Boston Post May 29 1908 Subscriptions and Office Info
The Boston Post issue outlines subscription rates for daily and Sunday editions, payment terms, and office contact details. It notes second class entry, advance payment policy, and instructs readers to notify by mail if unable to obtain the Post. Editor and Publisher BE A Grozier is listed.
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Post Publishing Co
Washington St
Boston
Mass
THE
Sunday Post
Canada
Maas
Post Publishing Company
BE. A. Grozier
Democrats Resolve Not to Filibuster Currency Bill
The analysis notes Senate Democrats will not oppose the Republican currency bill by parliamentary delay. After House debate, the bill’s partisan necessity is seen. Democrats reject “talk it to death” tactics, preferring rope to hang the majority if forced to filibuster.
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United States
Senate
House
Congress Adjournment Seen But Leaves Public Doubt
The piece argues the current session will adjourn soon amid hurry up pressure. It claims the Republican majority failed to address pressing public questions with independence and intelligence and is subservient to authority hostile to New England. The author asserts the record will not restore trust in Republican control.
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Washington
Congress
New England
Call to Prosecute Boston Steel Conspiracy Cases
The Boston Finance Commission exposed alleged fraud in steel construction and boiler contracts. Six men of respectable standing were arrested on conspiracy and fraud charges, with prior River Coal Company matters fading from memory. Prosecution to a final determination is urged to cleanse public life.
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Boston
Finance Commission
River Coal Company
Currency bill turns political emergency into fiscal tool
Washington rushed emergency currency legislation through the House to influence the campaign and to show aid to commercial interests. Representative Burton admitted the measure aimed to prevent a repeat of last fall's panic and reassure the nation that the economy would stay stable amid political pressures.
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House
Washington
Senate
Burton
Roosevelt and currency reform push discussed in editorial
The editorial argues austerity and insufficiency of the currency caused unemployment and hardship. It predicts President Roosevelt will sign the bill, which it says has no lasting value but may soothe the political climate during the campaign before a hard look at the issue.
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House
Senate
Roosevelt
Paris
J. FB
North Woburn
Going Fast Legislation Aims at Corporate Transportation Power
Editorial warns state lawmakers on proposals to remove speed limits on corporate expansion, allow stock watering, and permit rail and trolley line acquisitions. It argues such moves could consolidate all transportation under one company, despite Railroad Commission oversight, and questions readiness to proceed.
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State House
House
Massachusetts
Commonwealth
Railroad Commission
New Haven
Gifts to colleges total over seven hundred fifty thousand dollars
Educational institutions received more than 750 000 in grants from the General Education Board. The largest gift was 125 000 to William Jewell College, with 100 000 to Davidson College and multiple 50 000 gifts to several colleges including Hamilton Knox Wabash and the Western College for Women. additional grants supported farmer cooperative work and high school agents in the South.
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New York
General Education Board
William Jewell College
Liberty
Davidson College
Davidson
N. C
MacAlester College
St. Paul
Minn
Harvard University
Cambridge
Mass
Graduate School of Business
Hamilton College
Clinton
N. Y
Knox College
Galesburg
Wabash College
Crawfordsville
Ind
Williamsburg Institute
Williamsburg
University of Rochester
Rochester
Smith College
Northampton
Western College For Women
Oxford
Spelamo Seminary
Atlanta
Hampton Institute
Hampton
Tuskegee Institute
Tuskegee
Ala
Charles W. Eliot
Andrew Carnegie
All Sorts Volunteers Offer Audience Awards
Mr Newkirk returns from vacation next week to present two $10 prizes for the All Sorts Volunteers. One prize for the best contribution and one for the worst contribution, covering funny stories skits poems wise sayings and sketches suited to the group.
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Newkirk
Sphinx Says and True Tales From The Boston Post
A collage of humorous anecdotes and snippets from The Boston Post includes a derailed money tale about bank checks in Charlestown and a man in Waterford Maine who stops a fall by biting shingles. It shares quips by A. B. Waltham and William J. Hamel, plus reader notes, a conundrum joke, a salt water caution, and light social observations from Lawrence.
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Waterford
Main Street
Webster
Boston Observant Citizen Notes Drummers and Local News
The Observant Citizen reports a United Commercial Travellers grand council with veteran New England drummers, including Charles A. Haines and Herbert L. Damon. It covers aurora borealis sightings, Miss Alice Porter’s recovery, insect parasitism talks by Frederick B. Lowe, Delta Club outings, Foresters court beauty, and local civic condolences, canine calmness, patrol issues at Spring Street, and Brotherhood recruitment in Dorchester.
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United Commercial
New England
Charles A. Haines
Melrose
Dodge-Haley Company
Herbert L. Damon
George E. Hunt
Henry L. Clark Company
Union Street
Charles W. Barnard, Jr
Jones, McDuffee & Stratton
Order
Benches on Boston Common For Women Only Idea Proposed
A reader suggests adding two iron bars to each park bench on Boston Common to create three seats and mark some benches Women Only. The writer commends D Henry Sullivan, superintendent of public grounds, for addressing the nuisance of men monopolizing seats.
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Post
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Sunday Post
Boston Common
D. Henry Sullivan
Boston
Somerville
Advice from Mildred Champagne on love and prudence
A 20 year old girl asks if she should marry a man earning $7.50 weekly. Mildred Champagne warns against marrying someone with limited income, saying such a man lacks common sense and won’t provide reliable support or protection.
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Miss Champagne
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