Boston Post 1915 subscription rates and notices
The Boston Post lists subscription prices for daily and Sunday editions, domestic and foreign rates, Canadian delivery terms, and postage rules. It notes advance payment requirements, contact details, and directs readers to notify by mail if unable to obtain the paper, with Edwin A. Grozier named.
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U. S
Canada
Sunday Post
Boston
Mass
Post Publishing CO
Edwin A. Grozier
Washington income tax to exceed Eighty Million estimate
Washington states the fiscal year income tax will surpass the Treasury Department's eighty million dollar estimate. The stronger collection shows better understanding and enforcement bringing more satisfactory returns and suggests annual improvement. The tax is described as the most equitable form of taxation and not a temporary reform.
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Washington
Treasury Department
Uncle Sam
New York Dance License Crackdown Seeks Dining Peace
The New York license commissioner pushes restaurants to cut cabaret shows to enforce a $50 dance license. He targets musical comedies and elaborate vaudeville in lobster palaces to ease competition for proprietors. Eaters may face unchanged costs and uncertain dining sanity in the near term.
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City of
New York
The New Station in Arlington Street
The Arlington street station bill makes Boston Elevated approval a constitutional requirement for building the station. Business leaders and the public favor the project, and legislators appear poised to back it, despite fears the Elevated may refuse to approve.
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Arlington Street Station
Boston
Elevated
Arlington Street
Anonymous Letters to Newspapers Reflect War Atmosphere
The Post notes a rise in unsigned and fictitiously signed letters amid wartime tensions. Most contain abuse, and authors who hide their names lack courage to sign notes or challenge the paper in print.
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Post
Return of prosperity seen by industrial leaders
The article cites Buffington of Illinois Steel noting unmistakable signs of recovery. He describes a gradual, healthy upturn with rising orders and gradual reemployment, suggesting prosperity is returning, not a spurt. It questions pessimists’ predictions.
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United States
Buffington
Illinois Steel Company
Equal prominence and opportunities for knowing what he is talking about
The fragment questions whether individuals have equal prominence and access to understanding the speaker's topic. It highlights concerns about clarity, credibility, and fair chances to engage with the subject.
Harvard Prize Poem Sparks Debate Over Neutrality
Professor Kuno Meyer criticizes the Harvard Advocate prize poem Gott Mit Uns and Harvard neutrality. The piece argues the judging was fair, undergraduates selected, and President Lowell defends free speech as essential to impartial academic freedom.
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Kuno Meyer
Harvard
Lowell
Perry
Dean Briggs
Munsterberg
Meyer
The Greenish Vapor and the Gas War Debate
The article discusses claims of a greenish gas cloud used near Ypres and the lack of a German denial. It notes support for poisonous gas use as retaliation against earlier “treacherous” projectiles and warns of reviving ancient warfare methods like the “stink-pot” in 1914.
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Ypres
Japan awards $10,000 for breach of promise in landmark case
in a historic ruling Hede Nozawa won ten thousand dollars from Sasahiro Yanako in Japan's supreme court for breach of promise of marriage. the decision, first of its kind in japan, signals shifting views on women's rights and sets a notable precedent.
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Japan
Hede Nozawa
Sasahiro Yanako
Supreme Tribunal
Dartmouth Chooses Parker for Baccalaureate Sermon
The Dartmouth College board of trustees selected the Right Rev Edward M Parker Episcopal bishop of New Hampshire to preach the baccalaureate sermon for the graduating class Seymour Coman of Chicago a member of the class of 1878 donated 1000 for improvements to the college golf links.
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Franover
N. H
Dartmouth College
Edward M. Parker
Episcopal
New Hampshire
Seymour Coman
Chicago
Oldest Inhabitant Recalls April 29 Weather in Boston
The Boston weather recount lists the warmest and coldest readings for April 29 over 19 years. Notable extremes include 79 and 60 in 1911, 50 and 37 in 1905, and 31 as the coldest in 1909.
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Boston
Mercury
Shad Debate Between Newton Neweire and Ima Nutt in Westminster
A letter exchange discusses shad anatomy and a Connecticut river lore, with Newton Neweire contesting Newt apropos tracing species selection to bone free shad roe. Ima Nutt from Westminster Massachusetts retorts with a rustic rhyme recalling bones in the shad and river memories.
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Newt
Connecticut
Satan
Ima Nutt
Westminster, Mass
Breezy Bits from Old New Hampshire
A collage of small town items from New Hampshire columns. Notes on visitors and locals include a boarding arrival for a girl at Harry Colburn, Russians recalled as reservists, and Farley Avery hatching 75 eggs for W. S. Plaisted. Local color spans marriages, pranks, frost jokes, a fish market loss, and quirky village anecdotes.
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Harry Colburn
West Romney
Lincoln
W. S. Plaisted
Farley Avery
Plymouth
Blairs
East Enfield
South Road
Ed H
Beech Falls
Charlestown
North Woodstock
Extension of Time to Build Nevada Battleship
The Navy grants Fore River Shipbuilding a time extension to finish the battleship Nevada. To upgrade to stronger turbines the firm faces an added expense of $250,000, but agrees, citing prior regret with turbines on the Argentina battleship Rivadavia and a wish to avoid future repairs.
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Navy Department
Fore River Shipbuilding Corporation
Nevada
Argentina
Rivadavia
Boston Mayor Receives Secret Gift for Unemployed Relief
An anonymous donor identified only as Mr. Smith sent a $1000 check to Mayor Curley for relief of the unemployed. The donor, described as from one of Boston’s oldest families, asked for anonymity.
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Smith
Curley
Boston
The Real Big Shows of the West Hetch Hetchy Valley Visit
Tourists to California should see Hetch Hetchy this summer as a possible last chance to view it in natural state before a dam may flood the valley turning it into a lake for San Francisco. The article notes Kolana cliff and El Capitan like rock, grand falls, and diverse flora and ferns, comparing it to Yosemite yet unique in beauty.
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California
Yosemite National Park
Hetch Hetchy
Yosemite
San Francisco
San Joaquin Valley
Congress
Kolana
el Capitan
Muir
Floretta Vining
Hull
Cohasset
Scituate
Observant Citizen notes AM amateur asparagus champ and more
The Observant Citizen covers local items. Massachusetts amateur asparagus grower Joseph H. O Neil touts a first harvest without glass protection. Lobster price outlook weak. Rhode Island battleship overhaul hints at yard work. Also notes on eggs shipped by parcel post, the Vanitle yacht, autos growth, and Lynn school shoemaking plan.
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Joseph H. O'Neil
Federal Trust Company
Massachusetts
While Were Here The Rose Of Compassion For The Struggling
A devotional meditation urges small acts of kindness to ease suffering in crowded rooms of poverty. It imagines lifting one shadow with a rose or a seed of hope, transforming daily hardship for the afflicted, the child, and the weary, by shared generosity. The poem ends with a fable-like note on abundance from shared mercy.
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East Plainfield
Gilmanton Iron Works
Massachusetts
Laconia
Asa Haskins
Lockenaven
Herbert J
Mary H
Joe L
Mary
Joe
Herbert
Lockehaven
Paragraphs on Fads and Fashions
Sailor hats appear in many varieties and pink corsets remain popular. The fit of new waists depends on ironing, while dainty evening gowns feature taffeta tulle and muslin. Embroidered organdies show colored flowers on white grounds and small hats pair with close fitting veils. Tricorn hats come in many variations and printed chiffon lines dressy coats with silk gowns.
Parsnips: tastier, cheaper garden staple advice
Readers are urged to grow parsnips, praising their flavor and economy. Plant early, thin to three or four inches, weed regularly, and wait to harvest until after freezing, preferably leaving roots in ground over winter until thaw in spring.
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