January 12 1910 Boston Post subscription info
The Boston Post issues daily and Sunday editions with subscription rates listed. Details include daily rates for one year three dollars and six months one fifty, and monthly ten cents. Sunday rates, Canada pricing, mailing notes, and advance payment policy. Contact and publisher information provided.
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Post Pub Tshing Co
Washington St
Boston
Mass
The
Sunday Post
Canada
Post Office
Post Publishing Company
Transit report flags Boston rail path changes and clashes
The Massachusetts Railroad Commission and Boston Transit Commission deliver a joint report urging a Park Street to South Station tunnel, sparking Beacon Hill battles. They back limiting West End gains to seven percent preferred stock and oppose free-asset distributions, while warning the Boston Elevated could become a holding company for adjacent street railways, a major legislative flashpoint.
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Massachusetts Railroad Commission
Boston Transit Commission
Boston
Beacon Hill
Commonwealth
Park Street
West End
Elevated
Joint Commission
Post
Boston Elevated
Big fish escape in sugar trust weighing fraud case
In New York City a US Circuit Court sentences Amer Sugar Refining Co employees to one year for weighing frauds. The author argues that magnates who funded the crime and profited should also be punished, condemning the entire sugar trust system.
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United States Circuit Court
New York City
American Sugar Refining Company
Sugar Trust
Governor Draper pushes federal income tax amendment
The Income Tax resolution moves to Massachusetts Legislature for ratification. Taft backs the amendment as important though the governor offers no guidance. The measure, supported by Congress and President, seeks to authorize a federal income tax amid broader constitutional changes.
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Draper
Congress
United States
Massachusetts
Taft
Fitzgerald Wins Boston Mayoral Race In Narrow Margin
The Boston Post notes the re election of John F Fitzgerald as mayor with the largest vote in city history and a probable recount unlikely to change the result. It praises Fitzgerald while acknowledging opposition and urges united effort to advance Boston under the new administration.
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John F. Fitzgerald
Boston
Morton
Massachusetts
Fitzgerald
Hibbard
Nathaniel H. Taylor
James J. Storrow
the Post
Storrow
Post
Campagin
Boston Press
Legislature urged to affirm ratification of new power
The piece argues for swift legislative approval of a proposed amendment. It contrasts Governor Hughes of New York opposing ratification with strong support in Massachusetts, asserting the general government should hold the power and that representatives should decide promptly.
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Gress
Hughes
New York
Massachusetts
Fame Bids and Favors in a Poem of Aspiration
The poem exults Fame and Inspiration as forces shaping the speaker's artistic drive. It imagines praise, radiance, and the glow of a name, comparing creative soaring to an airship and an eagle. The speaker juggles longing for recognition with vivid, sometimes whimsical images and a closing line about harvest time and a trip to buy a bull.
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Leander Leghorn
Suffragette Cocktail Satire Sparks Chicago Debate
A Chicago bartender markets a fictional suffragette cocktail as a satire of women's suffrage, claiming effects range from listening to arguments to coercive demands. The piece warns men to beware the drink and suggests opposing groups unite to ban it.
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Chicago
W. C. Ass
Still Water Stagnates Says Sphinx in Advice Column
A reader quotes the Sphinx line still water stagnates and contrasts idle behavior with constant effort. The writer explains the message means progress depends on action, effort, and avoiding stagnation.
Little Memoirs of the Business Mab
A clipped quip notes social etiquette and debt in a social vignette. The speaker warns that accepting an invite may create obligations, focusing on prudent social restraint and the moral edge of casual dealings. The line reflects a wary, wry tone about favors and reciprocity in everyday interactions.
Twelve Hippopotami Decline in Jungle Hunt
New York World recounts Bwana Tumbo stalking a hippo herd. He eliminates one by one through actions labeled with bold confrontations until a final hippo is kept as a pet. The verse tracks a countdown from twelve to one in a dramatic jungle scene.
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Bwana Tumbo
Observant Citizen Notes Local Scenes and People
The writer observes crowds at bulletin boards in Boston and recalls Puck’s line about mortals. He notes eight Italian women and children en route to the West from the South station after arriving on the Romanie, and mentions Mrs. Fred Wright visiting Boston for The Man From Home.
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Puck
Oberon
Treet
Fred Wright
Boston
Mr. Wright
Nova Scotia
Marshall Saunders
Orono
State University
Vermont
Tilda Jane
Lost dog Tom found with Post readers help
The Cooper children thank Post readers for locating their dog Tom. A National Meter Co. employee on Franklin Street Boston sent a letter directing them to fetch the frisky pet, and the three siblings went to meet him after the newspaper ad appeared Saturday.
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Cooper
Tom
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Post
National Meter Company
Franklin Street
Boston
Turks Cabinet Is Completed In Constantinople
The Turkish cabinet is completed with Hakka Bey as Grand Vizier and changes in war marine and mines and forests ministries. Current lineup includes Rifaat Pasha Talaat Bey Sakhib Mollah Halil Pasha Kopassis Effendi and others. Britain and Russia respond to Crete note voicing regret and signaling measures to curb further acts.
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Constantinople
Hakka Bey
Rifaat Pasha
Sheik Ul-Islam
Sakhib Mollah
Talaat Bey
Dravid Bey
Haladjian Effendi
Mahmoud Shefket Pasha
Halil Pasha
Kopassis Effendi
Porte
George
Great Britain
Russia
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