Boston Post on January 9 1908 issue details rates and notices
The Boston Post issue lists subscription rates for daily and Sunday editions, Canadian pricing, and business notices. It includes calls for readers to pay promptly to avoid discontinuation and directs readers to notify the office if the paper cannot be obtained regularly.
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Post Publishing Co
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the Sunday
Canada
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Daily Post
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Brandeis Pamphlet Clouds New Haven Merger Prospects
A New York Times style critique notes Louis D. Brandeis delivers a sharp arraignment of the New Haven railroad management under Mellen. The pamphlet is hailed as pivotal anti merger literature likely to jeopardize the proposed merger. The piece also touches on contemporary topics from poetry and pneumonia to municipal loans and political movers.
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Louis D. Brandeis
New Haven Railroad
Mellen
Politics and prints spar over party unity and gender oath remarks
The editorial pages debate party discipline and factionalism with calls to test leadership by popular vote at the next convention. A column ridicules Colonel Lewis for criticizing women's oath taking and urges measures to protect gray squirrels to boost future gunpowder supplies.
All Sorts by Newton Newkirk
A humorous column by Newton Newkirk compiles remarks on human flaws and idiosyncrasies. The piece riffs on everyday life with wry observations about character and appetites, using playful metaphors about fats and oils.
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Newkirk
Justice Gets Hers a Barroom Wager and Double Meanings
In a note to a lawyer, an author allegedly writes to A H that Justice gets hers, hinting at hidden double meanings. The essayist argues the phrase may imply fixing outcomes or stacking the deck, and suggests the author questions lawyers' ethics while questioning the bar's integrity.
Businessman Seeks Stomach Not Bay Window Insight
A terse proverb frames a business outlook contrasting practical needs with ostentation. The saying suggests prioritizing functional assets over showy, decorative elements in enterprise choices.
57 Varieties of certified checks and rail rumors
F Augustus Heinze offers one of 57 varieties of over certified checks totaling 400000 dollars. Rumors say Grand Trunk may absorb Boston and Maine Railroad, a notion debated amid rail circles. A satirical jab targets the Bum and Aggravating Railroad and its expansive hold on space in the Commonwealth.
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Gus
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Boston & Maine R. R
R. R
Commonwealth
United Fruit Company To Quit Boston
Rumor says United Fruit Company will stop using Boston as a terminal and shift Jamaica bound cargoes to sail between New York and Jamaica instead of Jamaica and Boston. The note references bananas.
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Boston
New York
Jamaica
Reinstated Royal Arcanum Member After Criticism
The appellate division of the New York Supreme Court at Rochester ruled that Frank Z. Wilcox of Syracuse should be reinstated as a Royal Arcanum member. Wilcox had been expelled for criticizing officers during the rate controversy.
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New York's Mounting Debt Labeled a Horrible Example
The piece cites Mayor McClellan warning New York faces a vast debt and looming deficits with a gross funded debt of 735 million dollars and expenditures over 200 million next year. It notes revenue bonds 53.6 million and net contract liabilities 70.8 million, urging caution for other cities.
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McClellan
New York
Boston
Love and Sentiment Advice From Mildred Champagne
A 20 year old woman asks Mildred Champagne for guidance on a four month relationship with a 22 year old man whose parents disapprove. The columnist suggests establishing boundaries by going out, encouraging his sense of duty as an escort, and considering other companionship if he avoids activities. The piece frames independence and timing as key to opportunities this year.
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James Hamilton Lewis
Northwestern University Law School
Horace
Colonel Lewis
Lewis
James Hamilton
Miss Champagne
Hazel
Duc De Chaulnes to Wed Miss Shonts on Feb 15
In Washington the Duc De Chaulnes announced by cable that Feb 15 will be the wedding date with Miss Shonts. The ceremony will take place at the Shonts' new home in New York after his return with the Misses Shonts to the capital.
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Boston society notes and city briefs of varied interest
The Observant Citizen reports on a Boston crowd buying seats at the Boston Theatre for Cheer, Boys, Cheer in uniform. John T. Wheeler at the Relief station is ill from a blister dye incident. Photographer Will Armstrong resumes work at his old studio after subway disruption. Ernest R. Swartout to leave for San Diego with a farewell reception planned. Tremont street sees a large Russian hound and his affectionate display. Police Relief Association names Sergeant Goodwin as president for the year. A Boston businessman criticizes railroads for underfunding equipment and car shortages. Pigeons feed on bread in a tree in the Common. British Naval and Military Vets honor retiring leaders with a photograph and a gold watch. City Hall lawn debate prompts public comments on a rake versus broom scene. West End rent strikers, led by Nathan Miller of the Anti-High Rent League, push their cause. Mrs. Susan S. Fessenden gives a short address at Old South Church on Visions. Rumor hints at ex-Mayor Fitzgerald’s wealth after possible newspaper acquisitions.
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West End
Nathan Miller
Anti-High Rent League
Fe Oo
Ex-Mayor's Friends Reflect on Ambitions and Roles
Fragmentary text notes ambitions for public life and business after leaving office. It hints at plans to run the Republic, pursue banking and stock trading, lecturing, and merchant activity, with friends of the ex-Mayor appearing to downplay or deny these claims.
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Republic
Copyright clash over Alice in Wonderland editions
The article laments the expiration of copyright for Lewis Carroll's classic and fears a flood of new illustrated editions. It argues Tenniel’s illustrations define the work and condemns modern reillustrations as changelings and masqueraders. The piece warns publishers and imagines the Queen of Hearts reacting to what it calls meddling.
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Alice
Tenniel
Duchess
Mother Googe
Queen of Hearts
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