Post Publishing Co December 24 1908 subscription rates
The Boston Post publishes its pricing for Daily and Sunday editions. Rates listed include daily one year $3.00 six months $1.50 three months 75 cents. Sunday one year $2.50 six months $1.25 three months 65 cents. Notices urge payment in advance and renewal or discontinuation details.
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Post Publishing Co
Washington St
Boston
Mass
THE
Sunday Post
Canada
Post
Tisk
Post Publishing Company
Mr Carnegie’s Bomb Shocks Committee Hearing
The Fileuse committee on ways and means wraps up hearings with Andrew Carnegie framing the issue. He claims the Steel Trust profits 15 dollars and a half per ton, charged to American industry under the Dingley tariff, while selling to foreigners cheaper. Republicans will shape tariff details, Democrats excluded from the private talks. Carnegie’s testimony highlights a $15.50 squeeze on U.S. industry for the Steel Trust’s gain.
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Fileuse Committee On
Ways and Means
Andrew Carnegie
Steel Trust
Trust
Congress
Carnegie
Let the Name Stand Park Square Lincoln Square Change Debate
Citizens weigh renaming Park square to Lincoln square and preserving historic sequence. Edwin D. Mead argues against replacing familiar street names, warning of sentimental value and loss of tradition for future generations.
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Park Square
Lincoln Square
Edwin D. Mead
Mr. Mead
Castro’s Exit Seen as Careful Plot Behind Coup
The piece argues Castro staged a clever departure, built wealth abroad, and orchestrated a revolution to avoid Civil War in Venezuela. It claims he planned the coup, profited from concessions, and seeks safety abroad while denying followers.
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Castro
Europe
Holland
Venezuela
Productive Tax Lets Inheritance Revenue Grow Narrowed to Expected Levels
The first year of the direct inheritance tax yields over a million in revenue, with Treasurer Chapin noting $357,529 from direct inheritances. Collateral legacy tax, active for 17 years, far exceeds prior records, while total future yearly receipts are projected to reach at least $2,000,000.
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Treasury of
the Commonwealth
Chapin
Labor Leaders Sentenced in AFL Confrontation Over Court Injunction
Justice Wright sentences Gompers Mitchell and Morrison to jail for contempt of court highlighting the clash over injunctions in labor disputes. The piece discusses lawful obedience, the risk of anarchy, and calls for statutory reform urged by Roosevelt Taft and publicists to curb injunctive abuses.
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Wright
Supreme Court of the District of Columbia
Gompers
Mitchell
Morrison
American Federation of Labor
Messrs. Gompers
Justice Wright
Bar
Roosevelt
Taft
The Battle of Commerce
This piece argues the United States produces far more wealth than it consumes and must market the surplus abroad. It highlights India South America and China as buyers and warns of competition with Japan and Britain over the open door. It calls for a proactive commerce policy as vital as naval power.
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United States
India
England
South Africa
South America
China
Japan
Great Britain
What exactly is a jiffy asks Bangor reader
Roy Smith asks how long a jiffy lasts and the Times tables answer that a jiffy is an infinitesimal fraction of a second and that 60 jiffies equal one second. The note jokes about overextended jiffies in business.
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Bangor
Roy Smith
Roy
All Sorts Q and A from Arlington to Cambridge
A section of reader questions and humorous replies covers bar etiquette in saloons and licensing for a peanut roaster, plus a playful math exchange on whether one is twice nothing. The column features letters from Arlington Massachusetts Haverhill Cambridge and Danvers with witty responses and local flavor.
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Haverhill
Mass
P. S
Newt
Cambridge
Danvers
A Question of Many Sides on New Year’s Eve Etiquette
A reader asks which escort side is proper for walking to dinner with his girlfriend on New Year’s Eve. The writer contends left or right side depends on crossing Broadway’s north south routes and changing sides at each street, while the girl’s preference remains unknown. The exchange ends with a playful suggestion to eat before the party.
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Broadway
Pawtucket
A. I. Cycle
The Penalty of Reputation
A boy laments being blamed for accidents and mischief, craving escape as he imagines piracy or banditry. He recalls recent punishments for minor misdeeds, feeling misunderstood and isolated while awaiting blame for everything that goes wrong.
I Am Tired of Licking for Things I Did Not Do
A boy laments being blamed for misdeeds by neighbors who accuse him of acts like stealing fruit, scaring a horse, or hiding a baby cab. He wishes for illness to gain sympathy and end the punishment for actions he did not commit.
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Grandma Perkins
Dicky Watson
Brown
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