Boston Post May Show Subscriptions and Policy
Boston Post publication details for April 28, 1909 outline subscription rates for daily and Sunday editions, payment terms, mailing policy, and editorial office contacts. It notes advance payment required and discontinuation after expiration if not renewed. Editor and Publisher E A Grozier is listed.
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Post Publishing Co
Washington St
Boston
Mass
THE
Sunday Post
Canada
Th Post Publishing Company
E. A. Grozier
Harvard Opens Baseball Season at Soldiers Field
Harvard defeated Bates in an exhibition on Soldiers Field confirming the good opinion from its Southern tour. The game showed fine play and strong teamwork led by pitcher Hicks. The performance suggests a propitious outlook for the intercollegiate series.
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Harvard
Soldiers Field
Bates
Georgetown
University of Virginia
Hicks
Halt arsenic spraying as gypsy moth fight risks soil death
The piece argues arsenate of lead sprays poison soil and roots in Massachusetts and New England. It notes chocolate spots on trunks and leaf drop as early signs, urging a halt until a safe spray is found and suggesting cloth ground cover and parasitic laboratories as alternatives.
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Massachusetts
New England
Standpatters Hold Line as Aldrich Tariff Bill Surfaces
Commentary argues the Aldrich proposed tariff keeps Dingley level and fails true revision. It questions President Taft may veto or oppose the measure, noting party organs support his pledge for downward revisions. The piece cites Taft's acceptance letter and Republican stance as shaping the bill.
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Washington
Taft
Senate
Republican Party
New York Tribune
Mr. Taft
Congress
Mr. Aldrich
Mayor Hibbard’s Secret Edison Lighting Contract
The Boston Mayor signed a five year street lighting contract with Edison Electric Illuminating Company. Rates on 500 Gilbert lamps and 3000 magnetite lamps were reduced from drafts but remain higher than Merchants’ Association estimates. Aldermen and critics urge delay and a formal public inquiry into street lighting before binding the city to one supplier.
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Hibbard
Edison Electric Iluminating Company
Merchants’ Association
Electric Company
Boston Merchants’ Association
Boston
United States
Board of Aldermen
George A. Crocker
Edison Company
Wheat Tariff Debate Spurs Consumer and Business Action
Local millers and dealers urge Congress to reduce the wheat tariff to 10 cents. A committee of business men says tariff on wheat harms commerce and consumers and plans to inform lawmakers of prevailing sentiment in both the commercial world and among consumers.
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Washington
Congress
Wheat Tariff Debate Advocates 10 Cent Duty
The text argues against removing the tariff on wheat and endorses a 10 cent per bushel duty as sufficient to protect American farmers. It notes no wheat is currently imported under the 25 cent Dingley rate and contends the Aldrich bill’s plan to raise to 30 cents is harmful, taxing bread for the people.
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Chicago
Return of Adele Boas Ends Kidnapping Fear
Adele Boas returned to her parents after a runaway episode in New York, averting a feared child kidnapping plot. The incident prompted caution by parents to monitor children’s comings and goings and to instill strong conduct to resist harmful impulses.
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Adele Boas
New York
Serenade At Dawn In The City
A poetic reflection describes awakening before daybreak as noise from morning life intrudes. The speaker imagines a loved one waking with a joyful shout while traffic and deliveries begin, contrasting restful sleep with the bustle of Chicago streets. The tone blends humor and affection in a city morning scene.
All Sorts by Newton Newkirk synopsis note
A self referential synopsis mocks traditional forms. The author declares the piece defies standard synopsis rules and claims novelty in its lack of plot and fidelity to conventional summaries.
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Newton Newkirk
Roosevelt and Nairobi Expedition Sealed Papers Tension
In Nairobi Colonel Roosevelt retrieves a missing sealed packet from Steve amid tension over the papers. The party hires 40 native porters and plans a mount Kenia overland hunt despite Somali wariness. Roosevelt insists on proceeding, while Steve embraces danger as fuel for excitement.
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Colonel Roosevelt
Steve
Roosevelt
Nairobi
Africa
Mt. Kenia
Mount Kenia
Seashore courtship tale ends with bold claim
A witty exchange recalls a summer marriage proposal at the seashore. One woman teases another about the outcome, claiming she has him under her thumb now, reflecting a lighthearted social vignette.
Shortleigh Advances in Miss Secaddsby Scene
Dialogue excerpt shows Shortleigh interacting with a maid and confirming that Miss Secaddsby is expected soon. The maid notes the message from T and implies the girl already knows the request. The tone suggests a stage cue or serialized dramatic moment.
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Shortleigh
Miss Secaddsby
Knight and Whisker Knife Exchange Pearls of Caution
A fragmentary dialogue frames a knight and speaker on trust and deceit as the victim questions mankind’s reliability. The exchange hints at surface judgments versus deeper truth without specifying setting or outcomes.
Old Bernard Capen House Remains, Dorchester Demolished
The Bernard Capen house on Washington Street Dorchester dating from 1630 is razed for a modern apartment project. Historic societies failed to save the landmark, the second oldest in the colony, as preservation efforts were overwhelmed by progress.
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Bernard Capen
Washington Street
Dorchester
Massachusetts Bay Colony
Colony
Glasgow Man Sets 60th Atlantic Voyage on Allan Liner Hesperian
Mr. Gamage completes his sixtieth Atlantic crossing aboard the Allan liner Hesperian after a Scotland tour. He will travel to London and begin a tour through Ireland from there.
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Kittery
William Dean Howells
Boston
Glasgow
Scotland
Gamage
London
Ireland
Squirrel Feeders Face Court After Public Garden Incident
Police crackdown follows a Public Garden feeding spree where a man is fined five dollars for scattering peanut shells and seven others are summoned for feeding nuts to squirrels. Judge Parmenter presides as Captain Jones leads patrols. Also noted Forbes and Harmon plan a moonlit balloon ascent from Pittsfield, Massachusetts, pending weather.
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Parmenter
Captain Jones
Station 14
Forbes
Harmon
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