Boston Post January 23 1916 postal notice and rates
The Boston Post issue lists subscription rates for daily and Sunday editions, with prices for different periods and Canada copies. It notes payment in advance, handling details, addresses, and editor publisher contact, and requests notices if not available locally.
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Post Publishing Co
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Mass
Sea Bee
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Sunday Post
Canada
Post Publishing Company
BE. A. Grozier
Mayor-elect Fitzgerald Emphasizes Forgiveness After Election
The statement issued at midnight after the election highlights Fitzgerald's unfailing good nature. He says he bears no ill will toward opponents and that the people’s judgment washed away both injury and resentment.
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Fitzgerald
No Higher Head Tax on Immigrants Decried by Editor
A California congressman named Hayes proposes raising the head tax from four to ten dollars for new arrivals. The piece denounces the plan as mercenary, arguing it harms the honest worker while supporting exclusion of criminals and diseased or Asiatic entrants. It urges welcoming the right kind of immigrant seeking a home and liberty.
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California
Hayes
United States
Wholesome Discipline Shapes Insurgents as Democrats
The Republican committee declares insurgents as Democrats for reelection aid. Taft signals they receive no patronage. Party whips will exclude insurgents from voting sessions. The regime aims for a Democratic House in November, with the machine’s aid viewed as generous if reckless.
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Republican Congressional Committee
Taft
Congress
Postal savings banks show limited economy in England
An official notes the English postal savings system acts more as a convenience than an economy. Thousands of depositors run rapid cycles of small deposits and withdrawals, with each transaction costing the government about 11 cents in American money. The observer warns against copying this model in the United States where savings institutions exist, but suggests it could encourage thrift where absent.
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England
Labor costs and wage rises urged by NY Central head
President Brown of the New York Central told the New England Railroad Club that wages must rise as the cost of living climbs. He argued labor pay should track the purchasing power of money, noting wages have already advanced and will need to continue rising in step with inflation.
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Times
Brown
New York Central
New England Railroad Club
Rail workers seek pay raises influence on New York Central
The text notes widespread wage requests by railroad employees east of the Mississippi and asserts the New York Central may grant better pay. President Brown’s example is described as highly influential, signaling a potential industry-wide raise and strong morale for workers.
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Mississippi
New York Central
Brown
Forward and Pull Together in Boston City Government
The Post urges acceptance of the election verdict and calls for citizens to cooperate with Mayor-elect Fitzgerald. It condemns pessimism and urges forward progress under the new charter, arguing that unity and civic duty will advance municipal welfare.
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Boston
Fitzgerald
Sugar Trust Defends Itself Over 2 Million Fraud Claims
A New York meeting sees Sugar Trust directors denying knowledge of a $2,000,000 fraud on the government. Critics doubt the plea as inconsistent with restitution before court action, suggesting senior managers knew of irregularities while subordinates handled mispriced sugar imports.
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New York
Sugar Trust
Department of Justice
Thank you to the Post editors for coverage of Ellis re election
A reader thanks the Post editorial staff for generous space given to Mr. Ellis during his re election and praises their consideration amid crowded columns. Charles F. R. Foss signs as secretary of the Public School Association.
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Charles F. R. Foss
Public School Association
Hair Restorer Prank Ends With Humorous Reassurance
A reader sent a free sample of a hair restorer to the author after an ad promoted it. The author notes the sample arrived but jokes he does not need it, recounting lively observations about his abundant head hair and a barber’s complimentary remark. He quips the sample will be useless for himself and could only serve as makeshift repairs around his home.
Memoirs Business Man Advertise Itself in Question
A Brockton Enterprise reader questions cryptic job ad seeking a young woman for general office work and typing. The column wonders what the phrasing about salary implies and whether cleverness affects suitability.
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Care Enterprise
Brockton
Mass
Stung by Bunco Schemes Revealed by William Johnston
William Johnston chronicles how clever bunco men devised varied schemes in Sunday Magazine. The piece profiles the different plans used to dupe victims and exposes the risks of trusting unfamiliar patterns.
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William Johnston
Bunco
Bill for tunnel to connect Boston rail stations
Representative Edwin Bayley of Lexington will present to the Legislature a bill to build a tunnel linking the Boston and Maine with the New Haven railroad, connecting North and South stations. The plan requires filing with the city engineer within 12 months and a Board of Railroad Commissioners hearing, with a 29 year window before Boston or the Commonwealth may take the tunnel by reimbursing expenditures plus 6 percent interest.
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Edwin Bayley
Lexington
Boston & Maine
New Haven
Board of Railroad Commissioners
Boston
Commonwealth
Observant Citizen Seeks Names at Governor Guild Inauguration
A public figure known to many is puzzled by a missing acquaintance at the Governor Guild inauguration. Other notes describe the Y M C A Chelsea fundraising campaign forming a permanent group to promote city business and factory location. The piece also mentions Napoleon Goche’s near marriage to a French Bostonian, election-night displays in the South End, cameras at Brae-Burn hockey games, and a hunting party led by Harold Anderson with Representative William P. Hickey as guest and head chef respectively.
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Berkshire
John Smith
Brae-Burn
West Newton
Dartmouth
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Harvard
Harold Vincent Anderson
Kinderhook
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Lake Maquan
South Hanson
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Hickey
Newton Catholic Club to Host First Annual Banquet
Archbishop O Connell Lieutenant Governor Frothingham and Charles E Hatfield are expected to attend Newtonville banquet marking the Newton Catholic Club event. Clement B Carrigan of Gardner street Newton is appointed a reserve patrolman in Newton as a final act of retiring Mayor Hutchinson.
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O'Connell
Frothingham
Charles E. Hatfield
Newton
Quet
Newton Catholic Club
Newtonville
Clement B. Carrigan
Gardner Street
Hutchinson
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