Post Boston March 16 1917 subscription rates notice
Daily and Sunday Post subscription rates listed for U S and Canada. Details include yearly prices for Daily, Sunday, and combined posts, with separate Canada and foreign per-copy fees. Payment in advance required, notices of discontinuation on expiration, contact Edwin A. Grozier as editor and publisher.
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Boston
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Canada
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Edwin A. Grozier
The Market Fire Sparks Call for Fireproofing Quincy Market
The Quincy market fire, costly for foodstuffs, highlights the need to fireproof the building or install automatic sprinklers. With food prices high, total loss would devastate provisions. The city should act promptly to reduce fire vulnerability.
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Quincy
Righteous Punishment of Bouck White
The convicting and sentencing of Bouck White, the New York internationalist minister, for publicly burning the United States flag in the melting pot is praised as a righteous act. The jury rejected his political offense plea, rejecting sympathy and labeling him an unworthy defender of liberty.
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Bouck White
New York
United States
White
The Strike Outlook
The conference between railroad executives and employees’ unions produced no compromise. Union leaders declare a strike will begin on Saturday night affecting yardmen and engine hosts. Yet a last minute effort to avert trouble appears unlikely in high circles.
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Brotherhoods
Labori’s Paris Death Recalled in Dreyfus Era Controversy
A figure in history Maitre Fernand Labori died in Paris after a Boston lecture tour and is remembered for his role in the Dreyfus case. His defense highlighted truth against official error, amid forgery reports and military upheaval that led to Dreyfus’s exile and eventual reinstatement. Labori was not an old man.
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Maitre Fernand Labori
Paris
Boston
France
Alfred Dreyfus
French Republic
Dreyfus
Germany
Isle du Diable
Guiana
Labori
War Office
Army
Maitre Labori
Notable Figure Secures Place in Contemporary Records
He was born a little over fifty years ago and has now earned recognition by securing a lasting place in contemporary records.
The Russian Upheaval and Abdication Signal New Regime
A dramatic shift in Russia places power in the Duma Zemstvos and municipalities with the Grand Duke Michael as regent. The revolution targets pro-German elements and seeks internal reforms, marking a move from words to deeds toward allied interests in the great war.
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Russia
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Michael
Duma
Zemstvoes
Sturmer
Protopopoff
Golitzin
Czar
A. D. Golitzin
Teutonic Autocracies
The German Retreat From the Ancre and Bapaume
The retreat was orderly and aimed at escaping a broken position. The Germans hardened rear trenches and avoided a rout. The move saved troops and allowed continued defense, while a British collapse at Bapaume is not guaranteed.
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Ancre
Bapaume
Wounded Patrolman Recovers After City Hospital Shooting
Patrolman Frank H. Shepherd of Hyde Park left City Hospital for his home at 6 Beacon Street Hyde Park after being shot by Rocco Santos who fired two bullets before Shepherd killed him. Shepherd is reported to be rapidly recovering.
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Frank H. Shepherd
Hyde Park
Beacon Street
Rocco Santos
Shepherd
All Sorts by Newton Newkirk
A Portland Express temperance sermon excerpt discusses poison causing dogs to die within minutes while the snowbound Brunswick feature recalls a cozy kitchen scene with a kettle singing and a gray plush cat in sunlit chairs.
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Newton Newkirk
Portland (Me
Casey
Boston
Heat from tin cans in furnace Hints stir up debate
A reader questions a 1940s home tip about burning coal in tomato cans for extra heat, noting the cans heat up without safer guidance. The letter also relays a humorous misused phrase study from a pursed voice column, highlighting a stenographer seeking advice on workplace language.
The Rain And The Rose
A reflective verse praising rain as creator of beauty and renewal. It notes rain brings violet and rose, helps sunshine, nourishes grass, buds, and blossoms, and sustains the earth and future crops. The refrain repeats that rain aids growth and uplifts spirits despite storms.
Household Hints for Repurposing Shirts
A discarded dress shirt can yield usable fabric. Cut the lower shirt edge to form a new blouse front, and repurpose the upper sleeve sections as sleeves for boys blouses. Mary M Scott offers this patternreuse tip from Berlin New Hampshire.
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Mary M. Scott
Park Street
Berlin
N. H
The Bow River Irrigation Block in Alberta Canada
A historical feature describes the Bow River Irrigation Block in Alberta, Canada, a vast undertaking owned by the Canadian Pacific railway. It covers about 1,245,782 acres in the eastern section with the Basso Dam and Lake Newell, plus 870,481 acres in the central section and over 1,000,000 acres in the western section, showcasing extensive dams, canals, and the Brooks aqueduct, and noting irrigation’s impact on converting dry land into a world class granary. The article places irrigation in a historical arc from ancient Egypt to Mesopotamia, and hints at tomorrow’s image of the largest poultry metropolis.
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New Bow River
Alberta
Canada
Canadian Pacific Railway
Bassano
Newell
Brooks
Bow River
Canadian Pacific Rally
Observant Citizen notes spring signs and old world links
The Observant Citizen reflects on how the Great War is viewed in history, mentions spring hints like a butterfly from Fair View Farm and geese flights over Marblehead, and notes exhibits of leather from fish skin at Peabody Museum. It also reports on preservation efforts at the Pierce Nichols house in Salem, patriotic flag displays at J G Rhodes Eyelet Co, seal hunting off Maine, a South Rumford postal worker, sewer workers abroad assessing U S cities, elevated railway safety rule changes, and the 50th anniversary of Rev W J Twort's first sermon in London, with sardine season approaching.
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Peabody Museum
Salem
New Bedford
Change of Heart Ends in Reconciliation Love
Maida Milton defies elopement plans to work after her father dies. She admires her charming employer Mr Braynton while clinging to fiancé Tom Lockwood. A street accident injures Tom, revealing Tom’s unwavering devotion as Maida reflects on loves and faults, deciding to cherish him.
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Tom Lockwood
Maida Milton
Maida
Tom
Mr. Braynton
Ncme
When We Die We Praise the Living Hero of Laughter
A Walt Mason verse lamenting the waste of praise unsaid while alive. It contrasts the warmth of encouragement with posthumous flattery, urging neighbors to cheer the living and honor their memories while they still stand among us. The poem ends with a reminder that tombs do not respond to applause.
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Walt Mason
George Matthew. Adams
Boston Weather History Snapshot from Oldest Inhabitant
The Oldest Inhabitant recalls Boston weather on this date with coldest readings of 10 and 13 above zero in 1872 and 1892. He notes warmest records of 61 above in 192 and 1913 and 58 above in 1900, with rain or snow recorded in 1904 1911 1913 and 1916.
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