Boston Post subscription rates and publication details
The Boston Post issue outlines subscription rates for print and Sunday editions, including annual, six month, and monthly options. It lists office addresses, contact numbers, and payment instructions, noting discontinuation without notice on expiration and urging readers to notify if delivery fails.
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Ana Leae
Sunday Post
Postoe
Boston
Mass
Post Publishing Company
G Telephones
A. Grozier
Memorial Day Parade Permit Denied For City
The mayor faces public backing to refuse a circus parade on Memorial Day. Officials argue such displays would wound veterans marching to honor their dead and insist the day remain free of conspicuous entertainment until observance is moved to a Sunday.
New York Sees Palisades Park Gift Saved by Senate
The piece discusses Mrs. Harriman offering 100,000 acres on the Hudson and 1.9 million for shore land purchases, with another $1.665 million raised by citizens and New Jersey contributing 500,000. After prior defeat, New York Senate reversed and approved saving a vast natural park two thirds the size of Manhattan, lauding the decision as a lasting public good.
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New York
Palisades Park
FE. H. Harriman
New Jersey
New York Senate
Manhhattan Island
Senate
Empire
Treasury to Wash or Burn One Dollar Notes Over Microbe Fear
An old article argues the Treasury should address fears that one dollar silver certificates carry germs. Proposes washing machines at $1000 each as a solution or issuing new notes fresh from the press to avoid microbes.
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Treasury Department
United States
Reciprocity With Canada Debate on Expanded Exchange
Discussion notes the Canada United States trade balance, highlighting a surplus for Canada and calls for broader reciprocity. It cites emigration patterns, cross-border movement, and the need for policy alignment under Taft and a Republican Congress to ease restrictions.
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Canada
United States
Taft
Congress
End of Congress and Shifting Political Winds
The piece weighs on the lingering advance of a rational alliance ending Civil War acrimony, notes guesses on Congress’s length of session from Smoot and Longworth, and argues the real issue is what lawmakers accomplish. It predicts a Democratic-leaning House after adjournment and a perilous regulars position.
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Ames
Congress
Smoot
Utah
Longworth
Crane
Massachusetts
Ohio
Washington
Republican Party
Hughes and Corporations Charge Lacks Basis
In a defense of Governor Hughes, the piece argues few Democrats will oppose him as a Supreme Court nominee over claims he favors predatory corporations. It cites his role shaping New York gas pricing, insurance reform laws, the public service act, and regulation of telegraph and telephone firms as proof of a public-spirited record.
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Bryan
Hughes
Supreme Court
New York
Legislative Gas Committee
Public Service Act
Uniformed sailors barred from dance halls spark public complaint
The article argues that discrimination against sailors in service uniforms by proprietors of theatres and dance halls is repugnant yet legally unforceable. Courts have held managers may admit whom they choose, as theatres are not public service institutions. Revere incidents illustrate public ire but no legal remedy exists.
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Revere
Mrs Howe Voices For Milk Purity In Boston Hearing
Mrs Julia Ward Howe aged 91 spoke at a legislative committee hearing in Boston urging purity of the milk supply. The article praises her intellect and long public service and compares her to other noble women, hoping for many more years of her advocacy.
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Julia Ward Howe
Boston
Legislative Committee
Girl sympathizes with bluejackets letters to the editor
Newburyport Massachusetts May 23 1910 a young girl sympathizes with two navy sailors refused entry to a dance hall for lacking collars and ties she condemns the manager’s disrespect toward Uncle Sam's uniform and urges readers to share opinions on the issue. She also references a serial in The Sunday Post Magazine claiming it is the finest story published.
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Newburyport
Mass
the Post
Uncle Sam
Post
Sunday Post
Newkirk and Leander Ladhorn Praise and Mock a Telephone Lunch
A satirical poem extols Newton Newkirk and Leander Leghorn praising a mighty journey as observers, while mocking a New England telecommunication company lunch room scene. It lampoons staff, menus, and fare with risqué humor about sausages prunes beans and onions, ending by noting conversation reveals luncheon details.
Dynamite Cupid: Love Aims Meet Explosive Rebuff in Spokane
Martin Kloose courted Jennie Jellison in Spokane Washington and proposed. She refused and he hid a dynamite bomb under the Jellison home. The blast damaged the house and he was jailed for the attack. The tale ends with the judge and law catching up to the suitor.
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Spokane
Wash
Martin Kloose
Jennie Jellison
Jennie
Bradstreet
Martin
Jellison
Difference Between a Suffragist and a Suffragette
A humorous exchange defines a suffragist as a man who votes by conscience or cash with occasional repeating, while a suffragette is a woman asserting voting rights and influence in elections. The piece notes suffragettes grow in numbers and may shift political power, ending with a quip about voting guidance within marriage.
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Samuel
Little Memoirs Business Showcases Initiative Quote
A brief feature highlights a business memo on initiative featuring a quote about seeing a task and starting it first. The piece emphasizes drive and proactive effort as key success traits.
The Rabbit and the Turtle Race Fable Revised
A fable revision centers on a Timekeeper Fox warning about the rabbit’s cheating. The turtle dismisses the claim with a joke about a welsh rabbit. In the end the turtle loses and ends up in the soup, while the rabbit’s fate is implied.
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Fox
Turtle
Real Grievance Echoes Across the Sea Waves
Fragmentary verse and dialogue imply a local scene with characters named Sewall Ford Shorty M.Cabe and Torchy. The text references sad sea waves and a villain asking for better style to keep up, suggesting a playful or dramatic snippet rather than a full narrative.
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Sewall Ford
M.cabe
Ito
Ex Presidents Roaming Europe Visit to British Museum Spotlight
Ex President Roosevelt tours Europe and plans a homeward journey. The British Museum houses vast treasures from Egypt, Babylon and other worlds, with Elgin treasures from Parthenon sculptures and Nebuchadnezzar's artifacts. The museum library holds over two million volumes, a 7.6 million dollar circular reading room, and space for 460 readers. Tomorrow's picture will feature St Paul's Cathedral interior.
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England
Great National Museum
St. Paul’s Cathedral
London
Old World Trip Hints Of Boston Notables And Local Quirks
A Boston newspaper column describes lawmakers gathering at a State House recess, weather and eclipse jests, and Boston residents sending Mrs Lambert and daughters to England for four months. It notes Moody Leighton renting a Hull cottage, dress costs for graduation outfits, jail clock repairs, a fire scare on Apple Island, barber shop reforms with bells, Kendall Square subway cleanup, and sisters Gargan sailing for Europe to devote time to Ireland.
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Boston
W. A. Lambert
Winnifred
Emma
Aurora
Ill
Cunard
England
Ireland
Scotland
France
Italy
Germany
Kendall Square
Cambridgeport
Mary Gargan
Teresa Gargan
J. Gargan
Europe
Saxonia Yestereay
Fig and Thistle Parable From Walt Mason
In a reflective verse the speaker recalls planting thistles instead of fruitful trees. He laments wasted choices and urges sowing acorns to yield a future oak, warning that reckless acts create a field of thistles while youth fades. Copyright 1910.
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Walt Mason
Bequeathed Millions to Princeton and Local Life Reflections
The deceased left his fortune to Princeton University and once served as a court reporter for the Boston Advertiser covering Essex county courts. Relatives recall his life at the Salem homestead while sharing memories with reporters. Also notes Dartmouth medical student A B Shaw gaining practical hospital experience and director de Luca drawing crowds with cathedral concerts. Cambridge theatres face survival questions amid new venues and ongoing entertainment growth. The piece ends with a note on Max Pemberton’s jewel mystery The Ripening Rubies in next Sunday's Post.
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Princeton University
Boston Advertiser
Essex County
Salem
Meetings and obituaries mark Greater Boston church week
Public Lend-a-Hand gathering at Park Street Church features Rev Christopher Eliot and speakers on the Immigrant question. Federation calls for a June 13 convention at Park Street Church. A Brotherhood gathering for Greater Boston Methodism meets at Bromfield Street Church. St Paul’s noon services end season. Rev Charles Gordian Ames dies at 81, body returned to Yarmouth Maine.
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Lend-a-Hand Society
Park Street
Christopher Eliot
Mary M. Perry
Industrial School
Dr. W. Tupper
State Secretary of Immigration
Europe
Robert W. Kelso
America
Churches of
Boston
Council of the
Massachusetts Federation of Churches
Greater Boston Methodism
Bromfield Street
The
Federation of Men’s Clubs of
Boston Young Men's Christian Union
Boylston Street
Unitarian Convention
St. Paul’s Church
Tremont Street
Charles Gordian Ames
Church of the Disciples
Yarmouth
Ames
Marvels of New England Journalism Highlight Post Circulation
The Lowell Sunday Telegram notes the rise of the Boston Sunday Post and Boston Daily Post amid fierce competition. Three Boston banking firms audit paper contracts and records, confirming April 1910 weekday circulation at 307088 and Sunday edition at 261339, underscoring the papers’ growth and credibility.
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Lowell Sunday Telegram
Boston Sunday Post
Boston Daily Post
New England
The
Post
Boston
Boston Post
Baing
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Ofice
Washington St
Hughes and Corporations
Mrs. Howe
Bluejackets
Newton Newkirk
Leander Leghorn
Thea
Newt
Sam
Esop Revised
Roosevelt
British Museum
Egypt
Nile Valley
Babylon
Nineveh
Nebuchadnezzar
Britain
State House
Moody Leighton
Metropolitan Park Police
Nantasket
Cora B. Weston
Hull
George F. Lowell
West Boston Bridge
Charles Street
Joe Cavagnaro
Station 1
Apple Island
Ike
Walt
George Matthew Adama
A. B. Shaw
Dartmouth College
Pio de Luca
Cathedral of the Holy Cross
de Luca
Cambridge
Massachusetts Avenue
Max Pemberton
Greater Boston
Morse’s
Macallar Parker Company
Washington Street
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