The Boston Post Subscription Rates and Vacation Notice
The Boston Post announces subscription prices for U S and Canada and foreign. Rates include daily and Sunday editions with various durations. It also details two week vacation mail options and warns against sending cash, directing payments to POST PUBLISHING CO.
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Sale of obsolete battleships to Greece shows Navy economy
The sale of the two old battleships Mississippi and Idaho to Greece for 12.535 million dollars, with the deposit credited to the Navy Department, is hailed as economical by Secretary Daniels. The move funds a new battleship while avoiding scrapping veterans, reflecting a prudent precedent.
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Rioters Target Burns Cottage in Ayr Attack
The militants lashed out at the Burns birthplace in Ayr aiming to blow up the house. Scots view Burns devotion as a passion, and any assault on his relics provokes intense enmity toward the culprits. The act is described as a foolish and unjustifiable attack on the little cottage.
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Defences Cup Trials Show No Clear Front Runner
In a 30 mile windward lee trial, Vanitie beat Resolute by 27 seconds. corrected time favors Resolute by 1 minute 19 seconds. Defiance did not sail. With tight margins, Shamrock IV must improve to win the cup over her predecessors.
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Plan to plant Boston statues along Charles Street edge
The Metropolitan Improvement League notes newspapers may not fully grasp the landscape aim of the statues plan. Most papers find the row of effigies incongruous and prefer them isolated or toned down, arguing to either reveal or remove the avenue of horrors with perpetual green behind monuments.
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Sound Bodies and Minds: Boston School Plan for Drill and Exercise
Dr Franklyn B Dyer superintendent of Boston schools promotes sound bodies and minds through new in door exercises military drill and sports for both boys and girls. Under Dr Thomas Harrington guidance the program aims to teach discipline physical fitness and organized activity starting with the high school pupils this fall.
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Boston MA Leads in Progressive School Development
In the later high school years the running record high jump shot put broad jump form part of the curriculum for boys. Girls study bicycling croquet skiing winter sailing tennis canoeing cross country walking horseback riding. The program is unmatched in popular education and would position Boston and Massachusetts at the forefront of educational leadership.
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Newkirk Knight’s fickle wooing and ruined vows
A poem narrates Ye knyghte’s flirtations with several ladies, night songs, and a bloody quarrel. Kayte marries elsewhere, Myldrede weds Grayce, leaving Ye knyghte to vow future conquests. The moral urges steady grace in choosing a single partner. Patricia notes that without hammers many would lose work.
Invite the Suit over New Haven Boston & Maine Control
New Haven directors invite dissolution suit by federal authorities over Boston & Maine control. They claim Massachusetts proposed stock buyout with string attachment threatens their interests. Critics call the move unwise and sinister, citing poor railroad financing and conflicts with state plans.
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New Salem Faces Postfire Rebuilding Challenge
The Rebuilding Commission, appointed by Governor Walsh, weighs how Salem should reform after the great fire. Officials seek to avoid overcrowding, preserve open spaces, and prevent dangerous tenement construction while planning a new city layout.
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Optimism Reigns As Farm Yields Hit Banner Year
John V. Farwell of Chicago predicts prosperity cannot be dodged as U S harvests are valued near 12 billion dollars. The Iron Age notes steel trade improvement with United States Steel Corp reporting record June bookings, signaling higher business later in the year.
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Abbie Farwell Brown Promotes New Sunday Magazine Story
Boston author Abbie Farwell Brown contributes a brilliant story to next Sunday's Post Magazine titled A Star of Ca die. It will appeal to all classes of readers.
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Self-Chewing Gum Scam Letter Sparks Skepticism
A letter from Guy Gumm to Newt pitches five cent Self-Chewing Gum with self chewing antiseptic compound and a $5000 capital call. The skeptical reply notes the idea as doomed and mocks the scheme as a likely flop despite confident profits promises.
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Self-Cunding Schemes Scrutinized by Skeptical Sender
The writer dismisses a so called Self-Chewing Gum scheme claiming no spare $5000 and threatening to lock away funds if such a venture were real. He criticizes promoters for trivializing large sums and emphasizes the need for caution and financial prudence.
Lake Sunapee NH A Summer Paradise Of Lakeside Life
Lake Sunapee in New Hampshire stands high among New England lakes. The 10 mile long body, surrounded by forests, draws visitors to coves bays and a shore lined with cottages and hotels. Mt Sunapee rises 2600 feet offering panoramic views coveted by summer settlers from Concord Claremont Bellows Falls. The area also features Mt Kearsarge and many small lakes. The lake is famed for trout land-locked salmon perch black bass pike and pickerel with year round ice fishing for pickerel and summer angling from May onward.
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Suffrage Battles and Oddball Notes Across Boston Areas
Mayor O Halloran and Duane face rejection as women seek police posts. A teddy bear seller profits from car radiators. A Belmont correspondent mocks dancing fads. Siamese envoy Phya Tradha Karawongse praised. Frothingham tours German towns. Tin kers near Ipswich Bay swarm New England coast. 65 barrels captured by Italian fishermen. Balloon jump mishap lands man in his mother’s yard. Bancroft and Winsor back a new Phillips Exeter Academy building. De Normandie surveys suffrage and avoids militancy. Holy Name parade preparations loom. Cambridge suffrage speakers face crowd antics. O Reilly debate notes a rescuer’s identity. General Smith, 74, ready to fight if Mexico declared war. Roxbury Turner Society notes beat Lawrence in singing.
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Pitts street stable owners fined for driving unfit horse
Max Spiller and Aaron Stone proprietors of a Pitts street stable were arraigned in Suffolk Municipal Court before Judge Parmenter charged with driving a horse unfit for service due to extreme age and debility. The complaint was brought by the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Judge Parmenter fined each defendant $10 from which they appealed.
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Church Street Car Stop Discontinued for Subway Construction
Beginning this morning the Public Garden stop for Boylston street subway cars will be discontinued due to construction. All cars will stop at Arlington street in both directions regardless of signals. Conductors on inward-bound cars will announce the next stop as Boylston street subway station.
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False Alarms Uncle Walt Sings Wheat Prosperity
The verse by Walt Mason mocks farmers and alarmists about Hessian flies rust and drought. It celebrates high wheat prosperity as farmers work in heat and harvest, ridiculing doom prophets while wheat markets rise.
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Mildred Champagne Advice on Courtship and Sentiment
The letter urges a man who admires a street passer to learn her name residency and interests, seek an introduction via mutual friends, and show sincere intent. It argues that genuine effort and approaching respectfully increases the chance of acquaintance and potential marriage, warning that mere staring will not reveal her.
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Social tact note to reach her through mutual contacts
If all efforts via a third party fail, send a brief note with your card and references. Include a clear message about your desire to make her acquaintance and the reason for the outreach. Keep it polite and unobtrusive.
Paragraphs on Fads and Fashions Today
Lingerie gowns feature long basques and ruffled skirts with large waist corsets and low busts. Black and white satin evening wear is in fashion as silhouettes flare toward the foot. Parisiennes wear satin evening capes, white buckskin boots are popular, and new parasols are deep bowl shaped.
Gasolene Gas Goes After Easy Money
Comic section teases a Sunday Post strip where Gasolene Gas pursues a quick payday. The preview implies humorous schemes and lighthearted misadventure, inviting readers to see if the character lands the easy money.
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