Boston Post subscription rates and mailing details 1915
The Boston Post dated December 20, 1915 lists daily and Sunday subscription rates for U S and Canada including annual, semiannual, quarterly and monthly options. It covers foreign editions, Canada postage, district surcharges, and payment instructions to avoid cash or stamps. It also notes editor contact points and claims the paper’s large circulation.
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Dalfly
U. S
Canada
Sunday Post
Boston
Post Publishing CO
Walz Discusses German Aims and Liberal Motives
Harvard professor Walz argues Germany supports national independence and a new Europe with altruistic motives. He questions whether the Kaiser shares this view and cites Belgium as an example in a Clark University lecture.
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Germany
Walt
Harvard
Clark University
Belgium
Walz
Boston Police Describe Confederate Money Swindle Case
Boston police recount a man they arrested for swindling hotels by presenting Confederate money as payment and vanishing after receiving change. The tale casts doubt on whether hotel clerks could be deceived by such currency.
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Boston
Unknown Leader on Tour Heads For Public Return
The Advertiser weighs a “very critical period of our history” and calls for a man of unusual strength to guard American interests. The subject is currently away on a tour, last seen at the White House in Washington, where he has resided for nearly three years and enjoys public support for a longer stay.
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White House
Washington
German loan drive questioned by foreign exchange data
The piece notes a German proposed 2.5 billion loan backed by patriotism but questions the credibility of German credit based on foreign exchange. It cites the German mark trading below parity in New York and Geneva with Austrian kronen at substantial discounts, arguing gold remains the true basis of credit.
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Reichstag
Geneva
New York
Coal Shortage Sparks Domestic Price Worries
Rising coal costs alarm households as supply remains at Pennsylvania mines but transport bottlenecks worsen. The Pennsylvania railroad halted freight to New York to avert a nationwide blockade, with exceptions for foodstuffs and coal for essential needs.
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Pennsylvania
Atlantic
Pennsylvania Railroad
New York
Railroads Face Coal Price Pressure Amid Transportation Strain
The text notes dependence on rail transport for goods including sailing vessels and a likely tax on households due to further coal price increases unless railroads solve the problem. It emphasizes concern over pricing and the broader burden on consumers without predicting specific outcomes yet.
A Prosperous Yuletide Forecast Surpasses Last Year
The nation's Christmas outlook is vastly brighter than in 1914 as farmers report record harvests and high prices while mills and factories run at high capacity. Labor enjoys steady employment and rising wages with big bonuses anticipated from corporations as profits soar and prosperity continues.
Landmark Cambridge bank directors ruled liable for losses
Judge Bingham in Boston holds the directors of the National City Bank of Cambridge financially responsible for losses caused by dishonesty of clerk George W. Coleman. The decision urges lenders to exercise actual oversight, not passive trust, and could herald a new era in banking if upheld by the Supreme Court.
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Bingham
United States District Court
Boston
National City Bank of
Cambridge
George W. Coleman
High Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Coleman
New York
Boston Herald
New England and New York pay most income tax
Commissioner of Internal Revenue data shows Massachusetts paid 2,674,436 dollars in 1915 and New York 42.9 percent of total income tax. The report says wealth concentrates taxation in the region, arguing regional disparities reflect available income to tax and should be welcomed, not resented.
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Commissioner of Internal Revenue
New England
New York State
United States
Massachusetts
New York
Arkansas
New Mexico
Think for Yourself and Find Your Gift
Nature endowed you with working tools to chisel out your own opinions. Do not imitate others or rely on borrowed brains. Find a specialty you can excel at, develop it, and success will follow your path.
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Nature
Doc Johnson
Old Doc
Miss Champagne
Hunters report mysterious Mt Abram creature hunt
Arthur Tucker and companions return from a Maine hunting trip with one deer consumed and two brought home. Tucker describes a reddish animal taller than a fox with no horns, while skeptics doubt a wampus, arguing it may be misidentified and urging scientific description to settle the mystery.
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Franklin (Me
Arthur Tucker
John H. Gilkey
E. E. Flood
Alton Tucker
Sfriday
Mt. Abram
Arthur
Rangeley
Smithsonian Institute
Washington
Institute
Alexander the Great wins at Granicus and expands into Asia Minor
The Granicus battle yields a swift Macedonian victory with heavy Persian losses. Alexander’s care for wounded and the spoils, including 300 armor suits sent to Athens, boost morale and support. Sardis capitulates, Epheus surrenders, and Alexander secures coastal control while promising a Zeus temple on Sardis.
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Alexander
Orient
Athens
Acropolis
Macedon
Granicus
Asia Minor
Sardis
Zeus
Ephesus
Paris
Tomorrow's Picture A Siege in Ancient Days
A terse note quotes a speaker named Arthur and discusses declining to classify an animal seen until full details are provided. The fragment references a “Silver Throated Siiver Cat” and mentions years of living down a past mistake, ending with a formal request for complete information.
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Arthur
Phillips Brooks bronze statue ready for casting in Boston
The new Phillips Brooks statue modeled by Bela Pratt is ready to be cast in bronze and placed in a corner of the old Boston Brooks loved, though the exact site is undecided. Other notes include retired Nahant Life Saving Station keeper Captain Nehemiah Hayman after 33 years service, and school plans to use movies at the High School of Commerce to show manufacturing processes.
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Phillips Brooks
Bela Pratt
Boston
Pratt
Mr. Brooks
Madison Avenue
New York
Mr. Pratt
Nehemiah Hayman
Nahant
Hayman
Coast Guard Service
Wellfleet
Peabody
High School of Commerce
Oldest Inhabitant recalls record December weather
The oldest resident lists the coldest and warmest Dec 20 readings, noting 11 degrees below zero in 1875 with a 31 degree rise, 10 below in 1884 reaching 6 above, and recent extremes of 22 below in 1909 and 47 above in 1905. Two stormy Dec 20ths occurred in 1906 and 1910.
Weather Talk Eclipses War Rhetoric As Mason Warns
A humorous 1915 verse satirizes heated war debates and boasts of loyal slogans. The speaker urges calm and proposes discussing weather instead to avoid further quarrels and vanity in public discourse.
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