The Boston Post March 19 1909 circulation notice
The Boston Post issues subscription rates and payment terms for daily and Sunday editions. It lists prices for 1 year 6 months and 3 months, Canada delivery, and advance payment requirements. Editor publisher Beb A. Grozier signs the notice.
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Post Publishing Co
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Boston
Mass
THE
Sunday Post
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Post
Post Publishing Company
Transit Board urged to cut Boston commission size
Editorial argues for reducing Boston Transit Commission membership to reflect needed action over prestige. It lauds past efficiency but says a smaller, representative panel is desirable for future work and lower costs.
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Boston Transit Commission
Transit Boards
Federal Inheritance Tax Debate Faces New England Opposition
Washington hints minority leaders will back the Payne tariff tax on inheritances but critics call it a federal invasion of state revenue. Massachusetts lawmakers warn it would amount to double taxation and intolerable, with New England representatives united across party lines against the measure.
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Washington
Massachusetts
New England
Congress
Fines of Labor Unions Debate in Massachusetts Senate
The Massachusetts Senate defeated the Ross bill 13 to 14, with the President abstaining, leaving the question of unions entitled to fine members who defy organizational votes unsettled. The piece argues voluntary associations have rights to regulate member conduct and support for recognizing union fines.
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Supreme Court
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Commonwealth
Tea Tariff Opposition Sparks Tax Debate in Breakfast Columns
The critique argues against a tariff on tea as a war measure or revenue tool. It warns that tea taxes hit wage earners and the poor, while inheritance taxes target states’ resources and should be decided by judicial means. It calls for swift tariff reform without harming the public.
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Taft
United
The Needless Danger to Your Little Child
Massachusetts faces ongoing danger from tuberculous milk and tainted beef allowed for sale. Doctors and reformers press to ban infected foods while state authorities uphold lax rules to balance revenue. Dr. Wiley calls it monstrous and damned, a crime against public health.
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Massachusetts
Dr. Peters
Draper
Dr. Wiley
Electrification praised as complete success on New York line
The New Haven railroad reports three months of electric operation between New York and Stamford shows 3 percent fewer delays than steam. Passengers note removal of smoke and soot as trains run cleaner, quieter, and more smoothly. The article urges Boston to adopt electrification now rather than wait for Stamford and metropolitan plans.
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New York
Stamford
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New Haven
Boston
New Haven Road
Metropolitan Improvements Commission
Massachusetts
Horses to wear mourning for Angell funeral
Henry C. Merwin and Lewis A. Armistead of the Boston Work Horse Parade Association urge that work horses in Boston and possibly the state wear rosettes or mourning on the funeral day of the late George T. Angell. They say the animals lost a friend and advocate.
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George T. Angell
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Henry C. Merwin
Lewis A. Armistead
Count Tolstoi Suffering Leg Vein Illness Again
St Petersburg report states Count Leo Tolstoi is again troubled by venous vein issues in his leg though the condition is not serious.
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Count Tolstoi
ST. Petersburg
Leo Tolstoi
Jack the Slasher Haunts Dorchester Maids and Fashion Follies
The column playfully reports a "Jack the Slasher" terrorizing Dorchester and police pursuit hinted. It then mocks a New York dress exhibition with 500 buttons and imagines a husband struggling with back-buttoning, followed by notes on icebergs sighted by Raglan Castle and fashion trends like a bucket hat and hoop skirts in Boston.
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Rotterdam
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Boston
Teamsters
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Observant Citizen notes crocuses bloom and theatre talk
The Observant Citizen reports crocuses appearing in suburbs and Boston. English actor George Huntley offers a quip on backstage life. Locals attend readings, lectures, salmon catching feats, and court-house tales while a Cambridge boy Charley Burns receives a wooden leg fund donation.
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Charley Burns
Cambridge
March Goes Onward In Fractured Verse
Uncle Walt laments the weather as March drags on with storms and hail. The verse personifies March marching away, hoping for May's gentler air and calmer days.
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