Boston Post 1916 Subscription Rates and Masthead Details
The Boston Post issue of March 27, 1916 lists subscription rates for daily and Sunday editions, domestic and foreign, plus Canada. It includes pricing for different abbreviations, a note on postage in Canada, and payment terms. Edwin A. Grozier is editor and publisher with office and contact details.
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Canada
Sunday Post
Maia
Financial Fedite
Adealear
Newsbow
Edwin A. Grozier
Straw poll sparks debate on Roosevelt Wilson bid
The Hughes newspapers trumpet a New York Nation straw poll showing Justice beating Roosevelt 3 to 1. Critics note Wilson's 1085 showing a 56 percent gain from 1912, arguing the poll may imply a Wilson victory in November.
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New York Nation
Supreme Court
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Wilson
Roosevelt Delegates Debate Split Separates GOP in Commonwealth
The piece notes no joint tour between the Big Four and the other four delegates is likely as Republicans face a clear choice. Supporters of the colonel align with his delegates, while the opposing side stays apart, avoiding a drawn out public contest.
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Chicago
Yale News cites Camp on numbers in football
The Yale News reports Walter Camp favoring no numbering of players, noting editors push for numbers to aid game reporting. It argues college athletics should serve the college, not sports editors or the public, and recalls football’s evolution with press coverage over 30 years.
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Yale News
Walter Camp
the News
Yale
Colleges Thank Newspapers for Space Money Support
The passage notes Harvard and other colleges gratefully receive funds for their costly support, money provided entirely through the space given to the game by newspapers.
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Harvard
The United States Largest Manufacturer in the World
Official figures show the United States as the leading manufacturer with output likely exceeding Germany and England combined in 1914. Manufacturing exports grew sharply in 1915 as war disrupted rivals, with 50 percent of exports in 1913 consisting of manufactured goods, up from 35 percent in 1900 and 21 percent in 1890.
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United States
Germany
England
Earning Capacity Question Sparks Tough Penalty Talk
A heated debate centers on what people earn and the potential 10 year hard labor penalty for those who take more than their share. Officials weigh limits amid rising concerns over fairness and punishment.
Senator Smith Visits Boston Ironies Of Washington Policy
The Michigan senator William Alden Smith, famed from Titanic hearings, appears in Boston discussing politics and predicting President Wilson’s downfall. He refuses to name any ally while noting his past support for Wilson, illustrating the clash between partisan talk and congressional judgment.
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William Alden Smith
Michigan
Boston
Washington
United States
Doughnuts Arrive in Parcel Show Small Holes
A reader from Arlington sends half a dozen doughnuts with tiny holes, contrasting them with modern wide-holed varieties. The note praises old fashioned small-bore doughnuts and recalls mothers’ recipes as the postman delivers a neat box of six brown crisp pastries.
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Arlington
Doughnut Tester Proposes Free Yearlong Slice Audit
A narrator locks the office to guard interruptions and rates Arlington doughnuts highly after sampling six with a tongue in cheek offer. He suggests a weekly test of two dozen doughnuts for a year plus similarly broad food product trials at no charge, inviting correspondence.
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Arlington
P. S
It's bad form to look a gift horse in the heels
A folk saying contrasts generosity with scrutiny. The proverb suggests accepting gifts graciously without nitpicking or complaining, implying courtesy enhances gratitude and social harmony.
Germany Eyes Verdun as Peace Talks Leverage
The writer argues that if England falls Russia and France collapse, isolating the United States. He suggests America would be forced to accept German terms in peace treaties, surrender ships and interned liners, and cover war costs, with Verdun as a point of focus.
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Russia
France
America
Verdun
Literacy a Poor Test in Immigration Debate
The piece argues against the literacy test in the Bur nett immigration bill noting that those plotting against the U S, committing passport frauds or violating neutrality are not illiterates and could pass any literacy test. It questions the test as a measure and implies it targets immigrants rather than national security.
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Congress
United States
Harhbors
Two Onion Farming Anecdotes and Farmhand Missteps
Two true incidents recount a neighbor who starts a large onion crop and hires a gardener who misinterprets the task. He pulls every plant except the target onion, revealing the absurdity of a fast worker misreading instructions. The second tale involves city youths and farm learning, ending with a misapprehension about pickle seeds.
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Framingham
A. PO
Spryest New Englander Yet Revealed in Birthday Hoax
Pocasset correspondent in Falmouth Maine reports a large and jolly company gathered Saturday at Mrs. ’s home to surprise her for a 734th birthday, a humorous local celebration framed as a grand prank.
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Pocasset
Falmough
Daly Industrial Concert Draws Over 1000 in Dorchester
More than 1000 people attended the Daly Industrial Aid Society annual concert at Hamilton Theatre Dorchester yesterday afternoon. Proceeds will support the Daly Industrial School Train Street Dorchester.
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Daly Industrial Aid Society
Hamilton Theatre
Dorchester
Daly Industrial School
Train Street
Boston Weather Milestones From March 27 Records
The Oldest Inhabitant recalls coldest and warmest March 27 readings in Boston with 16 to 18 degrees above zero and 74 degrees in 1914, plus several storms in 1906 1908 1911 1913 and 1914.
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Boston
Imis
Shakspere's As You Like It and the Greenwood Dream
The article surveys the forest comedy As You Like It with its songs and Brunonian mood. It notes Jaques famous All the world’s a stage speech inspired by Globe Theatre inscriptions and discusses Ben Jonson and Shakspere epigrams. It critiques Oliver Celia betrothal as a flaw and mentions Swinburne and George Sand adaptations.
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Globe Theatre
Shakspere
Ben Jonson
Jonson
Orlando
Oliver
Celia
Swinburne
George Sand
Jaques
Observant Citizen dispatches from Boston and beyond
A column offers vignettes on Major Higginson praising Collector Billings, Ora McBride’s moving picture fame, Mrs Susan Ross of West Brookfield at 92, Remington Arms expansion, Governor McCall visiting North Scituate life savers, Boston crossing officer Joe Crotty’s resignation, robin feeding pleas, John Singer Sargent's Boston Public Library installation, a late whale sighting off Plum Island, and diverse notes on local life and oddities amid a varied news week.
Fore River Shipyard Hardens War Prep With New Machine Shop
Vice-President H Gerrish Smith says the Quincy yard nears completion of a vast machine shop the largest in the country which will employ about 1000 men. The keel of the largest submarine ever built for the United States is about to be laid at Fore River named for Admiral Schley as part of preparedness efforts.
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New England
Dana Searle
Remington Arms Company
Bridgeport
Conn
Searle
H. Gerrish Smith
Fore River Shipbuilding Company
Quincy
Seek to Reconcile Love After a Harsh Remark
A reader counsels that forgiving temper flares eases strain between lovers. Persistently show contrite spirit with humble attention, aim for amiable daily interaction, and consider proposing marriage if love endures and both know each other well.
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