Boston Post May 8 1913 subscription rates page
The Boston Post issue details subscription rates for daily and Sunday editions, with pricing for annual, semiannual, quarterly, and monthly plans. Distribution info covers Canada and foreign copies, postage notes, and payment instructions for checks drafts and money orders.
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Post Publishing Co
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Mass
Sunday ‘Post
Canada
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Boston Post Editorial Room and Staff Notices
The Boston Post lists contacts for editorial and sports desks, with office at 1383 Main. It urges subscriptions be prepaid and discontinued after expiration, and notes the paper’s claim of possessing the largest newspaper printing plant in New England and the world.
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Fuiday
Sporting
Ee. A. Grozier
Boston Post
New England
Robert Hoe
R. Hoe & Co
Militant Tactics Questioned After Suffrage Defeat
The British House of Commons rejected woman suffrage by a narrow margin on Tuesday evening. The debate framed whether militant tactics by suffragists, led by Pankhurst, influenced the 219 vote tally. Sober reflection urged by sincere suffragists on how the result might have differed without disorder.
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House of Commons
England
Recall Hurley of Salem Pushes Recall of Mayor
The piece questions why Salem Mayor Hurley should face recall over lending his hat and cigar to the movies. It defends the mayor as a public figure who could move, arguing the recall motive stems from publicity rather than wronging the public.
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Hurley
Salem
Massachusetts
Second Lap for Home Rule Bill Reappears in Commons
The Irish home rule bill returns to the House of Commons for a second reading this session. Nationalists greet its entrance with confidence as the measure aims to pass both houses this session and the next. If it clears the Lords and survives a possible election, home rule appears close to realization.
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House of Commons
New Hampshire Legislature to Erect Franklin Pierce Memorial
After years of debate the New Hampshire Legislature votes to place a memorial to Franklin Pierce Granite State’s only President. Supporters praise his wartime service and Union leadership while detractors note his pro slavery positions.
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Massachusetts
New Stampshire
Franklin Pierce
Granite
Pierce
New Hampshire
United States
Supreme Court Delays Ruling on Minnesota and Texas Rate Cases
The Supreme Court has issued no decision for over a year on the Minnesota and Texas State rate cases. Rumors claim a four to four deadlock with Justice Van Devanter not participating due to related tower court matters. Railroads nationwide face uncertainty awaiting the ruling.
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Supreme Court of the United States
Minnesota
Texas
Justice van Devanter
Question of State Intrastate Rates vs Interstate Commerce Authority
Pardonable anxiety surrounds the dispute over state power to fix intrastate rates that form part of interstate rates and the Commission authority to detect evasion of federal laws. The court is urged to provide a clear path to resolve this jurisdictional impasse.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Commission
Gettysburg Memorial Day Address by Alabama Congressman Heflin
Corporal Skelly Post of Gettysburg invites Congressman James I. Heflin to deliver the Memorial Day address on the battlefield marking a first for southerners speaking to Grand Army veterans. The event signals renewed southern fraternal ties as Gettysburg readies for a semi centennial celebration in July with Confederates warmly welcomed.
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Corporal Skelly Post
Gettysburg
James I. Heflin
Alabama
Great
Philadelphia residents buy over par municipal bonds
The People Will Invest reports Philadelphia sold $4,002,000 of 4 percent city bonds to the public at par or near par. Buyers included small investors with denominations as low as $100 and even funds not previously in banks, indicating strong citizen appetite for municipal securities when offered attractively.
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Philadelphia
Senate and Tariff Faces New Public Pressure
The Senate will consider a tariff revision bill under a new pressure from the Seventeenth Amendment. Senators must answer to the people as re elections loom, with six years remaining until all upper house members face indorsement. This shifts tariff decisions toward public opinion.
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United States Senate
Senator Cummins Seeks Tariff Rider On Commodities Futures
The piece urges Sen Cummins to drop a proposal to tax futures and short sales from the tariff bill arguing gambling in food commodities has spiraled out of control but should not be tied to the Underwood tariff bill.
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Cummins
Senate
Progressives' Springfield Meeting Touts Large Turnout
Critics note the Springfield gathering drew 1500 attendees in a venue that could hold more. The piece argues there was no campaign urgency or external speaker to boost turnout and suggests both major parties would struggle to assemble 1500 there under similar conditions.
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Springfield
Difference Between a Poet and a Plumber Joke
A man asks Jim for a new conundrum and a friend delivers a punch line about poetry and plumbing. Jim argues the riddle, while the friend storms off in frustration over the lack of humor.
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Jim
Mermaid Seized by Man in Unlikely Bottom-Depth Romance
A man nicknamed Stealthy Steve abducts a terrified mermaid from the sea bottom and drags her into a car. He argues softly about his honorable intent and plans a future with her, while she fights and bites. Bud protests, but Steve ignores him and contemplates smoking as he eyes the frightened captive and contemplates dialogue.
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Steve
Lord Chesterfield
New York
Cracky
Genevieve
Bud-the-Blud
Bud
Hearst Fortune Shaped by Two Women and Mining Wealth
The Hearst fortune remains vast with mining and agricultural holdings in the United States and Canada. Phoebe Hearst funded the University of California while her son William Randolph Hearst built a newspaper empire in major cities. George Hearst rose from Missouri farm boy to Nevada miner to San Francisco magnate, controlling key mines and entering politics as a Democrat.
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University of California
Phoebe Hearst
United States
Canada
William Randolph Hearst
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Atlanta
Chicago
New York
Boston
George Hearst
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
University of Cal
Ifornia
Berkeley
California
Leland Stanford
Stanford
Missouri
Golden State
Nevada
Comstock Lode
Ophir
Virginia City
Hearst, Haggin, Tevis & Co
James B. Haggin
Homestake
Black Hills
United States Senate
Uncle George
Rather Wet Outside Today Sparks Careful Conversation
A sleuth plans a tactful talk to smooth over an incident in a car. He aims to divert a frightened girl with a common topic before guiding the discussion toward an apology. The scene ends with a line about the weather as a lead into the next installment.
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Steve
Daily Post
The Daly Ditty Poem of Praise to a Wife
A 1913 verse by T A Daly thanks his wife for daily joy with their children and family time. The speaker notes his simple singing lacks art but is filled with gratitude under the shelter of her heart.
Paragraphs on Fads and Fashions
Finely ribbed silks and crinkly surface silks top afternoon costumes. Oil silk coats for motoring or yachting come in brown green blue and natural yellow. Parasols feature lace and silk crepe with small silk roses. New brassieres use tight fit and sleeves attached. some have washable shields.
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Eoe
Observant Citizen notes and civic life in Boston area
The column reports George W. Brown planning a six month vacation in Japan, the Boston College cornerstone ceremony in Newton on May 25, Hya cinth Club forming in Dorchester, and portraits at the Boston Baptist Social Union. It covers Beverly’s burn ban and cleanup campaign, Brookline playground push, Everett reception for Rev. Malcolm Taylor, and shipping interests protesting Spectacle Island lights. It also notes Captain Eben Curtis’s death, Captain J E Mac Lachlan’s resignation from Aryan, and key local civic remarks.
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Boston College
Newton
Joseph G. Anderson
Boston
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