Police License Fees Set by City Commissioner
General orders issued by Commissioner Curtis require all stations to enforce police fees for licenses, report blanks, and copies starting today. Fees include auctioneers two dollars. chauffeurs one dollar. dogs two to five dollars. hackney carriages and drivers one dollar. itinerant musicians five dollars with badges seventy-five cents. junk dealers two dollars and fifty cent copies. pawnbrokers free for over six months. sight seeing cars over twenty four passengers fifty dollars. street railway staff twenty five cents. wagons one dollar. used car licenses fifty dollars. police badges one dollar. revolvers two dollars. collective musicians fifty cents per parade. report blanks and secondhand dealer items two dollars per hundred.
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Curtis
Outlaws Ask Congress to Plead With President
Senators and representatives were urged by striking railroad workers to press President Wilson to ensure the Railroad Labor Board hears their demand for higher wages. The spokesmen cited inability to support families on current pay and said strikes followed delays in wage decision announcements.
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Congress
Washington
Senate
House
Wilson
Railroad Labor Board
Rescue praised after saving child in Newton Centre
Traffic Officer George F. Ryan was commended for saving 2 year old Margaret Bloose from a wrecked baby carriage struck by an automobile at Tremont and West streets Monday afternoon in Newton Centre.
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Margaret Bloose
Chase Street
Newton Centre
Tremont
West Streets
George F. Ryan
Charlestown Man Finds Relief With Weldona Remedy
Charlestown resident H F Dickinson recalls eight years of rheumatic pain before Weldona brought relief after a few weeks of use. He urges readers to study the Germs of Rheumatism booklet while Weldona, free with order, is promoted by Weldona Co. and Houghton & Dutton drug department.
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Charlestown
Dickinson
Weldona
Weldona Co
Boylston Street
Boston
Weldona Witness
Houghton & Dutton Drug Department
Love Letter From Czarina To Czar Displays Affection
A heated missive reveals a czarina expressing deep love and longing for the czar. She praises memories, pledges devotion, and signs with affectionate closings. The intimate tone emphasizes enduring attachment and protective blessings.
Letters From Tsarist Russia Front Line Wife Notes
A series of October 1915 letters from Alix to her husband and son discuss home life, church politics, Rasputin, and military service. She references Rasputin, Tsarist officials, and the Front, with mentions of Mogilev, Samarin, Metropolia, and the embassy circles while expressing longing, pride, and concern for troops and family.
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Czarevitch
Czar
Empress
Rasputin
Sunlit Letters From a Turbulent Time Chronicle
Letters from 1920 reveal personal scenes across Eastern Europe including Zam oisky and Yusupov families, officers and headquarters, and mentions of Petrograd Varsovie and royal connections. Names such as Zinaida N Yusupov Ladislav Zamoisky Sophie and Boris appear in social and political contexts. The writer signs SUNNY and promises continuation in future Boston Post features.
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Ture
Sunny
Sweety
Zamofsky
Varsovie
Boris
Petrograd
Fredericks
Zamoisky
Anna
Alexei
Zina
Zinaida N. Yusupov
Felix F. Yusupov
Sumarokov-Elston
Zumoisky
Ladislav L. Zamoisky
Sophie
Little Walks About Boston and Concord Characters
A reminiscence portrays Thoreau guided by village characters in Concord and nearby. Melvin introduces Thoreau to wild azaleas near the Assebet river while Jacob Farmer, a school committeeman, is recalled for a humorous misread of student writing. The piece notes eccentric locals and the era’s local culture.
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Thoreau
Melvin
Assebet River
Jacob Farmer
Frank B. Sanborn
Anna Jones
Concord
Samuel Pres
Concord reminiscence and battlefield memories recounted
A reminiscence recalls April 1775 events with brothers Stephen and Timothy Jones and a Minute Man engagement. The note mentions Dr. Prescott warning of British forces, marches to join Captain David Brown, and a mother’s fear. It also cites Sleepy Hollow Cemetery inscriptions from Pilgrim's Progress about peace and sunrise.
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Concord
Sleepy Hollow
Samuel Hoar
Pilgrim's Progress
Detective Captures His Son in Printing Office Robbery
In New Orleans on April 27 Zoroastro Hyver a private detective aided by a city policeman trapped a suspected robber at a printing office. The intruder proved to be the detective's son after a light revealed his face. Mercy pleas failed and the son was taken to jail by his father.
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New Orleans
Zoroastro Hyver
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Longwood Aveé
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J. Walsh
M. D
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Leeming & Co
N. G
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Gouraud
Hopke
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Vaby
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Nat'l Board of Fire Underwriters
Isaac Don Levine
Boston Post
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McClure
BY William Justin Mann
Jordan Marsh Company
Spring Street
Jordan Marsh
Paine
Sheraton
Paine Furniture Company
Arlington Street
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