Boston Post advertising and subscription page 1909
The note lists subscription rates for daily and Sunday issues, Canada pricing, and vacation mail options. It records office and editor details including Post Publishing Company address in Boston and contact lines for editorial and business offices.
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Post Publishing Co
ZUND
Washington St
Boston
Mass
THE
Sunday Post
Canada
POST
Daily Post
United States
Make It Constitutional The Boston Referendum Question
The Legislature is urged to seek the Supreme Court’s view on the alternative referendum in the Boston charter bill. A preferred path is to ensure constitutionality of the act without court intervention and send the entire issue to the people for a direct vote. Civic groups press for public referendum rather than partial measures.
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Supreme Court
Boston
Count Zeppelin’s Endurance Flight Redefines Air Power
The airship Zeppelin ST. completed a 1000 mile endurance journey across the German empire to Friedrichshafen. At 445 feet long with three 145 hp motors it carries 26 passengers and features searchlights and wireless telegraphy. A sister ship will link Friedrichshafen and Lucerne as Count Zeppelin claims lordship of the air.
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Count Zeppelin
German Empire
Friedrichshafen
Zeppelin ST
Lucerne
Wright
Baldwin
Baron Munchausen
Gazabo
Africa
Stanley
Salome
Steve
Colonel
Roosevelt
Tinkers Resume Tinkering in Senate Tariff Fight
The article notes the Senate will resume tariff debates focusing on cotton and woolen schedules and food taxes. It cites Republican leadership, insurgent voices, and expected opposition from Democrats as it predicts a lengthy process and possible delay of Taft’s June deadline.
Debate on national labor bureau and immigration policy
The article discusses a British bill to create a national labor exchange to connect jobseekers with employers, citing German success and raising concerns about immigration and native employment. It also references Roosevelt and a satirical tale involving a long haired gazebo with a humorous digression.
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Winston Spencer Churchill
British Board of Trade
House of Commons
Great Britain
Bureau of Labor
Central Federated Union
United States
Immigration Bureau
Washington
Europe
General Federation of Labor
Congress
Senator Aldrich Sets May 31 as Tariff Bill Date
The source notes that May 31 was set as the tariff bill signing date by Senator Aldrich, described as yesterday. It also mentions Congress adjournment planned for June 1 and predicts the Senate debate lasting about a month, already six weeks in progress and not half through.
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Aldrich
Congress
Senate
North Shore
The Beef Law and Tuberculosis Beef Sale
A legislative note argues for a stricter beef law to ban sale of tuberculous meat. It cites past actions by Dr. Peters and urges adding a clause prohibiting sale of beef condemned by state authorities for infection to fully protect public health.
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Peters
State Cattle Bureau
Weather Vanes of Prosperity in Harriman Freight Boom
The Harriman lines placed the largest Baldwin Locomotive Works order since 1907, 105 locomotives to haul growing freight. Massachusetts contracts near 18 million dollars fuel mill and factory expansion, while Haverstraw dominates brick output at 350 million yearly. Brick yards, idle last year, now dig for clay, producing 3 million bricks daily as signs of prosperity appear.
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Harriman
Baldwin Locomotive Works
Massachusetts
Haverstraw
Fickler Portrait Turns On Daily Foolishness
Hyker asks what kind of man Fickler is and Pyker admits no definite information after a week. Pyker explains Fickler makes a different kind of fool of himself each day.
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Hyker
Fickler
Pyker
Had No Kick Coming in Home Cookery Quip
A suffragist lady and Mr. Meekerton spar over domestic duties. He calmly states his wife is active in the suffrage branch and that most cooking at their home is his doing, implying disagreement with her stance.
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Mr. Meekerton
Her Preference in Playful Courtship
A brunette maid remarks to a fair companion that flirting amuses her more than real interest. The fair partner responds with a blunt demand for a foolhardy suitor, highlighting lighthearted social wit and romantic game playing.
Young Turk term puzzled Ostend in dialogue
A brief exchange follows Ostend asking what a young Turk means and Pa guessing he is an Asia Minor. The line hints at historical labels without detailing events or origins.
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Little Ostend
Asia Minor
Front Porch Banter on Writograph Dreams
A German comedian jokes about future writograph machines in every home while a woman smiles and agrees. The exchange features a playful back and forth about technological adoption and domestic modernization.
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