Boston Post 1914 rates and publication details
The Boston Post issues daily and Sunday with subscription rates listed for various periods in dollars and cents. The notice includes pricing for domestic and foreign copies, postal districts, and renewal policies, plus contact details for editorial, financial, and advertising offices in Boston.
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Gannett
Canada
Sunday Post
Tenado
Gaston
Dalty
Sumlay
Boston
Sass
Post Parlioming Company
Weaeee
Discrimination in Boston public facilities condemned
The piece notes allegations of discrimination and insult toward colored citizens in Boston municipal gyms and baths. It cites Mayor Curley's order demanding an end to such conduct by city employees, stressing Boston must enforce equal rights for all citizens in public institutions.
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Boston
Curley
Becker’s Position Calls for New Trial of Lieut Becker
The speaker argues District Attorney Whitman should retry Lieut Becker in New York. The Court of Appeals did not absolve him, only granting a new trial due to past injustices. He faces suborning murder charges and should not be dismissed on technical objections.
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Whitman
New York
Becker
Court of Appeals
How Much Tax Payable Under New Federal Rules
Citizens prepare income tax returns due March 1 as the new system takes effect. The law’s exemptions differ by marital status, with married individuals receiving larger allowances than single filers. The process is seen as confusing and the mail offers only partial guidance on liability.
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United States
New Jersey Cat Licensing Proposal Described as Revenue Tool
The legislature considers licensing cats at a fee not exceeding 22 dollars as a productive revenue source. The measure argues cats catch mice when properly used, though garden sabotages by stray cats threaten birds and seeds. The policy aims to curb cat population growth for societal benefit.
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New Jersey
Eugenics and the burden of personal improvement
A University of California professor argues eugenics should be tempered by practical common sense. He says environment counts 99 percent to 1 percent against heredity and stresses personal character and training of children as the key to future human advancement.
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University of California
Koeber
Bond sale success beats over the counter total
Treasurer Mansfield reports about 5,000,000 of 6,325,000 Massachusetts beds have been sold in 11 business days. The over-the-counter sale is deemed satisfactory with a strong yield and broad investor demand.
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Massachusetts
Mansfield
State bonds sold directly to the people praised by Post
The article argues that direct offering of the hot cake bonds is economically and politically sound. It notes the state gains as much as in a syndicate sale, buyers pay a lower figure, and broader distribution sharpens public interest in state affairs. The Post reiterates support for the principle of direct sale over brokered bids.
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Commonwealth
Wickersham Says Adequacy Of Sherman Law Is Inadequate
Former Attorney General Wickersham argues the Sherman act is adequate to break private monopolies but remains unclear in detail causing prolonged court battles. He opposes Wilsons view that the law itself should directly guide business without Supreme Court interpretation. He asserts the President is right that the act and not the courts should set clear limits.
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Wickersham
Wilson
Auwiust
Washington
Philadelphia
Supreme Court
Impasse in New Haven Boston & Maine Dispute
The New Haven Boston & Maine stalemate centers on Massachusetts releasing stock control held via the Boston Holding Company. The 1909 Massachusetts law allows the commonwealth to acquire stock with notice, and repeal would require an act of the Legislature. If New Haven persists, it faces forced separation from Boston & Maine via state action.
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Boston & Maine
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Boston Holding Company
Department of Justice of the
United States
Boston Railroad
Feilers
Joston & Maine
Huerta's Appeal Stirs Mexico Crisis Yet Offers No Intervention
Huerta's message to the United States seeks a renewed arms embargo to hobble the Constitutionalists while condemning them as violators of international justice. The killing of American Vergera by federal troops prompts demand for satisfaction, leaving U.S. intervention unlikely. The piece notes the danger of a united stand in Mexico and urges patience before any outside action.
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Huerta
United States
Carranza
Villa
Mexico
Get Over It Leave It To Her The Missing Rib
A playful blurb urges readers to quit griping and come out in a light hearted tone. It contrasts sour looks with a jaunty invitation and jokes about the proverbial path to a man's heart via his missing rib.
Dear Newt Answerer Ponders Sea Life Oddities
A reader pair of Q and A exchanges covers quirky sea life questions. Eloise asks if dog fish have fleas and about eel scales while Bud Weiser asks which oyster side is back. The sea captain and Newt provide playful, factual clarifications with light humor.
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Newt
Eloise
Weathered musings and local happenings in Boston era
The column blends social notes from Boston in lean prose, highlighting events and oddities. It mentions temperance quips, Harvard dormitory progress, Moosie the Moose mascot misadventure, Christmas yard displays, prank ads to Capt. Tuckett, and travels of Nason and Edmund to inspect utilities, with a nod to Pratt School of Naval Architecture and new technology labs along the Charles River.
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Massachusetts
Technology
Charles River Basin
Pratt School of Naval Architecture
Thompson crosses continent in his 88th year
Somersworth New Hampshire February 27. After an absence of 58 years John W Thompson of Oregon City Oregon presented himself at the home of his half sister Mrs B ilanson Grove street whom he had not seen since she was a child of 3 years Thompson a prosperous farmer is in his 88th year and came across the country unaccompanied.
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Thompson
Robert Kimball Buys Bennies for Self Benefit
Robert Kimball is purchasing bens for his own use at his home on the Elton York place. Rice Neighborheat reports in the Norway Me Advertiser that a German professor questions whether we are civilized.
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Robert Kimball
Bens
Elton York Place
Norway
Samsland Citizens Parody On Civilization
Citizens of Samsland ask if they are civilized and answer themselves with a biting catalog of vices and vices passively defended. The piece satirizes graft temper and social excess in a rapid, stream of phrases that mimic public bravado.
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Samsland
Amalfi Coast and Ancient Republic Once a Mediterranean Power
A vivid portrait of Amalfi on the Naples Riviera describes cliffside streets, a monastery hotel, and terraced gardens clinging to rock faces. The piece recalls Amalfi’s ninth century rise as a major maritime republic, its trade, arts, and law, and its decline after Norman and Genoese pressure, culminating in a catastrophic 1343 tsunami that erased much of the city from memory.
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Puritan Mills Plant Sold at Auction in Fall River
Fall River February 27 The Puritan Mills plant long in litigation was sold at public auction to John Henshaw administrator of the late Stephen A Jencks estate of Pawtucket Rhode Island for 3000 dollars.
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Puritan Mills
John Henshaw
Stephen A. Jencks
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Mildred Champagne Talks On Love And Sentiment
Dear Miss Champagne I am 20 and the girl I love $521 Do you think that should make any difference She says sometimes that I should have a girl younger than my self but she says she loves me very much I don't see how I could think of giving her up I will sign myself JACK A girl one year older than her lover isn't enough older than he to make the difference worthy of note
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Miss Champagne
Jack
British Charity Ball Thanks Post for Help
A letter to the editor from Albert F. Flint praises the Post and Boston newspapers for their generous reading notices that supported the Sixth Annual British Charity Ball. He credits their cooperation with the event's success and expresses appreciation for the charitable effort.
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Albert F. Flint
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Uncle Walt Says The Old Cost
A 1914 verse by Walt Mason satirizes rising living costs and government spending. The speaker laments high expenses and frugality failures, noting people burn through money with little regard for the life spent earning it, urging thrift in a humorous critique.
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Walt Mason
Adams Newspaper Service
Zulu Prince Seeks Funds for Har vard School Plan
Prince Mandikane Q Cele of Zululand appealed to Harvard undergraduates to fund a school for useful arts modeled after Hampton Institute. He cited backing from Harvard Yale and Brown, with John C Talbot coordinating the drive. He has history with Harvard figures including Storer and Coach Haughton.
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Zululand
Harvard
Hampton Institute
Prince Mandikane
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John C. Talbot
Boston
John H. Storer
Robert T. P. Storer
Haughton
Harvard Men See Scott Polar Film at Union
Over 500 Harvard students viewed motion pictures of Captain Scott’s ill-fated South Pole expedition at the Harvard Union. The rescued but too late pictures show camp life and marches, with a football on the ice scene drawing particular praise from the Harvard men.
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Captain Scott
South Pole
Harvard Union
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