Post Publishing Co. January 1910 subscription rates
Annual and shorter-term rates for The Post and The Sunday Post are listed. The notice covers daily, six month, three month, and one month options, with Canadian per copy pricing and advance payment requirements. It designates offices, editors, and contact points for subscriptions and payments.
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Post Publishing Co
Washington St
Boston
Mass
The
Sunday Post
Canada
Ueaes
Post Publishing Company
Taft's message on interstate commerce reform faces railroads
President Taft outlines reforms on interstate commerce and anti trust law, with a hard line against monopolies and a Court of Commerce proposal to speed enforcement. He favors federal incorporation only if compulsory, expands the Interstate Commission's powers to investigate rates before they take effect, and restricts stock issues in competing lines to curb consolidation. Congress faces a lively, divisive session.
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Taft
Court of Commerce
Interstate Commission
Commission
Congress
Boston Harbor plan envisions city state railfront development
The joint commissions urge Boston to convey Apple Island and adjacent flats to the Commonwealth and authorize land acquisition to run railroad tracks to the 100 acre site. South Boston flats ready for rapid development. rail electrification and new piers urged. Revere Beach to remain a public park.
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Commonwealth
City of
Boston
Wood Island Park
Board of Harbor and Land Commissioners
South Boston
South
East
Revere Beach
Devel
Boston Waterfront Development Rights Preserve Public Recreation
The plan aims to advance waterfront development in Boston while safeguarding public enjoyment of recreation areas. It emphasizes balancing growth with access and rights of local residents to utilize the shoreline and related spaces.
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Boston
Duty of Every Good Citizen in Boston Election
In a fiery Boston mayoral race the editorial argues the contest is a two man fight between Storrow and Fitzgerald. It urges voters to ignore Hibbard and Taylor, support the stronger, honest candidate James J. Storrow, and vote for the best man for the office regardless of personal loyalties.
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Boston
Storrow
Fitzgerald
Hibbard
Taylor
Post
the Post
Coure
Finance Commission
Shortage of Lumber Camp Workers Warns Local Hiring Boss
An agent who recruited 200 men for northern lumber camps reports very few unemployed locally. In earlier years crowds begged for such posts with good wages. Now he struggles to hire even 50 as able-bodied men find work easily and street panhandlers seek dimes while avoiding labor.
Pie Eating Contest Questions and Plans Staged by Reader
A reader questions pie contest details including who pays, pie types, rounds, and prize value. He asks if the event is open to amateurs, whether the prize covers many pies, and requests sample pies or a partial stipend if unable to attend.
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Dan
Little Memoirs 3 Business Mam
A fragment quotes a wry line on the imaginary size of a dollar if living costs rose. It reflects humor or social commentary likely from a column or literary piece titled Little Memoirs. The witty remark contrasts a dollar’s size with rising prices.
Clam Chowder Tale From a Washington Street Window
A correspondent signing as Dotty recalls a sunlit Washington street restaurant window where a chef boils water for clam chowder. Dotty asks about a clam hanging by its neck in the window and learns the shadow in the kettle inspired the dish.
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Dotty
Washington Street
Dot
Toyland Wonders and Whimsies Sparkle at Holiday Shops
The Birmingham Age-Herald reviews a bustling Toyland filled with dolls, jumping jacks, wooden trains, and aviation toys. It notes planes that fly, cars that chug and crash, and clever mooley cows offering mock milk, all evoking festive whimsy and playful imagination.
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Toyland
Birmingham Age-Herald
World gold contributions by nation in early 20th century
South Africa led global gold contributions with about 150 million dollars. The United States reported around 109 million, Australia about 80 million, Russia 25 million, and Mexico just under 920 million. The figures reflect a historic distribution of bullion stocks.
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South Africa
Ud States
Australia
Russia
Mexico
Kindred Observations From Daily Boston Transit Jots
A mix of snippets from city life recounts transit delays at subway entrances, a new conductor resembling Mayor Hibbard, seacoast storm damage, a political rally for warmth, snow removal gains, a Wakefield veterans trip, and a tuberculosis exhibit to be shown in Maverick Church. Also notes a Newton Centre chat about cost of living and a medal awarded for lifesaving bravery in East Boston.
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Newton Centre
Newton Club
Boston Association For the Relief and Control of Tuberculosis
Maverick Church
East Boston
Gustavus Tuckerman
Ltet
Michael Doyle
Boston
Humane Society of Massachusetts
Doyle
Salem
BE. W. Johnson
Far East
Jurymen Should Read Papers
Judge Shelton defended jurors in a Macon Missouri murder trial against claims they must not have read newspaper accounts. He argued reading reports does not disqualify jurors and warned that barring informed jurors would undermine justice and the law.
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Macon
Shelton
Stricken Toiler Uncle Walt Sings of a Hard Day
The poem depicts a railroad section man toiling under summer sun with blisters and meager food while pondering fate. He rejects despair, plans a dance after labor, and reflects on the toiler’s hidden joy amid hardship. The piece is attributed to Walt Mason and dated 1909.
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Walt Mason
New Italian Ambassador Named to United States
Berne January 7 The Marquis Cusani Confalioneri, who has served as Italian minister to Switzerland for three years, is appointed ambassador to the United States succeeding Baron Mayor Des Planches.
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Berne
Among the Churches of Greater Boston
Various church news items from Greater Boston include lectures, bequests, and appointments. The will of Mrs. Laurella N. Hosmer provides one thousand dollars to six Baptist bodies and a residue to the Massachusetts Baptist Missionary Society. A five week home camp meeting opens at St Johns Church South Boston with Rev Estes speaking. The Week of Prayer in West Medford ends with a musical service and sermon by Rev Paradise. Bishop Hamilton and officials will dedicate Stoneham’s new St James Church on January 16. Rev E T Pitts becomes pastor at Epping New Hampshire Congregational Church. Boston Ministers Association meets in Ballon Hall with Rev Melvin S Nash moderating publishing affairs. Rev Lyman B Weeks accepts call to Ashmont Universalist Church.
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Laurella N. Hosmer
Framingham
Cambridge
First Baptist Church of
Wakefield
Women’s Baptist Foreign Missionary Society
American Baptist Home Missionary Society
Northern Baptist Educational Society
Massachusetts Baptist Missionary Society
St. John's Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Boston
Mr. Estes of
Everett
West Medford
Boston Ministers’ Association
New Ballon Hall
Melvin S. Nash
Lyman B. Weeks
New York
Ashmont Universalist Church
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Cambridge Car Stable
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Louis Strang
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Omee
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John A. Daly
St. Mark’s Church
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George Matthew Adams
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Greater Boston
W. H. van Allen
Church of the Advent
E. T. Pitts
Congregational Church
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