Boston Post 1918 July 5 subscription notice and masthead
The Boston Post advertises daily and Sunday subscriptions with rates for 1 year six months and three months, plus Canada and foreign copy terms. Contact details list editors and offices at 259 Washington Street, Boston and payment policies.
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Largest Newspaper Printing Plant in New England
Quote from Robert Hoe touts the Boston Post owning the largest newspaper printing plant in New England and the largest press in the world.
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New England
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R. Hoe & Co
Public asked to suggest plan for marking Boston Massacre site
City authorities seek ideas from the public on commemorating the 1770 Boston Massacre location. The current circular paving stones are seen as striking, with potential improvements including colored blocks and a brass plate.
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Boston
Looking Backward Not for Tariff Reform Says Commentary
The piece fights against dismissing Mulhall and Lamar charges as ancient history arguing that any guilt or innocence by the National Association of Manufacturers bears on current tariff deliberations. It contends truth seeking is forward looking and just.
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Lamar
National Association of Manufacturers
Glorious Fourth Celebration in Boston Emphasizes Patriotism
An object lesson in popular celebration unfolded in Boston with an impressive Fourth of July program. The Cradle of Liberty saw an oration flag raising and Declaration reading, followed by a military parade and well staged sports, music, and fireworks. Public enthusiasm was high while fireworks were nonexplosive, reflecting cooperative effort between private groups and city authorities.
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Boston
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The Revival of a City in Panama Celebration
The piece highlights San Francisco's dramatic post quake rebuild as a remarkable effort. It notes 50 000 building permits issued since the catastrophe and an estimated 840 000 000 in new structures. A new metropolis rises on the former ruins demonstrating national recuperative power.
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San Francisco
Pacific
Eclipse of Reno Divorces Draw City Demonstrations
Reports describe Reno Nevada demonstrations on a Wednesday night celebrating the new six months residence requirement making divorce legally possible after January first. Observers call the events vivid and eagerly watched as residents respond to the change in marriage law.
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Nev
Reno Declines as Court Rules on Six Months Residence
The article notes a shift away from Reno as divorce residence after a court enforces new six months’ residence decrees. It describes a prior surge of residents and crowded hotels, followed by a gradual exodus as rulings take effect. The piece argues Reno should have no successor.
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Reno
Coroner Seeks Personal Responsibility After New Haven Wreck
In Stamford an inquest into the New Haven wreck probes who bears fault. Coroner Phelan insists on assigning responsibility to individuals, not the corporation, and questions who authorized wooden cars, adequate stop devices, and tight train spacings. The New Haven officials refuse to answer, hindering public confidence.
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Stamford
Phelan
Gettysburg Address Elevates Nation To New Resolve
The final Gettysburg day featured the Presidents address to veterans and citizens. The speech, praised for its elegant language and moral call to action, urges young men to embrace ethical warfare and build a lasting peace through sacrifice and duty. It frames ongoing struggle as preparation for greater national tasks.
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Gettysburg
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All Sorts by Newton Newkirk
A quirky passage mocks excessive drinking with archaic phrasing. The narrator likens ice to sounding brass and notes a foolhardy guest who drinks many highballs, becoming hot and uncomfortable as the situation turns awkward.
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Newton Newkirk
The Punch Wins The Prize In Plain Talk
A rhetoric urging the value of initiative and the “punch” in life. It extols taking decisive action in business, learning, and society, citing figures like Eliot and Roosevelt as examples. The text ends with a domestic vignette about a son in trouble and a father’s skeptical reaction.
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Moving Picture Figures Highlight Industry Impact in New York Exhibition
The International Exhibition of the Moving Picture Arts in New York presents stats on the industry: 6.38 billion nickels paid by 3.6 billion moviegoers, $80 million invested, 200,000+ employed, and 10 million feet of film produced weekly. It notes the industry’s moral responsibility and growing public interest.
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New York
Kennedy fortunes reveal vast legacy of John S Kennedy
Biographical sketch of John S Kennedy detailing a rise from Glasgow clerk to American banker and railroad investor. Notes his wealth at death in 1909, estimated at 67 million, with 25 million to religious and educational causes. Highlights include key business roles and major bequests to Yale Dartmouth Amherst Williams Bowdoin and Wellesley.
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International and Great Northern Railroad
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Presbyterian Church
New England
Too Much Competition in a Family
A family's little girl feels neglected when a new baby arrives. A visitor asks about her, and she replies she is all right, though she senses there is too much portion in this world.
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Mary
Daly Ditty on Italian Immigrants and Labor Preface
A dialect toned monologue critiques immigrant labor and U S stock profits. It contrasts homeland longing with the reality of toil and the claim that workers are paid for their blood and effort in roads crops and railroads. The speaker questions the value of stock deals versus honest work and homeward dreams.
Observant Citizen notes and local items from Boston area column
A collage of short briefs includes Theodore J. McNally poems from the Soldiers Home, sculptor Starling Burgess on seals at his boat yard, Boston elevator workers unionizing and wage gains, farm life on the Glorious Fourth, retirement of Samuel Lunt from the Eastern and Boston & Maine lines, Katharine Tingley’s Laurel Terrace estate for sale, woodchuck sightings around Canaan and Portsmouth, Maine schooner market slowdown, Hammond wireless plane experiments, Washington visit relics to Newburyport, and a Jamaica Plain reader’s note about a Plymouth Rock hen swallowing a mouse.
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New England
Hhe Bey
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Laurel Terrace
Luryport
Katherine Tingley
Theosophists
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New Books and Bergson Fame Stir Readers Across Pages
A survey of Arnold Bennett and his Art of the Novelist argues that mastery of technique rarely guarantees fame, with Dickens and others cited as proof. Bergson’s philosophy wins acclaim abroad but confounds many readers, while Century’s July issue offers verse by Amelia Josephi Burr, including The Little People about leaving home to seek wonder.
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Arnold Bennett
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Dickens
Thackeray
the Brontes
George Eliot
Jane Austen
Richardson
Mr. Bennett
Fielding
Tom Jones
George Edward Woodberry
Don Quixote
James Whitcomb Riley
Alfred Noy
Henry van Dyke
Austin Dobson
Amelia Josephi Burr
Public Enemies and the Crime of Prosperity in 1918
Poem by Walt Mason railing against politicians and financiers who profit from public schemes. It accuses builders and bankers of robbing the peepul and threatens jail for those who prosper, labeling businessmen as public foes. Copyright 1918 by George Matthew Adams.
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