Boston Post 1909 notices and subscription details
The Boston Post announces subscription rates for daily and Sunday editions, vacation service, and mailing notices. It lists price tiers, change of address options, and contact details for the Post Publishing Company with editor and publisher credits.
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Post Publishing Co
Washington St
Boston
Mass
Sunday Post
Cenae
Postofige
Post Publishing Company
Spanish War Medals Stored for Coast Guard and Navy
A Washington despatch notes a large box of medals stored in the Secretary of the Navy office. Naval officers and enlisted men who served in the Spanish American War may not know they are entitled to them. It suggests another reason for the delay.
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Washington
Secretary of the Navy
Moving On The Opium Evil Around Global Cooperation
The American State Department urged participants of the Shanghai opium conference to send delegates to a second meeting at The Hague. The goal is an international pact to control production and trade and restrict human use to medicinal purposes, achieved only through cooperative global action. Domestic efforts reduced misuse via strict customs and penalties, with potential legislation to place manufacture and interstate traffic of opium and cocaine under Internal Revenue supervision.
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American State Department
Shanghai
Hague
Internal Revenue Department
Child Overwork Linked to Death by Action in NYC School
A Long Island City schoolgirl killed herself, illustrating a rising pattern of youth self harm amid overstudy. The article laments overemphasis on academics and athletics, arguing excessive training harms health and stamina necessary for life, while noting elders recall simpler youth.
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Long Island
Push the Income Tax Recommendation Sparks National Debate
The Boston Post calls for a federal income tax as a wartime like revenue measure. Congress already supported ratifying a constitutional amendment to allow income tax in emergencies. Massachusetts is urged to lead and activists push candidates to take a stand in the race ahead.
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Supreme Court
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Taft aims to shape tariff revision as master not pawn
The piece portrays President Taft as quietly directing a tariff bill aligned with his platform, challenging Aldrich-Lodge interpretations, and using diplomacy to settle disputes with House and Senate conferees at the White House. It casts Taft as a determined, patient negotiator steering policy for the people.
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William H. Taft
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Senator Lodge
House
Senate
White House
Taft
Congress
Damask
Mr. Taft
The Furnace of Gold Opens Next Sunday in Sunday Post Magazine
The Sunday Post Magazine will premier the new serial The Furnace of Gold by Philip Verrill Michels. It notes a history of first hand fiction and cites a strong list of previous serials from Conan Doyle to Eden Philpotts, promising a high standard and popular appeal.
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Sunday Post
Philip Verrill Michels
Conan Doyle
Sir Nigel
Anthony Hope
Sophy
Kravonia
Marion Crawford
Ruby
Boston Sunday Post
Louis Tracy
F. Marion Crawford
Edward Peple
Sergeant Kinnaird
W. A. Fraser
Henry Mitchell Webster
Cyrus Townsend Brady
Old
Brandenburg
Charles Major
Taft Dinner Conference Seen as Crucial Veto Decision
The excerpt argues for Taft to use moral courage and veto the Aldrich plan if needed. It emphasizes the dinner conference as the turning point, stating the issue must be settled by Taft in line with his declared stance rather than Aldrich’s approach.
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Taft
William H. Taft
Perhaps You Can Help William Dean Howells
William Dean Howells of Boston, famed writer, asks readers for a title for a woman president. He doubts “Mrs Presidentess” or “Mrs Presidentine” fit and invites a better suggestion from Post readers.
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William Dean Howells
Boston
New York
United States
Presidentine
Sting's Knife Renders Stealthy Steve Down in Cliffhanger
In a moonlit scene Stub the Sting faces Stealthy Steve the Six-Eyed Sleuth over a sleeping opponent Colonel Roosevelt nearby. Stub reflects on murder as he raises a glimmering blade and plunges it into Steve's heart amid tense calm.
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Stub
Sting
Steve
Roosevelt
Stephen
Emerson awards big lighting contract to city firm
The Observant Citizen notes denials of an exclusive story about Superintendent Emerson officially awarding the proposed lighting contract to the Greater Boston Illuminating Company. Emerson reportedly granted the contract and required only a good faith guarantee. City Hall politicians smile at the scribes’ squirming. Another reader sends a dollar to Mrs. William White, whose husband is confined in the hospital Theerly.
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Emerson
Greater Boston Illuminating Company
City Hall
William White
Hopital Theerly
Lakes of Killarney and Gap of Dunloe Highlight Scenic Ireland
The article extols Killarney as a premier scenic site in Ireland and describes the Gap of Dunloe, its four mile cut between mountains with a tiny stream, a winding road, and famed views at dawn. It notes Dunloe Castle, Dunloe Cave destroyed by landslide, Purple Mountain at 2739 feet, and an echoing summit with small cannon for visitors. Tomorrow’s view features the Old Vier Bridge in Killarney.
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Killarney
Irelaygh
Ireland
Killarney Town
Dunloe
William J. Walshe
All Ireland
Mahoney
O’sullivan
Purple Mountain
Local notes and anecdotes from Boston area page
A collection of light items includes Mrs White receiving forwarded funds, Jacob Stern returning from New York with noted observations, and Sanbornville New Hampshire tourists driving about enjoying stories. John F. Kyle celebrates a new baby at Harvard Street, Charles Town, while a car incident amuses riders and a boy ferries a hen on an electric car. An Ash Point Missourian fears another forest fire and a trolley conductor recalls nickel troubles. Pete Lyons heads to White Mountains to coach a hotel games meet.
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Jacob Stern
Bowdoin Square Theatre
New York
Sanbornville
N. H
Bretton Woods
Vermont
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