Boston Post announces 1910 daily and Sunday rates
The Boston Post January 1 1910 issue lists subscription prices for daily and Sunday editions, rates for six months and one year, Canada copies, and payment instructions. It brands Fost Publishing Company as owner with contact offices in Boston and directs prepayment and delivery details.
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Promises for 1910 Bring Hope of Reform and Prosperity
A forward look at 1910 envisions benefits for individuals and the nation with hopes for clean government, renewed resource protection, and curbs on corrupt corporations. The public demands relief from rising living costs, while reforms in cities and states are expected to take hold as the year unfolds.
Optimism Toward 1910 Prospects Seen by City Financials
The Post notes confidence in continued national prosperity for 1910 as experts in securities forecast favorable conditions. Strong financial announcements back optimism, with a few warnings that some financial powers are not wholly wholesome.
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Dividends Bring Cheer to Boston Investors and Workers
Some Dividends notes Boston investors will receive about 41 million dollars in the near term, up from last January by 14 million. The piece highlights corporate prosperity for Bostonians and adds a second dividend of 75 thousand dollars in gold to Boston Elevated Railway car service men, celebrated as dividends on manliness and service.
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A New Year Greeting From The Post
The Post wishes its hundreds of thousands of readers a happy prosperous and useful new year. The piece speaks of greeting others with sincerity to inspire good endeavor and stout hearts as the year unfolds.
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A Million in a Night as New Year Hails 1910
New Yorkers spent more than a million dollars last night as the city welcomed 1910. Over 100000 people filled grand hotels, celebrating with high priced food, champagne, music, and flowers. The piece notes the extravagant spending and questions the cost of living.
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Gotham
New York
Prosperity shown by New York exhibit but funds still flowing
The text contrasts funds of French wine growers and hotel companies with a million dollars spent in various projects. It notes spending will continue as time passes and wonders if the New York exhibit will prove that prosperity remains strong in the land.
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RULES OF THE AIR PUSH FOR REGULATION OF AERIAL ROUTES
The article notes a push for immediate rules on air travel and wireless systems. Secretary Knox calls for an international conference to regulate air routes while Congressman Roberts seeks federal oversight of wireless telegraphy. It emphasizes expanded public safety supervision as aerial routes and wireless activity grow.
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Who Controls Food Prices Hypothesis on Causes
The piece argues retailers share little blame for high food costs. It blames upstream factors including farmer prices, transportation tolls, and middlemen profits. It calls for government inquiry to quantify each intermediary's impact on prices.
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The Boston Post Circulation Soars in 1909 Year End Review
The Boston Post reports 1909 year end gains with Sunday averages at 248,563 and December 258,663 copies. Daily Post averages reach 277,947 and December 289,006, ranking among top U S papers. The paper credits readers and pledges continued public service.
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New Resolution Promotes Abstinence for 1910
A dated pledge from 1910 declares a resolution to abstain from smoking drinking and swearing for the year. It notes that vow may fail yet calls for continued effort and requires signatory acknowledgment.
New Year Resolve Advice From 1910 Era Motivational Talk
A 1910 era piece urges readers to bury 1909 and begin anew with determination. It asks if readers have progressed since last year and encourages action over dreams, describing the future as full of potential and urging personal effort to achieve it. It extols self-improvement and momentum.
Old Demon Rum and other vices on stage
A conjoined revue piece featuring a drinking gag with a rum wagon and a brewery chase, followed by sketches on smoking and swearing. The bit humorously treats vice as a social quiz, ending with a curtain cue and stage directions.
Little Memoirs of the Business Man
A compact reminiscence titled Little Memoirs of the Business Man reflects on practice habits and discipline as essential for success. It notes a 1910 marked up from 1909 practice and urges persistence to form the habit.
Argus Promises Control in Office Amid Crowd Approval
In a boastful exchange, Old Argus claims he can keep half the populace from seeing when needed. The crowd erupts with approval, praising his potential as a useful officeholder and hinting at making him custom house in gepector.
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Elderly Woman Rescued From Streetcar Amid Courtesy
A very elderly woman signaled a streetcar to stop and was assisted aboard by the conductor Mrs Miriam Frances Bagley. Passengers praised the courtesy and she was seated promptly in a corner.
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Miriam Frances Bagley
Optimism as a Driver of New England Progress
The speaker argues that lack of faith hinders growth of individuals and communities and that turning skepticism into optimism will secure New England a leading role in industrial advancement.
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Chelsea Rebuilds After Great Fire and Taxable Property Rise
The city of Chelsea rebuilt 3,500,000 in property since the big fire with 4,600,000 taxable and the city now only 1,000,000 behind last year’s valuation. A Humboldt avenue car stopped for a man clambering from the snow to the track who asked if it was the last car. Selectman Frank Barry of Revere praised for personally ordering food during the Sunday storm.
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Sick Minstrel Uncle Walt Cancels Song Tour
Poet Walt Mason writes that illness keeps him from singing about his beloveds. He describes a grueling day of coughing, steam baths, and medicines as he contemplates letting another troubadour serenade instead.
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Richandaons Grades Rise Amid Market Shuffle
Fragmentary note logs prices and grades with values like 2.50 3 and 1.15, indicating fluctuating readings. The unreadable text suggests a stock or commodity table with values drifting across entries.
Refugees Shelter At Clubrooms After Flood At Roughan Point
A resident sent funds to shelter families driven from their homes by flood tide at Roughan Point. He also dispatched Dr. Edison Brown to tend the sick refugees. The Dudley Street Elevated station in Boston is noted as especially cold, its steel structure absorbing heat and leaving a North Pole like chill in the air.
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New Year Services Ring in 1910 Across Boston Churches
Worshipers filled Trinity, King's Chapel, Warren Avenue Baptist, Mt Vernon, South Congregational, Chestnut Hill and other churches for New Year observances. Rousmaniere, Williams, Cummings, Hale and Johnson delivered addresses as midnight communion and morning services drew large crowds.
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Baby's cry shocks city reader in Chicago News
A narrator recounts leaving a baby with them and hearing the infant wail loudly while the mother shops in town. The baby’s cries evoke a townwide reaction, the sun weeps, and the scene ends with the mother joking that the most well behaved boys must be kept. The piece captures a humorous snapshot from Chicago News.
Gold Prize for Boston Children Photos
A $100 gold prize awaits 20 Greater Boston school children whose pictures appear in next Sunday's Post. The notice invites eligible students to submit or submit already published portraits for a commemorative feature.
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