The Boston Post Vacation Notice 1914
The Daily Post offers vacation mailing to any U S address for two weeks at 12 cents, one month 25 cents, and the Sunday Post 30 cents per month. Subscribers may change addresses. foreign postage noted. payments via checks drafts or money orders to POST PUBLISHING CO.
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U. Ss
Canada
Sunday Post
Broxton
Daily Post
United States
Rostor
Maia
Post Publishing CO
Boston Welcomes Florists Convention With Pride
The Florists Boston greets the American Florists and Ornamental Horticulturists as delegates arrive for their meeting. City pride centers on unmatched park systems public gardens and a Fenway flower display, along with historic Boston.
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Boston
America
Fenway
Presidents plea for neutrality in wartime New York opinion
The article endorses President Wilsons neutrality plea as prudent and wise urging restraint to avoid domestic racial strife and foreign entanglements. It argues neutrality requires neither constant denunciation nor persistent defense of any belligerent and that calm language should govern public discourse.
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Wilson
United States
Europe
Open Trolley Cars Hurt Summer Pleasure Rides
The Sun notes New York citizens grumble over disappearing open trolley cars once popular for long distance leisure trips. Open cars draw riders from Newark through Morris and Union counties, yet some lines shut fronts, killing air and comfort and driving patrons away.
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New York
Sun
Companior
Ines
Newark
Franz Josef Reaches His Eighty Third Birthday Amid Tension
Emperor Franz Josef of Austria and King of Hungary observes his eighty third birthday as Europe faces mounting crisis. Since taking the crown in 1848 at age eighteen, his reign has been marked by conflict and instability, with the murder of the Austrian heir apparent in Sarajevo cited as the immediate flashpoint for the looming war. The outcome remains uncertain as history awaits its full accounting.
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Franz Josef
Austria
Hungary
Servia
Mionaigh-To
Politician Survives Readjustment of European Politics
A historical figure endures a European political shift that proves more remarkable than a prior profitable realignment from over fifty years ago, highlighting resilience amid changing alliances and power dynamics.
Yankee Shipping Expansion Promoted in Senate Bill
Congress approves a registry bill allowing foreign built ships under US flag if majority owned by US citizens. Vessels may trade Atlantic Pacific and Gulf routes with President discretion on crew citizenship. Navy officers may serve on these ships temporarily. Editorial argues trust in the President and urges broad participation by shipping and financial interests to boost exports.
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Congress
United States
Atlantic
Pacific
Gulf
Secretary of the Navy
Yankee Shipping
Challenger Shamrock IV lies in Brooklyn after perilous voyage
The Shamrock IV is laid up in Brooklyn New York after surviving hostile sea threats. Dismantling begins and critics call the model a flawed freak with a hogged hull and odd stern while noting past predictions on sailing performance can be wrong.
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Brooklyn
N. Y
Dardanelles Crisis Tests Turmoil Over Neutrality
The article notes Russia’s plan to send the Black Sea fleet through the Dardanelles despite Turkish closure, citing historic 1841 agreement and current fortifications. It questions whether Turkey will dare to block the passage as alleged minefields and heavy fire would threaten any warship.
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Germany
Luxemburg
Belgium
Russia
Constantinople
Black Sea
Dardanelles
Turkey
Motion Pictures in Surgery and Animal Vivisection
A French doctor argues that motion pictures can reduce vivisection by providing faithful film records for medical instruction. He concedes students may need to observe actual animal movement under surgery, but believes film records can often substitute for live observation and lessen distress.
Patrolman Travers Named Special Officer by City Captain
Patrolman Michael T. Travers of City Wall Station is appointed special officer by Captain Sullivan. He will succeed Sergeant Curley who was transferred to Station Ive.
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Michael T. Travers
City Wall Station
Sullivan
Curley
ALL SORTS By NEWTON NEWKIRK
The verse opens with playful feuds with critics and readers as Newton Newkirk defends his rural poetic voice and indomitable spirit. A light banter about critics, jealousy, and the Northwest wind frames a quirky sketch of literary livelihoods. The piece ends with a cheeky aside about lovers and a boulevard of companionship.
Sand as First Aid to the Stomach
A satirical piece ridicules a claim by former Congressman George W. Cromer that eating sand cures stomach disorders. It extols a sand diet as a universal remedy, advising households to keep sand at table and suggesting spinach is pre-sanded, mocking indiscriminate use.
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Muncie
Ina
George W. Cromer
Cromer
Newspaper Dispatch
George
Sand Diet Satire Warns Against Excessive Sand Eating
A humorous piece cautions readers about eating sand, advising starting with tiny amounts and increasing gradually. It warns of health risks from too much sand, including joint issues and sandy skin, and suggests moderation while joking about consuming all Cape Cod sand.
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Food Trust
Cape Cod
Massachusetts
Cape
Happy Family Pigs and Gosling Share White River Junction Pen
At Hugh O'Neil's home in White River Junction a trio of piglets and a young gosling live together in the same pen. They eat from the same trough and nap in the same place, sharing daily life in an unusual farmyard scene reported by the Wilmington Vermont Times.
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Hugh O'Neil
White River Junction
Gosling
What Became Of The Round Watermelons
A reader asks about the disappearance of round watermelons. Leo Frank explains that producers forced rapid growth to meet demand, causing melons to elongate as vines pulled them along, with one grower losing an entire crop when melons were dragged to pieces.
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Newt
Hye Park
Mass
Leo Frank
Leo
Boy Run Over by Auto Truck Dies in Hospital
Five year old Howard Munroe of Brookside Avenue Woburn died at Winchester Hospital from injuries after a truck owned by the New England Milk Exchange and driven by J Crowley struck him Monday night.
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Howard Munroe
Brookside Avenue
Woburn
Winchester Hospital
New England Milk Exchange
J Crowley
The Geneva of Canada on Memphremagog Lake
The article extols Memphremagog as a shared cross-border jewel linking Newport Coventry Derby and Newport by the Lake with nearby towns. It highlights scenic beauty from mountain to water, transportation routes including the Canadian Pacific and Boston & Maine lines, and signals the Memphremagog Yacht Club and scenic drives around the lake.
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Geneva of Canada
Memphremagog
Canada
Vermont
Newport
Coventry
Derby
Newport-by-the-Lake
New England
Newports
Orleans County
Canadian Pacific Railroad
Boston & Maine Railway
West Derby
Magog
Burlington
Montreal
Toronto
Quebec
White Mountains
Atlantic Coast
Memphremagog Yacht Club
States
Georgeville
Owl’s Head
Observant Citizen notes aviator Ruth Bancroft in Brockton
The Observant Citizen recounts Ruth Bancroft Law soaring a biplane to about 5000 feet at the Brockton Elks carnival while Governor Walsh was said to be absent. The column blends local lore, court quips, and social notes from Boston and New England, mentioning tug boats, colonial memories, and stories from nearby towns.
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Ruth Bancroft Law
New Hampshire
New Jersey
Governor Walsh
Brockton
Walsh
Frank Reed
Ortland
New England
Quincey
Mildred Champagne on Love and Sentiment
A reader asks about an 18 year old romance in turmoil. Advice urges peace, warns constant quarreling foreshadows separation, and suggests considering marriage consequences. The tone cautions that lovers must be congenial or risk a loveless home.
Fired for Daydreaming a Boss Cites Work Ethic Paradox
The boss fires a worker for neglecting duties while joking about mixing play and work. The rift centers on focus during tasks versus baseball daydreams, with a lyric urging youths to enjoy games but return to labor diligently. The verse frames loyalty and effort as the path to stable fortune.
5 Songs of Sunshine by the Bentztown Bard
Poem depicts the sea in motion with dancing seas, winds, and waves. It celebrates the ocean’s rhythm from day to night, describing its spray, light, and tireless dance toward an unseen judgment morn.
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The
Bentztown Bard
Fought Lion With Pitchfork Star Borzage Triumphs
Frank Borzage, a rising motion picture actor, battles a lion in a two reel subject defending a girl and himself with a pitchfork. He wounds and disables the savage opponent and wins a close call for honors, adding thrill to the scene.
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Frank Borzage
Mr. Borzage
Indians Back Woman Suffrage At Long Council
In Ashland Wisconsin on August 18 the Chippewa Bad River tribe held a large council and voted unanimously in favor of women’s suffrage marking a historic step for the tribe and its governance.
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Ashland
Wis
Five Day Week Cut At Brockton Shoe Plants
Owing to unsettled wartime conditions major Brockton shoemakers announce five day seven hour weeks. George E. Keith Company plans Brockton Middleboro and East Weymouth plants to operate five days weekly. W L Douglas and E E Taylor also reduce hours while a Boston conference seeks leather supplies to avert broader layoffs.
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Brockton
George E. Keith
Middleberd
East Weymouth
Boston
Germany
W. L. Douglas
E. E. Taylor Company
Plans Rush Underway for Wellington Bridge Reconstruction
A hearing before Lt Col W E Craighill of the US Army Engineers heard that plans and specs are being rushed for the Wellington bridge over the Mystic River. The destroyed Boston Middlesex area link may cost about 100000 dollars with 15000 for a suspension footbridge.
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Wellington
W. E. Craighill
United States Army Engineers
Mystic River
Boston
Middlsex Fella
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