Boston Post December 1 191% subscription rates and contact info
The Boston Post details daily and Sunday subscription rates for domestic and foreign regions. It lists Canada and foreign postage, payment instructions, and office contact details including editors and the Post Publishing Co. address and money order policies.
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Canada
Boston
Maas
Inept Talk on Privatizing Lighthouses and Signals
The Boston Herald argues against government ownership of lighthouses and automatic transmission systems for telegraph and telephone. It warns that private operation could still fail, stressing lighthouses require constant light and independent power to avoid darkness.
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Boston Herald
Post Facto Remorse Taft Defends Pardoning Morse
Taft repudiates his pardoning act, arguing physicians certified Morse as dying and in need of air to sustain his talents. He maintains the decision was sound and that the doctors agreed Morse would be doomed without release. He says the outcome does not discredit his purpose. Morse later renewed vigor and purpose.
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Taft
Morse
Mr. Taft
Shameful mileage vote ends uneasy tariff session
The Sixty third Congress adjourned a special session to revise the tariff and will resume today. Some members led by Thomas of Kentucky admit to mileage for the December session but refuse to vote it out of fear of public reproach, a sign of lawmakers respecting national sentiment.
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Sixty-third Congress
Thomas
Kentucky
Record Deer Hunt Death Toll Surges in Wisconsin and Michigan
Observers note the Wisconsin and northern Michigan deer hunting seasons end with the longest hunter death toll on record. Wisconsin reports 22 killed and 23 injured, Michigan nine killed and 12 injured. The piece urges public action to curb annual slaughter in pursuit of deer.
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Maine
Wisconsin
Michigan
The Vice Inquiry Public Hearings Begin
The Legislature authorized commission on white slave traffic completes private inquiry and moves to public hearings. It aims to determine methods and extent women and girls are induced or compelled into immoral life and transported within the Commonwealth.
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Commonwealth
Open Sessions to Explain Social Evil Inquiry Scope
The article notes open sessions to outline the scope and method of the investigation. It emphasizes the inquiry’s importance as it aims to guide bills to curb the social evil and to curb the acts of those who profit from it, urging thorough study.
Baseless Fears on Mexican Policy Stir International Debate
The Navy League paper argues that European powers are invited into the Mexican issue by U S policy and could claim a right to influence Latin American affairs in the future. It contends the United States has not relinquished control and Europe has not yet become a partner in the approach to Central and South America.
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Navy League of the United States
United States
Mexico
Europe
Wilson
State Department
Uncle Sam
Russia
St. Petersburg
Boston Censors Weigh Brieux Play Damaged Goods At Tremont
The agitation to censor Damaged Goods at Tremont Theatre hinges on Acts of 1908 Chapter 494 Section 2. Supporters claim the play conveys salutary warnings about sexual disease. opponents argue it is unsuitable for public discussion and may harm morals.
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Boston
Eugene Brieux
Tremont Theatre
Suffolk District Medical Society
Charles W. Eliot
Harvard
William Lowell Putnam
Margaret Deland
New York
Philadelphia
Observant Citizen notes from Essex and surrounding towns
A long column reports on Mrs. Anna H. Gilbert of Essex celebrating a birthday and her notable ancestry. It mentions Nathan N. Withington’s illness, local politics, fur market changes, wild turkeys near Boston, a parcel post apple barrel, and social moves by Governor-elect David Walsh and Rev. Allen Stockdale. It ends with golf at Franklin Park despite cold weather.
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Anna H. Gilbert
Essex
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Gilbert
Paine Wingate
Confederacy
Congress
New Hampshire
United States
Eunice Pickering Wingate
Timothy Pickering
Washington
Paine
Eunice Wingate
Boston Rock Fate to be Decided by Melrose Meeting
In Memorial Hall tomorrow the Boston Rock fate will be decided by the Melrose Board of Aldermen. They will choose whether to preserve the landmark as a public park or permit a stone crusher on the site. The land remains in the Lynde heirs estate dating back centuries.
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EB. A. Grozier
Boston Rock
Melrose
Memorial Hall
All Sorts by Newton Newkirk
Wireless emergency call S 4B prompts shoppers to begin early. The note urges immediate contact as Christmas nears and urges buying gifts before the New Year arrives. Mother dear is asked to call early to assist in shopping.
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Newton Newkirk
Fads and Fashions Trend in Plaids Hats and Veils
Paragraphs describe continuing plaid vogue with small hats favored and blue veils preferred. Fur scarfs grow longer and wider while barrel muffs gain popularity. Corsage bouquets enlarge as chiffon waists expand across shades and floral hat adornments appear.
Uncle Walt’s Warning on Figs and Folly of Frauds
A humorous verse recounts a grocer Spriggs selling moldy figs branded fresh and sweet. The tale traces rumors spread by townsfolk including Jones Brown Smith Black White and Jinks, illustrating how deceit harms a vendor and community, with Spriggs losing seven cents while others quit dealing.
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Brown
Smith
Walt Mason
George Matthew Adams
A Song for December in the Night Sky
A poem describing December with frosty gems and cold winds, recalling the God-child’s birth and celestial singing. It contrasts sleeping children maintaining faith with the world’s silence, and ends with a call to dream and faith as songs blend across the night.
Love and Diamonds in a Family of Wealth and Loss
Aunt Margaret recounts contrasting marriage paths shaped by money and romance as Elizabeth vents over Johns plain ring. The tale traces a lineage from a moneyed marriage to starved romance, ending with the death of Elizabeth's father and her mother's illness from grief.
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Elizabeth
Aunt Margaret
John
Elizabeth Harper
Ali
Russian women push forward amid reform and revolt
Russian feminists press for suffrage and legal equality as women from cities and provinces push reforms. In St Petersburg and Moscow Nihilist circles drive rights, wages, and protections while peasant and Caucasus women resist oppression and seek education abroad.
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South America
Switzerland
Germany
Russia
Engagement Ring or Word For Love in Advice Column
Miss Mildred Champagne asks whether to insist on an engagement ring or trust her unemployed fiancé. The adviser says a marriage bond rests on love and trust, not the ring, and warns that both word and ring must align for a binding engagement.
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