The Post Publishing Company 1909 subscription notices
The Boston Post announces subscription rates for daily and Sunday editions with options for annual, semi annual, and monthly plans. It details vacation mailings at 25 cents per month and instructs prepaid payments and address changes. Editor E A Grozier leads the publication.
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Post Publishing Co
Washington St
Boston
Mass
POST
Daily Post
United States
Sunday Post
Singing by Scalpel Triumph for Caruso after throat surgery
Caruso's voice failed months ago and his vocal tone was mourned by admirers. A delicate operation removed the problem vocal chord and was successful. He will now sing premier roles again, a triumph of persistence and science.
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Caruso
Signor Caruso
Polo at Hurlingham Meadow Brooks Clash for Trophy Return
1886 John Watson's polo team first won the Rhode Island trophy and took it to England. Harry Paine Whitney's American squad now contests its return. English experts expect Meadow Brooks to win after their Ranelagh Cup success. The match promises a royal battle showcasing American speed and open play.
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John Watson
Rhode Island
England
Harry Paine Whitney
Meadow Brooks
Draper forms Boston financial commission with Sulivan as chair
Governor Draper appoints a new city financial commission under the charter revision without a referendum. John A. Sulivan is named chairman, with four other members confirmed by the executive council. The move aims to respect self government while giving authority to the city’s controlling party and seeks broad citizen confidence.
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Financial Commission
Boston
Draper
John A. Sullivan
Executive Council
Commonwealth
Free Hides Tax Sparks Massachusetts tariff feud
The piece argues for restoring hides to the free list as a Massachusetts priority facing a new tariff regime. It notes widespread support from industry groups and lawmakers, cites Senator Lodge as unexpectedly advocating tax removal, and laments continued taxation benefiting Chicago monopolies tied to McKinley era politics.
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Washington
Massachusetts
Republican Party
Senator Lodge
New England
Chicago
Mark Hanna
McKinley
Republican management in Massachusetts burdened by persistent curse
A fragmented cable of political critique describes the Republican leadership in Massachusetts as facing ongoing political curses. The remarks frame this burden as a recurring national challenge influencing party strategy and public perception.
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Massachusetts
Stealthy Steve in a House of Many Wives
In Newton Newkirk's tale a sleuth confronts a love triangle with Angelica the mayor's daughter. He narrowly avoids scandal after a tense confrontation with the colonel and mayor, then returns to a crowded dining scene before darkness yields a dramatic shock as a body or figure cries out.
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Angelica
Steve
Roosevelt
Reform of Prison Conditions in Boston and State
An advocate argues for humane detention standards urging separate facilities for genders, adequate fresh air and cleanliness, single occupancy cells, and humane treatment of witnesses. The piece cites 1908 arrest and imprisonment figures and calls for rehabilitation over brutality, urging police station renovations to align with modern penology.
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Boston
Charles Street
Hats and Heat—Hatless Living for Hair and Health
An article argues that hat wear in hot weather harms hair and health by trapping heat. It cites Baron d Aubnard’s experiments showing higher head temperatures for hatted subjects, humans and horses, and suggests air flow and damp sponges as remedies while endorsing hatlessness in heat.
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Henri d’Auchard
Western Union Defies Law on Message Filing Fees
Attorney General argues Western Union Telegraph Company violates Commonwealth anti graft and highway law by overcharging for filing messages and failing to file returns in prescribed form. State seeks fuller business statement as 30 day excess charge continues, hoping courts uphold action.
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Western Union Telegraph Company
Highway Commission
Commonwealth
Western Union Company
State Highway Commission
Toll Delay in East Boston Tunnel Booths
A letter to the editor complains about a persistent delay at the Court street tunnel toll in East Boston. The writer notes two toll booths but only one collector, causing long lines and crowding in the evening as residents try to reach home, and requests an additional teller to speed travel.
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Post
Boston
Court Street
East Boston
Noted Boston Society Guests Attend Stadium Show
Mrs Hodge and William T Hodge on an auto tour through New England lunch with Mrs Amelia Costelo of Jamaica Plain while the bride and groom stayed for a Stadium performance and resumed their trip. Judge Francis C Lowell attends and Jebb Justin A Kelley earns illustrous magician title in New York.
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Hodge
Helen Hale
William T. Hodge
New England
Amelia Costelo
Jamaica Plain
George Cogswell
Bk Bt Bt
Francis C. Lowell
United States Circuit Court
Lowell
Orleans
Jebb Justin A. Kelley
William M. Kelley
Somerville
Society of American Magicians
New York
Kellar
Herrmann
Houdini
Garden Sass and Civic Notes In Lowell Dispatch
A collection of colorful local items includes a mock epic about garden sass and a series of brief notes. Highlights mention a mail carrier’s parade behind a nurse, a night car detour in Cambridge Somerville, and Miss Marcella Halliday’s 80 years as a North End educator. Also noted: Commodore White sells the Ruth W boat, Alderman Blanchard and son head to Alaska, Charles J. Glidden helps locate a Rutland balloon station, and Melrose residents push for a public bath house by Ell Pond. A Tremont Street hall yields bagpipe music during a dance excerpt.
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Marcella G. Halliday
Hancock School
North End
Marshall F. Blanchard
Cambridge
Arthur
Alaska
Melrose
Ell Pond
Tremont Street
Berkeley
Derman Returns Home With Bride of Two Weeks
Derman of Ladder 7 Meeting House Hill came home yesterday with his bride of two weeks and they will reside on Sawyer Avenue. The notice also advertises Morse's store window displays featuring summer wear from $7.50 to $25, urging readers to see the big outing suit and summer lines in Boston.
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E. A. Grozier
Derman
Meeting House Hill
Sawyer Avenue
Boston
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