Boston Post subscription rates and publication details in 1914
The Boston Post issues daily and Sunday editions with rates for U S and Canada three dollars per year, other terms for monthly and quarterly periods, foreign rates, and postage. It lists office address at 259 Washington street Boston and payment guidance for checks drafts and money orders.
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Editorial Office and Publishing Details
Subscriptions must be paid in advance and will be discontinued at expiration. If the Post is unavailable from a dealer, notify the publisher at the listed address.
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Pittsburg Area Steel Industry Signals Recovery
A Pittsburg despatch reports four to five months of low mood in steel, now lifting. Blast furnaces, rail and plate mills, coke ovens and mines increase employment as March is seen bringing prosperity for workers and manufacturers in Pittsburg Connellsville and nearby districts.
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Pittsburg
Connellsville
March
Boston Braves and Americans Prepare for Spring Training
The Boston National baseball team heads to Georgia for spring training while the early squad of Boston Americans stays in Arkansas. Fans anticipate a strong season as both clubs show fighting spirit and optimism and expect improvements over last year.
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The Duty on Sugar
The first step toward free sugar is taken today with a 25 percent tariff reduction on raw sugar effective now and full removal by 1916. Despite heavy Cuban production, merchants expect no quick drop from the 4 cent per pound refinery price. Louisiana planters and Wisconsin beet farmers challenge the Cuban reciprocity treaty, but court action is unlikely to block the change.
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Louisiana
Supreme Court
Wisconsin
The Cost of Living and Transit Remedies
A reader argues rising living costs stem from national debts the middleman and farm-to-city migration. He proposes halting trolley lines and cars to push farmers toward self sufficiency and lower city prices, suggesting a return to slower, local trade. He notes the need to travel daily for meals keeps urban costs high.
No single item but broad business cost considerations
The text notes that bundling or express parcel sending is among factors to consider and that higher living costs due to improved business equipment would be a poor case.
Parcel post fairness urged as railroads seek justice
A national editorial argues parcel post boosts volume for railroads but shortchanges them under a four year old weight schedule. It cites New Haven and Boston Maine losses, urges Congress to redo weighings and ensure fair compensation for mail-hauling railroads.
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Mawson Antarctic coal find unlikely to ease northern supply
The discussion notes Mawson’s discovery of coal beds in Antarctica may interest geology but offers little practical help for northern hemisphere coal needs. Transportation costs keep European and North American markets distant unless a cheaper carriage method appears. Some scientists suggest civilization may shift to new heat and power methods long before Antarctic coal becomes usable.
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Douglas Mawson
Antarctic
Europe
North America
Mawson
Hard on immigrant wife shows need for fair rules
The piece argues immigration policy harms Mrs Sado Mc Daniels, wife of an American, who was ordered deported on a Manila visit to Oregon. It urges her admission on arrival with proper bond and criticizes overly strict enforcement while praising vigilant officials.
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Tlacoma
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Europe
Rats Build Nest In Towns Pipe Organ
Severe weather drove rats into the auditorium forcing the $25 000 pipe organ out of commission. The organist found the instrument unresponsive as leather in the bellows was chewed away and nests formed in the lower sections, with gluc material consumed.
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Mistaken Identity String Ends In Harsh Poetic Rebuke
A humorous exchange features Newton Newkirk replying with a biting critique to Hiram Hornbean who asks for help finishing a misguided verse. The response lambasts poor grammar, spelling, and overall poetic effort, refusing to complete the poem or endorse the author.
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Don’t Sting Never Conceal a Wasp in Your Wit
A light column cautions readers about masking sharp wit with humor to avoid hidden sting. It reflects playful self exhortation and a moral about honest speech.
Old Doc Dluty's Dope For Today
Happy is the home that adapts to circumstances. In Rome he becomes a Roman and among speed fellows he stays neck and neck with winners. He never yawns or shows boredom, remains polite and affable, and makes the best of others to get the best out of them.
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Paragraphs on Fads and Fashions for Spring Attire
A fashion note highlights brilliant coloring for spring with colored tulle paired with corsage bouquets. Surviving Medici collars appear with low necked, short sleeved gowns and taffeta fabrics. Bustle-back skirts, white draped bans, and tailored coats with flare effects define new outfits with transparent standing collars and flowered tunics.
Notable Local Figures Mark Elder Birthdays and Honors
The column notes William Dean Howells at 77 still producing work and travel writings. It recalls civic figures Theodore Videto and Louis A. Coolidge, with mentions of Joseph N. Smith's Lynn property, and a Medford songwriter blind for years. It also reports on local wildlife surveys, Scout and bird feeding efforts, a Boston coast safety incident, and a Dudley Street church alcohol education poster plan.
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Dudley Street
Pompeii the Living City Beyond the Ruins
A travel sketch describes Pompeii twelve miles from Naples as a bustling Roman town frozen in time by Vesuvius catastrophe. Visitors learn daily life through forum, baths, theatres, and storefronts, noting most residents survived the eruption and that extended study reveals a true sense of living Pompeii.
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Pompeii
Forum
Hard Choice For a Town Woman on Love and Honesty
Mildred Champagne offers guidance in a letter about an engagement to one man while loving another. The writer seeks advice after a new suitor arrives. the columnist urges confession to the fiancé and ending the deception, arguing honesty serves all involved despite potential heartbreak.
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Miss Champagne
Prize for New National Air Contest In American Flag Anthem
The Sinfonia Fraternity of America offers 100 dollars in gold and an engraved certificate for the best American Flag male chorus with organ or piano accompaniment. The third annual prize supports advancement of music in America and is run via the New England Conservatory of Music. Composers must use a private mark instead of their name. Pieces must be unpublished and unperformed prior to the contest.
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For the Advancement of Music In
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Phi Mu Alpha
New England Conservatory of Music
Joseph Rodman Drake
Funeral of G. L. Young at Dorchester Home
About 60 members of the Globe chapel St. T. A. and delegations from Franklin Typographical Society Division 60 A. O. H. and Court 641 Irish National Foresters joined a foot procession yesterday afternoon to escort the body of George L. Young from his residence 26 Oakwood
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Oakwood
Morning Noises Drive Sleepers to Quiet Country Life
A light verse by Walt Mason from 1914 laments morning noise in the city and the countryside. It contrasts daytime clatter from milk wagons and newsboys with the farmer’s barnyard uproar as the tired man seeks rest in the country, yet fails to find silence.
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Walt Mason
Adams
Notable Boston Funeral Details at Dorchester Cemetery
Services at the house were conducted by the Rev. William McSweeney of St. Matthew's Church for a respected local figure. The burial took place in Old Dorchester Cemetery with many floral tributes and active bearers including Alonzo D. Edwards William Upton Ambrose Harvey John F. Cullen Bertram P. Mullaney and Michael J. McCarthy.
Demonstration Ends With Man Emerging From Flames
A Crescent Tool Company demonstration today featured Panian entering a blaze and, after five minutes behind fire walls, stepping out through a curtain of flame calm and unscathed.
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