The Post August 5 1900 Port Publishing Co
The Boston Post issue details subscription rates and mailing options for daily and Sunday editions. It notes in vacation time the Daily Post and Sunday Post can be mailed to U S addresses at monthly rates, with various office contact numbers and instructions for changing addresses.
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United States
Milk quality standards must be kept despite shortage fears
Authorities warn against lax enforcement of milk quality laws in Boston. They stress maintaining strict standards to protect infants and invalids, stating better no milk than milk of poor quality amid seasonal health risks.
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Boston
Gloucester's Day pageant praised despite absence of President
The Post joins visitors in congratulating Gloucester for yesterday's pageant despite the President's absence. The city of fishermen is celebrated for romance and beauty, making it a prime Atlantic coast pilgrimage spot.
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Gloucester
Atlantic
Slaughter of the Innocents as Aigrettes Burned
Collector Loeb burns $1500 worth of seized aigrettes to enforce feather law. Critics call the act wasteful while noting the birds’ nesting season and the Everglades plume hunt devastation. Dimock brothers report drastic plumes decline with 15 nests occupied from 15,000.
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Messrs
A. W
Julian Dimock
Everglades
New Homestead Commission Aims Land Settlement Work
Gover nor Draper appoints a commission to study opening Commonwealth lands in country districts for settlement. The plan targets unused arable tracts and seeks to provide honest, industrious city families a chance to return to the soil, easing crowded tenements.
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New Homestead Commission
Draper
Commonwealth
Redeemers of Abandoned Land Spark Cambridge Market Gardens
The text notes families turning waste land near the Cambridge reservoir into thriving market gardens. It praises a commission plan to replicate this model in remote districts, expecting public thanks and personal satisfaction as compensation.
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Cambridge
Tariff Revisions and the Return of Prosperity
The piece argues that tariff revision did not cause the revival of business. rather the revival began before reform efforts and was driven by American industrial strength. It criticizes Taft era tariffs as a mere dicker, noting specific fears about crockery and earthenware costs, while urging acceptance of higher prices for broader consumer prosperity.
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Taft
Jerome Jones
China
Mr. Jones
Day of Accounting Follows Speaker Cannon's Dueling Loyalties
The piece argues Speaker Cannon will balance punishments and rewards in the House by loyalty to him. It contrasts his potential mercy with a predicted hard line against insurgents Gardner, Fowler, and Cooper. The author notes Cannon's reputation for arbitrary authority and mocks any chance of reconciliation.
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Detroits
The Blazing Forests Call for Stricter Fire Prevention
The state faces immense forest fire losses and warns that current methods fail. It urges harsher penalties for campers and loggers who start fires, stronger spark arresters, and an efficient fire patrol system. New England forests are a precious asset at risk of rapid destruction without rapid, radical action.
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Nature
New England
Hutchins Named Acting President of University of Michigan
Ann Arbor August 4 The announcement by President Angell states Dean Harry B. Hutchins will serve as acting president of the University of Michigan. Hutchins has accepted the appointment for the executive committee of the board of regents.
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All Sorts By Newton Newkirk Chronicles Serial Delays
The author defends slow progress of Colonel Roosevelt and Stealthy Steve toward Crystal Mountain. Sue mourns Stub the Sting as the airship closes on a balloon suspected to hold the captured colonel and Stub, with Steve unaware of the true contents. The piece urges readers to follow the next chapter closely.
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Debt Drives Wife to the Edge of Summer Hats
A joking exchange between Gunner and Guyer hints that the wife is deeply in debt. The punchline rests on the idea that being up to her neck in debt implies she can still afford a summer hat, reflecting light newspaper humor about financial strain and fashion.
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Guyer
Thames the great pleasure ground and rowing heart of London
The Thames carries London's vast trade and serves as a major weekend playground with hundreds of punts and canoes on Saturdays and Sundays. It remains the world’s historic rowing ground with Henley and Cambridge University rivalries shaping its prestige.
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London
Globe
Charles River
Harvard Bridge
City
Auburndale
Boston
The
Charles
Riverside
the Charles
Henley
Warward
Old London
St. Paul's
Militia officers shun air practice in looming war drills
Observant Citizens report the state's militia shows little appetite for aeroplane or balloon exercises despite looming maneuvers. Officers and enlisted men prefer ground training, with few willing to ascend in airships.
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Army of Defence
O for an isle where no news can wake the mind
Poem excerpt by Walt Mason laments modern divorce courts and press sensationalism. The speaker longs for isolation away from Evelyn girls, Gingles in court, and loud papers. Copyright 1909.
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Evelyn
Gingles
Walt Mason
George Matthew Adams
Amusing street car scene and cooling hose respite
A Cambridge report notes a humorous incident on a hot wave day as two women split on a streetcar stopping to reunite. In Trowbridge street a tired horse hauling a department store wagon paused when a gardener hose was used to cool it, the driver soaking the horse and himself with the refreshing spray.
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Cambridge
Trowbridge Street
GIRL BATHERS DEFY ARREST AT LONG POND
Brockton Aug 4 Cottagers on Long Pond prepare to fight lake shore policing by Taunton water authorities A New York summer resident was held up by officers while wading near her property waterfront A camping girl group vows to bathe freely and duck any officer or peeping Tom who approaches.
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Long Pond
Taunton Water Authorities
New York
Assa- Wwampsett
Taunton
New Bedford
Meter Test for Taxicabs in Major Cities
D C V Palmer state commissioner of weights and measures suspended his vacation to plan a system for testing taxi meters in Boston Worcester Springfield and Pittsfield after numerous complaints of overcharging by drivers.
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Boston
D. C
Old men give way to young in weather service
Washington authorities indicate a policy shift in the weather bureau as senior staffers age 60 to 70 are to be replaced by younger personnel. Chief Willis L. Moore confirms changes at stations in Philadelphia Indianapolis Cincinnati and Nashville.
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United States Weather Bureau
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