Boston Post front page notices July 19 1907
Daily and Sunday Post subscription rates listed for Boston Mass with addresses and telephone numbers. Canada rates shown for daily and Sunday editions. Publisher E A Groztor noted. All payments required in advance and change of address requests urged.
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Post Publishing Co
Washington St
Boston
Mass
Daily Post
United States
The
Sunday Post
Dominion of Canada
E. A. Groztor
Bdttor
Turret crew praised after Georgia explosion
The blast on the battleship Georgia is attributed to no negligence by the turret crew who performed their tasks with exceptional accuracy in target practice and showed bravery during the catastrophe. The article urges safer working conditions through science and ingenuity to protect sailors.
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Georgia
The Heartened Heat and the City Slums
The piece notes muggy weather now called heat, worsened by dense tenement populations. It argues the heat harms mothers and babies in crowded districts and calls for philanthropic relief for dwellers in slum areas.
Public Hearing on Telephone Rates Exposes Political Spending
The State Highway Commission hearing on the Post petition for rate reduction and service improvements revealed strong opposition from Congressman Powers and the company’s counsel to disclose political contributions and names of advisers. The exchange highlighted calls for open accounting of public service finances and suggested Boston telephone users bore costs supporting political campaigns.
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State Highway Commission
Corporation
Congressman Powers
State House
New England Telesphone & Telegraph Company
Massachusetts
Whitman
Post
Public Service Corporation
Highway Commission
Telephone Corporation
Dresser
Boston
Powers
Information access debate fuels monopoly argument
In a heated exchange the author argues for complete exposure of facts, criticizing the telephone monopoly for seeking to close doors of information and block intelligent knowledge, asserting such tactics justify pursuing the worst outcome.
Warships should sail to Boston for Old Home Week salute
The editorial urges President Roosevelt and the Navy to send U S warships to Boston for Old Home Week. It denounces a curt reply from Mr Loeb citing jammed time from the Jamestown Exposition and argues there is no naval constraint and Massachusetts deserves the show of national power. It calls on Mr Lodge to press the point with the President.
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United States
Boston
Roosevelt
Navy Department
Guild
Loeb
Massachusetts
Post
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Boston Post
Notable Comforts Aboard the Fleet and Local Happenings
Reports describe the battleship Georgia offering surprising comforts for crew with music and fans, while Harvard chaplain Rev. James Farrell earns praise at a national Catholic educators gathering. Local updates note immigration duties near Richford, a Cambridge dentist trip to Cuba, summer relief hospital sleeping tents, South Boston Yacht Club events, and Fire Chief Mullen’s annual Onset retreat. Also mentioned are a former West Boston captain’s death, a heat-adapted street observer, Captain Pen Hall’s Elfreda cruise, Deputy Marshal Waters’ vacation, gypsy moths in Wakefield, and a Welcome sign over Summer Street in the hub.
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South Boston
Commodore Hannon
Onset
Gershom Sherman
Engine Company 5
West Boston
Marshfield Hill
Sherman
Boston Fire Department
Pen Hall
City Hall
Elfreda
Ren
Bar Harbor
Little Flyer
United States
James Waters
Saugus
The Sphinx Says The Bull Gets the Hook
Newton Newkire offers All Sorts humor and commentary as The Bull faces a recurring hook. The column blends wry observations on sports, markets, and everyday quirks with a mix of sharp phrasing and playful punchlines.
Post Marks Craze and Wealth Chatter in Roaring Twenties
A column of satirical items riffs on President Roosevelt financial spats sugar price hikes and corporate power. It mocks sugar and oil trusts navy might and prominent figures like Harriman Rockefeller Wellman and Twain while noting Prohibition era quirks and public fads such as lapidomania and jewel-obsessed burglars.
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E. H. Harriman
Tobacco Trust
W. P. Fairbanks
Standard Oil
New York
Jim Corbett
Judge Landis
John D. Rockefeller
Roosevelt
Walter Wellman
North Pole
Chicago
San Francisco
Mark Twain
America
Mark
Elbert Hubbard
Gimme A NAME Buck up and give the Post Newlywed baby a name
Quick era column ribbing about giving a newborn a formal name and addressing the issue with humor. Notes on canal work, vacation returns, rumors of war with Japan, and light social satire about currency, flies, and taxes. Ends with a jab at tobacco trusts and federal action.
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Mars
Canal Commission
Japan
Uncle Sam
Tobacco Trust
Boston Post
Claude Samuel Newlywed
Mildred Champagne Advice on Love and Sentiment
A dated letter from two 21 year old friends asks how to meet two nice girls. Mildred Champagne suggests cautious social venues like church socials over dance halls and notes fate moves people into good or bad directions, with few remaining in their natural elements.
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Miss Champagne
W. McA
M. K
Nose of Fate at the Villa
A narrator at a Mediterranean villa encounters a Chicago mother and daughter, Avis Stanley, whose enormous nose conceals a planned deception. The daughter reveals she wears the nose to test love and prove she should be loved for herself. The narrator vows devotion, and Avis embraces him despite the disguise.
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Mediterranean
America
Avis
Mamma
Equal Pay for Women Cited in State Edicts
Alice Stone Blackwell cites Wyoming Utah and Colorado as examples where women teachers receive equal pay for equal work. She argues the ballot’s expansion of rights helps private employers follow suit. The letter traces statutes and quotes state education officials from 19th century reform.
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Sir
Wyoming
Utah
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Colorado
Newlywed Couple Names Child After Mouthy Trait
A quirky naming idea from a New York wedding notice proposes calling the newborn “Mouthy Newlywed” to reflect the baby’s expressive nature. The note, signed by Mr and Mrs Newlywed, references their Glen Road residence in a playful tone.
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Glen Road
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