Boston Post Daily Rates and Publication Details 1915
January 11 1915 issue number nine from Boston Post Publishing Co lists subscription prices for daily and Sunday papers, rates for U S Canada and foreign editions, postage notices, and payment instructions. It specifies mailing terms and cautions against sending cash, with checks and money orders payable to POST PUBLISHING CO.
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Post Publishing Co
Washington Street
Boston
Mass
U. S
Canada
Sunday Post
Boston Posts
Belgium to Exhibit At Panama Fair Despite Loss
The Belgium exhibit will be shown at the Panama fair despite occupation and distress. France will cover transport costs for the Lyons exposition exhibit to the San Francisco world’s fair, enabling Belgium to participate abroad. Ambassador Sharp reports France’s generosity and Belgium’s continued national presence.
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Belgium
Germany
Havre
France
State Department
Washington
Sharp
Paris
San Francisco
Arizona Alien Law Rejected as Unconstitutional
United States District Court in San Francisco voids Arizona act requiring at least 80 percent American citizens on payrolls for firms with more than five workers. Court cites Fourteenth Amendment equal protection. Arizona Attorney General has appealed to the Supreme Court for final ruling, affecting similar California law and possible spread.
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United States District Court
San Francisco
Arizona
United States
California
Supreme Court
Washington
Short Ballot Debate Attacks Voting by Party Insignia
The bulletin opposes removing voters from choosing state officials by promoting party insignia. It argues voting for men cannot be replaced by straight tickets and condemns abdicating citizenship to a professional class. The piece questions the short ballot push as undemocratic and unnecessary.
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New York
New Jersey Forests vs Game Interests Faces Legislative Test
The State Forestry Commission asks the New Jersey Legislature to decide whether forests or game interests should prevail. It cites 126000 acres of woodland destroyed and 260000 dollars in losses due to hunting activities and proposes revising game laws to remove close seasons. The radical proposal would outlaw deer and rabbits and other small game, signaling possible animal life extermination.
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New Jersey
State Forestry Commission
Commission
Future harmony stalled by wild animal life and forest crisis
The speaker muses that cooperation with wildlife remains necessary now, but future progress could remove wildlife conflicts. A better method to save forests is urged beyond coexistence with wild animals.
Steel trade acts as barometer for nation as orders rise
Economists and bankers view the steel industry as a key indicator of overall business. United States Steel reports December unfilled orders up 512000 tons, the first rise since August and the largest in over two years, signaling a broad uptick as output climbs.
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United States Steel Corporation
United States
Horse Marines Return as Marine Corps Field Artillery School Leads
An Annapolis report says Colonel Eli K. Cole United States Marine Corps has arrived at the local post and taken command of the newly established Marine Corps field artillery school. The school’s mounted officers are already saluted as the horse marines, reviving a joke from the old Captain Jinks routine and prompting discussion of its impact on naval and cavalry traditions.
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Annapolis
Eli K. Cole
Field Artillery School
Marine Corps
Jinks
Boston
Augustus P. Gardner
King Corns Approach and Wheat Prices Stir Debate
The piece argues for greater corn use as wheat surges to 14 14 a bushel in Chicago. Experts predict 2 wheat and more corn consumption, claiming corn offers health and versatility over refined white flour.
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Chicago
All Sorts by Newton Newkirk
A fragment from a column or note attributed to Newton Newkirk hints at a crowd reacting to a dramatic scene described as the boy standing on a burning deck. The text signals a literary or theatrical framework with a possible quotation going through recollection or opinion.
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Newton Newkirk
Piffle That’s Pulled Every Day
A quote stresses self reliance and independence in life. The speaker claims no one in the world to thank for success and notes always made their own way.
Post-Holes Swap Insane Ad Becomes Lumbering Joke
A Pittsfield Mass ad offers a large wood furnace for exchange for hay straw or post holes. A mock corporate spokesman promotes post holes as guaranteed to last and even jokes about war era uses and corkscrew threads.
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Pittsfield
Mass
Consolidated Post-Hole Company, Incorporated
Exchange Declares Trade For Post Holes By Freight
A terse dialog shows a buyer offering three carloads of post holes in exchange for a well kept wood furnace. The seller agrees to ship the furnace freight prepaid and the deal closes with a quick goodbye.
Brains Beat Brawn Said to Win in Life
Quotation about brains over hard work in life. Vague claim stresses mental strategies over physical effort as the key to success. No specific persons places or organizations identified.
Wordplay on plurals and slipstream talk with Harold
A humorous dialogue about plural forms. The speaker questions why foxes and other words do not follow oxen and geese patterns, then trails off admitting confusion and suggesting a plural specialist.
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Newt
Harold
Eggs and satire mix in a cheeky reader letter
A reader mockingly corrects a Post misprint about eggs aiding asthma noting the issue should read eggssema and requests a $12.50 charity refund. The note closes with a humorous exchange about knitting socks for Belgians and a witty retort.
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Newton
the Post
Oldest Inhabitant Recalls Record Cold and Warm Day
The Oldest Inhabitant notes a 4 below zero in 1893 as the coldest Boston area day and a warmest January day, with a high marked as bl. degrees above zero in 188.
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Boston
Janith
Charles II and Cromwell Era Shake England’s Moral Fabric
A historical painting scene recalls Roundheads interrogating noble blood as Cromwell’s grip weakens after his death. Charles II’s reign, marked by vice and financial strain, ends with his death in 1685 and James II’s overthrow, leading to William of Orange's rise and Britain’s restoration of prosperity.
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Oliver Cromwell
Cavalier Party
England
Richard
France
Germany
Charles II
Alfred
Edward I
Henry V
Elizabeth
Charles
Cromwell
Whitehall
James II
James
William of Orange
Holland
Great Britain
Interesting and Important Events in Europe's Warring Nations
A compiled record outlining major conflicts and military milestones from early Roman era to modern times across Europe. It traces campaigns, pivotal battles, alliances, and shifts in power shaping the continent's boundaries and historical narrative.
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Europe
England
Shoveling Coal and the Furnace of Poverty
The narrator Walt Mason laments endless coal shoveling as wages vanish into the furnace. He portrays cold homes, emigration thoughts, and the consuming greed of bills and prices, with a grim winter life that yields only ashes and sorrow. The poem, dated 1915, reflects hardship and economic struggle.
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Arctic
Walt Mason
Observant Citizen shares notes on dandelion and old Boston lore
The Observant Citizen column gathers brief vignettes from East Boston to Milton. It mentions Miss Lucille Hillemanns dandelion, Mason lodge histories, a Carnegie hero medal, potential Chelsea ferry closure, Panama Canal Bible plan, ages of New England residents, Lowell Observatory exhibit, Brockton shoe boom signs, and Milton monument model by Cyrus E B Dallin.
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Lucille Hillemann
White Street
East Boston
Noddle Island
Chelsea
Winnisimmet Company
Council For
New England
North America
Suffolk County
Boston
Prnmountain
Mt. Wachusett
Worcester
Myne Otler
Milton Public Library
Cyrus EB. Dallin
Itc
Milton Monument Association
Gloucester Hero Dies Saving Friend in Drowning
George H. J. Collins died July 10, 1914 in Gloucester Massachusetts while attempting to rescue J Edward Johnson from drowning. A newspaper note quotes the Bible line Greater Love Hath No Man Than This That a Man Stay Down His Life for His Friends.
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Timothy 8. Collins
Main Street
Gloucester
Carnegie
George Collins
J. B. Johnson
Briar Neck
Andrew Carnegie
George H. J. Collins
J. Edward Johnson
Mass
Anne in Vermont Dream of City Life and Love
A rural New England girl named Anne craves a trim home and city life. She inherits wealth, meets a hopeful surgeon on a Vermont train, and they connect as she tests a future in June.
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Anne
Vermont
New York
New England
Father
Whistler
Battersea Bridge
J’yoye
Lannon
Nancy
Dr. Brown
Knight of the Handkerchief
Hiram Harnesing
Stanley March
Dr. G
Stanley
Nulhegan
Injured Worker Plunges in Summer Street Tunnel
Angelo Shipero, 35, of 118 Bremen Street East Boston, suffered back injuries yesterday afternoon when a falling plank struck him in the Summer Street tunnel where he was employed.
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Angelo Shipero
Bremen Street
Boston
Summer Street
Dear Miss Champagne Advice on Love and Work in Boston
A 24 year old man seeks guidance about a 21 year old girlfriend who smiles while saying yes to marriage though he is unemployed. The adviser urges securing work, saving money, and building a home to prove love, noting poverty and unemployment strain relationships. Do not leave Boston. find any job to begin an honest life.
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Park Street
Cambridge Tunnel
Street Department
Miss Champagne
Serta
Boston
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