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Subscription rates for the Boston Post and Sunday Post are listed, with payment in advance required. Contact details include editorial rooms at 1004-1008 Main and business office numbers, and instruction to send payments to the Post Publishing Company.
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New England
Post Publishing Co
Washington St
Boston
Mass
Canada
Poet- Wee
Post Publishing Company
Grozier
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Test Case Against New York Central Over Ticket Use
The article recalls a 50 year old incident where John A Coleman of Providence sued after a ticket read for the opposite direction was refused on the Shore line. He was put off the train and won damages, suggesting a test case could overturn New York Central’s policy over Boston & Albany routes.
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New York Central Railroad
Boston & Albany
John A. Coleman
Providence
Shore Line
New York Central
Walker postal canvass raises funding question for governor race
The discourse questions Speaker Walker's plan to mail a state wide appeal while claiming to fight campaigns with no money. It notes the estimated ten thousand dollar cost for postcards printing and staffing and asks how a poor candidate could compete.
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Speaker Walker
Walker
England's Advantage on Fortifying the Panama Canal
Frederick Villiers argues that the United States should fortify the Panama Canal to control it, comparing the scenario to Britain's control of the Gibraltar straits. He notes opponents cite Suez neutrality but warn that Britain commands the entrance to the Mediterranean, making Suez useless in war without British guns.
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Montreal
Frederick Villiers
Boston
Panama Canal
England
Straits of
Gibraltar
Panama
Suez Canal
Mediterranean
Great Britain
Boston Art Commission Rejects Mrs Howe Portrait at Faneuil Hall
The Boston Art Commission declines to place a portrait of Mrs Julia Ward Howe in Faneuil Hall calling it a final no. Citizens criticize the action as unwarranted and unpatriotic while arguing there is room for another picture. The public seeks a true reason for the exclusion.
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Boston Art Commission
Faneuil Hall
Julia Ward Howe
Art Commission
Boston to Texas direct steamship line plan
The Chamber of Commerce advances a Boston to Texas direct steamship route with a $1,000,000 company to fund the project. Backers led by capable financiers seek subscriptions to launch the line, promising lower freight rates for cotton hides lumber and other Southwest Texas products through direct shipment.
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Chamber of Commerce
Boston
Texas
John C. Cobb
Southwest
Boston Seeks Direct Water Route to Southwest Markets
A Boston business note outlines plans to ship via a direct, cheaper water route to the Southwest, challenging Chicago St Louis New York producers and pushing past reliance on rail and steamship links through New York and New England. The aim is to place Boston products directly into the growing market.
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New York
New England
Chicago
St. Louis
Boston
California Senator John D Works backs lemon tariff defense
A newly minted California senator declares the lemon industry must be protected and opposes lowering the 14 cent per pound duty. The Providence Journal notes lemons rot in Sicily while prices rise for Californians, arguing that growers should pivot if tariffs cannot meet foreign competition.
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John D. Works
California
Works
Hancock
The
Providence Journal
Not to be Annoyed by State Inquiry into Graft
A New York finance organ rails at William K. Vanderbilt for leaving the country during a state investigation into race track graft. It mocks his defiance of subpoenas and argues that wealth breeds contempt for the law. The piece condemns rich elites who avoid subpoenas and inflame public resentment.
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William K. Vanderbilt
Europe
New York
Navy Eyes Aerial Shipboard Attacks At Sea
The Navy Department considers aviation key to fleet operations. After Eugene Ely’s flights at Hampton Roads and San Francisco officers plan larger scale tests to launch from ship decks twenty miles out, fly to shore note enemy harbor vessels and return, with Congress urged to fund further experiments.
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Navy Department
Eugene Ely
Hampton Roads
San Francisco
Congress
Department
Fashion Paragraph Highlights Winter Fads and Fabrics
Paragraphs on popular winter styles note knitted toques and firmine in vogue. Yokes vary square and round with fur borders on large hats. Foulards remain favored while new corduroy muffs edge with fur. Chiffon cloth is widely used. skirts widen for ease of walking. many linens shown in new weaves and colors.
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Pall Mall
The Hobble Skirt Fashion Plate A Lively Caricature
A humorous verse depicts a stylish woman in a hobble skirt and sheath gown. She learns a mincing gait to walk, drawing rubbernecked stares as she tries a limousine lift by a polite chauffeur. The piece parodies early 20th century fashion excess.
Judge faces rogue witness in Missouri courtroom melee
Judge Jefferson Pollard of St. Louis struggles to follow Mrs Mary Maguire as she accuses her husband John Maguire and delivers a slap to the judge. The courtroom erupts in giggles while Pollard fines John $50 plus costs for contempt after noting the right arm as the more persuasive argument.
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Jefferson Pollard
St. Louis
Mary Maguire
John Maguire
Mary
John
Pollard
The Puzzle Clock Causes Sleepless Salem Reader Grief
Dear All Sorts reports a reader with a half hour striking clock that misleads at night. After waking at 12:30, the clock strikes at 1:00 and 1:30, leaving the seeker unable to tell true time until repairs are made by a clock man to adjust the mechanism.
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Salem
Mass
Tempus
Little Miss Muffet and the Airman Encounter
A playful verse notes Little Miss Muffet on a tuffet when an airman espied her and landed beside her startling her or not as the rhyme concludes.
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Miss Muffet
B. Bertram
Li Me: If You Think You’re Always Right You’re Wrong
Li Me states a blunt principle about certainty and humility. The remark challenges dogmatic views by asserting that confidence can blind judgment. He frames the idea as a caution against overconfidence in personal certainty.
Jewellers' Bank Creditors to Receive Full Claims With Interest
Creditors of the Jewellers' National Bank of North Attleboro Massachusetts will get full claims plus interest. The Comptroller of Currency declared a final dividend of 8.45 dollars today. The bank was wrecked by its cashier and closed in 1807.
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Washington
Jewellers’ National Bank of North
New Feature of The Boston Post Reproductions Series
The Boston Post announces a new feature series reproducing famous paintings with accompanying stories of history literature and romance. The program promises educational value and lasting preservation of cultural works for readers.
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Boston Post
Charlotte Corday and the Saintly Murder of Marat
A condensed portrait of Charlotte Corday’s rise to renown after stabbing Jean Paul Marat. It notes her patriotism, acceptance of death, and Carlyle’s histories, plus Charles-Louis Muller who captured Corday in prison in 1875, housed at the Corcoran Gallery.
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Charlotte Corday
Jean Paul Marat
Paris
France
Muller
Motley
Jervas
Char
Lotte Corday
Carlyle
Charlotte
Charles-Louis Muller
Legion of Honor
Institute
Corcoran Art Gallery
Washington
Old Peabody oak removed to improve clock view
City crews cut down the long standing oak in Peabody square to restore visibility of the square clock. A plan to keep the clock running was announced as the tree came down. The report also notes Harvad grads securing government posts and local civic items.
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Peabody Square
Events of Boston churches and missions week
Bishop Arthur Lloyd was hosted by Trinity Church Women’s Auxiliary as the 284th annual convention of the Boston Branch, Christian and Missionary Alliance, gathered at Bromfield Street Methodist Episcopal Church. Notable speakers include Mr and Mrs Chamberlain and missionary Miss Parmeter.
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Arthur 8. Lloyd
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Board of Missions
Trinity Church
Boston
Christian and Missionary Alliance
Bromfield Street Methodist Episcopal Church
Chamberlain
Mary Parmenter
China
Alvin J. Stevenson
Africa
St. Paul’s Church
Tremont Street
Edmund 8. Rousmaniere
Juline W. Atwood
Arizona
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Barbaroux
Petion
Louvet
Harvard
Lee Somers
St. Johnsbury
Department of Agriculture
Brockton
Chauncey D. Snow
Department of Commerce and Labor
Somers
Snow
Foss
Executive Council
the Custom House
George Doherty
Phelps
MacMiann
Griffin
Custom House
Garbarino
Doherty
Springer
Plymouth County
Massachusetts
Willard Houghton
Lee, Me
Penobscot County
Houghton
Chestnut Hill
Brookline
Boston Elevated
William J. Love
Brookline Selectmen
Mr. Love
Board of Selectmen
Scollay Square Way
Greater Boston
Alexander Jackson
Cleveland
First Presbyterian Church
Columbus Avenue
Berkeley Street
James Alexandr
Edward M. Barney
First Congregational Church of
Warwick
Angiola
Louise Cox
Medford
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