The Post Vacation Time Policy for 1914
The Boston Post outlines vacation mail service for daily and Sunday editions, offering two week, one month, and various rate options. It notes address changes allowed during absence, and provides subscription rates for domestic and international readers with postage details.
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Sunday Post
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Factorial Rooms Advertising and Post Subscription Notice
An early 20th century newspaper notices readers that subscriptions to the Post must be prepaid and will be discontinued at expiration without further notice. It directs readers to notify via mail if the Post is unavailable from a newsstand and provides address details at 1383 Main.
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Expert Opinion Under Gompers On Improving Hiring Conditions
The article cites Samuel Gompers as Federation of Labor president noting improving conditions with more men finding work and reduced uncertainty. He speaks as an expert unlikely to favor the Democrats, presenting a cheery, sunshine tone on labor market trends.
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Samuel Gompers
Great Federation of Labor
Gompers
Letters of Sunshine
Chairman Cole Reframes Salem Fire Affects Boston Industry
The Boom Boston commission chairman explains no attempts were made to move Salem industries. He says a few manufacturers received letters about Boston's advantages if they planned to leave Salem. He calls the action honorable and proper.
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Cole
Boston” Commission
Salem
Boston
Confessed embezzler's weakness blamed on rare books
Friends say the Boston Overseers of the Poor official was tempted by a passion for rare editions. They note a love for rare books is not itself a defect, though his inability to resist stealing public funds was a criminal lapse.
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Boston
Boston to Open Business Library in City Hall Chamber
The Pilgrim Publicity Association and local advertisers urge Mayor Curley to establish a business men's reference library as a branch of the Public Library in Boston’s old aldermanic chamber at City Hall. Newark, N J already leads with a similar institution and demonstrates its value for commerce. The library would offer books maps charts reports and other material on commercial topics to serve business men.
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Pilgrim Publicity Association
Curley
City Hall
Newark
N. J
Boston
Stirr ing appeal for Salem relief calls for funds nationwide
Governor Walsh and the relief committee urge a broad national campaign to raise one million dollars for the stricken Salem victims. Massachusetts donors may lose interest without a wider, more spectacular drive as governors and city mayors anticipate generous responses from across the country. Salem’s fame and history are noted as potential aids to fundraising. A debt to Salem from visitors and students remains sizable.
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Walsh
Committee On
Salem
Massachusetts
Ocean
Poaders
Boston Port Report Urges Unified Campaign for Exports
J Clapp cites unequal export rates harming Boston while Philadelphia and Baltimore take grain business. He urges Interstate Commerce Commission action to make lake wheat rates equal across ports and recommends promoting Boston as a passenger port and interior advertising to attract transatlantic travelers. The Directors should act on Clapps plan to unite New England in port development.
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Philadelphia
Chamber of Com
Beate Commerce Commissal
C Merce
Middle West
Boston
Interstate Commerce Commission
Clapp
Baltimore
New York
New
Start toward Grand Challenge Cup triumphs in Henley trials
The Union Boat Club of Boston and Harvard second varsity beat London Rowing Club and Leanders in Henley Grand Challenge Cup trials. Warward men look strongest to reach semi finals against Winnipeg Rowing Club while Union faces Mayence Club. If American crews meet in finals, Boston would have a keen moment.
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Union Boat Club
Boston
Harvard
London Rowing Club
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America
Warward
Winnipeg Rowing Club
Mayence Club
Germany
Settlement Reached in West End and Elevated Consolidation
The U S District Court refused a stockholder suit to block the West End Street Railway's merger with the Elevated. The 1911 Legislature approved the consolidation after debate and public sentiment. The arrangement, benefiting the Elevated and its stockholders, is now treated as permanent.
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United States District Court
West End Street Railway Company
Elevated
West End
Roosevelt speech hints at gloom over business outlook
The Pittsburg address notes pessimism about business despite promising wheat harvests and abundant fruit. The piece suggests historical boosts to business follow large yields and ends with a call to cheer up as cherries ripen.
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Roosevelt
Pittsburg
Former Representative Newton Named Deputy Collector in Income Tax Work
Ex Representative William L v Newton of South Boston was appointed field deputy in the internal revenue office at Boston for income tax work. He will receive 1600 dollars a year and 1200 dollars for expenses.
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William L. v. Newton
South
Boston
Internal Revenue Office
Newton
All Sorts by Newton Newkirk
A column notes the end of Newton Newkirk’s long talk on trivial topics and the public reaction to his rambling discourse. The piece critiques verbosity and highlights the garden costs cited as a humorous aside.
Luncheon Lark Ends With Silly Scramble and Fewer Sausages
A noon outing turns chaotic as diners clash over a stool and a plate breaks. A patron battles waiters for food and forfeits his meal amid a string of absurd mishaps and fading sausage counts.
Salem cats hunger as foster care slams doors
Fragmented OCR text mentions Salem and cats in hardship with references to foster parents, prosecutors, and a business failing. It is unclear but implies community struggle and a local incident affecting residents and animals. No clear dates or names beyond generic references.
Picturesque Maine Canoe Voyage Through West Branch
The West Branch of the Penobscot in Maine offers a famed canoe trip from Northeast Carry to Norcross. Vacationists navigate rough waters and falls, pass Chesuncook and Ripogenus lakes, and enjoy primeval forests before ending at Norcross, often planning repeat trips each summer.
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New England
West Branch
Carry
Moosehead
Maine Woods
Chesancook Lake
Ripogenus Lake
Great Canyon
Norcross
Tomorrow's Picture The Adams Houses at Quincy
Broken OCR fragment mentions lunch and sausages with unclear context and multiple garbled words. No definite people or organizations can be identified from the readable text.
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Adams
Quincy
Cambridge Notes on Local Images and Memories
Long miscellaneous column with anecdotes about Judge Ratigan’s recovery, Daniel Webster memorials, Stratton Mountain history, Longfellow Park diggings and sculptor Daniel C. French, Cambridge boys gardening, Jeremiah Smith’s Revolutionary-era father, Boston Zoo raccoon cage, Mt Wachusett views from Boston, and a Maine boy catching a salmon at Old Town.
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Cambridge
Mt. Auburn Street
Amera
William F. Harris
Greece
Harvard
Mt. Auburn
Jereeiah Smith
New Hampshire Supreme Court
Berkeley Street
Camtridge
Jeremiah Smith
Judge Smith
Women Fight For The Ballot In Free England
A poem by Walt Mason from 1914 depicts British women marching for voting rights. It contrasts old domestic roles with militant activism and warns of male fear as the suffrage movement grows, noting Queen Mary and public statues, while praising the fight for the sacred ballot.
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Mary
Lunnon
John O’ Groat
Walt Mason
Open cars hated by a Somerville reader
A reader from Somerville criticizes the shift from open trolley cars to semi convertible and cage cars. He notes the heat relief and affordable recreation open cars provided and urges railways to consider patrons, calling for larger open cars on suburban lines. He laments overcrowding and the loss of pleasant travel.
Fads and Fashions Highlight Summer Lingerie Trends
The latest lingerie frocks feature eyelet embroidery and long tunics with numerous sashes for the season. Little girls’ biege straw hats are trimmed with tiny plume accents in bright tones, while tiny reticule bags match dress materials. Black velvet hats with white straw adornments and white flower trims appear, and Parisiennes favor gloves in contrasting colors with their outfits.
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