The Boston Post Subscription Rates and Policies
The August 26 1913 Boston Post outlines subscription rates for daily and Sunday editions, postage details, and payment terms. It notes mailing options to Canada and foreign destinations, plus a vacation mailing plan and claims about the paper’s printing capacity with a quote from Robert Hoe.
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Post Publishing, Co
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Washington St
Boston
Mass
Paner Gates
THE
Sunday Post
Canada
Reston
Maes
Post Publishing CO
The Convention Queen of Boston’s Summer Meetings
A 1913 convention scene in Boston is praised as the queen of convention cities. Attendees note the city’s beauty hospitality and inspiration and urge other organizations to consider Boston for future meetings.
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Boston
Knights of Columbus
Fight centers on exact departure point in Vermont
The debate hinges on where he leaves, with Vermont appearing likely as the decisive origin. If so, the sanity issue will be dismissed as irrelevant to the core argument.
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Vermont
Banks Gain Savings Department Permits With Bond Limits
The new currency bill allows national banks to maintain savings departments and invest in city bonds if the citys total bonded debt is under 5 percent of assessed valuation. This restricts cities like Boston and could harm solid bond markets. The provision should be amended.
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Savings Banks Department of National Banks
Boston
The Tax on Art
A discussion of tariff relief for works of art amid congressional bills. The House favors full art exemption from duties while the Senate proposes an 80 year age limit and a 25 percent tax on newer works. Critics call for universal art free trade and condemn the tax as benefiting the rich.
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House
Washington
Senate Finance Commission
Senate
Death by own action pact in New England discourse
A critical meditation on deaths by suicide or fatal acts tied to joint decisions. The text condemns such 'death by own action' notions and defends sane relations between the sexes, asserting people must face societal responsibilities and avoid self-destruction.
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New England
Miles Standish
John Alden
Thaw trial figure Dr Evans cited in Canadian deportation case
In Sherbrooke the presence of Dr Evans from pbrain-storm fame signals the Thaw defense’s bid to claim current insanity. Yet Canadian law requires no such proof for deportation. any inmate of an insane asylum within five years of entering Canada must be expelled, making it unlikely Thaw can avoid removal.
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Sherbrooke
Evans
Pbrain-Storm
Canada
Matteawan
Typhoid Season Tied to Contaminated Water Across Cities
The article notes a rise in typhoid cases as urban residents return from vacation. Boston reports 23 new cases with no deaths yet. New York cites infected milk and water as causes. Porto Rico’s water system improvements, including boiling and filtration, correlate with fewer enteric diseases.
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Boston
Board of Health
Boards of Health
New York City
Porto Rico
San Juan
Not Afraid of Blease The South Carolina Governor Candidate
The piece argues that Blazing Blease of South Carolina faces doubt among Northern conservatives about his Senate bid. It contends historic southern firebrands have tempered upon entering the Senate, citing Tillman Jeff Davis and Vardaman as examples, and predicts Blease will quiet once in the chamber.
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Blease
South Carolina
United States
North
Senate
Tillman
Jeff Davis
Vardaman
Genuine value in Knowles wilderness diary
The experiences of Joseph Knowles, Boston artist, who entered the Maine wilderness unclothed and without food three weeks ago, offer practical woodcraft lessons for castaway individuals. His diary demonstrates surviving on nature with a clear head, courage, and ingenuity until rescue or civilization, valuable for lost travelers and self confidence.
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Joseph Knowles
Boston
Maine
Knowles
Sunday Post
All Sorts by Newton Newkirk
A short inspirational verse urges resilience and grit. It uses baseball metaphors to motivate a reader to persevere through hard luck, shun alcohol, keep a steady jaw, and keep playing the game despite obstacles.
Old Jokes the World Has Wheezed At
A grocer recounts a racing mishap where his horse would have won a race if not for a shouted cry of milk. The milkman explains he was ahead but paused as the crowd yelled.
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Grocer
Diary of a Primitive Man in Maine Woods
Joseph Knowles, a Toston artist living as a primitive man for two months in Maine woods, reports cold nights and meager sleep. He forages for wood and berries, cooks tomato soup from a tomato can, and notes a near fire accident while imagining frost and isolation.
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Joseph Knowles
Toston
Ike
Maine Woods
Jeremiah Pennwhitz
Seaside and Oregon Coast Offer Rich Summer Retreats
The Pacific Northwest coast near Seaside Oregon lures vacationists from Portland Seattle and Tacoma with long beaches and scenic highlights. Clatsop Beach, 18 miles of sand, hosts anglers, early hotels open year round, and nearby resorts include Newport Bandon Gearhart Bayocean Cannon Beach while Mt Hood looms 11995 feet above Portland.
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New England
Washington
Oregon
Pacific Ocean
Northwest
Clatsop Beach
Seaside
Portland
Seattle
Tacoma
Ocean
Willamette River
Pacific
Puget Sound
Idaho
Montana
Columbia River
Japan
Newport
Bandon
Gearheart
Bayocean
Cannon Beach
America
Mt. Hood
Oregon Mountains
Canada
California
Stomachs in War of Pies and Water
A humorous comparison of regional stomach strength contrasts Kentuckians and New Englanders. It claims New Englanders tolerate pie and hydrant water poorly, while Kentuckians prefer whiskey to digest plain water, joking about water as poison to them.
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Sir
Lief
Liefer
Persistence Pays for Long-Suffering Policyholder
Forty three years after taking an accident insurance policy Jabez Crum finally earned a payout when a street accident left him with a broken leg and three fractured ribs. The insurer paid almost a year's premiums in settlement, ending his long wait.
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Jabez Crum
Jabez
Crum
The Cow and Its Milk Parable
The poem explains how cows provide milk cream and butter and reflects on daily farm life. It notes cows chew cud drink from a brook and produce milk and cream through milking, highlighting the farmer’s role in turning them into dairy products.
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Ana
T. A
Daly
Playground Men Gather for 15th Annual Convention
Builders and directors of national playgrounds meet in Denver for the 15th annual convention of the American Association of Park Superintendents. Delegates from major cities attend as the three day gathering opens with President James B. Shea of Boston presiding.
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Denver
Colo
American Association of Park Superintendents
James B. Shea
Boston
Greeting From Kentucky Postcard Warns About Water
A Kentucky postcard circulating with alarming wording claims water rots boots and questions what is good. The note toys with fear about moisture and footwear, reflecting regional humor or superstition.
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Newt
Kentucky
Ambassador Page Picks New Home in London
American Ambassador Walter Hines Page selected 6 Grosvenor Square as his official London residence signing a three year lease after reviewing many options, most offered at prohibitive prices.
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London
Walter Hines Page
Grosvenor Square
Observant Citizen Recaps City Lanterns and Local Tales
A bustling column recalls incidents from Boston and suburbs including a bill dispute over kilowatt use, notes on Miss Alice Stone Blackwell, Gustav Strube’s departure, a blue rose in Maine, and plans for Boston Children’s Museum events. It mingles civic buffs, volunteers at Denison House, and seaside watch with odd items and letters.
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Alice Stone Blackwell
Boston
Lucy Stone
Council of Women Voters
Washington
Gossip and Shame Trail of the Village Scandalmonger
A 1913 verse condemns a local scandal-monger who peddles false stories about neighbors like J William Hunkydory and Jim Rooster’s sister Ellen. The poem mocks the harm caused and warns that such lies breed scorn, social exile, and collective shunning.
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Tone
J. William Hunkydory
Jim Rooster
Ellen
Walt Mason
George Matthew Adams
Maddox and Paddox exchange quiet quips on entry
In a brief exchange Maddox jokes his wife didn’t hear him return last night while Paddox suggests buying rubber soles. The light moment captures a casual, humorous interaction between two individuals.
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Maddox
Paddox
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