Boston Post publication details and subscription rates
The Boston Post issued January 24 1918 lists pricing for Daily and Sunday editions with rates for domestic Canada and foreign mail, postage notes, and payment terms. It includes office address 239 Washington St Boston MA and contact numbers, plus editor and publisher Edwin A Grozier with main office at 1583 Main.
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Post Publishing Co
Washington St
Boston
Mass
Canada
Sunday Post
Telco Rooms
Edwin A. Grozier
Garfield a multifaceted figure in coal era governance
The text portrays Harry A. Garfield not as a mere professor but a versatile professional. It notes his background as a lawyer, roles with Cleveland Chamber of Commerce and Cleveland Trust Company, and his leadership in a rail line project linking coal regions to lake ports, implying substantial knowledge of coal mining and transportation.
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Harry A. Garfield
Garfield
Cleveland Chamber of Commerce
Great Cleveland Trust Company
Lake Erie, Alliance & Wheeling
Ohio
Women in Industry and the War Time Social Challenge
A letter from Henry B. Endicott Mrs. Nathaniel Thayer and Colonel William A. Gaston urges religious leaders to guide the influx of women into industry as men enter war service. It cites England where 1 500 000 women are newly in industry and warns of moral physical and economic damage if safeguards are not provided. Churches are asked to aid in preventing a repeat of such conditions.
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Henry B. Endicott
Committee On Public Safety
Nathaniel Thayer
Massachusetts
Council of National Defence
William A. Gaston
England
The Colonel's Sorry Job
Roosevelt travels to Washington to undermine the President’s work and influence Congress. The piece argues such tactics echo Douglas during Lincoln’s era and contrasts Roosevelt with Cleveland’s restraint, highlighting the political peril of false charges in national leadership.
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Roosevelt
Washington
Stephen A. Douglas
Congress
Lincoln
Douglas
Grover Cleveland
Pennsylvania
Wilson’s Call for Decency in Leadership
The remark questions why the president cannot act as a decent man and a good American, contrasting his status as chief executive with the perceived pettiness of others he must cope with. It frames a critique of leadership and moral character in national governance.
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Wilson
History Repeats Itself as War Powers Battle Rages
The article argues Congress seeks to limit the President by creating a War Cabinet to direct the war effort, citing Lincoln era clashes as precedent. It condemns such moves as unconstitutional overreach and warns of a powerless chief executive under review. It cites Gideon Welles and Seward in the 1860s.
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United States
Army and Navy
Congress
White House
Capitol
Army
Navy
War Cabinet
General Staff
Naval Boards
Woodrow Wilson
Abraham Lincoln
Senate
House
Gideon Welles
Lincoln
Seward
Republic
Welles
Board of Admiralty
Over There: A Brookline Man's Wartime Pledge
A Brookline resident recounts sacrificing comforts during wartime to support soldiers. He borrows against a Liberty bond, endures cold nights, sells belongings, buys flags, and vows to join the overseas effort to ensure good meals and warm clothes for himself and others.
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Brookline, Mass
Brook Lyne
Bell Rings Again Discipline Opener Motto Sighted
A quip about readiness and opportunity says that effort should be constant since chances do not pause for hesitation. The saying emphasizes staying prepared to seize events as they arise.
Wakefield letter defends shared chores but shames one husband
A Wakefield letter urges fair division of early morning fire duty. George boasts of forcing Mary to build the fire for 13 years, then faces admonition from a reader who calls him a loafer and suggests stronger retaliation to restore balance.
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Newt
George
Mary
Wakefield
Mass. George
Observant Citizen notes on art gifts and world curios
A Gilbert Stuart portrait donated in memory of Miss Ellen Williams arrives at the Art Museum. The column shares local history, peats fuel talk, weather tales, and reader observations from Newburyport, Salem, Hill New Hampshire, and Seattle, highlighting civic life and curious snippets.
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Art Museum
Ellen Williams
A. D. Fairbanks
Northboro
Gilbert Stuart
When Fame Fails to Fill a Torn World
Ruth Cow story set during war follows Helen Matthews a singer who gives up marriage to pursue fame. Years later she comforts war victims in a French hospital and reunites with Roger, now wounded, to learn fame cannot heal their hearts.
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Roger
Helen Matthews
Helen
France
Frelen
Fashion notes on hats and dress trimmings
The column surveys Southern wear with red straw hats in sports styles and midseason satin hats. It suggests a heavy cord girdle for a child's dress and notes gray squirrel fur complements brunettes. Patent leather hats remain fashionable though the crown should be soft.
Oldest Inhabitant Recalls Boston Cold Snap and Warm Spells
The Oldest Inhabitant recalls Boston winters with official records showing 160 below in 1888 and 6 below in 1888’s variant, while 1907 marked a 60 degree high. He notes rain or snow on this date in the past decade including 1908 1900 1914 and related years.
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Teter
Boston
Seattle
Wash
Mount Kanier
Birthday Bio Briefs on Charles James Fox
This birthday note honors Charles James Fox born January 24, 1749 at Weastminster. A leading English statesman, Fox entered Parliament at nineteen as a Tory, became Lord of the Admiralty at twenty one, and later joined the Whigs becoming their chief opponent of Lord North and the war ending in American independence. He faced royal opposition under George III yet pressed reforms in Indian government libel law and abolition of the slave trade. Fox’s oratory was famed for clarity and vigor, despite early gambling troubles that were cured by friends funding debts.
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Admiralty
George III
Tories
Whig
Lord North
Vox
Lord Grenville
Fox
Licorice sources and public health queries addressed
Readers ask where licorice comes from and how it is cultivated in the United States. The note explains Mediterranean origins, licorice plant warmth, and NJ cultivation trials, then switches to inquiries about crippled children homes, infant mortality causes and statistics, civil service appointments, and British subject status for a man born in Britain but naturalized as a child.
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Food Administration
Germany
United States
Mediterranean
Europe
New Jersey
Boston
Needham Heights
Health Department
City Hall Annex
King Coal The Story of the Fuel That Is the Nation's Biggest Problem
This piece traces coal industry evolution from manual to machine driven mining in Pennsylvania including anthracite and bituminous fields. It recounts early coal shipments for war in 1775, failed river flotations, and the surprising discoveries of coal in Lehigh and Schuylkill regions along with legends of initial exploration and ventureups.
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Pennsylvania
Wyoming
Susquehanna
Carlisle
Wyoming Fields
Lehigh River
Philadelphia
Lehigh
Schuylkill
Tropics
Everyday Etiquette From Alicia Hoyt
The article offers etiquette rules for ballroom behavior and courtesy. It covers how to handle a dropped silver item, dancing duties, keeping promises to dance, and appropriate frequency of dances between a couple. It also notes typical social calling hours on Sunday afternoons.
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Alicia Hoyt
Hermione
Tom
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