The Post Publishing Company July 18 1908 notice
Daily and Sunday Post subscription rates listed for Boston readers. Notices include address, postal contact, and advance payment policy. Public advisory on vacation issues and change of address options provided by FP. A. Grozfi, editor and publisher.
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Post Publishing Co
Washington St
Boston
Mass
THE
Sunday Post
Canada
Postoffice
Post Publishing Company
A. Grozifr
Costly Cove street bridge bill for Boston rises
The Cove street bridge costs, if Judge Dunbar's award to the Terminal Company is confirmed, total 1 119 916 87 dollars with assessed damages exceeding construction costs. The piece argues for restraining corporate giveaways and insisting on full payment for public use.
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Cove Street
Dunbar
Terminal Company
Boston
Northern Avenue Bridge
Insurance Bets on Bryan Victory Stir Campaign Ban
The piece notes New York brokers allegedly offering policies payable on Bryan’s election to cover potential business losses. It explains Lloyds style underwriting as a decorous form of wager but cites Massachusetts law prohibiting registering bets on political outcomes with fines or imprisonment.
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New York
Bryan
Lloyds
London
Massachusetts
Selig Brodetsky Named Senior Wrangler at Cambridge
The son of a persecuted Russian Jew is named Senior Wrangler at Cambridge, head of the mathematical tripos, joining a tradition with Numa Herzog as a previous Cambridge Senior Wrangler. The commentary links Hebrew genius to freedom from oppression and notes Jewish achievement across Britain and America.
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Selig Brodetsky
Cambridge
Brodetsky
Great Britain
Disraeli
Numa Herzog
Mendelssohn
Rothschild
America
Russia
Central
Europe
Boston customs over labeling blasting explosives as fireworks
The piece accuses customs inspectors of criminal negligence for marking blasting explosive boxes as fireworks at the Boston customs house and calls for accountability for those responsible. It notes inspectors abandoned by shipper and steamship company during package examinations.
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Boston Custom House
Dangerous mislabeling blamed for fatal dock explosion
The incident killed three Mystic dock workers who opened goods without proper warning. Testimony suggests explosives were wrongly marked to deceive, a matter customs officials and the steamship company must address to prevent further peril to US employees handling cargo.
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Mystic
United States
Prohibition National Convention Nominates Chafin
The Prohibition party at Columbus backed Eugene W Chafin though misrendered as Chopin in telegraphs. The platform calls for a federal constitutional amendment banning alcohol production trade transport and sale, a move the author deems impractical yet sincere. The piece notes past losses in 1900 and 1904 and argues the party seeks proclamation of principles over votes.
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Eugene W. Chafin
Chicago
Chopin
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Indiana
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Ohio
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Governor Post Seeks Release of Porto Ricans Imprisoned at Ceuta
The Porto Rican governor pleads with Washington to secure the release of Porto Ricans jailed at Ceuta for Spanish regime political offenses. He argues the United States bears responsibility for Puerto Rico's rights and safety since taking control of the island and urges immediate action regardless of unappropriated return costs.
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Porto Rico
Washington
Ceuta
Gibraltar
United States
Post Letter Box Answers to Correspondents
A reader asks about the royal house name and U S states. The editorial notes coins carry no premium, but 1808 half pennies show a premium from 10 to 20 cents. Value estimates for 1852 penny 1856 nickel and bronzes with flying eagle range from two to three dollars.
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Royal House of England
Guelph
Dreadnought Critiqued For Size And Canal Passages
A reader named Gloucester Porter Adams writes to the Post disputing claims of the British battleship Dreadnought as a failure. He notes its large size and navigation challenges including a 31 foot water draft and Canal depth limits, citing tonnage 17900 horsepower 23000 speed 21.5 knots armament 10 12 inch guns 27 12 pounders torpedo tubes 6 and crew 800.
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Suez Canal
Gloucester
Porter Adams
Civil service merit system cited in Boston finance critique
Richard H. Dana argues that civil service reforms fail to curb patronage in Boston because the collector and treasurer offices are exempt from the rules. He credits merit-based rules for offices covered by civil service and notes abuses occur in exempt posts.
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Boston
Finance Commission
Richard H. Dana
Boston guests register at Paris Herald office
A. B., Mrs. Alvah B. Lee, Ludwig and Mrs. Nissen, Mrs. C. Solmonseco, Miss Jane McReever, Mrs. J. Clarridge and Miss ER. M. Schumacher of Boston registered at the Herald office today in Paris on July 17.
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Paris
A. B
Alvah B. Lee
Ludwig
Nissen
C. Solmonseco
Jane McReever
J. Clarridge
ER. M. Schumacher
Boston
Herald Office
We Take Mrs Bickford to Task in Man to Woman Talk
A caustic column rebuts Mrs Eliza beth Bickford for mocking men and a Georgia bill by Congressman Glenn. The piece questions her statistics on male vanity and defends husbands about hair, coats, stockings, diamonds, and corsets with humorous jibes.
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Georgia
Glenn
Elizabeth Bickford
Mrs. Bickford
Trust
The Sorrow of It Fried Onions Stir Neighbor Banter
A narrator notes the joke about neighbors knowing when fried onions are served but not when strawberries and ice cream arrive. The exchange features a man thinking aloud and another party overhearing the remark.
Ode to a Canine in Blank's Magazine
Criticus calls the poem excellent doggerel in the current issue, as the writer seeks feedback on their verse titled Ode to a Canine.
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Blank’s
Criticus
I am longing for the country in a city poem
A Chicago Record Herald piece imagines longing for rural shade and calm away from urban noise. It contrasts steam and foremen with hollyhocks and williams in a pastoral dream, then notes disillusionment and practical barriers to escape.
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Sweet Williams
Chicago Record Herald
A Week in Quaint Quebec
The Boston Post plans a series of My Journeys to Interesting Places for vacationers. The first week will visit Quebec and nearby areas as the city marks its 300th anniversary from July 20 to 31.
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Boston Post
Quebec
Saguenay River's Scenic Gorge Attracts Tourists And Navy Bay
The Saguenay River carves a grand navigable gorge between the Laurentians and the St. Lawrence. Cape Trinity and Cape Eternity guard the river mouth as the Bay of Eternity forms a secluded, sunless inlet. Steamers stop there to showcase Canada’s famed scenery, with echoes resounding from rugged cliffs and a reputation as the River of Death. Next week vacation trips shift to Nova Scotia’s beauty spots.
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Laurentian Mountains
St. Lawrence
Saguenay
Bay
Canada
Bayard Taylor
Nova Scotia
Cape Eternity
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