Boston Post March 17 1910 front page details rates
The Boston Post issue of March 17 1910 provides subscription rates for daily and Sunday papers, address and contact details, printing office location at 259 Washington St Boston, and editor publisher Be A Grozier with notes on payment in advance and delivery changes. The notice lists prices: daily one year care six months 1.50 eight months 75c one month 25c. Sunday one year 2.50 six months 1.25 three months 65c. Canada 9c per copy.
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Post Publishing Co
Washington St
Boston
Mass
The
Sunday Post
Canada
Post Office
Post Publishing Company
BE. A. Grozier
Cost of living study begins in Massachusetts
A five member legislative commission opened at the State House to investigate why living costs are high in Massachusetts. The report is due by May first with seven weeks to gather facts and draw conclusions. Public hearings are unlikely, but the commission hopes to learn from how hungry residents describe their experiences.
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Massachusetts
State House
Who Is the Rascal Standard Oil on Trial
The piece argues the Standard Oil monopoly faces death sentence for crimes against the people and questions whether mercy should be shown to the firm because alleged crimes were carried out by employees. It asks if the Supreme Court will shield a corporation that defies law while punishing smaller actors.
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Standard Oil
United States Supreme Court
Washington
Circuit Court
Supreme Court
Mercy, not precedent in Sweetland case for Boston police
The piece argues against treating Patrolman Sweetland’s arrest of a woman charity worker on a baseless intoxication charge as a precedent. It urges the Boston police to avoid leniency being seen as permission for similar acts and stresses maintaining discipline rather than ire with society.
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Boston
Sweetland
O’meara
Clam Digging Protest Flares Over State Lease Bill
Massachusetts coast clam diggers vocally oppose a bill allowing city and town leases of flats below mean high water mark. Anticipated abuses and favoritism are cited as dangers while preservation arguments surface for possible restrictions.
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Massachusetts
Opera Pact Posits Bright Boston Season Ahead
The agreement between the Boston Opera Company and the Metropolitan Opera Company, noted by the Post, promises Boston opera-goers a season as favored as the best cities.
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Boston Opera Company
Metropolitan Opera Company
Opera prospects for Boston extend to 20 weeks
The article argues New York artists will be heard and Boston can sustain a 20 week high grade opera season. It forecasts improved local singers and productions and expresses confidence that Boston will support an extended opera program based on the season just ending.
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New York
Boston
Bond Hearing in Boston Weighs Savings Bank Investments
Governor Draper pushes a plan to let savings banks invest in Boston Holding Company bonds secured by Boston & Maine stock and a railroad company guarantee. Joint committees will hear evidence today amid calls for a full asset review before any legalization.
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Draper
Boston
Committee On Railroads
Committee On Banks and Banking
Commonwealth
Friends
Boston & Maine
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company
Joint Commission
New Haven
Dual March Seventeenth in Boston Links Irish Pride to Patriotism
Boston marks St Patrick’s Day and the 1776 British departure, tying Irish birth and American memory. Bells ring officially as Howe retreated under Washington’s guns at Dorchester Heights, while some hear echoes of the River Lee bells.
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Boston
General Howe
Boston Harbor
St. Patrick’s Day
Ireland
Howe
Washington
Dorchester Heights
River Lee
Purely Local in 14th District Sparks Campaign Debate
Washington correspondent notes the congressional campaign committee shows little interest in the 14th district race calling it purely local. Lodge travels to speak for Buchanan while Hatfield mobilizes to stir Republican support as papers nationwide cover the contest.
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Washington
Springfield Republican
Congressional Campaign Committee
14Th
Generalissimo Lodge
Buchanan
Hatfield
Heaven
Republican Congressional Campaign Committee
Com
Mr. Foss
Swindling Uncle Sant Described In Post Magazine
An article by William Lawton Curtin in Sunday Post Magazine outlines a technique for swindling the elderly, presenting it as a cautionary, revealing read. The piece analyzes methods and social angles in a sharp, investigative tone.
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Sant
William Lawton Curtin
New
Post Magazine
All Sorts by Newton Newkirk What the Sphinx Says
A brief column by Newton Newkirk titled What the Sphinx Says covers colorful observations and quips in a lighthearted declamatory tone. The piece offers aphorisms and wry commentary likely aimed at entertained readers of the period.
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Newton Newkirk
Spring Styles for Women at Tremont Street Opening
A male observer attends a ladies fashion opening on Tremont Street featuring gowns and hats worn by four living models. He notes the upscale showroom, tea service, and the models who appear well born, though the director reveals they are paid staff earning modest weekly wages. Images of flirtation and envy color the account as the critic departs.
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Hving
Peachville
Blanche
Little Memoirs Business Mabe
A compact note on caution toward word-slingers and trust in the man of silence. The fragment hints at a proverb about discerning truth and quiet resolve over noisy rhetoric.
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Mabe
Man of Silence
Market headlines show the daily fund mood and volatility
A historical note on how financial column headlines reveal market state with play on words. It cites examples like COPPERS STRONG BUT WEAK and BIG GAINS BUT BIGGER LOSSES, then briefly mentions a Roosevelt controversy and a forthcoming Sunday Magazine feature on Winter in North Woods.
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Boston
Roosevelt
William J. Long
Dr. Beat
North Woods
Island of Philae Temples A Historic Nile Stop
Col Roosevelt travels the Nile past Philae Nubian isle famed as Pearl of Egypt with Isis and Hathor temples. Ptolemaic constructions from late BC era and Roman works from early AD centuries showcase Isis temple Hadrian's Gateway and a Roman kiosk. A Friday Post view of Wady-Halfa will follow.
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Roosevelt
The
Nile
Island of
Philae
Pearl of
Egypt
Nubia
Island
Herodotus
Hathor
Khnum
Satet
Isis
Vespasian
Notable Boston Figures Spark Local Social and Rail News
Vincent Fetherstone of Trollis Street Theatre holds his annual testimonial on April 11 with Fritzi Scheff in The Prima Donna as the draw. A New York express wreck near Springfield injures James W. Gregg who helps a fireman and a hospital patient.
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Boston
Vincent T. Fetherstone
Trollis Street Theatre
Fritzi Scheff
James W. Gregg
New York Express
Peconsic
Springfield
Anti Roosevelt letter targets public spending and war policy
Ralph J. Ellis questions Roosevelt's legacy and cost of living high prices. He criticizes Democratic papers for not printing opposing views and calls for honest opinion on war policy and free trade with Canada.
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Post
Theodore Roosevelt
Elba
Roosevelt
Teddy
Canada
Ralph J. Ellis
Clothes of Refinement Suits and Overcoats at 25 30 35
A bold pitch for men and young men to view exclusive garments priced at 25 30 and 35 dollars. The ad touts superior fabric quality model workmanship and guaranteed satisfaction aiming at cultivated tastes.
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