Boston Post 1909 subscription rates and office notice
Public notice from the Boston Post Publishing Co listing daily and Sunday subscription rates, vacation mail options, mailing addresses, and contact details for the editor and offices. Includes instruction to prepay and to inform if the paper is not obtainable locally.
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Post Publishing Co
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Boston
Mass
THE
Sunday Post
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Post Publishing Company
Boston Charter Debate Highlights Constitutional Concerns
The Senate shapes the charter bill for Boston, but questions of constitutionality loom. Mr. Donovans motion is defeated, delaying the measure as amendments are debated. The bill is criticized for a scheme seen as not truly self governing and for seeking public authorization only on formal points.
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Boston
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Donovan
The Merger Bill Holds Steering for Massachusetts Control
The railroad committee hesitates over Governor Draper's holding company plan for Boston and Maine stock. The issue concerns Massachusetts control of a critical regional railroad problem. The committee reportedly approves the holding company concept and urges Legislature adoption to place control in Massachusetts.
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Legislative Committee On Railroads
Draper
Boston & Maine
Billard
Connecticut
Massachusetts
New England
Prosperity Forecast Amid Tariff Debate and Wheat Trade
The article argues the U S Steel shutdowns drum up a crisis effect to influence tariff reform. It notes Pittsburg mills run full time for Memorial Day, storerooms are empty, and double shifts produce rails girders and trusses. It cites strong wheat harvest prospects and rising per capita consumption, projecting exports and wealth comparisons with France.
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Pittsburg
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France
Lessons from Zeppelin wreck and its fragile design
After traveling 850 miles at 23 mph the Zeppelin II crashed and wrecked, its aluminum hull and 442000 cubic feet of gas making it a near eggshell. It can maneuver only in ideal weather and has limited military use beyond scouting and observation, raising questions about its invasion risk. England is wise to stand by.
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Naval ships and dirigible threat loom in aerial arms race
The piece notes four famed battleships the Invincible through Indefatigable, 562 feet long, 40 000 horsepower Parson turbines driving 28 knots, eight 12 inch guns per ship with 318 774 foot-tons muzzle energy. It urges the United States and Britain to fund large scale government airship tests as Zeppelin experiments succeed. A practical safe dirigible could arrive soon, with a future radius of 4000 miles, threatening coast cities if Germany or France dominates air power.
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United States
England
Germany
France
Supreme Court ruling on Charles River flats preservation
The Massachusetts Supreme Court confirms the people’s right to keep the Charles River flats as a public water park. Riparian owners seeking injunctions to block flooding for mud baths and sand digging lose their bid. The court notes no taking occurs and emphasizes public enjoyment over private possession.
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Home For Aged Women
Long-Haired Gazabo Strikes in Desert Adventure
In a perilous desert chapter, the Long-Haired Gazabo crushes Salome the elephant and slays it. Colonel Roosevelt and Stealthy Steve lie hidden in a toppled howdah while the beast patrols, then retreats into the sands leaving the pair stranded three hundred miles from camp. Steve promises a plan to escape.
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Negroes Brain Not Distinct From Caucasians Says Cornell Expert
A conference on the status of the American negro cites Professor B G Wilder of Cornell University stating the negro brain is distinctly human and not measurably different from a Caucasian brain. The piece argues for equal opportunity, education, thrift, and self support, warning against disenfranchisement and re enslaving the race.
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Massachusetts
B. G. Wilder
Cornell University
Taft
Suffragists End Meetings Today
The Massachusetts Woman Suffrage Association holds its last meeting at 162 Tremont Street with a special program. Speakers include Guy Ham at 12 30, Mrs Mary Ware Bennett at 3, and in the evening Mrs Maud Howe Elliott Edwin B Mead and Mrs Bennett at 7 30.
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Tremont Street
Guy Ham
Mary Ware Bennett
South Framingham
Maud Howe Elliot
Edwin B. Mead
Bennett
Henry Wolffsohn Dies in New York at 68
Henry Wolffsohn longtime music impresario and concert manager died of pneumonia at his daughter's home in New York on June 1. He shaped many major events and directed musical programs across the United States.
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New York
Henry Wolffsohn
Drowning at Whitestone Falls Claims Comrade
Word reached Millinocket today that Walter Carliss of Patten drowned yesterday at Whitestone Falls. A companion narrowly escaped the same fate.
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Millinocket
Wora
Whitestone Falls
Walter Carliss
Patten
Goose liver joke at old German inn
A purplet waistcoated youth vows to order liver wurst at a German inn. He declares a fondness for goose liver while a pretty girl teases him, asking if he feels like a cannibal for his habit.
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Clarence
Little Miss Nighty Sings Good Night Across the Stair
The poem chronicles Little Miss Nighty on the stair in night attire. A parent recalls her rosy hair laughing eyes and bare pink feet as she bids good night. The scene shifts to a dreamlike farewell on the slumber sea while a final blessing closes the verse.
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Missing Arms Report Sparks Whimsical Confusion
Venus recounted to friends that she lost her arms in a revolving door while attempting to attend a peach basket hat sale. The odd tale circulated as a humorous city anecdote.
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Venus
Not Interested Said She Cites Cold Then Sings Anyway
A performer declares a cold prevents singing yet proceeds with a carol. After finishing the performance no one dares propose a remedy or challenge her claim.
Rush of philatelists boosts Alaska-Yukon-Pacific stamps
Town readers report a large shipment of Alaska-Yukon-Pacific stamps, with 140000 of 1000000 mailed to Boston. A.L. Wilbur sails home from Africa and Europe, due in Boston next week, while Cambridge walkers finish a 10 hour 2 minute trek to City Hall. Memorial Day crowds fill Forest Hills cemetery as Boston honors its dead.
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Africa
Europe
Boston
Forest Hills
Mary Chilton
Plymouth Rock
Spring Lane
Boston Historical Society
Sns Lane
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