Boston Wost The Independent Democratic Paper of New England
Publication notice from The Boston Post Publishing Co dated August 6 1915 outlines subscription rates for Daily Sunday and Foreign editions with various terms and prices. It also notes vacation mail options and office details and cautions about payment methods and address changes.
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Boston
Independent Democratic Paper
New England
Post Publishing Co
Washington Street
Mass
Canada
Sunday Post
POST
Daily Post
United States
Postoffice
Weather Woes Boost Utility Revenues Say Officers
The rainy spell, though detested by many, has surprisingly increased revenues for gas and electric light companies. Officials see the bad weather as bringing financial cheer despite public discontent with dreary days.
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Gas and Electric Light
Jupiter Pluvius
Mat Eurus
German Editorial Attacks Lusitania Victims in Translation
A European report in the Cologne Gazette questions the Lusitania deaths calling some victims flippant. It questions the portrayal of Americans who died and praises those who saved others, including Charles E. Lauriat Jr., and suggests a translation error may have occurred.
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Europe
Cologne Gazette
Lusitania
Charles E. Lauriat, Jr
Government ship purchase bill urged not to revive
The piece argues Secretary McAdoo may have misunderstood President Wilson about reviving the ship purchase bill in December. It says such a move would be ill advised and provoke Democratic party opposition, with no clear need for government owned ships versus the previous shelved stance.
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McAdoo
Wilson
Congress
Democratic Party
Randidge Fund
Bumpkin Island
Boston
Fashion by parcel post smuggling egret plumage exposed
The Audubon Society warns of smuggling via parcel post as egret plumage enters commerce. The secretary notes the exquisite plumage cannot be lawfully traded and condemns the audacious method that exploited mail delivery to ship large quantities.
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Audubon Society
Parcel post help endangered Southern egrets
Florida shipments concealments threaten egrets a dwindling treasure from early days. Parcel post should not be used to aid their extinction or violate laws protecting their existence.
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Florida
Germany and United States Seek Amicable Frye Case Settlement
The Frye case over the sinking of the William P. Frye off South America remains undecided. Germany accepts American proposals, proposes damages be set by two experts, and offers submission to The Hague if needed. The United States giữ treaty rights while aiming for an amicable adjustment.
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Germany
William P. Frye
Prinz Eitel Friedrich
South America
Prussia
United States
Hague
Deluge Floods East Coast Wrecks Bridges and Docks
A hurricane like downpour sweeps from Erie Pennsylvania to Eastport inundating low lands and streams. Damaged bridges wharves and cellars, boats wrecked, crops ruined, and marine disasters feared as gales add danger at sea. Forecasters predict possible clearing today.
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Erie
Penn
Eastport
Boston Babies Mortality Down Amid Hygienic Gains
The Milk and Baby Hygiene Association reports a drop in Boston infant deaths during midsummer, with 342 new cases under care last month and only two deaths. Since year start, over 3400 babies have been assisted, placing Boston ahead of New York in infant survival and overall child health efforts.
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Boston
New York
Milk and Baby Hygiene Association
Milk and Baby Association
Oldest Inhabitant Recalls Boston August Thermometers
A long quoted figure cites highest and lowest August temperatures in Boston on the fifth of the month across a decade. It lists yearly readings such as 1906 83 67 and 1911 70 52 with weather notes including clear rain and cloudy conditions.
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Mercury
Boston
Rooster and Hen Laugh Over Missed Big Car Connection
A playful exchange features the Big Red Rooster and the Little Brown Hen joking about a double yolk and a near collision with a large motor car. The banter unfolds with rural whimsy and comic timing.
Breezy Bits From Old New Hampshire
A quirky collection of small town notes from New Hampshire towns. Items include a Salisbury Heights forecast calling the next subject rats and a Wentworth District tip about Grantman Waldron offering cats, plus teens embroidering in North Goshen and farmer Charles Stevens starting a milk route in East Northfield. A teamster near Blaisdell's Corner found a glove a horse whip and false teeth on the road, in East Rochester.
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Salisbury Heights
Grantman Waldron
Wentworth District
North Goshen
Charles Stevens
East Northfield
John C. Jones
Blaisdell's Corner
East Rochester
Why a Dime and a Jitney Named in Webster’s Light
A reader asks why a dime is called a dime and why a nickel is called a jitney. The reply attributes the dime to Noah Webster and traces the origin of the term disme to the tenth part of a dollar. The piece then explains jitney as a five cent fare for a short city ride and notes the nickel’s nickname origin.
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Boston
Magnolia
Daniel Webster
Noah Webster
Dan
Noah
Magnus
Webster
Decimus
United States
Daughters Sentenced for Refusing Aid to Their Mother
In open court, Mrs Ellen Carney of 249 West Third Street South Boston and Mrs Mary Dwyer of Attleboro were sentenced by Judge Logan to one month in the House of Correction for refusing to contribute to their aged mother's support.
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Ellen Carney
West Third Street
South Boston
Mary Dwyer
Attleboro
House of Correction
Logan
Runaway Oil Car Hits Santa Fe Train in Santa Ana
A runaway oil car collided with an Atchison Topeka Santa Fe local passenger train in Santa Ana California killing the engineer and likely burning to death the fireman and an express messenger authorities said two other crew members are injured or missing as investigators begin work at the scene
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Santa FE
Santa Ana
Cal
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Bank Robbery in Rockmart Ends with Cashier Locked in Vault
A bandit robbed the Rockmart Bank in Georgia today, locking assistant cashier Howard T. Fambrough in the vault and escaping with a package of currency whose amount was not stated. Fambrough was nearly suffocated when released.
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Rockmart
Howard T. Fambrough
Rockmart Bank
Fambrough
Napoleon at Eylau The Bloodiest Battle in Europe
The 1807 Eylau clash saw Napoleon facing Bennigsen and a strong Russian force. Heavy snow and subzero cold framed a brutal, indecisive fight with about 18 000 casualties per side. French guard pushed back Russian assaults as Prussian help arrived and dawn revealed the battlefield clear of enemies.
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Napoleon
Eylau
Bennigsen
Paul L
Danzig
Koenigsberg
Europe
Berthieri
Ney
Davoust
Observant Citizen notes summer fairs and sea moss hopes
The Observant Citizen surveys shortages from bad weather hurting crops and mentions fairs in Massachusetts possibly dropping livestock exhibits due to Foot and Mouth fears. It also recaps Cape plans, historic figures, whaling tales, a dwarf egg discovery, and local curiosities from escalator etiquette to a Welsh Castle connection.
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Massachusetts
State Department of Animal Industry
Cape
Henry Hank and the Debt That Sealed His Fate
The speaker relays a bank cashier’s verdict that Henry Hank does not pay his debts. A moral grows from Fatherly guidance about prompt payment, warning that dodging bills harms both reputation and livelihood, echoed in a poem-like voice from Walt Mason.
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Henry Hank
Hank
Beamish Boys
Walt Mason
The
Adams Newspaper Service
All Sorrow in Ireland
Sidney Citron of Chelsea says Ireland faces widespread misery among the poor peasantry after a trip home. He blames misreporting by English papers for obscuring war hardships. He notes halted business, desertion of farms, surging food prices, and mass emigration, while praising Sergeant O Leary as a hero.
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Sidney Citron
Addison Street
Chelsea
Ireland
America
Sergeant O'Leary
All Ireland
Tall Road Order Sparks Dispute In Camp
An officer commanding engineers orders a straight road between two points. A junior officer protests as the path crosses a deep wet bar. The senior insists on the line and dismisses the protest, telling him to proceed and submit requisitions if needed.
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O.C
Road Work Request Alters Commander's Plan
The lieutenant submitted a requisition for ten men to build a 24 foot high road across an 18 foot deep bog. The officer commanding immediately approved changing the road project.
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Leutenant
O. C
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