Boston Post 1916 Subscription Rates and Notices
Rates and contact details for the Boston Post and Sunday Post editions dated June 27 1916. Includes daily and Sunday subscriptions for domestic and foreign addresses, postage notes, and billing terms. Editor Edwin A Grozier advertises circulation and policy on prepaid subscriptions and notices changes.
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Post Publishing Co
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Boston
Mase
Canada
Sunday Post
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POST
Massachusetts National Guard Break Camp for Southward Deployment
The Massachusetts National Guard entrained from Framingham to head south to protect the border from hostile invasion. The governor’s farewell lingers as citizens express unshaken confidence in their courage and devotion, bidding the guardsmen God-speed.
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The
Commonwealth
Massachusetts National Guard
Framingham
Massachusetts
Hughes Faces Early Campaign Turmoil Amid Old Guard Clash
The piece frames Justice Hughes at the start of a presidential bid amid a split within his camp. A revolt against the Old Guard steering committee favors Frank Hitchcock as the campaign manager, while Hughes must balance competing factions. It contrasts Hughes’s limited accountability with President Wilson’s broader responsibility.
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Justice Hughes
Hughes
Old Guard
Frank H. Hitchcock
Wilson
United States
Mr. Hughes
Nation in arms conscription order to begin June 24
The conscription act in Britain requires all able bodied males aged 18 to 41 to serve, with married men now included. Physical incapacity is the only exemption, under the Kitchener era army estimated at over five million, now reduced by casualties. The current call targets those who did not volunteer earlier.
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Great Britain
South American unity urged to settle Mexican dispute
Intimations of hostility toward the United States in South American republics are dismissed as unlikely. Reports from Santiago suggest Chilean efforts, with Argentina, Brazil and Ecuador, to peacefully resolve the Mexico disturbance with U S cooperation. The text argues Mexico’s conflict is an American matter to settle without outside interference.
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United States
Mexico
Santiago
Argentina
Brazil
Ecuador
Pan American Idea Finds Practical Limits
The piece argues that Pan American collaboration cannot mediate Villa's violence or reliably bargain with Carranza, noting that conclusions drawn would be impractical at present. It emphasizes the difficulties of neutral mediation amid ongoing treachery and conflict.
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Villa
Carranza
Will They Stay Put Roosevelt Declines Nomination
The author argues Theodore Roosevelt will not seek the presidency with the Progressives and urges members to stay loyal to progressive principles while evaluating whether to support Hughes. The piece blames both old parties for corruption and questions the faithfuls’ duty to remain in a dissolving movement.
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Theodore Roosevelt
Progressive National Committee
Fiughes
America
German food regulation chief downplays milk shortage
Herr Adolph von Hatocki, head of the Imperial Food Regulation Board at Dusseldorf, says Germany has grain to harvest and can regulate potatoes, denies need to ban meat for two months, and notably omits any milk shortage concern despite public worry about infant supplies.
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Herr Adolph von Hatocki
Imperial Food Regulation Board
Dusseldorf
Herr von Batocki
William Beals Dies. Boston Merchant and Bank Trustee
William Beals, age 94, a longtime Boston merchant and son of former Boston Post owner and publisher, died June 24. Born in Boston he worked with Searle & Upham, then Baker & Beals as exporters and mill agents. He served on the River Cents Savings Bank board and as a trustee, and supported many charities and religious causes.
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Boston
Boston Post
Dorothy Whitney Beals
Searle & Upham
George W. Baker
Baker & Beals
Beals
Rive Cents Savings Bank
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Life's path with roses and thorns in Newton Newkirk's lines
The poem by Newton Newkirk reflects on life’s uneven journey and the constant struggle between sunshine and rain. It emphasizes work, healing heart-hurts, and battles against foes, with success found beyond hardships.
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Rman
Waun Aafant
Humorous Outlook Delays Self Awareness Progress
A playful reflection suggests humor towards oneself remains undeveloped until the joker recognizes their own joke. The remark frames self critique as a benchmark for advanced wit and personal growth.
Guard Your Credit A Slow Payer And His Credit
A cautionary line notes that a slow payer jeopardizes credit as delay undermines financial trust. It frames timely repayment as essential to maintaining good standing with lenders and avoiding debt consequences.
Young Lady Robber Gertrude in Chicago Fun More Than Robbery
In windy Chicago a young woman calling herself Gertrude aged 18 is jailed after weeks of holdups on street corners. She brandished a revolver demanding bank rolls, but a passerby critiqued her look and overtook her, leading to her arrest.
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Chicago
Gertrude
Gert
Observant Citizen Notes On Offenders And Beliefs
A compiled column presents Crude court quips about driving through funerals and a street row. It recounts Judge Enright on legality, Judge O Brien on fighting, and a New Haven executive urging penny savings. It includes a Gettsyburg veteran rhyme, a Boston Harbor hospital project, and letters debating flat earth versus globe models.
Notable Honors and Odd Messages Tied to Massachusetts Figures
Charles W. Morse of Brookline is listed with multiple Massachusetts groups and causes. General Morris Schaff, once on Grant's staff, received an honorary Doctor of Letters from Otterbine University in Ohio for his wartime address, while a buoy attached electric light saved a note from Ogontquit Beach. the message from 1916 mentions East Boston friends and requests delivery to the Boston Post.
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Morris Schaff
Gas and Electric Light Commission
General Grant
Otterbine University
Ohio
General Schaff
Boston
West Point
Ogonquit
Cape Elizabeth
Mass
Herbert Monge
Joseph G. O’brien
Alfred Mosconi
Boston Post
Falstaff and His Recruits in London and Beyond
A vivid scene with Falstaff in London and the countryside contrasts his wit with Sir John’s aging sharpness. The Chief Justice clashes with Falstaff over Gads Hill. Falstaff outwits him and charms a hostess who funds his depredations. Rejoining companions at the Boar’s Head, Falstaff’s revelry with Doll Tearsheet and Doll ends as war calls him to enlist, while the hostess laments the knight’s departure after years of costly indulgence.
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Sir John Falstaff
London
Falstaff
Sir John
Henry IV
Gadshill
Les
Boar's Head
Bardolph
Page
Doll
Oldest Inhabitant Reports June 27 Heat Record
The Oldest Inhabitant cites Boston heat data noting 1900's 94 degree high as the warmest on record, with the past decade peaking at 90 degrees. It lists the coolest for this date as 52 in 1884 and 56 in the last 10 years for 1916, and mentions rain on this date only in 1914 within the past decade.
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Boston
Love and Jealousy in a Young Romance
A 20 year old woman writes about three year relationship with a slightly older man. Both under 21 she suspects jealousy and his pulling around other girls. She asks if he wants to make her jealous or is tiring of her and whether to wait or date others. A reader urges her to test his response by showing other suitors.
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Miss Champagne
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