The Boston Post August 23 1918 Staff and Rates List
The Boston Post published August 23 1918 lists subscription rates daily and Sunday for different terms, postal and foreign postage, offices and editors contact, and notices for payments and renewals. It provides office addresses at 290 Washington Street Boston Mass and notes subscription continuation and payment instructions.
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Post Publishing Co
Washington St
Boston
Mass
the Sunday Post
Canada
Maes
Senilor
The Post in Vacation Time
The Daily Post offers mail delivery nationwide for 25 cents per month and the Sunday Post for 30 cents per month Adresses may be changed as desired.
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the Post
Daily Post
United States
Sunday Post
Largest News Paper Press Plant in New England Opened
Robert Hoe of R Hoe and Co calls the Boston Post facility the largest newspaper printing plant in New England and claims it houses the world’s biggest press.
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Boston Post
New England
Robert Hoe
R. Hoe & Co
City Transit Clean Up Ordered for Washington Street and East Boston Tunnels
Mayor Fitzgerald directs the Transit Commission to compel the Boston Elevated Company to clean the Washington street and East Boston tunnels. The East Boston tunnel stations are persistently dirty, and prompt action is urged to enforce proper maintenance under the law.
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Washington Street
East Boston
Fitzgerald
Transit Commission
Boston Elevated Company
Coal giants raise anthracite tax in Pennsylvania
The Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company joined other large coal groups in raising coal taxes by 10 cents per ton on all prepared sizes, effectively doubling the tax burden. The move shifts costs to consumers, while the industry cheers the policy as beneficial to itself.
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Pennsylvania
Lehigh Coal & Navigation Company
Penrose Proposal on Mexican Troop Deployment
The article questions Senator Penrose's bid in Congress to urge the President to deploy a large Mexican constabulary force and to allocate 25 million dollars for the effort. It warns such a move would amount to a hostile invasion and risk a long, bitter war, arguing no sensible legislator supports immediate hostilities with Mexico.
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Penrose
Pennsylvania
Congress
Mexico
Final Quelling of Castro Revolt in Venezuela
Reports say Cipriano Castro's insurrection in Venezuela is practically finished. Commander Long of the cruiser Des Moines reports Castro imprisoned or fled, with principal officers in custody and Castro himself missing. The news notes Castro’s lingering disruption in Central America and hopes for lasting peace.
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Cipriano Castro
Venezuela
Long
Des Moines
Gomez
Castro
Central America
Lord Strathcona to resign after long public service
Lord Strathcona plans to resign early next year from his posts as Privy Council member and High Commissioner to London. He has served Canada since 1870 and aims to retire near his 94th year, noted as the largest landowner and a self-made leader in public life.
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Lord Strathcona
Privy Council of Canada
London
Canada
Eldest British Physician Predicts Century-Long Life
Sir Andrew Clark tells a patient there is no apparent reason why he should not live to 100, reflecting on longevity themes and medical optimism from the era.
Bryan's New Impropriety and Secret State Ties
The piece flags an ethics clash as William J. Bryan, Secretary of State and owner of the Commoner now a monthly, uses his position to promote the paper as the administration’s official organ. It denounces his claimed access to government plans and urges instruction by the President.
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William J. Bryan
United States
The
Commoner
Bryan
Wilson
John S. Leavit
Musicians’ Relief Associations
St. Botolph Street
Melon Celebration in Brooklet Draws 3000 Farmers
A mammoth watermelon cutting and picnic in Brooklet Georgia drew about 3000 farmers and guests. Speakers noted a shift from cotton to melons with 300 of 400 acres aimed at melons, saying melon farming could bring quicker, larger profits and fast parcel post shipping to markets.
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Brooklet
Port of Boston striking a bargain with major shipping lines
The Port of Boston directors agree to a $50,000 annual payment from Hamburg American and International Mercantile Marine for 20 years to help fund a new dry dock at South Boston. The arrangement will cover maintenance, eventually a third of the dock’s cost, with potential extra revenue from other vessels and the U S navy.
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Boston
Hamburg-American
International Mercantile Marine Companies
South Boston
United States
Public to decide on taxi rates and law defiance
The Yellow Taxicab Company of New York vows to defy the new law on reduced rates, calling itself a private concern while charging old prices. Other cab firms have pledged to comply, and New Yorkers hold the power to choose which firms receive their business and curb extortion.
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Yellow Taxicab Company of
New York
Fads and Fashions Highlight White Dresses and Fabrics
Paragraph notes all white dresses in crepon and heavy chiffon with cotton crepes ranging from sheer to ratine thickness. Silk crepons may return for fall gowns and blister crepons are new. Narrow skirts favor the slash, while duvetine develops in wool and silk. Some straight-cut coats with waist coats appear on the Chinese order.
New Poetry Row Confounds a Reader with Bridges Verse
A columnist wrestles with England's new poet laureate Dr. Bridges first volume and its odd verses. He admits confusion over hidden meaning and proposes a playful, ribald blueprint of the poem meaning while praising the rhyme and urging a lighter interpretation.
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Newt
Robert Bridges
England
Swiper Delivers Plea in Griper’s Courtroom Exchange
Griper comments on Swiper’s suit and asks price. Swiper replies with a terse line that the matter involves thirty days and costs.
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Griper
Boston Artist Joins Maine Woods as Primitive Man
The Observant Citizen reports Joseph Knowles, a Boston artist, living two months in the Maine woods in primitive attire. He chronicles bear skin disguises, encounters with hunters and a dog, and a comic rescue by a bear wife.
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Joseph Knowles
Boston
Maine
Jeremiah Pennwhizz
Knowles
Halifax
Clovelly England Grows From Quiet Fishing Village
The town of Clovelly, a steep narrow Devonshire village famed by Dickens and praised for its preserves, attracts painters and writers while resisting modern rail access. Visitors ride from Bideford to a woodland coast road, then view whitewashed cottages clinging to the rocks and a small beach with fishing boats offshore.
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England
Stratford
Clovelly
Devonshire
Scheveningen
Holland
Dickens
Usu
Bideford
Blue Sea
Lynton
Lynmouth
Sunshine in the Rough Stuff Echoes in Wartime Verse
A fragmentary poem segment speaks of sun and cheer amid battle and life. It uses a cheerful smile to brace a fighter for the strife.
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Pat
Desire Western Conquers Mean Farmer in School Tale
In a 20 pupil district school, Desire Western a first time teacher faced a defiant pupil John 16. After a tense stand with the boy and his angry father, Desire calmly commands him to return to his seat then later forces the father to yield. The tale ends with Desire hailed as a heroine for taming the mean man.
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Desire Western
John
Desire
Cnis
Evert
The Peeler by Walt Mason
A humorous poem of a night-shift city policeman walking his beat through a dusty street. He endures witty insults from locals while maintaining patience, then returns to a small room where frustration boils over in a flood of swearing.
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Clovelly
Arthur H. Norway
Braunton
Mr. Cop
Madrid
Spain
Jay
Walt Mason
George Matthew Adams
Joyful notes greet early festive season in Cincinnati
Publications cheer the approach of holiday bustle with upbeat lines about harvest markets, community warmth, and seasonal comforts in Cincinnati. The lighthearted verse hints at city events and neighborhood spirit as winter nears.
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Kiddo
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Henry M. Whitney
Charles B. Church
Cuttyhunk
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Mr. Church
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Boston Elevated
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James H. Vahey
Carmen’s Union
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James M. McKibben
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South Framingham
William A. Pew
Willis W. Stover
Fifth Infantry
Boston Central Labor Union
Free State University
Thomas IF. Keenan
Ward 8
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North Adams
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Prince
Essex County
Boston Photo News Co
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