The Boston Post May 25 1909 Vacation Time Notice
The Daily Post offers mail delivery options during vacation periods with monthly and quarterly rates. Readers may change address freely, and subscriptions must be prepaid to avoid discontinuation. Contact details for editorial and business offices are provided.
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Post Publishing Co
Washington St
Boston
Mass
POST
Daily Post
United States
Sunday Post
A, Grozier
Practical Illustration of Mississippi Battle Ship Voyage
The Mississippi battleship traveled up the river to Natchez, 250 miles, illustrating the waterway’s capacity for war and peace. The voyage shows the vast extent and potential of inland navigation for future transport developments.
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Mississippi
Natchez
Senate Accepts Tax Classification Amendment Resolve
The State Senate concurred with the House to authorize classification of property for taxation. The measure now goes to the next Legislature and, if approved, to the people. The reversal signals return of sanity after a brief aberration as an expert commission will advise the 1910 Legislature.
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State Senate
House
Senate
Taft tariff hopes hinge on June 20 handoff
Taft believes Congress will deliver the tariff bill by June 20, with Senate discussion and House revision to follow. A conference committee will craft the final bill as public hopes rest on a downward revision promised by the President. Officials pledge large savings, signaling executive pressure on Congress to cut waste.
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Committee of Conference
The Ministry to China as Taft Faces a Key Appointment
The post of minister to China looms as a pivotal Taft appointment. John Hays Hammond, Gloucester mining expert and cosmopolite, has declined, leaving a choice among others. Hammond would likely have succeeded but Pekin’s complex maze tests any first mission.
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Hammond
Germany
Japan
Russia
England
Taft's diplomacy praised for white and colored support
President Taft signals selective appointments to federal posts pleasing white voters while offering to serve as a trustee for a colored school. The move, described as a shrewd political stroke, aims to balance white approval with support from African American communities, as voiced by H. B. Frissell of the Hampton Institute.
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Taft to Confer With Clergy on Negro Progress
The article notes President Taft will join 16 eminent clergymen and business leaders to discuss the negro problem. Hampton Institute’s stance favors industrial development under General Armstrong, shaping leaders who aim for work, home ownership, and decent upbringing, while opposing mass higher education for all.
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Boston Charter Crisis Demands Real Referendum
The Great and General Court debates an amended Boston charter with two conferences showing broad demand for a genuine referendum on the full charter. Republicans and Democrats alike call for real voter choice and oppose a party driven, incomplete measure that could invite revolt and collapse.
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Great and General Court of the Commonwealth
Commonwealth
Boston
Suffolk County
Beacon Hill
Stealthy Steve and Roosevelt Plan Crystal Mountain Trip
In a continuing adventure, Stealthy Steve saves Salome the elephant from quicksand and the Roosevelt expedition continues to Egypt. The pair discuss a side trip to Crystal Mountain with Salome as pack animal and transport for the journey.
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Salome
Colona Roosevelt
Crystal Mountain
Stealthy
Roosevelt
Liberty and Law: Understanding true civic liberty
A civic essay argues liberty means freedom from restraints that infringe others rights not license. It critiques disorderly defiance of law while praising conscience driven by neighborly rights and public utility. It cites Locke and notes schools shaping citizenship.
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Locke
Liberty
Full Bench to Decide Subway Location Dispute
The Boston Transit Commission and FE D Codman and others have the Cambridge subway site debate set for full Supreme Court review. The case centers on where the in town station should be placed and is now before the high court for resolution.
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Subway
Boston Transit Commission
America
Boston
Portsmouth
N. H
Charlestown
Ipswich
Smoketown Report Highlights Chicago Pittsburg Banter
A garbled exchange notes Chicago and Pittsburg in a teasing repartee with lines about being "the big noise" and smoke. The fragment hints at a confrontation or boastful banter between entities labeled Chicago and Pittsburg, but lacks clear context or action.
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Chicago
Pittsburg
Chi
Phi
Pettsburg
Hunger for Fame Sparks Artist and Author Debate
A struggling author praises the hunger for fame while his artist friend agrees that even without fame the hunger remains. The exchange underlines the tension between ambition and recognition in creative work.
Miss Adams to ride in Harvard Stadium as Joan of Arc
The Observant Citizen notes Miss Maude Adams will wear knee breeches and ride a horse in Harvard Stadium next month to portray Joan D Arc the French peasant maiden. Other items mention transit open cars weather and local civic notes.
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Auburndale Commonwealth Avenue
Wonders and Martian Talk Across Texas Skies
Uncle Walt muses on future wonders from Grand Texas plains. He jokes about a mighty tower to study stars and telephones reaching Mars. He recalls past tech marvels and ends with playful jab about a Jeffries fight question.
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Grand Old Texas
Mars
Jeffries
Walt Mason
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