Boston Post announces publication details and pricing
The Boston Post issues daily from 259 Washington Street Boston MA dated February 1 1910. It lists subscription rates ahead for 1 year six months and three months and notes Canada per copy pricing. It provides postal information payment terms and editor contact details for EB A Grosier publisher and editor.
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Post Publishing Co
Washington St
Boston
Mass
The
Sunday Post
Canada
Post Publishing Company
Help France: Congress urged to send aid to Paris
An opinion piece urges Congress to appropriate one million dollars for Paris, arguing humanitarian aid would strengthen U S French friendship more than battleships. The author calls for immediate action in Washington and frames relief as a practical gesture of goodwill.
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Congress of the
United States
Paris
France
Washington
Private wire telegraph alarms fade with future system
The author argues that multiple private telegraph stations create needless naval and military alarm but calls for a regulated publicity guided system. Citing the Atlantic cable as precedent, the piece claims amateur experiments will push toward a perfected general network and benefit commerce and international communication.
Get Every Cent Congressman Hints Beef Trust Probe
Congressman Coudrey of Missouri seeks a House inquiry into beef price fixing after Swift & Co publicized letters. The resolution urges a thorough national investigation into cold storage and supply reduction tactics used to inflate prices, noting others besides Swift & Co. have circulated similar cautions to branch managers.
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Coudrey
Missouri
Swift & Co
Beef Trust
The New Regime in Boston Reform Tone Described
Less than a week remains before Boston shifts from the old charter to a new framework. The piece argues the new charter favors business management over party politics and warns the outgoing government has little left to do beyond retirement. It notes unresolved civic problems and stresses the council's pivotal role in realizing promised reforms.
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Boston
Megantic to Run Between Port and Liverpool This Spring
The White Star Line announces its new 15,000 ton ocean greyhound Megantic will be placed on the service between this port and Liverpool in the spring. The move signals expansion for the line as summer travel plans begin to unfold.
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White Star Line
Liverpool
Boston Demands Direct Transatlantic Service to Antwerp
The Red Star Line plans direct Antwerp service, strengthening Boston’s claim to metropolitan transatlantic routes. New York remains the embarkation hub, but Boston’s demand for first class accommodations and modern ships shows New England will gain substantial patronage if quality is sustained.
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Red Star
Antwerp
Boston
New York
New England
Boston's crowded districts amid immigration report rebuttal
The Immigration Commission's Boston finding marks the city as worst for recent immigrants per 100 rooms, 144 vs New York's 139, but critics warn statistics are imperfect. They argue room conditions, locality sampling, and home ownership rates affect readings, noting Boston's higher home ownership and urging cautious conclusions about comparative congestion.
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Immigration Commission
Boston
New York
Gotham
Manhattan
Better Slow Than Wrong Taft Faces Deliberation Over Bills
President Taft critics say Congress slows needed laws amid investigations. Bills on trusts, postal savings banks, and public land withdrawals await findings from inquiries into living costs, mail costs, and Ballinger Pinchot. He urges patience to avoid faulty enactment.
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Taft
Congress
Postal Department
Mr. Taft
Ways and Means to Probe High Price Toll in Washington
Rep McCall backs a House resolution to study the high price problem through the Ways and Means Committee in Washington. Champ Clark aids, with expectation the House will back the move amid public interest and curiosity about tariff links to living costs. In unrelated notes a Scranton man fined five dollars for two unsolicited kisses sent by telephone, a judge ruling the action improper and worth a small penalty.
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McCall
Ways and Means Committee
House
Washington
Champ Clark
Scranton
Penn
Up Central
Buckland Named Assistant to New Haven President Mellen
In an executive order from President Mellen the duties of assistant to the president of the New York New Haven and Hartford Railroad will be assumed March 1 by E G Buckland vice president with office in New Haven He replaces Fabian who was named purchasing manager earlier today.
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New Haven, Conn
Mellen
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company
E. G. Buckland
Bis City
Buckland
Fabian
First Aid to Cupid in Pittsburg Matrimony Quest
The Rev. Wright Gibson of Pittsburgh, Penn., demands an income of at least $2000 a year to perform a marriage. He argues that love must face cost of living, housing, and food, or the union should not proceed. The piece ribbingly notes high living pressures threaten romance and warns of financial wreckage if couples proceed on love alone.
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Wright Gibson
Pittsburg
Penn
Gibson
Lfe
Cupid
Mr. Gibson
Wellesley girls in practice face faculty ban on spectators
Wellesley College bans spectators from the girls practice field. A humorous note suggests faculty appointing a special officer to patrol the field to keep curious young men from watching the bloomers as they train, underscoring social norms of propriety in athletics.
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Wellesley
Business horse eyed at Shaw's Stable in Attleboro
An Attleboro Mass newspaper notes a rare first class business horse at Shaw's Stable EF Tennant Tel 159 R4. This horse is sound fearless weighs 1050 pounds and is suitable for a business role. the piece contrasts gentler horses with those that fear cars or automobiles, highlighting a rare truthful business horse able to perform stenography and office tasks.
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Shaw’s
Tennant
Attleboro (Amass
The Highest Salaried Jobs Go Begging
A brief note in Little Memoirs recalls that the top paying positions often go unfilled. The quotation highlights a perceived mismatch between pay and recruitment in business roles.
Experienced baggage man tackles rampaging elephant
An elephant rampage prompts a managerie proprietor to reveal the use of an experienced baggage man who knows how to smash trunks. The exchange shows practical, if blunt, problem solving in a rarely calm compromise.
Inevitable Poem Ends in Acceptance of Time
A brief dialogue shows a poet and friend debating a poem titled Inevitable. The friend questions the title while the poet asserts acceptance as the only true tie, reflecting on persistence despite failed alternatives.
A Little Winter Journey to Sunnier Climes
A view of the picturesque north coast of Jamaica near Port Antonio captured in a Jamaica travel scene. The photo caption notes a winter journey to sunnier climes with Underwood and Underwood as copyright source.
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Underwood & Underwood
New York
Jamaica
Port Antonio
Jamaica Coastline and Mountains Highlight Island Travel
The Jamaica coast offers picturesque harbors at Kingston Port Antonio Port Morant and Montego Bay with a five day island circuit by coastal steamer costing 165 dollars. Blue Mountain Peak rises 7423 feet in Portland midway between Port Antonio and Kingston, and ten other peaks exceed 2000 feet.
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Jamaica
West Indies
Kingston
Port Antonio
Port Morant
Montego Bay
Blue Mountain
Portland
Island climate zones and vegetable potential described
The text outlines diverse altitudes creating varied climates on the island. Sea level temperatures reach 70 degrees while mountains drop to around 8 degrees and occasionally to 45. It notes three vegetation zones tropical temperate and sub Arctic merging in a broad, confusing display.
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México
Commandant Fremont to Boston Navy Yard at New Year
The new commandant of the Charlestown Navy Yard, Captain John C. Freemont, arrives as he takes up duties and recalls his years as a newspaper man. The notes cover his background, a fast train run, a dental clinic in Revere, a cat’s return to Ireland, a New Yorker misadventure at a Dudley street terminal, an honest handbag incident on an elevated train, and community notices including the Boston Press Club move and Bingville Club singing event.
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John C. Freemont
William Chambers
Charlestown Navy Yard
Sam
Admiral Swift
Homestead
New York
Fremont
Irement
Boston
Mississippi
Natchez
Dudley Street
South Station
Dudley Terminal
t+ b&b bt
Dudley Street Terminal
West Loop
Washington Street
Boston Press Club
Beacon Street
Bett
Margaret Quinlan
Roxbury
Barbara Jacobs
W Hough
Bingville Club
Hough's Neck
T.omas Spry
Cohan and Harris
Thomas Rooney
James P. A. Purcell
Sport Flaherty
The New Year Vow by Walt Mason
A short verse fragment from 1909 notes transient things like snow and morning fading, with personified dawn and a weary New Year Vow debating ends and returns. The reader senses cyclical time, humor, and seasonal mood in a compact moral vignette.
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Aurora
Walt Mason
George Matthew Adams
Skin Sufferers' Doubt Is Removed
Doubting eczema sufferers offered a 25 cent trial bottle of the standard remedy. A wash of oil of wintergreen thymol and glycerine as in D. D. D. Prescription, promoted by Riker Jaynes Drug Stores. Instant itch relief expected with first use and hundreds of cures cited.
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Riker-Jaynes Drug Stores
Evasive report backs Cook stay claim as invention
A Tageblatt correspondent in Eberbach says the claim that Dr. Frederick A. Cook stayed at Roggenau Sanitarium is an invention, challenging the story and suggesting misinformation.
Varied Plant Displays Highlight Hope Castleton Gardens
A description notes the distinct varieties at Hope and Castleton botanical gardens and Cinchona government plantation, claiming a richer display than any gardens of comparable size. It also mentions a Wednesday Post 9 photo of market gardeners en route to Kingston.
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Hope and Castleton
Cinchona
Kingston
Resignation Tenders From Boston Pastor Rowley
The Rev Francis H Rowley of the First Baptist Church will resign effective the last Sunday in February He will become president of the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and the American Humane Society Robert Luce spoke at Immanuel Walnut Avenue Church on Industrial Disputes The Rt Rev Sheldon Griswold consecrated the new altar at St Augustine and St Martin Episcopal Church Yale Professor Benjamin Bacon spoke on the value of miracles at Pilgrim Hall noting many miracles may have natural explanations
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Francis H. Rowley
First Baptist Church
Dr. Rowley
George T. Angell
Massachusetts Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To Animals
American Humane Society
Robert Luce
Somerville
Immanuel Walnut Avenue Congregational Church
Sheldon N. Griswold
Salina
Kan
St. Augustine and St. Martin ‘Episcopal Church
Lenox Street
Benjamin W. Bacon
Yale University
Pilgrim Hall
Fashions and Fads Spotlight New Linen Suits and Accessories
Net is everywhere to the fore with linen suits edged in lace and dance frocks in tulle with chenille dots. Swiss embroid ered with colored dots appears in new gowns and a cloth handbag to match the suit trends. Short coats rule the smart look, ivory gray and green satin fashions appear for evening wear, and a military cut coats and wraps gains favor. Japanese corded silks attract those seeking unusual fabrics as veils enlarge to scarf-like dimensions.
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Groundsee
Revere
Brayford Therine
D. B. Wiswell
Newtonville
Ireland
United States District
Mark Sullivan
Federal
Sullivan
Henry ©. Sheldon
Cherry Street
Newton
Frank Repetto
Beachmont
Genoa
Italy
Repetto
Rockland
Repettos
Greater Boston
DR. FP
A. Cook
Morse
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