Subscription rates and mailing details for The Sunday Post
The notice lists prices for daily and Sunday issues, requests address changes, notes second class matter, warns against cash, and instructs payments by check or money order to The Post Publishing Company. It provides office contact details in Boston and New York and states subscriptions must be prepaid and will be discontinued at expiration.
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Post Publishing Company
New York
Boston Post
Still They Grow Boston and New York Circulation Figures
Daily July 1903 circulation for the Boston Post and Sunday Post is listed with totals around 179,000 to 186,010 on various days. Sunday figures show 156,900 on the weekends, with mid month readings near 180,000 to 182,030.
Massachusetts Corporation Law Debate in The Post
The Post urged careful study of proposed amendments to modernize Massachusetts corporation laws while warning against overreach that could degrade the state’s reputation. It opposed cheap incorporation and revenue-driven changes, stressing legislation should aid legitimate business without fostering inflated trusts. Public attention to the issue was highlighted.
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Massachusetts
the Post
Commonwealth
The Conclave and the Choice of a Pope
The two day conclave of cardinals in the Sistine Chapel fails to produce a pope as four ballots are cast. No factional split is evident and speculation is useless. The seclusion remains absolute until a decision is inspired and received by Catholics and interpreted as the will of prudent church leaders.
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Sistine Chapel
Leo XIII
Northern Securities Merger Court Case Sparks Minnesota Appeal
Judge Lochren in St Paul holds Minnesota law aimed at blocking parallel rail line consolidations does not apply to the Northern Securities case. The state will appeal to the U S Supreme Court while the United States case, under Sherman anti trust law, proceeds. Governor Van Sant vows continued fight to vindicate state laws and maintain open competition against indirect control.
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Lochren
United States
St. Paul
Minnesota
Northern Securities Company
Attorney-General
Washington
United States Supreme Court
Supreme Court
van Sant
Massachusetts Corporation Law Debate Reaches Public
The article argues the August 1 effective date of Massachusetts corporate law was publicized, noting criticism from Congressman Thayer and a call for broader public attention. It references a Roosevelt platform praising Massachusetts laws as a national model and the Post’s prior coverage of hearings and public statements.
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Thayer
Legislative Committee
Roosevelt
Massachusetts
Post
Speculators and Workers Chronicle Cotton Corner Impact
The article laments a vast cotton speculation causing idleness for about a quarter million New England mill workers and stoppage of two million spindles. It blames New York and New Orleans gamblers for the corner, noting widespread industry disruption and urging relief with the new crop, which Arthur T. Lyman says cannot be cornered.
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New England
New York
New Orleans
Arthur T. Lyman
Post
Billboard Nuisance Sparks Wellesley Park Regulation Case
The call for a judicial ruling on the bill-board law tests park commissions power to curb disfiguring advertising in parks and boulevards. Wellesley authorities enacted regulations under a statute, which are being ignored, prompting a statewide challenge to confirm the law or seek stronger measures.
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Wellesley
Park Commissioners
More Money Needed for Vacation Schools in Boston
Boston vacation schools will close a week early unless the school committee votes to increase appropriations. James J. Storrow chairs the sub-committee planning a Tuesday meeting to find ways to keep schools open at least two more weeks. He notes this year’s $8600 appears smaller than last year’s $11,000.
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Boston
James J. Storrow
Gold Machine promise thrills poor and rich alike
A Philadelphia chemist claims a gold making machine will allow any person to manufacture money at home. He plans to sell directly to consumers, cutting out middlemen. The device would enable widespread wealth, potentially altering labor and capital dynamics and reshaping society.
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Philadelphia
Gold Machine Company
Morgan
John D. Rockefeller
Ungodly Flying Horses At Beach Races Draw Big Crowd
Boston visitors attended the Beaches Rescent Beach meet where betting figures surfaced. A Roxbury lobsterman arrived by bicycle as Abner Splurge hosted a coming out party for May belle Heloise Splurge in a decollete swimsuit. A mysterious blonde with a five karat diamond appeared on the boulevard before fading from view.
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Reverb
Boston
L.obster
Roxbury
Abner Splurge
Maybelle Heloise
Miss Splurge
Summer pageant and mishap at Inthrop Beach
Special from All Sorts reports Miss Lottie Shape of Cambridge on the Charles holds the long distance summer girl engagement title and now travels with twenty seven suitors while a Boston man named A Gay Sport endures an eye injury from a kick of sand. Mosquitoes linger despite bans with a Cambridge resident bitten and a blue blood filled insect captured.
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Lottie Shape
Cambridge-on-the- Charles
A. Gay
Boston
Priscilla Prue
Brattle Street
Cambridge
Locomotive Engineers Rally 1800-Strong Boston & Maine Excursion
Locomotive engineers and their families totaling about 1800 arrived at Old Orchard Missouri for the annual Boston and Maine excursion, with participants from several divisions traveling along the system.
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Old Orchard
Boston & Maine System
Summer Homes of Well Known Bostonian Bryce Allan at Beverly Cove
One of the north shore's most prominent summer residents, Bryce J. Allan, keeps a palatial English styled estate at Beverly Cove with servants wing and balconies. He coaches as a hobby, maintains a stable of horses, and entertains guests regularly while his wife, Miss Norman of Newport, joins in frequent gatherings. The couple previously resided at Pride's Crossing before moving last year. Mrs. Allan favors golf at Montserrat links, car pooling with Mrs. Guy Norman to mornings rounds three or four times weekly.
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Forest Hills
North Shore
Bryce J. Allan
Beverly Cove
Beverly
Gloucester
Allan
Rockport
Magnolia
Mr. Allan
Norman
Newport
Pride’s Crossing
Cove House
End-Seat Hog Debate Moves Through Boston Epistles
A Boston letter discusses end-seat hogs in public transport with satire on politicians, editors, and virtue signaling. It describes trades of end seats, mentions figures like Mr xX P Rience, and notes readers’ reactions to editorial columns critiquing greed and civility, dated Medford July 31.
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BE. S
Xx. P. Rience
Boston
Mass
Matt. T. Workman
End seat hogs and crowds on the electric car
James Stewart of North Market Street Boston rails against end seat hogs in crowded electric cars. He argues conductors have no real right to police seating, calling out fussing riders as fussy old maids or men. The poem notes that crowded spaces force others to be crowded, no matter where one sits, and ends with a wry self awareness of similar behavior.
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Boston Elevated Railway Company
Milk
Washington Streets
James Stewart
North Market Street
Boston
Passage of a wary soul through gates of St Peter
A quip filled vignette describes a man awaiting at the gates with a humorous exchanges about a passport marked wanted below. He claims debts and credits reconciled and recalls proper conduct in public life, ending with St Peter inviting him in to the highest seat. The signature notes Co. A. Blandford of 10 Essex Street, Boston.
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St. Peter
Peter
Co. A. Blandford
Essex Street
Boston
Medford Man's Experience To the Editor of the Post
A reader recounts a transit ride where he yielded a preferred seat to a man believed to be a gentleman, who then dropped the gesture without comment. A lady soon entered the car, adding to the informal scene.
End seat hogs and high steps vex riders on cars
A letter from Boston dated August 1 argues against high car steps and calls for trolley reform. The writer urges conductors to aid passengers, especially women, by making exits safer and easier, insisting the cars belong to the people and should serve all ages. The piece condemns stepped obstructions and encourages practical changes.
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Boston
House of Love: A Cottage For Two on the Meadow
A Thursday morning meeting at a ruined mill leads to a confession. A man reveals he is building a House of Love for his wife and, in a twist, for the woman he speaks to, who realizes the proposal includes her. He declares his love and asks her to join.
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Rachel Noah
Paris
Ivernia
London
House of Love
Spain
End seat claimed by first taker in Littleton note
A woman from Littleton dated August 1 asserts that the person who secures the end seat first holds a perfect right to keep it. The brief notice emphasizes immediate ownership without dispute.
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Littleton
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Chicago
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Fitchburg
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