Boston Post Daily January 13 1911 Subscription Rates
The Boston Post announces subscription rates and pricing for the Post and Sunday Post. Rates include 6 months for 1.50 and 1 year for 3.00 with monthly and quarterly options. The notice provides contact details and payment instructions and states notices will discontinue on expiration.
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Post Publishing Co
Washington St
Boston
Mass
THE
Sunday Post
Canada
the Post
Post Publishing Company
End the Kiss of Death in Fall River Mills bill
A proposed bill by Representative Harrington aims to ban the old weave room shuttle in cotton mills. The device, nicknamed the kiss of death for its unsanitary lip contact, would be replaced by a new shuttle eliminating mouth contact. Advocates argue health and lives justify compulsory adoption despite costs.
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Harrington
Fall River
Copley Plaza Hotel Plan Seen As Urban Benefit
The proposed Copley Plaza Hotel on the Art Museum site promises a modern luxury hotel for Boston. It would spur street improvements between Park and Copley squares and add a civic asset without harming the public square.
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Copley Plaza
Old
Art Museum
Copley Square Trust
Boston
Times
Park and
Copley
Arts Museum
Express Company Profits Highlighted by ICC Report
The Interstate Commerce Commission’s first annual express company report reveals that property used in operation is only 12 percent of total assets of 186,221,380 while net income reaches 11,387,489, yielding about 50 percent profit on investment. The piece argues monopolistic gains fuel opposition to parcels post and hints at upcoming government action.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Commission
Peters Likely to Join Ways and Means Committee
Reports from Washington indicate Representative Andrew J. Peters of the eleventh district is practically certain to be placed on the Ways and Means Committee for the next session. The move is anticipated across several channels as a significant development.
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Washington
Andrew J. Peters
Peters Seen as Favored Choice for Tariff Committee
The text supports Peters as a leading Democratic pick for a key tariff revision role in the Sixty-second Congress. A New Englander with congressional experience is favored to join the Ways and Means majority as a working member, with broad agreement on his qualifications.
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Peters
New
Better Docks for Boston Port Urgently Demanded
In an open letter Jerome Jones denounces Massachusetts docking policy and urges prompt action to build deep waterfront piers linked to rail lines. He warns New York plans at Montauk Point threaten Boston commerce and argues state funding will yield long term prosperity.
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Jerome Jones
Boston
Massachusetts
Mr. Jones
New York
Montauk Point
Long Island
Overcrowded Street Cars Spark Debate at Twentieth Century Club
Boston reformers argue streetcar crowding harms health and decency. A speaker proposes enforcing seating with a Railroad Commission decree, sparking predicted backlash from strap-hanging riders and a push for more cars to ease traffic and protect nickel revenues.
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Elevated
Wisconsin Senate Probe Signals Fresh Ethics Battle
The Wisconsin State Senate panel finds Isaac Stephenson campaign methods corrupt, arguing the issue belongs in Washington. The piece echoes the era of money influencing nominations and elections to Congress and warns broader reform is needed amid a wave of similar concerns.
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United States Senate
State Senate Committee of
Wisconsin
Isaac Stephenson
Washington
Lorimer
Senate
Illinois
Fire damages Poli's Theatre roof in New Haven
A roof fire at Poli's Theatre in New Haven, Connecticut, broke out as patrons gathered for the matinee. The blaze, fueled by tar, was quickly put out with minor excitement and no injuries. Cause is under investigation.
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New Haven
Conn
Poli
The Boston Post Picks Up A Series of Famous Paintings
The Boston Post announces a new feature reproducing famous paintings with stories from history literature art and romance. The series aims to be highly educational and worth preserving for readers and collectors alike.
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Boston Post
Napoleon on the Bellerophon in Orchardson’s painting
Art critic describes Sir William Quiller Orchardson's 1880 painting Napoleon on the Bellerophon. The work captures Napoleon’s final realization of defeat aboard the British ship and the end of his European impact as he gazes toward the French coast. The painting is housed in the Tate Gallery London.
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Julius Caesar
Egypt
Russia
France
Europe
Captain Maitland
the Bellerophon
Ushant
Buonaparte
White Cliffs
England
William Quiller Orchardson
Famor Tate Gallery
London
Miss Oso bear gift to Boston Zoo ends in acceptance
Newton Newkirk arteries a comic heart tale about offering Miss Oso the bear to Boston Zoo. The Boston Park Commissioners accept the gift and arrange quarters while the bear moves to Franklin Park. The narrator jokes about romance with the bear and bids farewell to Lexington Park.
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Park Commissioners
Oso
Lexington Park
Lady Bear Seminary
City OF Boston Board of Commissioners of the
Newton Newkirk
Boston Post
Franklin Park
Pettigrew
Shurtleff
Robert S. Peabody
Boston Park Commissioners
Jamaica Plain
Mass
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Bear
Observant Citizen Portes Trip to Italy and Local Anecdotes
Linn Boyd Porter of Brookline plans to sail on the White Star liner Romanic for Italy this Saturday February 4. The column also notes Sydney Shoules of Malden finds his Boston terrier safe in an ash pit, rats driven from a shed with fire extinguishers, Mayor Fitzgerald’s singing at a Howe memorial, and fashion hats seen on an Elevated car.
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Linn Boyd Porter
Brookline
Italy
Porter
Sydney Shoules
Melden Street
Malden
Shoules
Atlantic Avenue
Unitarian Club Re Elects Eliot and Officers in Boston
Ex President Charles W. Eliot of Harvard is re elected president of the Unitarian Club at its annual meeting. Other officers were re elected Vice presidents John D. Low and George Hutchinson treasurer Dr Francis H. Brown secretary Charles W. Birtwell executive committee William S. Kyle Arthur F. Esterbrook James Longley. Congregationalists of Waban form Union Church with land from William C. Strong and a $10 000 pledge. Rev A T Dykeman begins pastorate at West End Baptist Church Halifax. Quiet Day observed by Women’s Auxiliary at Emmanuel Episcopal Church led by Bishop Robert Codman of Maine. American Baptist Missionary Union appoints George B Huntington as assistant secretary foreign dept and Arthur Ll Snell as secretary New York district.
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Charles W. Eliot
Harvard
Unitarian Club
John D. Low
George Hutchinson
Francis H. Brown
Charle W. Birtwell
William S. Kyle
Arthur F. Esterbrook
James Longley
Waban
Union Church
Waban Avenue
Beacon Street
William C. Strong
A. T. Dykeman
West Roxbury
West End Baptist Church
Halifax
N. S
A. Lawson
Emmanuel Episcopal Church
Robert Codman
Maine
American Baptist Missionary Union
George B. Huntington
Boston
Foreign Department
Arthur Ll. Snell
Fitchburg
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