Boston Post Issued August 38 1911 Subscriptions
The Boston Post announces subscription rates and mailing policies. Rates include daily and Sunday editions with Canada and foreign copies available. Office contact details, editors, and payment terms are listed for readers and subscribers.
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Post Publishing Company
Boston Daily Post
Boston Sunday Post
Boston Postal Savings Bank Opens Strong
The first day results show 208 accounts opened and a total deposit of 2238 dollars in Boston. The study notes New York with seven times the population processed 3775 dollars, while Chicago totaled 9416 dollars, indicating a clear demand for savings and a habit forming effect.
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Boston
Uncle Sam
Postal Savings Bank
Our City
New York
Chicago
Bishop Mallalieu Remembered for Crusading Religious Work
The late Bishop Mallalieu, long identified with Boston, stood as a powerful church militant and crusader. Dr Mallakexa balanced faith with public affairs, holding trusts and guiding Methodist Episcopal church matters, his leadership and writings notable. His steady influence will be greatly missed.
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Mallalieu
Boston
Mallakexa
Methodist Episcopal Church
Four New Judges Appointed to Massachusetts Superior Court
Governor Foss named four lawyers to the Massachusetts Superior Court. Walter Perley Hall, longtime Railroad Commission chair and jurist, heads the slate. Patrick M. Keating, Hugo Dubuque of Fall River, and John B. Ratigan of Worcester are lauded for ability, integrity, and notable public service.
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Superior Court of
Massachusetts
Foss
Walter Perley Hall
Railroad Commission
Patrick M. Keating
Boston
Hugo Dubuque
Fall River
New England
John B. Ratigan
Worcester
Four Named For High Distinction On Massachusetts Bench
Regard and indorsement of the bar of his native city accompany the selection. It is a pleasure to believe that the traditionally fine quality of the Massachusetts bench will be well maintained by the four gentlemen named for high distinction yesterday.
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Massachusetts Bench
Joseph I. Fairclough
Maine
Mr. Fairclough
Typographical Union No. 18
Boston
Duty of Trustees in West End Railway Consolidation
Trustees holding West End Railway stock face a clear choice on September 15 to vote for consolidation with the Elevated. The plan promises a 7 percent perpetual dividend, securing property and easing future risk, while opposing consolidation could invite drastic legislative action and instability after 1922.
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West End Railway Company
West End Common
West End
The Dore Pictures An Illustrated Bible Feature
The Post prints Gustave Doré biblical illustrations daily for a tercentenary year. Doré’s famous, striking images are praised for their suggestive power and accessibility despite cost barriers, reaching about half a million readers with each daily installment.
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Gustave Dore
Post
Douay
Dore
Controversy Grows Over Wiley Remsen Board Existence
Critics note a hidden Interior Department report by Assistant AG Fowler claiming the Remsen Board illegal, a report Wick ersham blocked from public view. McCabe then declared the board legal, as he urged Wiley to resign, fueling fresh intrigue in the affair.
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Committee On Expenditures
Interior Department
Fowler
Remsen Board
Wickersham
McCabe
Agricultural Department
Wiley
Evening up after scorching heat wave of July
The piece notes an unusually hot July and compares it with 1892. It cites a high minimum and extreme daytime heat, with accumulated excess of heat peaking at 194 degrees on July 24. After brief relief, heat resumed. two days of average 90 degrees and eleven days above 80 marked the pattern, suggesting the hot spell has passed and a cooler autumn may follow.
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Weather Bureau
Edison Meyer and Brown Sail for Europe
Secretary of the Navy Meyer along with Thomas A. Edison and William C. Brown president of the New York Central Railroad sailed for Europe today on the Mauretania. Meyer said the trip is for recreation and rest and he would not discuss possible American war vessels to Cuba if civil disturbances worsen.
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Meyer
Thomas A. Edison
William C. Brown
New York Central Railroad
Europe
Mauretania
Cuba
Mabel and Mike in a Boston holiday death tale
The text questions Mabel about a possible plan to harm Mike for a Boston holiday, and cites Jesse Pomeroy with friends and his mother denying the drill used for escape. It describes his baldness obsession and a hairhole manipulation as alleged behavior.
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Mike
Mabel
Boston
Jesse Pomeroy
Jesse
Deep-Thought Club E selects Maxwell amid humorous remark
Lawrence Maxwell of Cincinnati the former U S solicitor and corn growers advocate was elected to the Deep Thought Club with one blackball. He quips Beer is beer while others joke it was kerosene with a castor oil collar.
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Lawrence Maxwell
Cincinnati
U. S
Middle West
Maxwell
The York Lay Captains A Sailor’s Irony And Blow
A dramatic wartime scene recalls the sinking of the Dreadnaught York Lay. The sobbing captain laments loss of his ship and crew after a rocket signals doom. He blames Captain Sweeney and his Horse Marines for the tragedy and later goes ashore for pork and beans.
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York
Captain Sweeney
Mother flounder lullaby observed by marine professor
Professor Morton Kilgallen describes a ritual where a mother flounder signals her babies to sleep at 2:55 p m with a whistle on a bed of sand. The lullaby, sung from B flat to E sharp, lasts seven minutes and calms the fry for 35 minutes before they swim off to feed.
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Morton Kilgallen
Balliol College
Farralone Islands
Ty Cobb Illness Effects On Batting Line
A witty sports column notes Ty Cobb’s weakness while ill on Tuesday as he records only a home run a three-bagger and a single in three at bats and jests about Donlin playing with the Hops and Mrs Astor’s remarks on John Jacob.
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Ty Cobb
Donlin
Flight of the Falling Star Heroics in air hole rescue
In Vol I Chapter XVI Michel Brianne and Wimpy Weems battle a dry air hole as the Falling Star plummets toward Earth. The Italian mechanician dives, rope in hand, to pull the craft free while Katharine kToory and Weems face a near doom.
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Katherine k'Toory
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Dame
Weems
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Katherine k’Toory
Katharine Kvery
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Nothr
Groom
Dores Famous Bible Pictures and the Death of Abel
The Boston Post presents Doré’s Old Testament images including The Death of Abel. The piece recounts Cain and Abel offerings, Abel’s favored sacrifice, Cain’s murder, divine judgment, and literary echoes from Byron to modern painters, highlighting moral and dramatic themes.
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Cain
Falling Star Loop The Rescue Of Katharine k Teory
Wimpy Weems refuses to abandon Katharine k Teory trapped after a crash. The Falling Star performs a dangerous loop to regain altitude and reach Europe, with Michel Brianne close behind. Katharine remains unconscious as the peril continues and the tale ends with “To be continued tomorrow.”
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Weems
Katharine k’Teory
Michel Brianne
Europe
Fashion Paragraph Notes on 1920s Style Trends
Eyelet embroidery remains in vogue for hats and millinery as skirts widen. Ruffles return with fuller hems while white pumps gain demand. Fichus grow popular and mousseline collars and cuffs replace white. Hosiery shades match gowns. undergarments gain lace and costlier fabrics. Dark navy dominates afternoon wear in taffeta satin or foulard.
Observant Citizens and Local Notables in Boston Area
A Boston market district figure Captain A Lane plans a Cape Cod Canal motor trip aboard the Sea Bird with friends stopping at Plymouth Sandwich and Provincetown. The piece also notes a London marriage of Robert Vernon Harcourt to Marjorie Cunard and lineage to historian John Lothrop Motley.
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Market
Cape Cod Canal
Plymouth
Sandwich
Provincetown
London
Robert Vernon Harcourt
Marjorie Cunard
Dorchester
Mr. Harcourt
John Lothrop Motley
Harvard
England
A New Definition of Politics in Sunbeam Thought
The Sunbeams column argues politics holds a monopoly on insuring other business for politicians. It claims all nonpolitical business is immoral, presenting a satirical view of political morality and power in commerce.
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The
New York Sun
Super-Senate Idea Elevates Bailey to Exclusive Body
A Texas commentator proposes a special legislative body named the Super-Senate for Senator Joseph Weldon Bailey. Only Bailey would be eligible, creating a purported perfect legislative entity, the first of its kind.
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Bailey
Senate
Joseph Weldon Bailey
Tea as the Englishman’s Elixir of Life
A vivid sketch extols tea as a universal, unifying beverage for rulers and soldiers alike. It claims the drink travels the globe with the Englishman, shaping life, politics, and daily habit from Arctic to Antarctic, making the teacup central to national character.
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Arctic
Antarctic
Progressives Through Blue Glasses Rally in Washington
Statesmen in Washington, comfortable and untroubled, court the discontented and seek to swell their ranks. They plan to hurt others’ business, justify acts in any well padded pocket, and gain cheers from those unwilling to work.
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Washington
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