Boston Post February 24 1916 subscription rates notice
The Boston Post announces subscription rates for United States Canada and foreign readers dated February 24 1916. It lists prices for daily Sunday and combined subscriptions with postage details and payment instructions including advance payment and notices for discontinuation. Edwin A Grozier is named editor and publisher.
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A Good Man to Represent United States in Petrograd
The piece endorses David R. Francis a former Secretary of the Interior and Missouri governor for the Petrograd post. It praises his proven ability diplomacy courage and firmness and argues he will serve honorably among American ambassadors in Europe after the war.
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Missouri
Court of
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Francis
Russia
Europe
President Wilson blocks alien draughtsmen postings
President Wilson takes a wise position in revoking the Civil Service Commission offer to aliens for draughtsmen roles in the Navy. He argues the move would expose designs and confidential points of warship construction. The action reflects a shift from the president’s ordinarily easygoing stance amid recent security concerns.
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Navy Department
Sam
Secretary Lansing declines Democratic State convention chair
Secretary Lansing declines to preside at the Democratic State convention in New York on March 1. He argues that foreign relations must remain nonpartisan and that leading a party convention would undermine that principle. He says diplomacy and politics should not mix, and the public is likely to agree.
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New York State
Fletcher Nomination as Ambassador to Mexico Endorsed
The Senate should confirm Henry P. Fletcher as ambassador to Mexico as recommended by the committee on foreign relations. The article argues there is no possible objection to his appointment and urges timely confirmation.
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Henry P. Fletcher
Mexico
Committee On Foreign Relations
Mr Fletcher praised for breadth across fields
The piece notes Mr Fletcher's personal versatility and credits his broader abilities. It argues that the Carranza government is the closest Mexico has had to real governance in years and that the United States and most of Europe and the Far East recognize it. It asserts that sending a representative is in the best interests of both nations.
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Mexico
United States
Europe
Far East
Ford fears and facts on naval build up in America
The piece argues Henry Ford exaggerates danger from military growth and defends a moderate expansion of army and navy. It cites post Civil War stability, veteran power deterring conflict, and asserts militarism will not dominate the United States or its sanity.
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Henry Ford
United States
Ford
Mexico
America
Quote from Hamlet lines A tribute from the era
A literary line echoes through history as a reflection on a man’s unmatched character. The famous appraisal highlights admiration and the sense that such a person may not be seen again in the ages to come.
When Will Canal Reopen At Panama
Telegraph reports from the isthmus show an average depth of 30 feet and width of 250 feet in the canal cut, suggesting a possible reopening within a fortnight if dimensions hold. Yet earth movements threaten the soil and may refill the bed, though General Goethals remains confident a solution exists.
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Panama Canal
Culebra
Washington notes on Root Stone debate over 1905 and 1914
Washington correspondent asserts no record of Senator Stone protesting Root’s 1905 remissness and notes Root in 1914 as a senator also faced criticism for not protesting Belgium’s invasion. The piece emphasizes Root initiated the argument, not Stone.
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Military Talks Placed on Free List at Harvard
Harvard lectures on the art of war move to Sever Hall with open attendance for all university members. Twice weekly the Harvard regiment members will continue, while nonmembers may also attend, following new arrangements by military authorities.
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Mystery on the Boston to Wallaston Train
A passenger recalls a dreamlike encounter on a 5 44 p m Boston to Wallaston train with a mysterious woman who asks for a favor and recurs in his memory. After a chase involving a red feather and a missing sister, the tale culminates with a blue envelope bearing his name and address.
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Wallaston
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Shakspere Legends At Stratford And Surrounding Country
Local tales tie Shakespeare to Bidford s falcon inn Pebworth s Friday street and Clopton House. Irving and biographers cite legends of drinking feats near Stratford, a crab tree night camp, and tragic Clopton deaths said to inspire Ophelia and Juliet. Tomorrow s Picture Shakspere Before Sir Thomas Lucy.
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The Vanishing Woman on the Train
A narrator pursues a girl who vanishes on a moving train after she slips away at the coach end. He searches the cars and platform, then opens a note that is whisked away by the breeze as the train speeds forward. A pale-faced onlooker glimpses the fluttering message through the window.
Advice to a young man torn between two girls over money
A letter from a 20 year old man asks Mildred Champagne how to choose between two attractive girls, one rich and the other an heiress. The response mocks his dilemma, urges him to earn his own money, gain self respect, and wait ten years to pursue a stable marriage.
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12th Cavalry Goes on Duty in Canal Zone
The Kilpatrick sailed from Galveston with the First Squadron of the Twelfth Cavalry to Cristobal for duty in the Panama Canal Zone. A detachment of 120 enlisted men from the Twenty-third Infantry departed for San Francisco en route to China for service with the Fifteenth Infantry.
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Texas
United States Army
Kilpatrick
Cristobal
Twelfth Cavalry Regiment
Panama Canal Zone
Twenty-third Infantry
San Francisco
China
Fifteenth Infantry
Old Folks and Fashion Echoes in Cambridge Gazette
A stream of letters and notes from observant readers recount light social bits. Topics include a Salem wedding echoing Puritan dress, Elks at Franklin Park Zoo, and a Cambridge talk on Jesuits in America. Readers praise longevity and report local snow and sleighing scenes.
Hurry Days and the Passing Seasons in Waltson Verse
Uncle Walt muses on time's swift march through the year noting six weeks already elapsed before New Year vows, and predicts spring greens, summer warmth, fall weather, and winter chores as the cycle speeds by. The piece closes with a playful season-count and a nod to shopping before Christmas.
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Waltason
Cloutier Brothers Run Fast Hoof Work in Nine Hours
In Greenville New Hampshire ED Cloutier notes his half of the firm Cloutier and Son shod 43 horses in a single day while working only nine hours. He recounts that at age 60 he shod three horses in one hour and twenty minutes, saying they have all they can do and complete work quickly.
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Greenville, N. H
Oldest Inhabitant Recalls Boston Weather Extremes
A Boston observer recounts record cold on February 24 across years from 1876 to 1907 with 7 below zero in 1894 and zero or near readings in other years. He notes warmth reaching 61 degrees in 1915 and 6 degrees in 1875 and mentions storms on several February 24ths in the last 20 years.
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