Boston Post December 27 1910 front page
The Boston Post prints a December 27 1910 issue with postal information and subscriptions. It lists pricing for annual and half year plans and notes Canada rates. The notice asks subscribers to pay in advance and to notify the office if delivery fails. Editor and publisher is E A Grozier.
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Canada
Post Publishing Company
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E. A. Grozier
Beginning to Argue Doctor Cook Defends Arctic Trip
The article notes Doctor Cook shifts from humility to disputing Knud Rasmussen on his Arctic expedition. It portrays Cook as a capable advocate but declares his day in court over and that the verdict of the American people is settled with the regular term closed.
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Doe
Ananias Club
George Washington
Ellsworth Fiske
Somerville Board of Aldermen
Winter Hill
Hill
Fiske
College Bred Milkmen for Massachusetts Dairy Industry
The piece argues for expanding education at Amherst's Massachusetts Agricultural College toward milk production and handling. It cites agricultural schools in the South as proven models and asserts college trained milkmen would improve modern farming by applying tested experiments and shared successes to local dairy work.
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Massachusetts Agricultural College
Amherst
Agricultural College
South
Music Teachers National Association to visit Boston
Boston hosts the Music Teachers National Association this week marking the second such gathering in 25 years. The author extols Boston as the true musical center with its orchestra conservatory opera house and eminent composers and suggests a special Symphony Orchestra performance for the visitors.
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Boston
Music Teachers’ National Association
Outclassed in Van Winkle's Pathetic Put
Cryptic newspaper fragment notes a rebuke toward an unnamed group calling them to remember past failures. The text hints at naval ships and a shift in status, suggesting a critique of competence and recognition. Specific names or dates are not provided in readable form.
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van Winkle
Deterioration of War Vessels Sparks Call for Disarmament
The piece laments rapid decay in naval ships once praised as swift pirates, noting transatlantic liners could outrun cruisers like the Columbia and Minneapolis. It argues for peace and real disarmament as public funds keep fueling commissions for modernization of battleships Georgia and Virginia.
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Columbia
Minneapolis
Navy Department
Georgia
Virginia
Ohio Adams county vote selling scandal shocks electorate
A grand jury report reveals widespread vote selling in Adams county Ohio with 633 indictments 114 confessions and ongoing arrests. The scandal spans both parties with poll workers and a Gospel minister among those implicated. Fines and disfranchisement pursue a sweeping cleansing after 20 years of corruption.
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Adams County
Sugar Trust to Foul-Up Drawback Case repayment
The American Sugar Refining Company is expected to deposit 700000 in New York to settle drawback cases. The fraud involved misrepresenting sugar grade exported after refining to dodge duty rebates. The payout totals over 3 million, but accountability remains. DOJ proceedings will continue.
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American Sugar Refining Company
Sugar Trust
United States Sub-Treasury
New York
Treasury
Department of Justice
I'm Through Planning My Fate
The speaker complains that fate thwarts schemes and plans. He vows to stop fighting fate, acknowledging repeated defeats and the certainty that plans cannot succeed. He resolves to abandon further strategy and accept whatever happens.
Attended to His Worship Mrs Rustik
A dialog from Tit Bits recalls Mrs Rustik asking after her son John. A visitor from town replies that John is doing well, employed with the Mayor and attends worship daily. She notes how hard it was to get him to church when he stayed at home.
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Clarice
Old Doctor Cook Return Noted In New York Tale
Newton Newkirk recalls the spectacle of Doc Cook touring post polar fame, facing backlash over his Copenhagen voyage and Pole claim, amid crowd reactions and renewed public interest. A dated letter from Clarice solicits a $50,000 marriage offer, provoking a witty reply on marriage, money, and social norms.
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Claricer
Like One of Themselves A Lunatic Mistaken Praise
A new lunatic asylum superintendent meets an inmate who salutes him and says he is liked because he is more like them. The ruler responds politely and asks why. The inmate explains that the new official resembles a member of the group more closely than his predecessor.
The Courtship of Miles Standish in Notable Illustration Volume
A notable collection features Longfellow's New England poem with Howard Chandler Christy pictures and illustrations from sketches and paintings by Boughton Reinhart Merrill Perkins Hitchcock Shapleigh and others.
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New England
Howard Chandler Christy
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Merrill, Perkins
Hitchcock
Shapleigh
Alden and Standish Face Departure at Plymouth Rock
Alden lies feverish while Miles Standish rises armored and ready for action. The two men share a tense parting as the crew prepares at Plymouth Rock for the voyage. The Master hurries to cast off as Alden watches, memory and pride clouding a long friendship. The scene closes with the promise of tomorrow’s continuation in the Boston Post.
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Richard
Gilbert
Plymouth Rock
Alden
Boston Post
Christmas theatergoers brighten a cold holiday in Roxbury and Dorchester
The Observant Citizen notes a busy Christmas weekend with theatre crowds, lit streets on Beacon Hill, and a festive mood despite cold rain. Highlights include a singing band on Mt. Vernon and a dog on a trolley amusing riders. Also covered are Alderman Fiske’s retirement, chimes at Mission Church, and Maurice Hamill delivering Santa parcels pre Christmas.
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Mt. Vernon
Chestnut
Walnut Streets
Louisburg Square
Paul Revere
Mr. Ruffin
Roxbury
James Hayes
C. SS. R
Winter Then and Now Laments Gentle Modern Season
Poet Walt Mason laments modern winters as weak and refined compared to the brutal, bracing snows of old. He contrasts past winter’s brute power with today’s ladylike thaw and gauze shirtwaist image, urging one last blast of ice and blizzards.
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Dame Nature
Walt Mason
George Matthew Adams
Rowe's Christmas Sale Ends With Nail Prize Gaffe
A New York area advert promoter gave a coat hanger and a cigar lighter to all buyers of Christmas goods. Patrons drank heavily to obtain the free items but received nails and a match instead. Some customers raged at the bartender while others laughed at the clever advertising. The piece closes with a Chelsea car conductor who recites poems each morning at 7:45.
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Rowe's Wharf
Impromptu Verse Marks Route Through Scollay Square
A narrator notes an impromptu verse as a runner continues past Scollay Square and Tremont Row. An official’s musical call marks the end of the route and the distance completed.
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Scollay Square
Tremont Row
Inquest Opens Over Hawes Junction Scotch Express Disaster
In Kirkby Stephen England an inquest into the Hawes Junction disaster held near the wreck site paused for emotional relief. The railroad solicitor admitted full responsibility, citing a signalman’s momentary forgetfulness. Seven bodies identified from charred remains. twenty others missing and presumed burned.
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Kirkby Stephen
Eng
Scotch Express
Hawes Junction
Sewer Foreman Killed By Train In West Medford
Salvatore De Benedetto of 84 Prince Street, foreman of an Italian sewer gang, was struck and killed by an outward-bound Boston & Maine express train in West Medford yesterday while walking on the track.
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Prince Street
Boston & Maine
West Medford
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