Subscription rates and mailing terms for The Boston Post
The notice lists daily and Sunday subscription prices for one year six months and shorter terms. It notes Canada copies at 10c each and that all money should be sent by check or money order to POST PUBLISHING COMPANY with no cash and at sender risk.
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THE
Sunday Post
Canada
Boston
Maia
Post Publishing Company
Arlington
Chelsea
Cambridge
Roxbury
British Elections Leave No Clear Parliament Balance
Early returns show Unionist gains minimal at up to three seats while Liberal coalition held 397 seats and Unionists 273 in the last Parliament. The ongoing vote suggests the government coalition with Laborites and Irish Nationalists will still control in the new session.
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Laborites
Back Bay Develops With New YMCA Location
The decision to place the new YMCA on Huntington Avenue marks a step in Back Bay growth joining Horticultural Hall Symphony Hall the Museum of Fine Arts Harvard Medical School and the Boston Opera House as prominent landmarks in the expanding district.
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Young Men's Christian Association
Huntington Avenue
Our City
Horticultural Hall
Symphony Hall
Museum of Fine Arts
Harvard Medical School
Boston Opera House
The
Christian Association
Back Bay
Lippitt Criticized as Tariff Dictator in Aldrich Saga
A vigorous American Magazine piece assails Henry F. Lippitt for alleged cotton schedule manipulation in the Fayne Aldrich law. It denounces Lippitt’s methods as hypocrisy and argues he would advance Aldrich policies if elected to the U S Senate, urging Rhode Island to choose a more worthy Republican candidate.
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Aldrich
Henry F. Lippitt
Rhode Island
United States Senate
Senate
Belmont dodges question on race fund use in betting inquiry
August Belmont, noted New York magnate and race track gambling advocate, refuses to reveal how funds received during anti-betting campaigns were spent. He insists the money was used as intended, but the committee seeks the exact purpose and destination of the funds.
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Belmont
Jockey Club
New York Investigating Committee
Bowco Cash
Éisiators
Vine Street
Dudley Street
Pisa
Belmont Refuses Details on Lobbying Payments
Mr. Belmont declines to disclose how much money went to lobbyists and influential officials, arguing the questions are misleading. He suggests the inquiry risks harming the banker's reputation by prolonging the matter.
New York Public Service Orders Seats for Interborough Travel
The New York Public Service Commission orders the Interborough to provide seats during non peak hours. Boston observers envy New York rail policy as the company faces potential penalties for non compliance. The piece mocks Massachusetts officials and imagines a similar mandate in Boston.
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Public Service Commission
Great Interborough Company
Disobedi
Boston
New York State
Massachusetts Railroad Commission
Elevated
Milk Street
Monetary Reform and the Drive for a Central Bank
The report by Secretary of the Treasury MacVeagh calls for urgent banking and currency reform to prevent panics, though no concrete plan is offered. The Monetary Commission led by Aldrich and Bailey may propose a central bank this session, but Democrats oppose a Wall Street controlled financial pool, casting doubt on any immediate law.
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Aldrich and
Bailey
Congress
Wall Street
Aldrich
Private gift would set aside Vermont hill for public use
Joseph Battele of Carhel offers his private reservation of 1000 acres at Hump in Vermont for public enjoyment with the condition that virgin forest be preserved and paths kept open. The piece contrasts this with New Hampshire White Hills where lumbermen prevail and notes a pending congressional measure to create a national reservation.
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Carhel’s Hump
Vermont
Atlantic
Green Mountains
New England
Battele
White Hills
New Hampshire
Congress
Calls for unity in Boy Scout groups amid rival camps
A newspaper editorial urges peace between the Boy Scouts of America and the American Boy Scouts, arguing that two rival camps harm the movement. It commends Boston efforts to unite the groups without surrender, proposing amalgamation with honor to boost efficiency and preserve distinct identities.
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Boy Scouts
England
Boy Scouts of America
American Boy Scouts
Boston
Butterman Peters Meal Tells Humorous Tale
A humor caption references a nobleman's ditty and a customer questioning butter rank. The exchange features a comic line about origin and flavor amid a light newsy tone.
Wampus hunt letters reveal comic scam and olive oil tale
A playful correspondence reveals Prof Multimpkins pressing for a live wampus from Boston with $200 offered, while the hunter reports nine sightings and a failed chloroform capture amid jokes about agriculture and rural crop damage. He asks for $175 upfront as partial payment.
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Prof
Multimpkins
Pittsfield
Mass
Hobble skirt debate signals fashion economics in letters
A readers exchange questions the hobble skirt cost claim. A husband argues it saves fabric while a correspondent counters that tailors charge for style, not material, and mocks impractical wardrobe shortcuts.
Lunch Break Card Warns of Short Absence
A note reads gone to lunch back tomorrow morning indicating a brief shop closure. The card suggests midday closure for lunch with the door left on display to inform visitors.
Prohibition Campaign Opens for Hawaii Islands
Washington December 8 A bill introduced by Representative Miller of Kansas launches a campaign for prohibition in the Hawaiian islands. The measure seeks to establish nationwide liquor bans and marks a new phase in the federal prohibition effort.
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Washington
Hawaiian Islands
Miller
Kansas
The Courtship of Miles Standish Illustrations Volume
A feature from a newspaper page highlights The Courtship of Miles Standish with illustrations by Christy and others, including text of a Longfellow poem published with Houghton Mifflin Co. The excerpt from Book II Love and Friendship centers on Priscilla and a captain reading aloud as a secret nears exposure.
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Longfellow
New England
Howard Chandler Christy
Boughton, Reinhart, Merrill, Perkins
Hitchcock
Shapleigh
Houghton Mifflin Co
Priscilla
Chelsea High set to stage two winter plays
Readers learn the Chelsea High School English department under Miss E C Robbins will present Goldsmiths She Stoops to Conquer with pupils in all parts while the German department led by Miss Gertrude Shaw will present a German play.
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Chelsea High School
E. C. Robbins
Gertrude Shaw
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