The Post Issued Daily May 12 1909 Boston
The Boston Post issue outlines subscription rates for daily and Sunday editions, details mail and address changes, and notes vacation service. It lists contact numbers, publication offices, and payment terms with editor and publisher EB A Grozier credited.
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Post Publishing Co
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Sunday Post
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Post Publishing Company
Just Verdicts in Hains homicide and Whitla kidnapping
The author lauds American criminal adjudication in two cases, Hains homicide and Whitla kidnapping. The Hains verdict rejects higher law and mental irresponsibility, mandating restraint, while Whitla faces a severe penalty for the crime’s deep harm to the victim’s family and society.
Massachusetts Tax Reform Proposal Receives Encouragement
The State House favors changing how property is classified for taxes to equalize burdens. It seeks fixed assessments on productive investments with exemption for industries serving the public, aiming for a more just system. Lawmakers see this as a step toward equity and must submit the plan to voters for approval.
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State House
Massachusetts
Reappointment of Dr. Timothy J. Reardon to City Hospital Board
Boston City Hospital officials anticipate the reappointment of Dr. Timothy J. Reardon to the board of trustees. The Mayor has delayed the appointment, prompting comment on medical qualifications versus business experience. Reardon is noted as a top specialist and capable physician facing municipal leadership duties.
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Timothy J. Reardon
Dr. Reardon
A. Shuman
Conrad J. Rueter
Reardon
Boston as a convention city loses old mockery of May meetings
The article notes Boston's shift from its historic May meeting culture to a broader centralizing role for conventions. It traces how earlier associations mainly with religious and charitable aims held annual gatherings in the city, a practice now surpassed by contemporary trends. The piece signals a growing prominence of Boston in hosting large conventions.
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Great Church Congress Opens Amid Mixed Assembly Crowd
The Protestant Episcopal Church session draws large crowds while auxiliary groups like the Order of Railway Conductors and the New England Protection Union fill the schedule with meetings. Thousands attend, visit Boston hotels and shops, spending freely as visitors enjoy the city’s value and hospitality.
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New England Order of Protection
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Knights of Columbus
Boston
Food for the Poor Opposes Wheat Duty Increase in Congress
Boston business leaders led by Frank R. Shepard condemn the Taft tariff on imported wheat. They argue a 10 cent per bushel rate protects consumers, reduces price spikes, and curbs speculators, while questioning Taft’s stance and the burden on the poor and wage earners.
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Boston
Frank R. Shepard
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Alumni Day and Religious Events in Greater Boston
The Gordon School held its 20th annual commencement at Clarendon Street Baptist Church with alumni day activities. A public temperance meeting was planned at Columbian Hall by Maplewood Baptist of Malden with Rev Charles A Hershaw among speakers. Another address by Rev R H Schuett followed in St Mark's Brookline. The piece also notes Park Street Church hosting tent meetings led by Evangelists Greenough and Schaffer and mentions Father Powell's return from Ontario to Boston.
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Malden
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Brookline
R. H. Schuett
Portland
John A. Converse
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Greater
Boston
Park Street Church
Greenough
Schaffer
A. Z. Conrad
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Ontario
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Readers question the truth of this serial tale
Readers express disbelief at the earlier chapters and question whether the story is factual or fictional. The author defends the realism while acknowledging doubt among some readers.
Stealthy Steve Captures Rampaging Elephant Solo
In a dramatic scene Colonel Roosevelt and Stealthy Steve face a enraged elephant. Steve removes coat and hat, confronts the beast, and using a 15 foot rope he throttles the animal from its back, causing the elephant to collapse dead. Roosevelt praises Steve's feat as marvelous and amazing.
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Colonel Roosevelt
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Walsh Buys Newport Estate on Bellevue Avenue
Thomas F. Walsh of Washington reportedly purchased H. Mortimer Brooks' estate on Bellevue Avenue in Newport, Rhode Island. The sale, reported May 11, cements Walsh�s purchase of a prominent local property.
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Thomas F. Walsh
Washington
H. Mortimer Brooks
Bellevue Avenue
We Didnt Go That Day
A Chicago News verse recounts a couple planning a Sunday trolley trip to a spring spot but canceling due to rain crowds and discomfort. The poem notes ants, damp crowds, and cold returns, ending with the line We didn't go that day.
Pilgrim monument dedication plan and city notes
The Observant Citizen reports CAPE COD Pilgrim Memorial Association invite to President Eliot for Provincetown dedication of a 250 foot monument rising to 350 feet above sea level with exterior work pending interior finish. Taft tentatively accepts invitation with Captain Sears. The column’s completion is delayed to 1910. Also notes Boston events including street safety ironies, public garden crowds, elevated transit chatter, a firemen ball team, clergyman Pitt Dillingham, Cambridge molasses sled prank, Isaac Hutchinson in Seattle, Franklin Park pheasant, Memorial Day ceremonies in Malden, and the Watertown club house opening.
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J. Henry Sears
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Isaac P. Hutchinson
Republican City Committee
Boston
Seattle
Franklin Park
Canterbury Street
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Malden
Grand Army
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New England
Commonwealth Motor and Driving Club of
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