Subscriptions and Notices in The Boston Post January 14 1911
The Boston Post announces subscription rates and payment details with office contact information. It lists prices for daily and Sunday editions, payment methods, and instructions on service continuity and delivery. The editor and publisher E A Grozier is noted.
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Tsseed
Post Publishing Co
Washington St
Boston
Mass
Nday Financial
Sporting Editors
Newsdeater
Newsday
E. A. Grozier
Lucius Tuttle Receives Widespread Support After Surgery
The Post extols Lucius Tuttle for his generosity and guidance in railroading and public service. Readers wish him a full recovery from a severe operation that likely saved his life and a swift return to his active civic duties.
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Lucius Tuttle
Mr. Tuttle
Post
Japan risks folly over US treaties and capital
The Hochi Shimbun in Tokyo urges excluding large American firms to retaliate against California anti-Japanese laws. The writer argues such action would depress Panama Canal value for the United States and harms Japan by driving foreign capital away.
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Japan
United States
Hochi Shimbun
Tokio
California
Cruelty to Cattle Sparks Call for Investigation
A carload of 29 cattle arrived at Brighton with three dead and two dying. Dr. Boulger cites autopsy findings of asphyxiation from crowding. The piece urges accountability for those allowing such cruelty and demands a rigid inquiry into who bears responsibility.
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Brighton
Boulger
Fear of Publicity Shapes Commission Disclosure Policy
The Herald argues against forcing the Civil Service Commission to disclose letters and reports about municipal nominees from the Mayor of Boston. It contends public access would chill testimony and reduce substantive information, leaving only perfunctory details.
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Civil Service Commission
Bos
Jes- Roy
Public Grievances Prompt Call for Open Political Debate
The text urges candid open discussion of personal grievances against candidates. It argues that brave individuals should speak publicly, with no slander hidden in commission archives. Public business deserves sunlight to ensure proper conduct and accountability.
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Commission
Texas way of seating on street cars and fare rules
A Texas informant notes railways shifted to seating riders for a three cent fare with a law making non seated passengers carry a three cent charge. Texas courts and constitution seem to shield judges from the issue while companies profit by seats.
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Texas
Congress
Elevated
The Hen Status in Tariff Law Stirs Legal Quip
The United States Court of Customs Appeals ruling redefines a hen as not a bird for tariff purposes, despite common ornithology. Importers of eggs from China argued free entry as birds eggs, but the court holds a hen is a hen, not a bird, under tariff interpretation, a quip of Payne Aldrich era.
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Treasury Department
Jimmy”’ Reynolds
United States Court of Customs Appeals
China
Payne-Aldrich
Massachusetts Eyes End to Open Deer Season Law
The open deer season in western Massachusetts faces repeal after public anger over ongoing slaughter. Senate President Treadway urged the Massachusetts Fish and Game Protective Association to back repeal, citing Berkshire County’s unsatisfactory experience and questioning the justification for killing about 1700 deer for minimal crop damage.
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Children of the Woods
Treadway
Senate
Massachusetts Fish and Game Protective Association
Berkshire
Boy Scouts Movement Grows In New England Area
Boston hosts the New England headquarters as subscriptions roll in for the Boy Scouts of America. Backers plan economical yet efficient administration with Eliot National Bank acting as treasurer. Donors include Joseph Lee 1000 dollars Charles D. Sins 250 Arthur A. Carey 1003 7 Fitzpatrick 100 C W Hubbard 100 Cyrus Brewer Co 75. Subscriptions sent to Eliot National Bank for acknowledgment.
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New England
Boy Scouts of America
Boston
Eliot National Bank
Joseph Lee
Charles D. Sins
Arthur A. Carey
Waltham
Fitzpatrick
C. W. Hubbard
Prohibition Bills Move Through Texas Legislature
Austin reports a safe majority in both chambers for a law banning liquor sales within 1 mile of schoolhouses and possibly a statewide measure before Tuesday. Governor Campbell plans to sign the bills before leaving office. the incoming governor is anti prohibitionist.
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Austin
Texas
Campbell
Dante and Beatrice painting reveals lifelong devotion in Florence scene
The article describes the painting Dante and Beatrice by Henry Woliday, showing Beatrice Portinari surrounded by two waiting ladies as Dante gazes upon her in silent devotion. It notes the painter’s London residence, the 1880s exhibit, and Liverpool’s ownership as a treasured work in a busy port.
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Dante
Beatrice
Dante Alighieri
Beatrice Portinari
Homer
Shakspere
Henry Woliday
London
Corporation of Liverpool
All Sorts by Newton Newkirk Sphinx Says
Newton Newkirk offers a witty Sphinx Say column with quick quips on staying too long and the dangers of wearing out a welcome. The piece blends humor and moral advice in a concise social observation.
The Dingmaul and Wompus Compared in a Maine Tale
A correspondent describes the dingmaul of Maine, noting its winter activity, bizarre features, and harmless nature at distance. The writer mockingly contrasts it with the wompus and humorously questions the creature’s appearance, teeth, tail instrument, and cider quips about observing a healthy specimen.
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Maine
W. J. Bryan
Dingmaul Relation to Wompus Speculation
The message questions zoological ties between the dingmaul and the wompus with uncertain claims. It notes a lookup of the dingmaul’s record and states the subject is not even a forty.
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Dingmaul
Roanoke Visitor Touts $1000 For New Swear Word
Despatch from Roanoke Virginia reports Walter G Newman a wealthy financier arriving in town by crippled car from New York. After a string of car troubles he offers a thousand dollars for a brand new swear word, but no one can satisfy his desperate demand.
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Roanoke
Walter G. Newman
New York
Walter
Metropolis
Town
Hill
Dale
Second hand horse ad raises questions on soundness
A Portland Daily Express ad seeks a second hand horse offering cash price and asks if the animal is sound. The piece ponders when a horse becomes second hand and whether windiness or other defects exclude it from that category.
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The
Portland Daily Express
Observant Citizen Notes Pets and Local News
The column reports a Chestnut Street cat’s roaming and boldness, a Harvard Radcliffe prize awarded to Florence Agnes Lincoln for The End of the Bridge to be staged at Castle Square Theatre, and Knights of Columbus members in Dorchester. It also shares a tale of a clever house cat that imports captured rats and a plan for a Syrian citizens club in Boston with organizer Philip K Mofel.
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Chestnut Street
John Craig
Harvard
Radcliffe
Florence Agnes Lincoln
Charlestown
Radcliffe College
George P. Baker
Horace B. Stanton
Castle Square Theatre
Knights of Columbus
KE. J. Sullivan
M. J
J. Leo Cass
Dorchester
Jack
Bridges
State Prison
Teo
Boston
Mt. Pleasant
Tyler Street
Philip K Mofel
Sum
Second-hand Horse, Broken and Spavined, Questioned
A short note questions the value and condition of a worn horse described as broken and spavined, hinting at concerns over its usefulness and price in a local market.
Sincerity Uncle Walt On a Stable Studio Joke
A humorous verse recounts Walt Mason praising a painted stable now called a studio with critics and neighbors weighing in. Neighbor Johnsing hails technique while Neighbor Binn ridicules the result suggesting beasts view the scene oddly. The poem ends with a vow to stay true to art rather than chase pink and blue trends.
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Johnsing
Angelo
Munich
Brussels
Spain
Binn
Caesar
James J. Jams
Walt Mason
George Matthew Adams
Friday the thirteenth echoes in local humor and misfortune
The article notes a Friday the thirteenth looming next October and recounts social chatter about Italian and Syrians in the Quincy area, remarks on ex President Lucius Tuttle’s illness, and a quip from cabbies. It also highlights Thomas G. Smith of Quincy achieving an 88.88 percent mark in a whist game with 48 points and 6 losses.
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Mr. Lawson
T . Thomas G. Smith
Quincy
Bar Gentleman-Cabby and the Four-Thirty Train
A humorous dialogue features Bar Gentleman-Cabby teasing his thin horse as the four-thirty train approaches. The cabby addresses the emaciated steed with rustic, playful boasts about the cats pursuing them.
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Cabby
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