Narragansett Pier as a Classic Summer Resort
Narragansett Pier earns fame for its mile long beach and family atmosphere. The resort attracts visitors from across the United States with its beaches casinos and cottages and shares a hospitality charm with Newport drawing families from Louisville Richmond and Baltimore to seasonal stays.
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Narragansett
United States
Union
Point Judith
Charles Dudley Warner
Narragansett Pier
Newport
Brander Matthews
Louisville
Richmond
Baltimore
Boston Post subscription rates and postal notices from 1918
The Boston Post lists subscription prices for daily and Sunday editions, including annual, half year, and monthly options. It notes Canada and foreign postage, daily post charges, and guidance on payment methods, with editor E. A. Grozier and publishing details.
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Post Publishing Co
Washington St
Boston
Mass
The Post in Vacation Time
The Daily Post offers mail service nationwide at 2 dollars per month and the Sunday Post at 30 cents per month. Readers may change address as needed. The Boston Post proclaims its press plant in New England as the largest in the world.
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POST
Daily Post
United States
Sunday Post
Boston Post
New England
Robert Hoe
R. Hoe & Co
Foss as Democratic and Republican Governor Candidate?
The World suggests both parties in Massachusetts favor Eugene N Foss for governor and proposes dispatching an exploration party to assess Democratic support for Foss this year.
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Massachusetts
Eugene N. Foss
New York World
Brother Foss
Boston
Garfield McLean
Mr. McLean
Forty-sixth Regiment
United States Volunteers
Pasque Alvarez
Cavite
Amidio
Luzon
Uncle Sam
Public demand for immediate safety reforms on Boston waterfronts
The engineer's report on 25 faulty gangways and floats warns that unsafe structures caused by lax oversight threaten lives. It locates and explains defects across the Lawrence bathhouse float incident and urges swift repairs. Authorities must implement the necessary improvements without delay.
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Lawrence Bathhouse
Boston
Boston City Club breaks ground for new headquarters
The Boston City Club marks a milestone as president Samuel J. Elder breaks ground on the club's future home, signaling ownership rather than leasing and a broader, more civic driven role for the association with its large and growing membership.
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Boston City Club
Samuel J. Elder
City Club
Boston
THAT COAL TAX TEST OF CONSTITUTIONALITY SOUGHT
The Philadelphia Coal Exchange requests public support to challenge the 5 cent ton tax on anthracite as unconstitutional. Doubts persist that a state may levy a special tax on a commodity, especially for interstate commerce, as millions watch the progress to the Supreme Court of the United States.
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Philadelphia Coal Exchange
Susme Court of the United States
Secretary Bryan urges Washington for state questions
William J. Bryan states Iowa is not the proper place for discussions of urgent national issues. He argues the Chautauqua circuit is not suited for these questions and insists Washington, D C is the correct venue for consideration by the U S State Department.
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William J. Bryan
United States
Des Moines
Iowa
Washington
State Department
Cereal Crop Outlook Dims on Drought Briefs
A drought clouds this year's farming prospects as moisture shortages in early summer threaten cereal yields. Traders and growers watch rainfall expectations closely for relief and potential price shifts.
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Bregk
Grain Harvest Prospects Raise Hope for Prewar Food Supply
Government reports estimate total spring and winter grain output near 730 million bushels, with winter wheat up about 30 million bushels from last year. Illinois and Iowa show higher winter wheat yields per acre, keeping market stability in view despite possible later crop variability.
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Illinois
Iowa
Secretary Lane backs Alaska railroad to coal lands
Secretary of the Interior Lane urges Congress to fund a seacoast to coal fields railroad in Alaska. He predicts a large colonization surge within two years and argues the line would serve national welfare by developing the territory and supporting the Pacific navy.
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Lane
United States
Alaska
Congress
Pacific Coast
Uncle Sam
The Opium Curse and the Hague Pact
The article notes a global effort to end opium traffic through a conference at The Hague. Most civilized powers support prohibition of habit forming drugs, with Britain as the reluctant holdout. An international meeting set for early next year will set the enforcement date.
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Hague
Great Britain
China
United States
Binghamton Horror Warns On Factory Safety Laws
The Binghamton blaze reveals that existing factory regulations and frequent drills were ineffective. Despite fire escapes and unblocked exits, the catastrophe shows laws are inadequate and must require safer building construction to ensure escape during fires. The incident serves as a warning for other states.
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Binghamton
N. Y
Hamlin Suggested for Assistant Secretary of the Treasury
The selection of Charles S. Hamlin of Massachusetts for Assistant Secretary of the Treasury is praised for experience character and ability. The role will oversee the customs service and implement the new tariff law with its changes and challenges. Hamlin’s prior service in the Cleveland administrations and ongoing study fit him for expert work.
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the Treasury
Charles 5. Hamlin
Massachusetts
Hamlin
Treasury Department
Customs Service
Cleveland
All Sorts by Newton Newkirk
A humorous verse extols contrasting beauty types from peroxide blondes to sultry brunettes. The speaker teases fashion, makeup, and daring attire while praising confident, daring women and their fashion choices.
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Newton Newkirk
President Wilson and tariff currency questions settled long ago
A speaker states that President Wilson is unaware that the tariff and currency issues were settled years earlier. The remark frames Wilson as out of touch and asserts prior resolution by the speaker or a referenced authority.
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Wilson
Boston Baked Beans stock scheme teased to investors
A spoof pitch markets a Boston Baked Bean Distribution Company offering parcel post sales of B B B in qt half gal and gal sizes with imagined profits. It exaggerates stock prices and dividends while lampooning promoter antics and past schemes.
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Boston
Teddy Roosevelt
Boston Baked Bean Distributing Company
United States
Parcel Post
B. B. B. Company
New Haven New England
Investor
Dollar subscription to floating hospital aid
The Post receives $1 from a Marshfield friend of the Boston Floating Hospital. The donation will be turned over to hospital officials to aid a sick child on the road to health.
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Marshfield
Boston Floating Hospital
Clarice Leaves Home to Seek Stage Career After Injury
Clarice defies her opposed parents by packing a bag and running away to join a theater company as Eva in an Tin el Tom's Cabin production. She performs well until a wire snap on ascent to Paradise fractures her ankle forcing her to quit. She then faces tough times in the theater and returns home ending with an unresolved outcome.
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Clarice
Eva
Tinel Tom's Cabin’’ Co
Paradise
Whimsical Columns and Coastal Notes From The Observant Citizen
The Observant Citizen surveys seaside life from around Winthrop to Rockport with short sketches. It notes women carrying canes for fashion near the north shore and recalls a battered Wonderland at Revere Beach while reporting on local personalities such as hunter Quinlan and Burgess & Co. aviator activity and a Cambridge spelling quip.
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Charlotte Smith
Fitzgerald
North Shore
Winthrop
Rockport
Clarice Reunites With Parents In Daring Cabaret
Clarice leaves her unknown home to become a cabaret dancer. She inspires a playful reunion when a kiss to an elderly patron triggers his wife’s outburst, then Clarice calls out mother and embraces her in a surprising family reunion.
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Clarice
Gazabo
Potato Race at Sunday School Picnic
At Shady Pool during a Sunday School Picnic the potato race is described with playful pride. The narrator notes finishing second, imagining a win if raced harder, and remarks the prize was a tennis hall while admiring peers like Bessie Flynn. The verses stress good sportsmanship and acceptance of roles.
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Shady Pool
Bessie Flynn
Gideons Gather for Toronto Convention
The first international Gideons convention opens at Metropolitan Methodist Church in Toronto. Representatives from Canada and the United States attend as the six year old movement with about 15 000 members distributes over 200 000 Bibles.
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Toronto
Ont
The
Gideons
Commercial Travellers’ Association
Metropolitan Methodist Church
Canada
United States
Kickapoo Tribe Members Report Missing Group In Mexico
Government agents returning from Sonora say one group of Kickapoo Indians from Oklahoma is lost. Two tribes report the missing residents went to Coahuila to visit relatives and were prevented from returning by Mexican state authorities.
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Douglas
Ariz
United States
Kickapoo
Sonora
Oklahoma
Coahuila
Unemployed crowds and reformers in a 1913 riff
Wall street era lament by Walt Mason critiques unemployment woes and social reform calls. He mocks idle laborers, overpaid workers, and blamed plutocrats, arguing laws and aims fail to curb idleness and waste. The verse reflects early 20th century urban frustration.
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Walt Mason
George Matthew Adams
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