federation
Birmingham
Ala
Simple Repudiation of Treaties Sparks Senate Debate
The Senate considers a Chamberlain resolution to abrogate the Hay-Pauncefote and Clayton-Bulwer treaties as a means to exclude coastwise Panama Canal traffic from tolls. Critics call it a simple repudiation of solemn contracts, opposing repudiation and a subsidies policy aligned with the last Democratic platform.
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Senate
Panama Canal
Great Britain
United States
A Wise Choice Protects Mt Moosilauke Forest
The national government protects Mt Moosilauke, halting further despoilation and valuing the saved forests. Moosilauke, a White Mountain treasure, suffers when under state control due to indifference or poverty, but the latest decree ensures ongoing protection.
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Mt. Moosilauke
Moosilauke
White Mountain
New Hampshire
Preservation Call Amid River Waters of New England
The passage urges stopping a cruel waste harming water sources feeding central New England rivers and lakes. It argues the value of the waters has deteriorated and National or regional intervention is needed, appealing to New Hampshire residents to support conservation.
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New England
New Hampshire
Call for Thorough Probe of New Haven and Boston & Maine Railroads
Editorial urges firing Charles S. Mellen and pressing directors to answer alleged breaches of trust. It warns the inquiry, while one side has been shown, must include all sides and be thorough for public welfare and stockholders. It calls for full public light on New Haven and Boston & Maine affairs.
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Charles S. Mellen
Mr. Mellen
New Haven Road
New Haven Board of Directors
Mellen
New Haven
Bos
Promising Start to Springtime Delights
The piece celebrates an early spell of spring with warm temperatures and budding trees. It notes the pleasant conditions may not last but urges grateful acceptance of these seasonal joys as a hopeful promise for the months ahead.
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Washington
Old Square Rigger Opposes Naval Language Change
A letter from an old square rigger criticizes a new naval order replacing starboard and port with right and left. He argues the change undermines naval respect and urges capable nautical leaders to run the navy.
Six-Eyed Sleuth and Bud Trail Counterfeit Plot
Stealthy Steve disguises as Snip the Snipe and walks with Bud-the-Blud to Paris in a daring ruse. Steve aims to draw out the gang’s hidden leader while Bud remains oblivious, while internal tension and danger mount as the plan unfolds near the Secret Service Building.
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Steve
Pete
Bud-the Blud
Bud
Bud-the-Blud
Snip
Bud Rapbaaires
Paris
Secret Service
Hawkshaw
Luke Sharp
Havemeyer Legacy and Sugar Trust Tale Told
The piece recounts Henry O Havemeyer and the rise of the sugar trust from its German founders to its vast growth and profits. It notes the Havemeyer family’s decline in the trust amid personal tragedies and legal prosecutions while detailing his boast of building a monopoly and controlling sugar prices and output.
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Henry O. Havemeyer
New York
Sugar Trust
Havemeyer
The Magno-Polar-Grave Car Adventure Continues
Steve, Bud, and a detective reach the roof and slip into the marvel car called the Mag. The sleuth bids Buddy enter first with a playful exchange, then steps in as the door shuts softly, signaling a cliffhanger ending to be continued.
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Steve
Bud
Buddy
Pal
Snippy
Bud-the-Blud
Love and Sentiment From A High School Club
A five year old high school club writes Mildred Champagne seeking guidance as one member becomes engaged to a man from another town. The letter describes how the bride‑to‑be helped friends, organized dances, and cheered illness, then asks how to proceed. The response urges friendship and suggests inviting the fiancé to join the club.
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Miss Chapagne
Bradley Martin Leaves All To Wife In London
The will of Bradley Martin, society leader and millionaire, who died in London February 5, leaves his entire estate to his widow Cornelia S. Martin who resides in London. She is named executrix and the will was filed today for probate.
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Bradley Martin
New York
London
Cornelia S. Martin
Autocrat amid overwhelming criticism faces universal opposition
The text notes a brusque leader enduring harsh reproach from many, who deem him an autocrat. He feels besieged, with the sense that all men oppose him purely for his manner and ruling style.
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United States
Old Tomato Cans as Nests and Local Notes from Somerville
Observant notes describe using empty tomato cans as bird nests on shady poles. The Hillside Club of Somerville honors Rev. Dr. Charles L. Noyes for 30 years on the executive committee. Reports mention Jay Wallace catching five wild geese near Bass Harbor and other Massachusetts civic and social news.
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Somerville
Hillside Club
Charles L. Noyes
Associated Charities
The
Public Library
Boston Browning Club
Pilgrim Hymnal
Hunger Strike Poem by Walt Mason Seethes Over Food
A humorous 1918 verse by Walt Mason imagines an inmate vowing to starve in a gloomy prison while craving cake pie tea and fried foods. He contrasts past torture with the imagined feasts enjoyed by others and ends with a hungry cry aligning with the era’s light verse temper.
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John Bull
Galoot
Walt Mason
George Matthew Adams
Town Hall statue memory gift and coal support praised
The community plans a statue on the Town Hall site in memory of a brother and will keep the new hall supplied with coal at no expense to the town. Potatoes and starch factories in Aroostook County resume spring runs due to unsold stock and high prices. Limestone plant operates full time as other mills prepare extra shifts. Hat pin enforcement appears weak. six of seven women in a store elevator had long pins. Mrs. J H Weld of Boston sails May 13 to join relatives in England for the World Sunday School Convention in Zurich and a continent tour. Rev. George Bullen and Mrs. Bullen, recovering from injuries, progress and he hopes to resume preaching May 4 at Hingham.
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Aroostook County
Limestone
New
Reese
J. H. Weld
Boston
Henry
Mabie
England
Zurich
Switzerland
George Bullen
Bullen
South Boston
Baptist Hospital
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American Sugar Refining Company
Horace Havemeyer
Germany
William Frederick
Frederick Christian Havemeyer
George Havemeyer
Charley Havemeyer
Jack Bloodgood
Beechman Lorillard
Sir Thomas Lipton
Mildred Champagne
Cuba
Underwood & Underwood
Edward Howe Forbush
Jay Wallace
Bass Harbor
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Francis H. Rowley
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Charles Sharkey
Barre
Massachusetts
Helen P. Bradley
Hospital Bed Fund Association
Order of the Eastern Star
Eastern Star
Great Fraternity
Nix
Charles Phelps
Salem
Bel Hanger
Mexico
Phelps
Bay State
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Francis Hunnewell
University
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Francis A. Campbell
Suffolk
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Bingville
John Young
Hallowell
Arlington
Robbins
Amos Robbins
Massachusetts Avenue
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Rogers Bros
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Watch and Diamond Shop
City Hall Avenue
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DA Blue Devil
Tom Lawson
Hatfield
George Cohan
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