Post Boston daily issue December 22 1908 no 71
The Boston Post 1908 publication details list subscription rates including six months 1.50, three months 75 cents, one month 25 cents. The Sunday Post annual price 2.50 and 0.65 for three months. Entries note Canadian per copy rate 9 cents and mail handling policy. Editor E A Grozier directs circulation and office contacts.
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Post Publishing Co
Washington St
Boston
Mass
THE
Sunday Post
Canada
Post Publishing Company
Mr. Carnegie Opposes Steel Tariff On Capitol Remarks
Andrew Carnegie testified before a Washington tariff committee, challenging the need for import protection. He argued lifting the tax would foster economy and industry, labeling steel protection a tax on enterprise. Carnegie claimed the committee merely needed to use its brains to see the truth.
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Washington
Andrew Carnegie
Subpena
Carnegie
Committee of Congress
United States
Merchants Seek Parade Limits in Boston Business District
A strong petition to the Board of Aldermen asks denial of parade permits in the business district east of Tremont Street. Merchants claim parades block traffic cause losses and delays, and urge protection of commercial interests for public convenience and trade access.
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Board of Aldermen
Boston Chamber of Commerce
Tremont Street
Drop It Altogether on Northern Avenue Bridge Veto
A city board debate over a Northern avenue bridge franchise, vetoed by the Mayor, stalled for months as the Good Government Association claimed a future two thirds majority to pass over the veto. With an upcoming meeting, the question is whether Aldermen will override the veto or drop the issue.
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Board of Aldermen
Northern Avenue Bridge
Good Government Association
Brand
Self supporting wife rule shocks 1920s readers
Judge Foster in the New York Court of General Sessions rules a wife has no right to expect support from a husband who earned six dollars a week at marriage. He suggests the wife must seek her own living if the husband’s salary is modest, altering traditional marital expectations.
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Warren W. Foster
New York Court of General Session
Foster
Toll of the Hunting Season Opens Debate on Spending Reports
The Boston Board of Aldermen pushes for detailed itemized expenditures aligning with Mayor Hibbard to curb waste. An editorial warns that lax licensing raises gun accidents in New Hampshire and urges mandatory marksmanship and gun-knowledge tests before issuing hunting licenses.
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Board of Aldermen
Hibbard
Board of Aldermen of Boston
New Hampshire
Archaeology Visioning America's Ancient Civilizations
C. Gar Box argues the United States led early archaeological discovery abroad and may host the oldest civilization, citing Casa Grande studies under the Smithsonian. He also shares a humorous home coal-sifting routine contrasting old and new methods.
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United States
Zunis
le Plongeon
Yucatan
Nebuchadnezzar
Babylon
Darius
Persia
Mediterranean
Nile
Euphrates
Babylonia
Arizona
Casa Grande
Smithsonian Institution
Problems with Protection in Insular Possessions
The piece argues free trade for the Philippines and import duties on coffee in Porto Rico as evidence against the protective principle. It claims Philippine policy favors free trade with the United States while Porto Rico seeks duties to aid local coffee growers, suggesting protectionism hurts both territories.
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Philippines
United States
Porto Rico
Duty of six cents a pound proposed for Philippine coffee imports
Advocates in Washington urge a six cent per pound duty on all Philippine coffee imports. They argue the Philippines produce little coffee for U S consumption, exposing a failure of protectionist tariffs and calling for free trade for Philippine products compared with Hawaii and Porto Rico. They emphasize the burden on American consumers and question insular policy.
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Philippines
Washington
United States
Porto Rico
Hawaii
Letter on Drawbridge Timing for Chelsea East Boston Route
Chelsea resident urges a law to limit draw openings on the East Boston Chelsea bridge during rush hours to reduce streetcar delays. He notes good current service on the Chelsea line but bills cars held at the draw as excessive and cites a similar Chelsea Charlestown bridge rule as a model.
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Boston
Chelsea Line
Chelsea-Charlestown Bridge
Chelsea
Simplified Rapid Transit Plan for Washington Street Route
The writer proposes giving Washington street trains a clear track to Dudley street by ending Atlantic avenue service at the Washington street junction. An elevated station would be built at the junction with crossways beneath the structure. A shuttle circuit would run in opposite directions along the old subway route to South and North stations, Park, Boylston, and Pleasant streets, ending at the Washington street junction and extending to North station via Atlantic.
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Railroad Commission
Washington Street
Dudley Street
Atlantic Avenue
Park, Boylston
Pleasant Streets
Pleasant, Boylston
Park Street
North Station
Atlantic
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