Boston Post advertising rates and subscription details
The Boston Post lists subscription rates for daily and Sunday editions, including U S and Canada prices, foreign rates, and local postage. It notes delivery terms, mailing charges, and payment instructions with cautions about sending cash and to make checks payable to POST PUBLISHING CO.
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Post Publishing Co
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Mase
U. S
Canada
Sunday Post
Boston Pental District
Post Office
Mass
Eender
Post editor details and subscriber notice from Edwin A. Grozier
Editorial and business office contact lines for the Post list phone numbers for departments. It notes all subscriptions must be prepaid and will be discontinued at expiration, advising readers to notify if the newspaper cannot be obtained from dealers. Edwin A. Grozier is named editor and publisher.
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Newsday
Voting by pictures instructs ballot counting method
The article cites a New York paper urging voters to memorize candidate names and place crosses in the squares next to the Republican eagle to oppose Tammany Hall. It suggests memorizing names rather than using symbols and contrasts with Massachusetts voters relying on names over pictorial aids.
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New York
la Guardia
McCook and Newburger
Smith, Davis and Choros
French Notion of Degeneracy Refuted by Large French Families
The piece counters German propaganda claiming French population decline. It notes 12,000 French families have nine or more children and many with five or more. Philanthropist Theodore Cognacq offered $5000 to support large families, challenging the myth of a disappearing France.
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Theodore Cognacq
Marne
Verdun
Foch
Rockefeller Gifts Boost Medical Institute Endowment
John D Rockefeller increases his Institute for Medical Research endowment by 10 million dollars, bringing total funding to 27 million. The gift is designated for medical research rather than buildings, supporting fundamental scientific work. His philanthropy also includes a 20 million dollar grant to the General Education Board as part of nearly half a billion in subsidies to hospitals colleges and benevolent institutions.
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John D. Rockefeller
Institute For Medical Research
Rockefeller
General Education Board
Allen cites air force underpreparation in wartime speech
Governor Allen of Kansas criticizes the War Department over air power shortfalls claiming a maximum of 240 American airplanes at the front. He argues preparedness was poor but notes little experience with aerial warfare explained the gap and defends no deliberate neglect.
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Massachusetts
Allen
Kansas
War Department
Governor Allen and Republicans Attack on War Funding
The speaker argues the Great War taught lessons on its necessity, criticizing Governor Allen’s party for blocking funding in Congress. He cites strong Republican papers like the Boston Transcript and the New York Sun condemning the action vigorously.
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Allen
Congress
Boston Transcript
New York Sun
Massachusett s reelects Governor for law and order mandate
The Massachusetts gubernatorial result signals a strong public stand for law and order and against disorder. Voters across urban and rural areas supported Calvin Coolidge’s principles, crossing party lines when the issue demanded fidelity to duty and public service. The Worcester Boston dispatches highlight the rejection of outside control over policing and a confident message to the nation.
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Calvin Coolidge
Commonwealth
Bay State
Massachusetts
The Price of Silver and Its Impact on Coinage
The piece notes silver at $1.28 an ounce nearing the 16 to 1 ratio and warns that a 10 cent move could force changes in the money system. It argues government price fixing creates artificial values and that melting subsidiary coinage could become profitable if silver reaches about $1.3823.
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United States
Uncle Sam
Philadelphia
Lady Astor Election Campaign Faces Early Objections
The article outlines three main objections to Lady Astor’s bid for a House of Commons seat. Critics fear a female MP would break precedents, accuse her of prohibitionist ties, and label her a camouflaged American, while supporters praise her campaign experience and rapport with workers. The piece predicts a close, competitive race.
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Lady Astor
House of Commons
Commons
Evening Standard
Britain
Rewarding Virtue and a Mayor’s Dilemma in Providence
Count Barnotti of Turin leaves a $10,000 trust to fund an annual prize for the unmarried 20 year old daughter of Providence’s common people chosen for virtue and conduct in memory of Carrie M. Brown. The will invites a mayoral decision that could spark controversy and political risk.
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Count Barnotti
Turin
Nicholas Brown
Rhode Island
Providence
Solomon
Carrie M. Brown
Paris
Notable Personalities in Exile and Public Service Highlights
The article notes the Dutch House of Doorn as a historic imperial home and reports the transport of Herr Hohenzollern’s furnishings valued at 4 million dollars. It profiles Guy Eastman Tripp of Westinghouse, Daisy M. Prattard, Major-General Edwards, and Adams Engel, detailing their roles, honors, and life moves. It also mentions Kathlene Martyn, a Royal Flying Corps mascot, Lloyd George’s praise, and dancer Michael Fokine’s planned return from Sweden to teach Russia’s dances.
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Holland
Herr Hohenzollern
Wells
Guy Eastman Tripp
Great Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company
Kathlene Martyn
Royal Flying Corps
New York
England
British Isles
Lloyd George
Prince of Wales
Michael Fokine
Russia
Petrograd
Imperial Ballet
Reds
Sweden
Does Fishing Make Men Liars Or Do Only Liars Fish
Puzzled asks if fishing makes men lie. The writer argues not all fishermen lie, but temptations lead some to exaggerate. The narrator recalls resisting the urge to inflate a trout story and confirms the fish weighed 19 pounds 5.75 ounces and measured 48.1875 inches.
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Newt
Rangeley
Satan
P. S
The Observant Citizen Reflects on Postwar Boston Notes
The Observant Citizen surveys postwar Boston on Guy Fawkes Day rainfall ice supply cranberry crops and a resigning federal agent. It mentions Special Agent Fern F Weiss and Percy R. Tood guiding regional railways, naval aviation, and rail coal disruptions. It notes Springfield M C A College students cleaning a field and Cornell alumni fundraising.
Prospective Husband Application Blanks Spark Satirical Debate
Steve laments a printed form titled Prospective Husband's Application Blank that asks intrusive questions about finances, habits, and home duties. He argues marriage is a gamble and vows he would rather remain single than sign over his future salary.
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Newt
Co. L
Steve
Songs of Sunshine by the Bentitown Bard
A verse narrative celebrates a writer who has taken the world with fresh thought and deeds. It praises one who sets his name on fame's gates with a song and plan that fire and wisdom, bringing new joy to the day.
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Adam Engel
New York City
United States
Doctors’ Club
J. Pierpont Morgan
Fern F. Weiss
Department of Justice
New England
Federal
Weiss
Karl Muck
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Germany
Immigration Service
Port of Boston
Uncle Sam
Chautauqua
Gates of Fame
Oldest Inhabitant Recalls Boston Weather Records
The Oldest Inhabitant notes Boston's warmest November 5 records with 67 degrees in 1885 and 66 in 1896 and recalls a cold 1i in 1879. He adds no rain on this date in the past decade except for 1910, 1915, 1916 and 1918.
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Boston
Pilgrim Explorers Uncover Mysterious Cape Cod Grave
A 16th century engraving depicts an Indian village while Captain Jones leads a land party of Pilgrims exploring near Plymouth. They discover a buried white man, possibly a French sailor or Norse visitor, with a yellow hair corpse and grave goods. Two abandoned wigwams hint at recent native presence as the party presses on.
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Cape Cod
Plymouth
United States
Shallop
Captain Jones
To day and to morrow usage in letters and treaties
A letter to the editor discusses hyphenated forms to day and to morrow and notes dictionaries favor hyphenation. It also asks which country holds the original manuscript of the peace treaty from Versailles, with the answer France and the treaty ending paragraph cited.
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France
Versailles
French Republic
Brief guide to United States constitutional amendments
The document lists the amendments with titles describing their core rule or effect such as freedom of religion speech press and petition, right to bear arms, quartering of soldiers, search and seizure protections, trial rights, jury rights, cruel punishments ban, state rights, judicial powers, presidential election method, abolition of slavery, citizenship rights, equal rights, income tax authorization, direct election of Senators, national prohibition pending, and women's suffrage pending approval by enough states. It also includes a note that the national prohibition amendment takes effect next January 16 and that the woman suffrage amendment has been endorsed by many states and needs 36 states.
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United States
Massachusetts
Two Minute Talks For Americans By Charles Franklin Jones
Boston writer Charles Franklin Jones urges readers to consider how daily words and actions affect others. He argues that small expressions of patriotism and kindness can influence the public’s view of America and help preserve its blessings amid unrest.
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Charles Franklin Jones
Boston
America
Duodecimal Arithmetic and German Offer Mentioned
The excerpt discusses salary figures for the U S president at seventy five thousand dollars a year and asks about duodecimal arithmetic based on twelves. It includes a calculation chain from square inches to cubic measures and questions the phrase We gave the Germans at Columbia with a reference to Hail Columbia.
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The
United States
Columbia
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