Boston Post Publishing rates and office notice 1918
The Boston Post Independent Democratic Paper of New England circulates from 258 Washington St Boston Mass with subscription rates for daily and Sunday editions including Canada and foreign pricing. The issue lists editor Edwin A Grozier as publisher and outlines prepaid orders and notice procedures.
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Independent Democratic Paper of
New England
Post Publishing Co
Washington St
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Canada
Sunday Post
Boston Poste
Post
Maas
Post Publishing
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Financial Editors
Newsboy
Edwin A. Grozier
Notable Daily Post Circulation Milestones
The record shows daily post totals over multiple days and a Sunday average of 366 208. It notes a gain of 21 copies per day over June 191 A gain of 9470 copies per Sunday over June 1917. The text claims by far the largest morning circulation in the United States and the largest Sunday circulation in New England.
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Daily Post
Sunday Post
United States
New England
Baby Hygiene Association Aids Boston Babies
The first six months of operation show 4711 babies under supervision, 886 more than the prior year, with 35012 nurse visits, up 2800. The article argues continued support for the Baby Hygiene program as essential for the future community.
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Boston
Baby Hygiene Association
A United People Demonstration Honors Independence Day
A nationwide demonstration marked the anniversary with 30 foreign groups from Armenians to Ukrainians opposing militarism and autocracy. Americans of German descent joined the Society of Friends of German Democracy in a show of unity, with 15 million foreign-born participants and Boston notably prominent. President Wilson paid a Mt. Vernon visit to place wreaths on Washington’s tomb, underscoring democracy and loyalty to the country.
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Society of Friends of German Democracy
Boston
Wilson
Mt. Vernon
George Washington
War Courage and the Idea of Global Peace, 1940s
A speech asserts that peace cannot exist without eradicating any arbitrary power that can disrupt global order. It suggests ubiquitous vigilance and that spies may report back Berlin about this firm stance.
Mighty Day of Ship Launchings Across U S Coasts
Steamships sailing vessels and other craft flooded shipsides yesterday as Uttermost Independence Day launchings mark a new era in American shipbuilding. The Emergency Fleet Corporation predicts construction will exceed 3,000,000 tons this year. The vast output signals military strength and industrial reach against the Kaiser.
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United States
Uncle Sam
Berlin
Schwab
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Bennett Will Leaves New York Herald Legacy to Journalists
The will of James Gordon Bennett of the New York Herald designs a James Gordon Bennett Memorial Home funded by his fortune to aid newspaper men. With no heirs, Bennett names the profession as heirs and directs profits from the Heralds and Telegram toward comfort and rest for older, less fortunate colleagues.
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James Gordon Bennett
New York Herald
Bennett
New York
Cantigny and Vaux Victories Lift American Morale
The triumphs at Cantigny and Vaux boost U S troops morale by proving Yankee superiority in man for man and gun for gun. The gains show soldiers that they can “lick the Huns” under equal conditions, encouraging the vast flow of reinforcements to Europe. Confidence breeds further courage in cantonments and abroad.
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Chateau Thierry
France
Europe
Cantigny
Vaux
William P. Fowler Dies. Noted City Contributor
Boston mourns William P. Fowler a public spirited citizen and longtime registrar who saved the city 30000 in salary during a decade in office. He also chaired the overseers of the poor dedicating unpaid service to improve the city department and aid the needy.
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Boston
William P. Fowler
Fowler
P. T. Barnum
Barnum
How to Use Both Doors on a Street Car Question
A reader asks Newt about exiting street cars using both doors. The column recalls a Boston Elevated practice and a humorous anecdote where a rider attempts to switch doors, prompting a conductor transfer joke. The piece ends noting acceptance of using the nearer door.
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Brookline
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Boston Elevated
I. B
Park Street
Danvers
Observant Citizen notes and local cultural snippets
The column recalls P. T. Barnum's supposed impersonator in late life, July weather contrasts with 1816 coldsummer anecdotes, Aphelion day, Maurice Carr in France sending leather for pants, a letter from Catherine Breshkovsky, and Old South Church ties in Boston. It also mentions Rev Gordon’s gift, a thrift stamp salesman Richard Levy, and Edward Flynn in the provost guard.
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Maurice BE. Carr
France
Mr. Carr
Household Hints From Mrs Richardson
Household hints for hanging baskets and quick heat methods. A drip catcher with three wire supports fits over a basket rim to collect excess water. Other tips include heating dishes in hot water, sewing salt bags for wartime cloths, soaking brown dishware in borax, and enclosing feathers in unbleached muslin before ticking. Mrs Roy M Richardson Montague, Maas.
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Roy M. Richardson
Montague
Maas
Joan of Arc at St Denis and the failed Paris assault
The article recounts Charles VII joining Joan of Arc at St Denis in 1429, criticizing the truce with Burgundy and urging Joan to lead an assault on Paris. It notes Parisian fear, enemy insults, and the siege atmosphere, with Joan's cautious stance versus warlike leaders. It references contemporary views and the mood in Normandy and Paris.
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Joan of Arc
St. Denis
Burgundy
Paris
Joan
Charles
France
Faris
St. Quen
Tin
Corblé
Amiens
Abbeville
Normandy
Duke of Bedford
Bedford
Mary
Thos
Social intrigue in Wilton summer colony ends in confession
Harley Cox, a social magnet, pursues Arline Serl a governess with a Parkman family job. Arline reveals she writes a book and works with the Parkman children while maintaining her position as governess was a ruse to see him. Hart learns of Arline’s publisher interest and her waning ambition.
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Harley Cox
Wilton
Harley
Harl
Arline Serl
Parkman
Arline
Piazza
Harl Shook
Granville
Hart
Whiton
Martha
Dangers of War and Liberty at Stake in World Conflict
The speaker warns of German threats and the high cost of victory, arguing that the United States must fight on to safeguard liberty, prosperity, and the nation’s assets valued at 250 billion dollars. The parable of a sick man and a quack underscores the danger of deception and inaction.
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Germany
Europe
America
Lost Ambition and Hidden Love in a Noble Tale
Arline asks why ambition wanes and Hart defends a cherished book. Arline blushes as Hart embraces her, saying the book helped him meet his dream girl, a remark they both deem a near tragedy if it had not happened.
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Arline
Hart
Post Letter Box Probes Chiggers Cabbage and Helen of Troy
Readers ask about chiggers the harvest mite that burrows under skin and about cabbage digestion times raw cabbage with vinegar versus boiled, the line about the face that launched a thousand ships and its meaning, and in how many states women are citizens of the United States. The exchange covers fact and literary reference in equal measure.
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Walt Mason
Christopher Marlowe
Faustus
Helen of Troy
Sir
United States
DC Residents and Voting Rights in Civil Contexts
The statement explains that legal DC residents are US citizens yet may be barred from voting on national or local questions. It contrasts citizenship with voting eligibility, highlighting limits on DC residents’ political participation in certain ballots.
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District of Columbia
United States
Language spoken in Belgium after invasion
The Belgians use primarily French and Flemish with a smaller German component. Before the invasion many spoke two or all three, but German is now less popular there.
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