Post Publishing Company Boston Advertisement Rates 1907
Publication notice from the Post Publishing Company outlining subscription rates for daily and Sunday Post editions in 1907, with office addresses in Boston Massachusetts, payment terms in advance, and a notice about discontinuation without notice for nonpayment. It lists editor and publisher Be A Grozier and directs readers to notify by postal card if delivery is irregular.
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Post Publishing Co
Washington St
Boston
Mass
BE. A. Grozier
Old Home Week Movement Gains Support in Boston
The push for an Old Home Week in Boston next summer wins strong support amid winter weather. The city is praised as the ideal place to come home to, with many residents visiting year round without special invitations.
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Boston
Rhode Island Senate Deadlock Highlights Election Reform Debate
The Rhode Island Legislature has balloted 29 times for United States Senate and plans to continue indefinitely. No faction will yield, showing how not to select a senator. A popular election would have filled the seat neatly long ago.
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Rhode Island
United States
Help for China drives Red Cross relief and Boxer surplus
Private charity assists China by sending 110000 dollars in cash 10000 dollars worth of flour and 7500 bushels of seed wheat The piece argues the United States should use several million dollars of Boxer indemnity surplus for aid with no local claimant.
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China
Red Cross
United States
Salaries and Perquisites for Boston Aldermen Debate
A legislative proposal would raise aldermen salaries by 300 while ending free carriages and lunches. Proponents argue public money already covers over 300 used for these perks, urging either cutting perquisites or swapping with higher pay. Critics say a genuine saving requires removing perks without raises.
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Boston
Coasting Accidents Rise in Greater Boston Streets
The city reports a surge of coasting accidents this season as sliding downhill returns after a snowy winter. Experts say the revival of the sport stems from renewed practice, but warn that modern safety measures are needed to protect riders and preserve the pastime.
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Greater
Boston
Telephone Publicity Refused by Massachusetts Highway Board
The Massachusetts Highway Commissioners refused a public hearing for 2700 Post telephone petitioners citing Section 5, Chapter 433, Acts of 1906, while opposing witnesses from the New England Telephone Company. The petitioners argue openness will aid fair settlement as the public funds streets and revenue, and the company resists public examination. The piece notes the public interest in rates, dividends, and capitalization as central to the inquiry.
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Massachusetts Highway Commissioners
Boston
Star Chamber
Edmund A. Whitman
New England Telephone Company
Post
Highway Commissioners
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Harriman Finance Scandals Stir Public Alarm and Policy Debate
The Interstate Commerce Commission inquiry into E. H. Harriman reveals ?financial manipulation and inflated values in railroads such as the Chicago & Alton. Harriman profited by issuing bonds to life insurers, with widespread public outrage at mismanagement and watered stock. The piece also attacks New England Telephone practices and Massachusetts Highway Commission conduct, urging accountability before public sentiment.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
E. H. Harriman
Chicago & Alton Road
Harriman
New York
Chicago & Alton
Platform Dangers Highlight Elevated Railway Liability
The court of last resort held the Elevated Railway Company liable for injuries from overcrowding on station platforms. Sunken tracks at entrances are unprotected traps where a careless or weak person may fall with serious results.
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Court of Last Resort
The Russian Duma To Meet In St Petersburg Soon
The election of members to the new Duma is nearly complete and the body is summoned to meet in St. Petersburg on Tuesday. The first Duma collapsed after a failed bid for representative government, raising questions about whether this new assembly will succeed.
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Duma
Stolypin
Russia
St. Petersburg
Notable Local Characters And Upcoming Boston Events
The Observant Citizen reports Rev. John Snyder's latest stage reading with Phebe Davies, and details community figures like Judge Bolster, Brookline's Timothy Burke, and Cambridge firefighter James McCabe. It notes Judge Lowell's Europe trip, Sergeant Houghton’s retirement, and plans for a Little Church Around the Corner in Boston. It also recounts Tremont Street molasses kisses in a drug store and previews Mechanics Hall shows drawing Boston sportsmen.
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Boston
Teret
Tremont Street
All Sorts by Newton Newkeire
Miss Barbara Barr of Florence New Jersey becomes convalescent after eight hours of laughter at a joke told by Artie Wier, a Florence party host. Doctors advised restraint and warned companions not to reference the dentist joke. Artie earns renown as Florence’s crack comedian. joke editors reflect on humor’s unexpected consequences.
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Barbara Barr
Florence
N. J
Artie Wier
Barbara
Artie
O. K
High Heaven
What the Sphinx Says Moran and the dream-pipe note
March opens mild as a lamb and Moran returns to his dream-pipe amid a smoke nuisance debate. The column questions propriety and signals expectations for gentlemanly conduct as the month advances with River News comical whimsy and local intrigue.
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Moran
Man's whiskers worth money says Circuit Court ruling
Samuel Beatty of Wellston Ohio was awarded 101 dollars by the Circuit Court for whisker loss in a gas explosion. The piece humorously suggests whiskers as a crop with values such as 35 for a mustache and 50 for a goatee, noting the oddity of the 101 dollar verdict and possible price reductions.
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Samuel Beatty
Wellston
Ohio
Horace Greeley
P. S
Adams Will Filed For Boston YWCA and Local Beneficiaries
The will of Adonivan J Adams of Roxbury was filed in Roxbury Probate Court. He bequeathed 2000 to the Boston YWCA 2000 to the Wellesley student fund and 2000 to the Dedham Boys Home.
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Adonivan
J. Adams
Greenville Street
Roxbury
Boston Young Women’s Christian Association
Wellesley
Dedham
Ordway and the obstacle become lovers on prairie road
The relentless Ordway drives a government railroad through private land guarded by Miss Moore. Their feud ends with a confession, romance, and the couple departing on their honeymoon aboard the great iron horse.
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Ordway
Ajo
Laramie
Miss Moore
Mr. Ordway
Jack Ordway
Meeting a Kingly Figure On The Road
A poetic fragment describes encountering a regal figure on a boundless green road of peace. The figure asks who the speaker is and replies that he is Grief Endured, a friend.
Alcohol Bill Passed Allows Farmers to Build Small Stills
The Senate approved a de natured alcohol bill by 65 to 1 with Senator Pettus voting no. An amendment requiring a government storekeeper when alcohol is made was defeated 47 to 16. The bill, returning to the House, would let farmers set up limited capacity stills to denature alcohol.
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Washington
Ethel Barrymore Bitten by Large St Bernard Dog
New York March 1 During a Captain Jinks performance Miss Ethel Barrymore was severely bitten by a St Bernard dog. She entered with a small pet dog as two St Bernards followed. She stepped too close to one animal and it sprang, seizing her right arm. The dog was killed.
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New York
Captain Jinks
Ethel Barrymore
Miss Barrymore
Not all but several major reductions offered on overcoats
The note highlights marked down prices on men’s overcoats from various original amounts to lower figures. It emphasizes rapid stock depletion due to these special prices and urges timely attendance.
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