Post Publishing Co Daily and Sunday Post rates and notices
The notice outlines subscription rates for the Daily and Sunday Post published in Boston Massachusetts. Rates include Daily one year 5 dollars six months 1.50 three months 75 cents one month 25 cents and Sunday one year 2.50 six months 1.25 three months 65 cents. Canadian postage 9 cents per copy. Notices on advance payment and discontinuation on expiration. Editor EB A Grozier is identified as publisher.
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EB. A. Grozier
Pilgrimage to Baton Rouge honors fallen Massachusetts soldiers
Governor Draper and party visit Baton Rouge to dedicate a monument for Massachusetts troops who died in the southern battles. The group will be welcomed as brethren paying tribute to the flag that flies proudly in Richmond and Boston.
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Draper
Baton Rouge
Massachusetts
Southland
Richmond
Boston
The Opium Traffic and Hague Conference
The article notes China may back a second opium conference at The Hague to negotiate an international treaty to suppress opium. The Chinese consul-general in New York suggests restricting imports so only medical use remains possible, requiring internal regulation and port controls.
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China
The
Hague
New York
The Way of Wisdom on Labor Candidates in City Election
The Central Labor Union rejects endorsing labor candidates for mayor and council. It argues workers should keep independent voting rights and choose the best among many candidates. The piece urges citizens to apply honest judgment amid changed municipal conditions.
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Labor Union
Labor
Ordinance Aims at Safer Fourth of July Explosives
Alder man Cotton frames a safety ordinance to curb careless use of explosives on Independence Day. It strengthens bans on torpedoes on streetcar tracks and forbids toy pistols cannons detonating canes blank cartridges fire crackers above small sizes and devices more powerful than black powder. Fines apply for possession. The measure seeks a safer celebration without curbing patriotism.
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Cotton
Panama Canal Fortification Plans Spark International Debate
The article discusses a planned fortification project around the Panama Canal as a commission of military experts prepares to map defenses. It argues for an international accord to keep the canal unarmed during war, noting the huge costs and the canal’s completion timeline.
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Culebra
Panama Canal
Atlantic
Pacific
The Unrestrained Hypnotist
A New Jersey death linked to a hypnotism subject sparks calls for regulation. The article argues that unregulated hypnotists prey on willing participants and warns medical experts accept patient frailty while urging stricter laws to curb dangerous experiments.
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New Jersey
Untitled quotation on force and moral welfare
A fragment reflecting on the mysterious and powerful influence of force over moral and physical welfare, arguing it should not be left to blundering hands. The text emphasizes larger danger and responsibility in handling force.
Publicity and Railroads Clash Over oversight of NYH&H actions
The New Haven president railed at Massachusetts railroad supervision arguing publicity harms business. He warned that requiring explanations before tribunals could erode what railroads seek to achieve, while noting public scrutiny is due for a public service.
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New York, New Haven & Hartford
Massachusetts
Public Health Report Urges Strengthened Tuberculosis Action
Governor Draper holds the McSweeney report on consumptive hospital trustees issued for Mayor Hibbard. It cites Massachusetts about 120000 sick people, half preventable, and urges extending effective city methods to aid the poor and reduce illness costs through targeted legislation.
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Draper
McSweeney
Hibbard
Massachusetts
Boston
New Orleans to be commissioned at Mare Island
The cruiser New Orleans will be placed in commission at Mare Island Navy Yard on November 15. The ship will receive the Cheyenne crew and officers as the Cheyenne goes out of commission. The New Orleans and Albany will service the Denver and the Cleveland from the Asiatic station before both go in for overhaul.
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Vallejo
Cal
New Orleans
Mare Island Navy Yard
Cheyenne
Albany
Denver
Cleveland
Ivernia Heads Toward Boston from Liverpool and Queenstown
A wireless update reports the Ivernia with Captain Potter speeding from Liverpool and Queenstown toward Boston. At 8 am she lies 244 miles east of Boston Light and is to berth at East Boston around 8 this morning. The Saxonia under Captain J W T Charles also reached Queenstown en route to Liverpool.
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Potter
Boston
Liverpool
Queenstown
Boston Light
East Boston
Saxonia
J. W. T. Charles
A Son of the Immortals Serial Debuts Sunday
Louis Tracy’s thrilling serial A Son of the Immortals begins in the Sunday Post Magazine next Sunday.
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Louis Tracy
Sunday Post
Shoes Are Number Nine In Humorous Portrait
A light verse mocks a Boston editor harassed by letters urging him to run for mayor. The piece recalls a flirtatious poem about a woman and notes the editor’s difficulty avoiding public petitions as he contemplates entering municipal politics.
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Boston
Dear Newt and the Lap Question in Havana Night
A playful letter mocks a performer named Pinkface for plagiarizing a joke about a man’s lap as Jimmy Powers’ comedic bit from Havana is recalled. The writer urges credit and references charming stage moments from town performances.
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Newt
Cambridge
Pinkface
Havana
Jimmy Powers
Jimmy
Clam Debates Prompt Humorous Exchanges in All Sorts
In this spirited exchange readers mock Tufts College biologists over clam anatomy and habits. A Boston correspondent argues the clam has no tail and mocks expert claims, while another writer insists the tide’s in renders the clam homeless yet returns to mud homes as needed.
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Newton
Tufts College
Student
Boston
F. B. M. Boston
Old Bowery and Chatham Square Voice of New York Slums
The article surveys cheap lodging in Chatham Square and the Bowery noting 5 to 25 cent stays with baths and whiskey, repeaters, and shifting populations. It outlines Chinatown on Mott Street and Dover Street, Mulberry Street’s squalor, and Mulberry Bend now a public park, with Washington Arch and Fifth Avenue pictured for Friday.
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New York
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Thalia
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Post
the Bowery
Opera House night with Mr Fitzgerald and lively crowd
The Observant Citizen notes Mr William F Fitzgerald broker occupied box 22 at Aidas performance with Mrs Fitzgerald and friends. It mentions a Newton Club tale of a fat banker seeking a banana skin remedy and other light anecdotes from Boston and Springfield.
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William F. Fitzgerald
Aida
Opera House
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