Boston Post Publishing Rates July 10 1909
The Boston Post lists subscription prices for daily and Sunday editions. Rates include daily one year 3.00 six months 1.50 three months 0.75 and one month 0.25. Sunday edition yearly 2.50 six months 1.25 three months 0.65. Canadian copies priced at 0.09 per copy.
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Post Publishing Co
Washington St
Boston
Mass
The
Sunday Post
Canada
Post
Magee
Post Publishing Company
Daily Post Vacation Offer Details
The Daily Post announces mail delivery options during vacation time. Subscriptions available at 25c per month for the Daily Post and 25c per month for the Sunday Post. Addresses can be changed as desired.
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Post
Daily Post
United States
Sunday Post
Post telephones and subscriptions notice from editor
Editorial contact details list numbers for Telephones Main Sunday Editor Sporting Editor and Main Business Office. Subscriptions must be paid in advance or they will be discontinued on expiration. If the Post is not available from newsdealer or newsboy, notify by postal at once. Be A. Grozier, Editor and Publisher.
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BE. A. Grozier
Lea
Atlantic
Crop Averages Report Sparks Questions on Percentages
The Department of Agriculture releases July 1 crop condition figures for corn 89.3 wheat and oats across multiple types. Readers question how these decimal averages are determined and what counts as normal, seeking official clarification on the method.
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Department of Agriculture
Department
Hope Springs Eternal on Hides and Taft Tariff Clash
Massachusetts delegates carry a plea for restoring hides to the free list to President Taft. The note argues benefits for workers, consumers, and the shoe and leather industry, while Senator Aldrich urges Taft to leave the tariff bill intact as agreed by Republicans. The final word remains undecided in committee conference.
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Massachusetts
Washington
New England Shoe and Leather Association
Taft
Aldrich
Mr. Taft
Committee of Conference
Denatured alcohol dis appointment and industry prospects
A government move dismissed 17 inspectors and four revenue agents from the Internal Revenue Bureau as denatured alcohol tax removal shows limited impact. The fuel fails to replace gasoline in most engines, and farmers have not widely produced denatured alcohol from potatoes or corn stalks. Germany's agricultural trade hints at potential, not yet realized here.
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Internal Revenue Bureau
Germany
Novel scheme uses express firms to dodge prohibitions
A Washington dispatch describes a new method to evade prohibition by using interstate express companies. Incorporated with vague aims, these firms move liquor between Maine New Hampshire and Massachusetts, drawing sheriff attention. Congress may curb this by allowing seizures on suspicion, prompting further supply-demand workarounds. Worcester brewers also ship bulk liquor to Rhode Island to dodge dry laws.
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Washington
New England
Maine
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Congress
Worcester
Rhode Island
Split into Retail Lots for Worcester Customers
A rustic sage notes a plan to parcel property into multiple retail lots for Worcester customers. The remark suggests flexible approaches to selling or distributing parcels beyond a single method.
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Worcester
Parallel Case Tests Time File Act Extension Impact
The Massachusetts amendment to ban extra charges for time of filing becomes operative next Monday. The state plans a test case to challenge constitutionality, citing Maryland’s prior Time File Act upheld as constitutional after ruling telegraph companies must show send and delivery times, effectively ordering the extra work to be borne by carriers.
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Maryland
Massachusetts
Postal Telegraph & Cable Company
Commonwealth docks at South Boston to be left unrepaired
The Harbor and Land Commission indicates the State will not repair the Commonwealth docks damaged by the recent fire at South Boston. The pier, Boston’s largest, measures 1240 feet by 400 with 11 acres of area and 30 feet of water depth, and was built with 385000 dollars.
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Harbor and Land Commission
Commonwealth
South
Boston
Treasury
Harbor and Land Commissioners
Boston Merchants’ Association
Lake Champlain tercentenary ends with Isle la Motte ceremonies
The Champlain tercentenary celebration closes on Isle la Motte with ceremonies honoring early Vermont history. Governors Prouty and Hughes attend along with officials including Lt. Benoist d Azy and Wendell P Stafford. French naval attache Jusserand's representative also participates.
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Isle LA Motte
Lake Champlain
Fort Ann
Vermont
Prouty
Hughes
New York
Lieutenant de Vaisseau Benoist d’Azy
Washington
Jusserand
France
F. Prevel
Wendell P. Stafford
Supreme Court of
District of Columbia
The Paper That Grows Roxbury July 7 1909
A Roxbury letter notes the Boston Post circulation rising with high demand. The writer reports selling 400 copies daily plus 200 extras on Tuesday July 6 and 50 more copies, with all morning Posts sold out.
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Roxbury
Boston Post
the Post
Post
Balloon fall on Crystal Mountain ends in snow drift
In a comic cliffhanger, Colonel Roosevelt and Steve tumble from a balloon basket when an anchor jerks free. They land in deep snow on Crystal Mountain, mistaken for diamonds by the sleuth. The balloon remains anchored as the pair dig out, awaiting the next chapter for Roosevelt’s reaction.
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Colonel Roosevelt
Steve
Crystal Mountain
Terra Firma
Next Chapter of Serial to Appear in Sunday Post
The upcoming installment of the serial will be published in tomorrow’s Sunday Post. Readers are promised continuation of the story and new developments in the forthcoming issue.
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Sunday Post
Married couple wed standing neck deep in river
W N Lynch of Fruitvale and Violet Peert of Colorado Springs tied the knot while standing neck deep in the Sacramento River at the Shasta Retreat in California. Teeth chattered as they answered the minister’s solemn questions, choosing the river’s middle as their wedding plunge.
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San Francisco
W. N.lynch
Fruitvale
Violet Peert
Colorado Springs
Col
Sacramento River
Wey
Boston Notes and Vignettes From Plymouth to Nahant
A collage of local people and events including George W. Magee with a lobster and liquid food on a Plymouth postcard, Harvard graduate J. Edward O Neil, and Boston Elevated Railway chatter. Tales cover a North Andover farm party, Chapmans Makura Post on the high seas, archeology trips to Afghanistan, Deputy Cain gossip, Taft family cows, a Governor Andrew searchlight, a cool July evening, and park debris along the Charles River Reserve.
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J. Edward O'Neil
Brighton
Harvard
Elevated
George W. Smith
Boston Board of Health
Smith
John J. MacGli
Makura
Australia
Makura Post
Boston Post
Chapman
Cambridge
Europe
Talbot
Afghanistan
Lawrence Cain
Lagrange Street
Larry
Tessie
Washington
Taft
Morse's Store Slogan Echoes Prominent Ad Motto
A historical ad line repeats a motto claiming Morse's as the place where correctness meets choice. The phrase emphasizes Morse's as the recognized source for trusted goods and reliable service.
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Miss Willie
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