The Boston Post Announces Summer Vacation Policy
The Boston Post outlines vacation mail service options for readers, offering two weeks of daily delivery for 15 cents or 25 cents for a month and a Sunday edition at 30 cents per month. Subscriptions and payment details specify rates for U S Canada and foreign readers, with mailing considerations and payment in checks or money orders only.
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Canada
Sunday Post
Boston
POST
Daily Post
United States
Maia
Post Publishing CO
Post Ad Advances and Subscriptions Policy
Subscriptions must be prepaid and will be discontinued without notice on expiration. If the Post is unavailable from dealers, notify by mail at once. Edwin A. Grozier is editor and publisher at 1388 Main with editorial rooms listed.
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Eessers
Bunday
Edwin A. Grozier
Magnanimous offer from Switzerland amid Luxemburg bread shortage
The piece notes Switzerland will supply flour to Luxemburg every two weeks during a bread famine and claims Germany will permit distribution. It questions why Berlin should refuse aid, labeling Germany's neutrality violation and occupation as causing actual want among Luxemburgers.
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Switzerland
Luxemburg
Germany
Berlin
Syracuse Rail Dispute Ends With 51608 Verdict
A Syracuse lawsuit against a railroad over blocked tracks by a freight train led to a verdict of 51 608 dollars against the railroad. Fire department passage was denied delaying responses, causing large losses to a manufacturer and 21 fire insurers, who won damages. Firemen must have travel precedence, and blocking street crossings by trains is an archaic nuisance.
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Syracuse
A Year of War Across the World
On the first anniversary of Archduke Francis Ferdinand's assassination, the war's reach spans Europe and beyond. The article notes a year of bloodshed shaking continents from Europe to Africa and Asia, sparked by a youth who fired the fuse before turning twenty.
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Francis Ferdinand
Austria-Hungary
Sarajevo
Bosnia
Europe
Egypt
Africa
Asia
Australia
Do Massachusetts Women Favor the Ballot
In Marion the Massachusetts Federation of Women's Clubs voting a two to one margin approved a suffrage resolution. Delegates represented about 65,000 women, indicating strong support for the ballot amid the statewide suffrage question.
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Commonwealth
Massachusetts Federation of Women’s Clubs
Marion
Massachusetts
Dernburg Arrives in Germany Using Scrap of Paper
Dr. Dernburg reaches Germany safely after a convoy detains his ship at Kirkwall. The freight deemed non contraband allows passage when he presents multiple scraps certifying safe conduct from the United States amid wartime neutrality.
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Dr. Dernburg
Germany
Kirkwall
United States
German Volunteers Strain US Stand Over Scrap of Paper
The text describes German volunteers and the United States defense of upholding a legal principle against Germany. Dr Dernburg faces strain as his ship is detained at Kirkwall while advocating a Berlin interpretation of international law.
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United States
Dr. Dernburg
Kirkwall
Berlin
Fruit Stand Mixup Goes Sour in Boston
Mad chased fruit names in a playful sequence involving Miss Peach and others. The scene spirals with pranks and brawling over a Raw deal before all join to help and end with Boston initials H E F.
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Peach
Observant Citizen notes on ships and local life
The Observant Citizen recalls the Saxonia transporting Canadian regiments from Halifax, with sailor tales of whales and cannon, plus daily flag displays and arboretum blooms. It mentions Judge Luce and family politics, Geraldine Farrar in Los Angeles, a museum of quirky anecdotes, and local happenings in Boston with community figures and events.
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Halifax
Europe
W. H. Neitz
Atlantic
Saxonia
New York
Geraldine Farrar
Los Angeles
Geraldine
John Drew
Miss Farrar
Germany Exults Over Food Security and War Aims
The pamphlet from Berlin’s Kriegs-Ausschuss asserts Germany’s independence from foreign trade despite Allied blockades. It argues substitutions and air-sourced nitrogen keep industry and army fed, calls for humane submarine warfare and questions Allied starvation claims.
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Kriegs-Ausschuss der Deutschen Industrie
Berlin
Germany
Sayin’ Soapbox Sam Remains Loquacious on Work
Soapbox Sam voices a salty image of labor and pride in handmade toil. He riffs on bones and bare hands, hinting at hard work and grit as he rails at modern labor expectations.
Bill seeks a cellar by mail order and posthole aid
A Boston & Maine conductor from Concord New Hampshire writes to a newspaper requesting help locating a cellar. He ordered a collapsible Chicago mail order cellar that arrived packed in sawdust and could not be unfolded. A reader offers to supply leftover postholes to fill the desired cellar volume after measurements, warning that outer casings must be removed.
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Boston & Maine
Petersboro
Hillsboro
Concord
N. H
Bow Wall
Chicago
Ill
Consolidated Posthole Company
P. S
Jitney Bubble Bursts in Worcester Says Post
The Worcester Post argues the jitney enterprise is failing as fares rise and transfers are unavailable. It notes initial growth, then cooling demand, with streetcars offering transfers and a key factor in jitney decline. The piece cites the Boston Post and argues outcomes depend on local conditions.
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Worcester Post
Worcester
Boston Post
Prosperity report highlights steel and manufacturing expansion
Washington reports show strong U S trade conditions with big gains in steel orders for rails and construction, busy wire mills in Pittsburg, Philadelphia projects, and shipyards on coasts and the Great Lakes. Labor expansion follows corporate activity as plants grow from Waterbury to Bridgeport.
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Washington
United States
Secretary of Commerce
Great Lakes
Philadelphia
Pittsburg
Great Steel Company
Waterbury
Conn
Bridgeport
Boston Street Hole Company scheme sparks bold rebuff
A Milford mass letter exchange reveals a quirky failed partnership proposal to convert street holes in Boston into bungholes for bar rels. The recipient, calling himself Mr Newshirt, denounces the plan and warns the author to use his real name, vowing to confront the claimant if encountered.
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Mr. N. Newshirt
Boston
Milford
Mass
Oldest Inhabitant Recalls June Weather History
The 28th of June records from 1905 to 1914 show highs from 67 to 87 and lows from 54 to 68 with rain or clear skies. Noted extremes include 97 official high in 1901 and 84 official cold lows in several years.
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Boston
Mercury
St Josephs T A S July 4 Banquet at West End
The annual night before the Fourth banquet of St Josephs Total Abstinence Society of the West End will be held Saturday evening at the Cambridge street clubhouse. Rev Lawrence W Slattery will be guest of honor and deliver an address with Rev Peter J McCormack as toastmaster. William H Cuddy chairs arrangements.
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St. Joseph’s Total Abstinsence Society
West End
Cambridge Street
Lawrence W. Slattery
St. Joseph’s Church
Chambers Street
Peter J. McCormack
St. Joseph's Church
William H. Cuddy
Motor boat squad keeps harbor in busy inspection day
Yesterday ideal weather drew many motor boats to the harbor. Captain Charles R. Tuckett led the motor boat squad aboard the government tug Winnisimmet, cruising four hours through the harbor and Dorchester Bay. Fifty craft were held up for inspection during the operation.
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Charles R. Tuckett
Winnisimmet
Dorchester Bay
Marengo Victory Turns Tide After Desaix Death
Napoleon faced a dire Marengo battle as 6300 French soldiers stalled an Austrian advance. Desaix arrived to reverse fate. Kellermann’s charge broke the Austrian flank, turning defeat into victory. Desaix died in the moment of triumph, and Napoleon honored his memory with monuments in Paris.
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Marengo
Napoleon
Desaix
Allesandria
Kellermann
Alps
Egypt
Europe
Paris
J. Holland Rose
After Storm and Sunshine in Verse by Walt Mason
A light verse reflection from 1915 contrasts dreary days with sunny skies and renewed cheer. The poem celebrates resilience, noting that sunshine follows storms and warns that without sorrow life would lose zest, ending with a wry nod to nature's changing moods.
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Mother Earth
Walt Mason
Adams Newspaper Service
Fashion notes on coats hats and hair from the season
The piece surveys chamois and white coats, color trends for shoes, and collar styles. It notes high and half high collars, tulle neck trimmings, shoulder capes, soft hair framing the face, and a three rose accent at the collar join. Fine rep serge and contrasting summer millinery materials are highlighted.
Dear Miss Champagne A Youngest Sister Faces Love and Duty
A letter from IN NEED OF A FRIEND asks whether love should trump duty to a large family. The writer, youngest of nine siblings, worries sisters push a single life yet suggests marrying the man she loves and building a home before supporting her unmarried sister. The advisor urges pursuing personal happiness first, then aiding family.
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Miss Champagne
No mercy for selfish partners in life and happiness
A terse judgment condemns a partner who demands sacrificing personal happiness, labeling them selfish and unworthy of consideration. The speaker rejects such demands as incompatible with a healthy relationship.
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case @ elster
Rat control method with molasses and lye guidance
Household hints describe a poison-free trick using thin chips shingle or tin covered with molasses to coax rats from holes. The note signed by Mrs Margaret F Donnelly gives a Worcester address at 1 Blossom street.
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Margaret F. Donnelly
Blossom Street
Worcester
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