Post Publishing Company Daily and Sunday Post Rates
The Post Publishing Company issue dated March 5, 1908 lists subscription prices for daily and Sunday editions, office contacts in Boston, and payment terms. It notes advance payment is required and that subscriptions will be discontinued without notice upon expiration. Editor and Publisher is B. A. Grozier.
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Post Publishing Co
MARCA
Washington St
Boston
Mass
THE
Sunday Post
Post
Main
Post Publishing Company
B. A. Grozier
Public rebuke to Simeon Ford for ill taste at dinner
The secretary of the treasury delivered a justified rebuke to Simeon Ford for gross discourtesy to the President at a real estate men’s dinner. Ford called the President a political blue pill and said he would make a noise like a third term. The rebuke was deemed well deserved and could have been sharper from Mr. Patt.
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Taft
Simeon Ford
United States
Ford
Patt
Copley Square Expenditure Questioned by Mayor
The mayor withholds $40,000 for Copley square improvements citing potential subway changes and a need to wait for final plans. Critics argue the city’s finances do not justify the spend and the current green area and open space suit the site.
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Copley Square
Civil Service in Cities Referendum and Merit in Appointments
Mayor Wood of Haverhill proposes attaching a referendum to a civil service act for city department heads. This would allow reform with public support while critics fear incumbents may resist changes under civil service rules. The piece argues merit should govern successor selection even if this complicates a clean sweep.
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Wood
Haverhill
Taft Echoes Stir at Ohio Republican Convention
The Ohio Republican gathering emphasizes Taft loyalty by replacing the state committee with Taft men. James R. Garfield as temporary chairman signals Roosevelt influence, while Garfield frames the key issue as whether Roosevelt policies will be approved and continued. The Taft nomination in Ohio tests administration maneuvering against Foraker influence at Chicago.
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Billy Taft
Foraker
State Committee
Taft
James R. Garfield
Interior
Roosevelt
Garfield
Washington
Chicago
City Cement Purchases Show Big Losses and Middlemen
A Finance Commission report analyzes 12 to 15 years of Portland cement purchases for public works. It describes 1903 1904 Back Bay Fens use of 40 000 barrels bought at retail prices with losses around 20 000 dollars. It notes a middleman earning 35 to 60 cents per barrel on 17 000 barrels for the Stony Brook sewer work and 9 000 dollars loss on 31 000 barrels. The panel argues Boston could have saved about 50 000 dollars with proper business methods.
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Finance Commission
Portland
Back Bay Fens
Transit Commission
Metropolitan Water Board
Stony Brook
Boston
Yawning Gentleman Picture and Theatre Puffs Tale
A humorous item recounts a man admiring a sleeping dog in a photo kept for luck, then pivots to a Boston theatre view about women’s hat puffs in the audience. Reader Peregrinating Petr reports the scene, while Archibold defends theatrical fashion postures with witty remarks on gendered grooming.
Massachusets Plea for Plebiscite on Tariff Revision
The piece argues Massachusetts should express its tariff wishes directly, calling for a plebiscite to override Republican delaying tactics. It asserts voters want free coal iron wool lumber and reciprocity with Canada and criticizes congressionally blocked representation.
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Massachusetts
Congress
Canada
Among the Churches of Greater Boston
The Rev J H Woodsum of Hyannis accepts call to Harvard Street Church Boston and will begin duties next Sunday. He was born locally and educated in public schools here and has pastored Hyannis since 1901. He led Barnstable County Sunday School Association for six years, leaving Hyannis in strongest financial condition ever.
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J. H. Woodsum
Hyannis
Harvard Street
Boston
Mr. Woodsum
Barnstable County
Geraldine Farrar
Herr Conried
Melrose City Hall
Melrose Highlands
Trinity Church
Mann
Reuben Widner
Church of the Advent
van Allen
F. B. Boyer
Holy Communion
Emmanuel Church
Worcester
McComb
St. Paul's Church
Tremont Street
Frank Poole Johnson
William H. Falkner
When Is a Joke Not a Joke Worcester Clown Burned
Worcester March 3 William F Myers 29 a clerk was burned in three places on the shoulders when a friend dropped a hot penny down his back as a joke. The piece muses on what counts as humor and the reactions of bystanders to mishaps and misfired jokes.
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Worcester
William F. Myers
Notable Boston Items Pop Up in Local Notices
A mosaic of notes from Tyngsboro to Cambridge includes denial of a real estate sale rumor about Miss Nance O Neil, a gas explosion remembrance, a March 8 athletic talk at the Y M H A, a Leap Year baby in Cambridge, and a Boston gym exhibition. Other items cover travel club exhibits, vocal hopeful Miss Effie Palmer, rifle prowess by John T Barton, and obituaries for Abraham Hamill and Otho T O Leary.
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Nance O'Neil
Tyngsboro
Boylston and
Tremont Streets
Vermont
Boston
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Harvard Travellers’ Club
Horticultural Hall
Effie Palmer
Miss Palmer
Yvette Guilbert
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Greater Boston
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Wyncie King
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Ellery H. Clark
Python Social and Athletic Club
East Concord Street
Daniel Toomey
Cambridge
Daniel Toomey, Jr
Boston Municipal
John T. Barton
Wakefield
Young Barton
John Ambrose
Superior Civil Court
East Cambridge
Ambrose
Somerville Hospital
Roger Hurd
Clementine
Dominican Academy
Waverley
Bt Bk
Morris Hamilt
Hust Toston
Abraham Hamilt
Otho T. O’leary
Archdiocesan Union
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Boston & Maine Railroad
John F. Fitzgerald
Fitzgerald
Mr. Fitzgerald
Parkhurst
Somerville
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Piscopo
Antonio Rebello
Mr. Rebello
Werner
Encyclopaedia Britannica
American Newspaper Association
Beacon Street
Namie
Boston Post Bureau
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