The Boston Post July 28 1909 subscription rates notice
The Post publishing company lists daily and Sunday subscription prices for the Daily Post and Sunday Post. It notes vacation mail options, foreign and domestic rates, and policy on prepayment and discontinuation. Editor Grozier signs the notice.
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Galveston Sea Wall Urged to Rise After Storm
A modern tropical storm caused little damage but highlighted the sea wall’s protective value. The 1900 Galveston hurricane disaster killed about 10,000 and cost 20 million. Planners say extending and heightening the wall would pay off through safety and reduced losses.
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Galveston
Connecticut moves toward eugenics aimed at degeneration limits
A Hartford despatch reports a proposed Connecticut law to regulate procreation by limiting or attempting to eliminate degenerates and feeble minded persons after the current Legislature. Washington also debates a health certificate marriage law and age restrictions for the insane. The Connecticut measure, titled an act concerning operation for the prevention of procreation, is seen as radical and experimental with scientific backers among its advocates.
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Maternal Blindness in Thaw Pamphlet Critique
The piece labels Mrs. Thaw’s pamphlet misguided and calls her devotion to Thaw a betrayal of the truth. It notes doctors’ says he is sane, cites Evelyn Thaw’s report on Harry, and argues Thaw poses danger if free, implicating the jury in a wrongful acquittal.
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Paris
London
New York
Stanford White
Purging the Senate and Republican Factional Strife
Washington correspondent warns that unanimous opposition to tariff votes boosts reformist efforts in Maine Rhode Island Connecticut Michigan West Virginia New Jersey and other states to defeat their Republican senators. The piece singles out Aldrich Hale and Br wayton influenced factions and ponders retirements and possible successors like Burleigh as the Senate shifts.
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Littlefield
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Henate
Representative body debate on tyranny versus rubber stamps
A fragment argues the group could form a representative body but faces a choice between a tyrannical combine domineering over them or accepting subordinate, rubber stamp roles under the system.
Massachusetts Urges Income Tax Amendment Endorsement
The issue centers on adopting a constitutional amendment to authorize income taxation. Massachusetts leaders across parties push for direct taxation as fair, with Eugene Foss and others arguing strong public support. They call to make the income tax the election issue to sway national affairs.
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Eugene N. Foss
William F. Dean
Taunton
Russell Wood
Isaac C. Woodbury
Brighton
Wardwell
Cambridge
New England
Eliot Bishop
Newton Centre
Gould
Middlesex County
Air Flight Underscores Need for U S Aviation Support
The piece argues Congress underfunds air navigation research and warns Fort Myer experiments risk ending without more funds. It notes Wright brothers have yet to achieve military standards despite European decorations and says aviation is in its infancy needing encouragement over restrictive policy.
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Europe
Atlantic
King Edward's Matchmaking and European Influence
Queen Victoria's skill at royal marriages extended to her son Edward, boosting English sway in Norway Denmark and Sweden and securing a Spanish throne bride for an English princess. Edward is credited with arranging his granddaughter Alexandra's betrothal to King Manuel of Portugal, aiming to place kin in power as national interests trump individual desires.
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Drobeck Faces Two Veterans In 25 Mile Pace
Tomorrow night Elmer Collins of Lynn James F Moran of Chelsea and Peter Drobeck compete in a 25 mile motor paced race at the Revere track Moran and Collins have a bitter rivalry likely to clash while Drobeck could surprise The Connolly brothers Tom and Don also contend for top positions with a large field of amateurs entered for other events on the card
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Norfolk Vets and Wives Outing to Bass Point
The Norfolk county G A R and W R C held their largest gathering yet with nearly 699 members and friends on a Bass Point trip. The organizing committee of F E H Dunbar D Eldridge and W L Gage mapped a long program, and the party departed Otis wharf at 11 o'clock with many staying until nightfall.
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Bass Point
FE. H. Dunbar
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W. L. Gage
Otis Wharf
Skink and Wimpus Tale Sparks in Summary
A playful excerpt features Stealthy Steve and the skink as central figures in a farcical Caribbean style tale. The skink’s unusual aversion to the vowel U drives comic danger with a mysterious cry and mock peril amid a detective plot and a sting by Stub the Sting.
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Mbwa
Steve
Aldrich
Stealthy
Stub
Dear Miss Champagne Advice on a Quiet Courtship
A writer seeks guidance after pursuing a morning coworker who agreed to one date but has since vanished from contact. The confidant notes mutual interest may have been lacking and warns that lack of proper introduction risks unfamiliar observers and potential trouble at home.
Style Notes From A Style Column
The Psyche knot remains worn though smaller. Walking sticks return to fashion with elaborate carvings. New slippers feature instep crossing straps and side buttons. Stripes promise a late summer run. striped cheviots gain favor. Black rajah remains a chic mourning fabric, cool and travel friendly. Hairstyles show middle part with Recamier and chignon, full side puffs.
O'Donoghue Legends and Ross Castle in Killarney
The lower Lake of Killarney hosts legends of O'Donoghue riding the lake at dawn and treasures in the mountains, while Ross Castle on Ross Island stands as a once mighty fortress. The island holds relics and a historic copper mine once yielding $500000, now flooded, with Bantry Bay to follow.
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Ross Castle
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Munster
Ludlow
Boston
Richeness
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Matt Mason
George Matthew Adams
Boy crafts tiny flatiron boat from pine and braced oars
Harbor sightseers yesterday witnessed a 12 year old boy build a four foot flatiron shaped boat from unfinished pine boards. He nailed a board to a broom handle for oars and used rough thole pins. The craft floated briefly as onlookers marveled at its seaworthiness headed toward East Boston.
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Boston Harbor
East Boston
Daughter of James Duckett Undergoes Union Hospital Operation
The daughter of James Duckett of Fall River underwent a successful operation for a serious illness at Union Hospital yesterday and is resting comfortably. Physicians hold out hopes for a speedy recovery.
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James Duckett
Fall River
Union Hospital
North End boys prepare first 1915 district meet at North End Park
The bath trustees approve use of North End Park for the 1915 district meet next Saturday afternoon, replacing Charlesbank Gymnasium. A large squad trains daily from 3 to 8 pm under Instructor James Crowley. Blanks for the meet are available at Civil Service House, 112 Salem Street.
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