Boston Post January 24 1910 subscription notice
The Boston Post announces subscription rates for daily and Sunday editions with prices for domestic and Canadian copies. It lists payment terms, delivery notes, and contact addresses. The notice directs advance payment and warns of discontinuation on expiration. Editorial contact is FE A Grozier as editor and publisher.
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Post Publishing Co
Washington St
Boston
Mass
Ivance
FE. A. Grozier
Boston Sunday Post
Boston Daily Post
Legislature Completes Session Schedule With Unfilled Bills
The time limit for filing bills expired with the grand total in both branches short of last year by about 50. The session is not shorter. Other bills may be admitted on committee approval. The schedule set by both houses is sufficient to keep them industrious across a wide range of law making.
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Committee On Rules
The Income Tax Amendment Debate Prompted by Governor
The editorial urges speedy action on the federal income tax amendment for emergency use. It notes Massachusetts ratification would codify authority once thought to belong to Congress and argues it does not intrude on state or local revenue rights.
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Congress
Massachusetts
Supreme Court
Alibi Wins Acquittal In Post Office Break-In Trial
A man facing a Federal District Court trial for a country post office breaking and entering was acquitted after proving he was a prisoner aboard the ship Wabash at the time of the alleged crime. The incident raises questions about whether some convictions may hinge on alibi.
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Federal District Court
Tony Weller
Pickwick
Common Council Mementos: Auction or Reuse of Desks
The council debates keeping or auctioning off the outgoing desks chairs spittoons and inkstands as mementos of service. Some label the idea graft while others see historic value and propose auction to let former occupants or admirers claim the furniture.
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Common Council
Shubert Theatre Opens in Tremont Street Boston
The Shubert Theatre opens tonight on Tremont Street in Boston joining the city’s elite line of playhouses. The new venue promises beauty convenience and comfort and will be run by experienced managers with noted taste and ability in artistic affairs.
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Boston
Shubert
Tremont Street
Aries
Shu bert Theatre praised as a thriving Boston show town arena
The article lauds Boston as a strong show town with a large surrounding audience. It praises the Shu bert Theatre for consistent high order efforts and accomplishments and expresses confidence in its continued success and public support.
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Boston
Roundabout
New York
Shubert
Liberal government fate tied to Irish Nationalist pact
Two thirds of British constituencies elected MPs signaling a likely Liberal plurality but a fragile majority. The Irish Nationalists emerge as kingmakers shaping budget votes and self government demands. The Asquith ministry faces a short life pending five days of balloting and potential Laborite support.
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Lords
Asquith
Mr. Asquith
Ireland
Edison Opportunity Could End County Trolley Poles
The note discusses Edison’s storage battery as a potential street car power source in West Orange New Jersey. It emphasizes that cost efficiency, not novelty, will decide if batteries replace trolleys, and discusses urban beautification as a factor in adopting new technology. It cites Boston and New York examples and urges proof of economic viability.
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West Orange
N. J
Edison
Boston
Bostonian
New York
Halley's Comet Fears Assuaged By Flammarion View
The piece mocks doomsday talk about Halley's comet with Camille Flammarion described as eminent yet erratic. It notes conservative sky watchers doubt him but accepts his claim that atmospheric gas poisoning is unlikely and Earth should endure another pass as in the past.
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Camille Flammarion
Earth
Halley
Flammarion
Politeness Gains In Trenton Street Car Fares Debate
An ordinance in Trenton New Jersey says riders forced to stand in trolley cars need not pay fares. Conductor refunds go to women passengers when men give up seats, while women embrace a new gallantry. Observers in Boston track similar street car etiquette shifts.
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Trenton
N. J
The Meat Eater's Fault and Beef Prices
A satirical piece argues beef prices rise due to meat eaters seeking premium cuts. It jokes that the public tires of the Beef Trust and proclaims that consumers now dictate the market with humor about calves, mutton, and beans.
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Beef Trust
Spear Tail of Satan Baffles Brockton Ad Reader
A Brockton clipping prints a witty letter from W R Donovan of Medford asking why Satan is shown with a spear on his tail. The writer jokes about motives from a tool to hook a victim, ends with a humorous horse-for-sale ad and a shouted sale prompt.
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Newt
Satan
Medford
Mass
Stoke Hole
W. R. Donovan
North Mainst
Brockton
Beekeeper Gilmore Loses Suit Over Bees Stinging Neighbors
In Watertown Connecticut justice Charles Fields and Frank Gilmore clash after bees kept by Gilmore's kennel stung Mr Fields twice and Mrs Fields. The suit sought 100 dollars but judge reduced damages to 16 dollars and 55 cents. Gilmore now makes muzzles for his bees to curb stings.
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Co. B. Atwood
Watertown
Conn
Charles Fields
Frank Gilmore
Gilmore
Hat Pin Reform Proposal Provokes Odd Publicity Stunt
Haverhill resident M. I. Knott Wright asks Massachusetts lawmakers to require a millinery adornment on long hat pins to blunt their points. The writer jokes that many legislators are married and would oppose such a bill, suggesting men carry apples or onions to disable dangerous pins in crowded cars.
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M. I. Knott Wright
Haverhill
Massachusetts
M. T. Knott Wright
Marl Memoirs Business and the Self-Run Boss
A terse reflection notes that many men who own and run their own businesses lack the competence to hold steady leadership, emphasizing caution for entrepreneurial independence and management capability.
Honeymoon Ends as Poetry Fails to Buy Flour
A humorous verse notes a poet's flowery words fail to secure a bride when the honeymoon ends and he cannot trade fine phrases for a sack of flour, highlighting changing romantic stakes.
A Little Winter Journey to Sunnier Climes
A travel note describes Santiago Cuba. It highlights Morro Castle where Lt Hobson was imprisoned in 1898, Caverns carved in the promontory, La Socapa, Estrella and Punta Gorda batteries, and the harbor. The city is colored with red roofs, a grand cathedral, and a tropical climate encouraging siestas and evening plaza concerts.
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Morro Castle
Hobson
la Socapa
Estrella
Punta Gorda
Santiago City
Granada
Santiago
Santiago Harbor Described as Cuba’s Finest Port
The harbor at Santiago is praised as Cuba’s finest with a deep entrance for any vessel and an inner bay spanning six by three miles. Its rocky promontories could be turned into Gibraltars of the new world, capable of sheltering large fleets or merchant shipping.
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Santiago
Cuba
When I Was Twenty-Won A Irish Pipeside Reminiscence
A rustic speaker tallies the change from Twenty-nan to Lammas seventy seven. He laments friends lost, recalls Una and marriage, notes Irish manners, fashion shifts, and pride in old ways as time and time again the pipe’s smoke fades toward the ashes of age.
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Rory
Dan
Nan
Lammas
Golden Gates of
Heaven
Mike
Una
Boston Notes on Social Scenes and Local Happenings
The Observant Citizen describes a Roxbury photo session with youths posing amid street remarks, a Parker House Canadian Club banquet with talk of Storrow and Hibbard, a Maine log ride on Penobscot River, and various brief vignettes including a Dorchester school girl, a scribbler show, and comments by Professor Travis on instructors' side ventures. It also mentions a Hanover street prank with a fruit cart dare, a new end seat hog on Needham cars, Newton Mayor Hatfield's return from Washington, and a naval engineering note at the Hotel Somerset.
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Parker House
Mixed sensational verses and local notices from 1909 column
A curious blend of Walt Mason verse about hands and ship and beach news, plus social notes and honors. Items include battleship North Dakota telecommunication, Winthrop Beach crowds after a Christmas storm, Mrs. Upham and Miss Elizabeth Upham touring Europe, Colonel Mason receiving a gold headed cane, Unitarian Church of Revere anniversary plans, and Harvard students Lindsay and Nightingale likely to receive humane society medals for rescuing a man from the Charles River.
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Kenneth L. Lindsay
John T. Nightingale
Harvard
J. T. Lynch
Charles River
Lindsay
Massachusetts Humane Society
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