The Post Publishing Company Ad Rates and Vacation Policy
The notice lists August 13 1906 issue details and subscription rates for The Daily Post and The Sunday Post. It explains mail subscriptions within the United States and Canada, vacation mail handling, and address changes. It also notes all money at sender risk and checks payable to The Post Publishing Company.
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Post Publishing Co
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Post Publishing Company
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Daily Post
United States
Canada
Sunday Post
Post subscription notice and office addresses
Subscriptions to the Post must be paid in advance or be discontinued without further notice on expiration. If you cannot obtain the Post from your newsdealer, notify us by postal at once. E A Groziffr Editor and Publisher.
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E. A. Grozifr
Proper Speed Limits With Reasonable Safety Standards
Commissioner O'Meara warns that a fixed speed limit is not a license to drive at that speed. The law requires driving speeds to be reasonable and proper given traffic, road use, and public safety, especially in residential streets where speeds often exceed the limit.
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O’meara
Boston
Persia’s Shifting Power: Shah Plans 50‑Member Council
The Shah of Persia proposes a constitutional move creating a 50 member Council of State elected from all classes except peasants and including clergy. Civil and constitutional laws would originate there and require Shah approval, a concession framed as fortifying the government amid popular pressure for reform.
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Empire
Persia
Chinese Labor Critique on Panama Canal Work Conditions
The piece argues that opposition to Chinese contract labor in Panama stems from theoretical rather than practical concerns. It notes that geography and climate limit white labor and that Americans and Jamaica’s Black workers are unlikely to take on the digging jobs.
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Panama Canal
Jamaica
Labor issues in canal labor and recruitment options
The passage argues that many workers from various origins fail or perform poorly, while Spaniards cope better but are scarce. It suggests Chinese coolies, contracted globally for such labor, could fill the Canal Commission's needs as they are repatriated after work, and claims moral or economic objections to this are invalid.
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Martinique
Canal Commission
The Divorce Census Calls for Uniformity Across States
The Census Bureau leads a divorce census to map the current legal landscape. It argues that varying state laws create insecurity and scandal, urging broader action whether via interstate agreement or constitutional change to grant Congress divorce jurisdiction.
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Census Bureau
Congress
Assassination Threats Hover Over Russia's Autocracy
The piece notes recent and ongoing plots against the Romanoff dynasty. It cites grape shot at the Winter Palace and blank cartridges near Grand Duke Nicholas as he commands Imperial Guard maneuvers. It warns that princes and officials may turn revolutionary and questions reform prospects.
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Winter Palace
Nicholas
Imperial Guard
Russia
Cronstadt
Boston Society Notes Engagement and Summer Social Roundup
The Boston society pages report the engagement of Miss Elizabeth Auchincloss to Percy Hall Jennings of Park Avenue New York announced in New York. Many society figures attended weekends at resorts and yachts, with Aldrichs on the Bethulia at Kittery Point and various families traveling from Cape Cod to Lenox and Bar Harbor for summer gatherings.
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New York
Elizabeth Auchincloss
Percy Hall Jennings
Park Avenue
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Charles C. Auchincloss
Rosamond Saltonstall
Fairfield Street
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Yale
J. Livington Grandin
Commonwealth Avenue
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Union Club
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Provincetown
George B. Rice
Berkshires
Curtis Hotel
Lenox
Penobscot River fleet loss and Boston storm halt subway work
Observant Citizen notes events on August 13 1779 including the loss of the American fleet on the Penobscot River and a heavy storm that causes damage in Boston and halts work on the new subway project.
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Penobscot River
Boston
Dorchester Notes Highlight Local Clerks Politicians Sports and Oddities
Dorchester readers hear of Charles W. Stephenson’s return from the western state as agriculture agent, MIT scholar James Critchett’s athletic honors, a beach rescuer foiled by a waiter dog and a headless barrel, and local chatter with Ward 20 politicians O Connell Magenis Walsh. Also reports Captain Ryan on Little Big Horn tales, pigeon training by John Case, McManus sisters canoeing, West Roxbury Canoe Club carnival plans, post season baseball talk, a Cambridge street misadventure, and Taft’s wife’s recovery from surgery.
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Dorchester
Commonwealth
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Joseph F. O’connell
James P. Magenis
Congress
Maurice J. Walsh
House
Prisoner in the Statue Head Fends Off Heat and Hunger
Stealthy Steve discovers he is trapped inside the colossal head of the Statue of Liberty after Bogardo shadows him aboard a sight-seeing launch. In sweltering heat with seven rations left, he contends with suffocating air, thirst, and fading stamina while awaiting rescue in a cliffhanger cliffside scene.
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Statue of Liberty
Bogardo
New York Harbor
Black Hand
New York
Mildred Champagne Talks On Love And Sentiment
A reader from Mt Vernon writes to Mildred Champagne detailing a yearlong on again off romance marked by jealousy and repeated returns. The correspondent questions how to handle a persistent suitor and whether to demand distance or forgive, while Champagne hints at mixed motives and urges clarity.
Letter to Dear Miss Champagne On Age Gap Romance
A man 45 asks if it is proper to propose to a 22 year old after a three week acquaintance. The adviser cautions against rushing marriage, urges waiting at least a year to learn her disposition and compatibility, and notes age is less crucial than mutual fit.
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Boston Post
MT. Vernon
W. H
Woman Hater Gloster Finds Love Aboard Sailboat
Gloster a conservative firm desk worker falls for G W Ward the appointed assistant. On a sailing date she melts his reserve and they share a tender kiss as twilight fades, changing his view of women and life.
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Blank & Blank
Young Gloster
Gloster
G. W. Ward
Miss Ward
Dilemma Pictures Prompt Readers for Ideas
The Boston Post invites readers to submit ideas for a series of summer dilemma pictures. Send concepts to the Dilemma Picture Editor at the newspaper for potential development.
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Boston Post
Americans' $320,000 Aid to End Japan's Famine
Washington, Aug. 12 The famine in Japan relief funded by America totaling $320,000 is declared over by Consul-General John Edward Jones. Of the total, $175,000 aided about half a million sufferers. U S contributions led all nations, with the United States the earliest and largest giver.
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Japan
America
John Edward Jones
Dalny
United States
Lords panel backs Littler bill to curb youth smoking
In London on August 12 the Lords select committee favored a Littler drafted measure. It would ban cigarette sales to anyone under 16, arrest and fine youths under 16 found with cigarettes, and authorize police to stop under 16s seen smoking in public.
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London
House of Lords
England
Ralph Littler
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