Boston Post 1913 circulation and contact info note
The Boston Post issue from December 4, 1913 lists subscription rates for daily and Sunday editions, foreign prices, and Canadian charges. It notes office address at 259 Washington Street and lists editors and business staff contact details. The page includes instructions about advance payments and changes to delivery, plus publisher EB A Grozier as editor and publisher.
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Post Publishing Co
Washington Sr
Boston
Mass
C. S
Canada
Sunday Post
Portage
Post
Otire
Matin Financial
Ea Business Officer
EB. A.grozier
Boston Street
America
Colorado
Washington Street
Kneeland Street
Read
Boston Post Office
Mansfield
Parcel Post
Federal Building
Armour and Argentine beef shipment headline
New York papers report the largest Argentine beef shipment to the United States, twelve thousand quarters, arriving in New York on Monday. They also note Norman H. Armour of Chicago sailing for Buenos Ayres. The text hints at a possible link between the two developments and invites readers to consider their significance.
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New York
Metropolis
Norman H. Armour
Chicago
Buenos Ayres
Poor Business Policy Proves Costly in Melrose Turkey Case
A Melrose market fined a buyer $75 after selling an over-kept turkey. The sellers refused to refund or adjust price, drawing criticism as poor business policy. The incident serves as a cautionary example for market proprietors to make good on dissatisfied customers.
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Melrose Market
Judge Putnam Sees Sherman Act Flaws as Remedy Targets
Judge William L. Putnam said in a United Shoe Machinery trial that the Sherman anti trust law is retrogressive in every part. The remark suggests future clarifications to tell business clearly what it cannot do, aiming to reduce violations by narrowing ambiguities rather than expanding monopoly access.
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William L. Putnam
United Shoe Machinery Company
Unhappy Congressmen Face Tax At Source In Washington
Disbursing officers rule the income tax for Senators and Representatives will be deducted from compensation before payment. The merged sessions leave lawmakers without mileage, no Christmas recess, and a somber mood settles over the capital as tax collection at source adds to their woes.
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Congress
Oxford Coming Over to Compete in Four Mile Relay
Oxford University plans to send a team to the University of Pennsylvania four mile relay next April. The English entrants promise a strong challenge to American runners. Notables include Norman Taber, Jackson, and Budd, all listed as top milers. The lineup suggests a formidable race and a magnificent contest ahead.
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Oxford University
University of Pennsylvania
England
Oxford
Norman Taber
Brown
Jackson
Stockholm
Budd
Churchill flies as passenger in biplane with Ben Wildman-Lushington
The report notes a Saturday flight in a biplane with Winston Churchill, First Lord of the British Admiralty, as part of the era's routine aero travels. The piece comments that air travel was common enough that even cabinet ministers rode as passengers, reflecting unexcited public mood.
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Winston Spencer Churchill
British Admiralty
Ben Wildman-Lushington
Aviation hero or tragic misstep on the same day
Captain Wildman-Lushington, who had drawn criticism for a risky flight, perished when his biplane crashed over the same flying grounds two days later. The incident sparked a national wakeup on aeroplane safety and prompted calls that valuable lives should stay on land until stability improves.
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Wildman-Lushington
Churchill
It s the Artist Who Draws Twinkle Star Play
A verse shows a playful critique of a production with bright stars and quoted lines about paying for seats. It comments on starting projects and not finishing them while alluding to a price of two dollars per seat.
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Twinkle
Little Star
Arcadia Horror Calls for Lodging House Reform
The Arcadia lodging house tragedy, which caused many deaths, demands immediate building and fire law reforms. Investigators must verify compliance, and authorities should tighten safety at similar hostelries with fireproof construction automatic sprinklers and better night supervision.
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Arcadia
Boston
The Hetch Hetchy Grab Debate in Congress
In a climate of protest the Senate weighs a San Francisco demand to seize Yosemite water and dam Hetch Hetchy. Engineers show cheaper regional water options while John Muir warns a dam would scar the Sierra. Voters urged to write to Senators to defeat the bill.
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United States Senate
San Francisco
Yosemite
Hetch Hetchy
George S. Nickerson
South Eel River
Putah Creek
Hech Hetchy
John Muir
Sierra
Washington
Aviator Jean Blel avucei Performs 91 Yard Spiral Flight
French aerodrome witnessed Peruvian aviator Jean Blel avucei ascend his monoplane 91 yards in 3 minutes 3 seconds in a near vertical spiral after flying across the Alps earlier this year.
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Reims
France
Jean Blelavucei
Alps
Pattangall Withdraws From U S Attorney General Race
William M. Pattangall of Waterville former Maine attorney general withdrew as a candidate for United States attorney general. He cited a desire to remain in Maine as the reason for stepping aside, per a Washington despatch to the Express Advertiser dated December 3.
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Maine
Portlan
William M. Pattangall
Waterville
United States
Washington
Hold Fair and Sale Aids Civil War Home in Roxbury
A sale and supper to benefit the Governor John A. Andrew Home for Civil War Veterans and their wives was held yesterday afternoon in the church parlors at 16 Woodbine Street Roxbury. The fair was very successful and netted a substantial amount for the home.
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John A. Andrew
Woodbine Street
Roxbury
Auto Thieves Take Notice Society Considers Car Thefts
A humorous notice reports the Dedham society, famed for horse thievery justice, may shift to tracking automobile thieves. It imagines wanted ads for stolen cars, describing models like a 1908 runabout and a 1918 Blue Streak, and offers rewards for information leading to recovery.
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Dedham
Mass
Ring
Tiberul Teward
The Loan Shark Explained in a Plymouth Letter
A Plymouth correspondent signs as I M A Fish asks about the loan shark. The reply portrays the loan shark as a game fish feeding on the financially strained, loaning at high interest while caring little for principal. It notes how borrowers risk losing value beyond money if unable to pay the interest.
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Plymouth
I. M. A. Fish
Confidential Confabs and Household Quips From A Society Page
A garbled humor column presents tips and quips from a busy domestic scene. Characters include a cautious MILLICENT, a HOT HEAD, a PERPLEXED WIFE, a LAUNDRYMAN, a MRS. NEWLYWED, and a FARMER, each offering tongue in cheek advice about stockings, temper, cigars, missing clothes, slippers, and eggs with playful hints of consumer services.
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Millicent
42 Beans and a Brick Incident in New Hampshire
A man arrested for malicious mischief allegedly threw a brick through a restaurant window after being charged 15 cents for a plate with 42 baked beans. The piece mocks high living costs and beans shortages, joking about entitlements and bean counts.
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Carroll County
N. H
New England
Elm trees cut down in Hopkinton and local happenings
An 89 year old Hopkinton resident Marcus Chauncy Phipps witnessed the cutting of two famous elm trees set out in 179% by Rev. Nathaniel Howe. Other notes mention spring sap, a maple limb removed during work, a Salem clock hand theft, community improvement talks on Huntington Avenue, and railway wage-arbitration activities affecting Boston & Maine conductors.
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Marcus Chauncy Phipps
Hopkinton
Oxford
C. P. Kerry
Huntington Avenue
Gloucester
Newton
Boylston Street
Exeter Street
Massachusetts Avenue
M. H. Gulesian
James B. Thornton
Chester E. Sawyer
Messrs
Halloran and
Donovan
Pollock
Tyter
Boston & Maine
Arbitration Board
I Didn't Propose It Was Henry Who Did Proposing
A bashful Henry earns the burden of a quiet proposal as Zilphie narrates how her father pushes the couple to settle. The staged scene unfolds with drink requests and a door peeped by the mother, ending in a slap and a cheer as Henry is deemed to have declared himself.
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Henry
Father
Harry
Mother
Henry Bascom
Demise Distant Do you think a person can be too healthy
A fragmentary line questions excess health and hints at family wealth with a mention of a rich uncle, suggesting a reflective or dialogic newspaper snippet. The incomplete text implies a personal anecdote or serialized reflection in a feature column.
King’s Surgeon Honored by National Institute on Lusitania Voyage
Sir Rickman J. Godlee, surgeon to King Geovfrey of England and president of the Royal College of Surgeons, was named an honorary member of the National Institute of Social Sciences in New York. Dr. J. M. T. Finey presented a gold medal on behalf of the American College of Surgeons in recognition of notable service to humanity before his Lusitania voyage.
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New York
Rickman J. Godlee
King Geovfrey
England
Roya College of Surgeons of England
National Institute of Social Sciences
J. M. T. Finey
Institute
American College of Surgeons
Egyptian feminism moves forward amid tradition and revolt
A Cairo congress of Mohammedan women sparked debate on girls’ education, divorce rights, and choosing a husband. Kassim Amin Bey advocates polygamy prohibition and liberal education, while upper-class women increasingly discard veils and study in Europe. Rural women remain confined to poverty, and divorce and arranged marriages face reform as education expands. Progress appears slow but visible.
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Egypt
Cairo
Kassim Amin Bey
Court of Appeals
Near East
Europe
Paris
Mildred Champagne Advice on a Long-Distance Love
A letter from a 20 year old seeks counsel on a romance with a man 30 miles away who has not replied after invitations and letters. She fears waiting longer and asks if attending theatre with a friend was right while declaring deep love. The adviser warns against waiting for someone who does not reciprocate.
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Miss Champagne
Meise
Wil
Sue
Sadest month of all a winter plea for the poor
A 1913 verse by Walt Mason condemns indifference to winter hardship. It laments the cold season’s threat to poor and old, asks who will provide bread, wood, pies and canned goods, and urges readers to share warmth and care rather than ignore those in need. It condemns shoddy wealth and calls for compassion.
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Dame Fortune
Walt Mason
George Matthew Adams
The Desert Air and a Modern Girl’s Angling Hope
A newspaper writer laments wasted sweetness in life and urges resilience. The modern woman declines despair, choosing to fish again rather than sorrow, suggesting the world ignores moaning and offers new chances.
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Marianna
Fragmentary proverb mentions perseverance and restraint
The passage notes that perseverance applies to men and matters alike and warns against wearing one’s heart on the sleeve, emphasizing the value of steady effort over open emotion.
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