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THE
Sunday Post
New York
Boston Post
Daily Post Circulation Figures for June 1903
Daily Post and Sunday Post circulation by day in June 1903 shows values: 173740, 178000, 185030, 175360, 174560, 176100, 153695. The data presents a near steady readership with fluctuations typical of month-long circulation reports.
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Daily Post
The
Sunday Post
Appellate Division rules book trust illegal in restraint case
New York Appellate Division finds that the American Publishers Association and 95 percent of U S book publishers conspired to fix book prices and blacklist nonconforming dealers, declaring the combination against public policy and void. Judge Ingraham notes the aim to control selling prices erodes competition and supports damages and injunction.
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Supreme Court of
State of
New York
American Publishers’ Association
The
Book Trust
Department
Publishers’ Association
United States
Canada
Department House
Ingraham
Publishers Price Fixing and Market Conspiracy Examined
The passage argues that a cartel of 95 percent of North American book publishers could fix sale prices to end competition, preventing booksellers from undercutting prices. It notes the ruling relies on New York statutes, Massachusetts lacks similar statute, and common law would likely lead to the same conclusion.
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United States
Canada
New York
Massachusetts
Immigrant arrivals at Boston port exceed all prior years
The Boston port reports 62 008 immigrants in the last fiscal year the largest ever with 18 745 from Scandinavia 16 589 from Italy 14 6 00 from England and Ireland 5000 Finns. Many stay in New England while Finns work in quarries and others settle in eastern cities. They brought 1 172 935 in cash to start life in the country.
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Boston
Italy
England
Ireland
Finland
New England
Fens Stink Hurts Boston Neighborhood Near National Education Meet
Amid a National Education Association gathering in Boston the Back Bay Fens emit foul odors carried by southerly and westerly winds into nearby residences. Residents plead for relief as the sewage ponds foul the city’s ambiance though the park area is praised in another view. The Charles River improvement may offer future relief, but for now the nuisance endures.
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Back Bay
National Educational Association
Cambridge
Revere Beach
Boston
Fens
Charles
Pritchett Warns Merchants About Bad Institute Fund Solicitors
Boston merchants are warned that some solicitors seek subscriptions for Institute of Technology scholarships. A letter from Institute president Henry S. Pritchett dated July 6, 1903 states the institute has no involvement and asks that such solicitations be referred to him.
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Boston Merchants’ Association
Institute of Technology
Institute
Association
Boston
Mass
Erwin H. Walcott
Summer Street
Henry
Pritchett
Bryan Hill A'jd Parker To Meet At Taggart's Request
Ex mayor Taggart invites Bryan as guest at French Lick Springs and calls a Democrat gathering. Chairman Jones of the Democratic national committee says he will attend. Judge Parker and David B. Hill of New York will probably be present, Taggart says.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Taggart
Bryan
French Lick Springs
Jones
Democratic National Committee
Parker
David B. Hill
New York
Somerville and Medford Report No Rift Over Bridge Payments
Mayor Glines of Somerville denies a published report that Medford and Somerville were at odds over payments for the Boston Avenue bridge. He says no conference with Mayor Baxter occurred and asserts a good working relationship between the two cities.
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Glines
Somerville
Medford
Boston Avenue
Iiis
Baxter
General Longstreet gravely ill in Gainesville operation planned
General James Longstreet is dangerously ill in Gainesville Ga. Physicians plan a morrow operation to remove his left eye damaged by cancer. His age raises concern he may not withstand the shock though he has assented.
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Gainesville
James Longstreet
Reid of Massachusetts Enters Naval Academy as Midshipman
Annapolis reports A C Reid of Massachusetts was admitted to the Naval Academy today as a midshipman, marking his entry into military education.
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Annapolis
A. C. Reid
Massachusetts
Naval Academy
Quest of the Big Blue Diamond appendix explained by author
The author defends the unfinished serial Quest of the Big Blue Diamond. He explains plot discrepancies, notes he wrote chapters day by day, and reveals character fates, including Stealthy Steve, Miss Heloise Beaufort, and Saultan Half-fed Bedammit. The piece ends with Steve open for engagements in detection.
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Steve
Solomon
New York
Persia
Bill
Bite
Heloise Beaufort
Halfred Bedammit
Suburbington-on-the-Hudson
Paris
Havre
Liverpool
Globe
Genevieve
Miss Beaufort
Jack Hathaway
Bedaimimit
Sultana
Hish-Hash
Etienne la Croix
Bedammit
Panamahatma
Stealthy
la Croix
Fredgish
Bingo Bing
New York City
Editor to Visit Niagara Falls for Rest and Tour Notes
Newton Newkirk announces a planned rest trip to Niagara Falls to recover from the strain of editing Quest of the Big Blue Diamond. He will publish Niagara Falls travel notes in the All Sorts column and asks readers to refrain from mob action while the author’s identity is withheld.
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Boston
Niagara Falls
Newton Newkirk
Observant Citizen Notes Boston Beam of 1900s Life
Various short items on Boston figures including a broker quitting to start a small office, the death of Bank of Redemption president Toulmin, a Mechanics building teachers' meeting, trolley tours for teachers, a horse hat gift program for horse owners, a Post engraving dept baby, and a Brookline stamp agency petition.
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Toulmin
Bank of Redemption
Boston
Brookline
Post Office
Harvard Square
Fourth of July Service at Melrose by Adventists
The Boston Church of Seventh Day Adventists held a July Fourth service at the New England Sanitarium grove in Melrose Massachusetts. Elder A E Place and Elder K C Russell spoke on liberty in Christ and freedom from bondage, followed by a children’s program. An appeal to Adventist churches supported missions in Australasia.
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Sir
Boston
Beautiful Grove
New England Sanitarium
Melrose
Mass
A. E. Place
K. C. Russell
Tremont Temple
God
Jesus Christ
Seventh Day Adventist Churches of
Stealthy Steve Tackles New Jersey Cake Clue
A Newark burglary left a cake bitten by a thief as a clue and the detective, nicknamed Stealthy Steve, is pursuing the biting marks to match teeth impressions. The Boston Post sleuth is joked as capable of solving the case in three days.
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Pittsfield Journal
Conan Doyle
Sherlock Holmes
Newark
N. J
Steve
Boston Post
A Pleasant Catastrophe Explores Hidden Fates
A brief tale unfolds with an ordinary day turning surreal as a calm surface hides a sudden upheaval. Characters drift through shifting priorities and small choices reveal deeper consequences within a tiny town.
Farmer’s Bull Brings Long Lost Tom To Goldie
Miss Caroline Green, vacationing teacher, hides from heat with a romance novel when a bull named Brutus invades her hammock. A dramatic rescue by a farmer’s son, who turns out to be her old love Tom, ends with Caroline accepting a life as a farmer’s wife.
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Caroline Green
Caroline
Tom
Goldie
Brutus
Angel
Scott
Vanderbilt burns force family to Paris stay
William K. Vanderbilt Jr and his wife are at the Hotel Ritz in Paris after a severe burn from an automobile lamp explosion. Surgeons report eyesight unharmed though the pain was extreme and he recalled nothing of the accident or its location.
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Paris
William K. Vanderbilt, Jr
Hotel Ritz
New England Sails Today With 519 Passengers
At 10 o'clock this morning the steamer New England will depart from Charlestown Pier 6 bound for Queenstown and Liverpool. Captain John James sails with 169 saloon, 18 second cabin and 225 steerage passengers. Notable voyagers include J T Bowen, Alice E Colby, Miss Mary S Hoague, Sir Louis Davies and Lady Davies among others.
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New England
John James
Dominion Line
International Mercantile Marine Company
Hoosac Tunnel
Charlestown
Queenstown
Liverpool
Boston
J. T. Bowen
Joseph Colby
Alice E
Julia Cc. Colby
James C. Coleman
M. B. Crane
Des Roches
G. G. Emery
Allyn B. Farmer
E. x. Spaulding
Henry W. Swift
Mabel Waldron
Howard Whitcomb
Leslie C. Wead
S. DeVault Weber
C. R. Higgins
R. G. Higgins
Sir Louis Davies
Lady Davies
Ottawa
Canada
Sir Louis
Fisheries Department
Samuel S. Green
Worcester Public Library
H. D. Sturtevant
Chicago
Mrs. Sturtevant
More Charges on Long Island
The City Council investigating committee led by Alderman Bresnahan resumes hearings on Long Island. Crowley’s explosive testimony deepens questions about mismanagement by trustees, with claims more witnesses will corroborate. Rumors say a recommendation to abolish the board or urge Mrs. Lincoln’s resignation may follow after all testimony is heard.
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Long Island Almshouse
John J. Crowley
John Galvin
Board of Trustees
Dobbins
Bresnahan
Long Island
Crowley
Malden Reports Higher City State Tax for Year
Malden records its city portion of the state tax at 25 650 this year, up from 15 390 last year. The state tax total climbs from 1 500 000 to 2 500 000, a rise of one million dollars and the largest in a decade.
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Malden
Fashionably Cool Outerwear At All Prices At UI Store
Hot weather goods dominate the UI display with Mohair Alpaca and Skeleton Serge coats, white and fancy vests, white duck, crash and flannel tennis trousers, automobile dusters, and more. Prices vary to suit every budget.
New Madras Shirts Arrive at Shuman Corner
A notice announces new gentlemen's hot weather Madras shirts in full regular sizes with cuffs attached or detached. Plain colors, stripes, checks and variegated patterns offered for the season. Prices begin at 50 cents. Shuman & Co. Shuman Corner.
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A. Shuman & CO
Shuman Corner
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Breed’s Hill
Dorchester Heights
George T. Angell
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Edward E McDonald
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Post Engraving Department
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Beyance
Beye
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