The Boston Post Dec 15 1908 Holiday Edition Notice
The text lists publication details for The Boston Post dated December 15 1908 including price plans for daily and Sunday editions, subscription rates for six months and one year, and notes on payment in advance and mailing. It names FE A Grozier as editor and publisher and provides office contact numbers and addresses.
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FE. A. Grozier
Boston Voters Urged to Choose Best Man for City Posts
The piece urges Boston residents to ignore party labels in today’s municipal election and vote for the most capable and trustworthy candidates. It emphasizes local gain, informed judgment, and casting the biggest vote for the community’s benefit.
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Boston
Postage Stamps Costs Draw Fire Over Boston Deficit
Postmaster General Meyer rejects city blame for a departmental deficit. The Finance Commission reports the printing plant spent 25 000 on postage stamps last year and only 14 000 this year. A 4600 gap between stamps purchased and accounted for prompts questions about efficiency and potential explanations.
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Meyer
Boston
Finance Commission
Harriman Mouth Shut Under Interstate Commission Pressure
The Supreme Court action against J. H. Harriman cerrtains that he may be compelled to testify or face federal court. The piece notes Rockefeller’s silence and the Interstate Commerce Commission’s scrutiny ahead of a Boston hearing, urging powers need clarity.
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United States Supreme Court
J. H. Harriman
Interstate Commerce Commission
Harriman
Rockefeller
Interstate Commerce
Boston
Call for Study on Football Deaths and Injuries
The piece notes 118 deaths and 1343 injuries over eight years with 15 deaths and 338 accidents this year. It urges athletic committees from six leading universities to analyze the causes and suggest further rule changes to reduce danger.
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White House
War by Telegraph Transforms U S War Games on Field
The U S army plans a novel war game using field maneuvers on a large scale with telegraph instruments. Officers will move from map rooms to the battlefield and signals corps will declare war, with real headquarters and practical operations.
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United States Army
Europe
Sub-Calibre Practice and Real Field Drills Urged for Army
The author argues that imaginary warfare and manless tactics lack value. Sub-calibre naval practice yielded one hit in 2000 shots at Santiago, while actual target drills boosted navy efficiency by about 1500 percent. He says every soldier and officer should train in real maneuvers at least once yearly and urges Congress to limit sub-calibre practice.
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Santiago
Congress
Roosevelt Strategy in Brownsville Clash Shapes Senate Fight
The Brownsville discharge controversy tests President Roosevelt as commander in chief and pits his testimony against Senator Foraker. Congress shows sharp partisan fault lines as both sides trade accusations of coerced confessions and fabrications. The dispute, plus Panama and secret service issues, clouds his final term ahead of recess.
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Brownsville
White House
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Senator Foraker
Ohio
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Civil service and the census political reform debate
The piece argues against spoilsmen controlling 4000 census clerks and post office appointments. It warns that partisan hires threaten accuracy and waste, urging the Senate to strike the objectionable provision and support a nonpartisan civil service framework.
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Organ Recital At Ruggles Street Baptist Church
Boston area churches report rising attendance from weekly organ recitals. Ruggles Street Baptist announces an recital tomorrow night by Professor John Hermann Loud of Newton amid broader Christmas preparations and special decor and music programs planned across churches.
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Newton
The Man and the Furnace A Snow Time Ballad
Newton Newkirk presents a comic ballad set on Mount Washington Everett Massachusetts. A husband calms a stubborn furnace by daring action and sacrifice as his wife supports him. The tale ends with the furnace going out and a reflective note from a white robed figure.
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A Word to Baldheads and Vindication by the Army
A humorous exchange on baldness cites a Washington Herald piece praising baldheaded men as good-natured and optimistic. The text lampoons hair loss and recalls a rallying message from the Baldheaded Army while joking about flies and barber chair quips.
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Accuss
Miss Fitz and the East Man Clash Over Shakespeare
A playful exchange erupts as a young man from the East jokes about Miss Fitz of St. Louis having read all of Shakspere. She fires back that she has read his works entirely except for anything possibly written in the last year.
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Lucky youth Diggs-Lucky fellow of that Greene
Diggs praises Greene for a successful western move last spring. He notes Greene returned without needing financial help or letters home.
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Greene
Biggs
Observant Citizen Notes Local Meetings and Events
The Observant Citizen records upcoming Lexington Chapter D A R meeting at Mrs Bordman Hall 738 Mountfort Street with speaker Colonel J Payson Bradley and soprano Miss Gladys Olmstead. It also mentions a Cork Weekly and Weekly Herald Dublin supplement photo of the Boston Diocese centenary parade and various Boston social notes and local misadventures.
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Ireland
Boston Daily Post
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President Roosevelt to wear boots made in Brockton Mass
A Chicago News spoof notes President Roosevelt will receive hunting boots from a Brockton factory. The calfskin boots will be made to measure with eyelets and double soles, plus a plaster cast for a custom last. The piece teases hunting shirts and suspenders, tongue in cheek about a grand wardrobe update.
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Roosevelt
Broceston
Mass
Brockton
Chicago News
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