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Editorial contact details and subscription notice
The message lists editorial rooms and office numbers for the Sunday Post including Financial Sporting and Business offices and warns readers that air subscriptions must be prepaid or they will be discontinued without further notice. It instructs readers to notify the postal service if the regular poet cannot be obtained from a newsdealer or newsboy.
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Critique of Pension Talk Calling Civil Servants Butchers
An editor questions ex-Postmaster-General James in New York who said the government should pension civil service workers with disabilities. The piece argues the label butchers insults veterans who fought for the Union 50 years ago and asks if James is senile.
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Vardaman Sued for Accounting on Public Funds
The Mississippi attorney-general files suit seeking an accounting from James K. Vardaman and charges that he padded expense accounts and misused public funds. The piece notes public scrutiny and questions any claims of spotless virtue.
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James K. Vardaman
Vardaman
Fenders for Street Cars Stir Public Demand in Boston
The Boston Central Labor Union presses for better street car fenders, calling current devices deadly. It notes the Elevated company is uneasy with the present “murderous” fender and has tested other inventions, asserting a safer design will be found though delays anger the public.
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Boston Central Labor Union
Ambitious Arizona seaport plan faces political hurdles
The Arizona bid for a seaport hinges on Ralph Cameron winning the U S Senate race. He proposes the United States buy a 50 mile deep Mexican land strip to reach the Colorado River mouth and Gulf of California. The plan faces resistance from Mexico and concerns in Washington about consensus and feasibility.
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Ralph Cameron
United States Senate
United States
Mexico
Colorado River
Gulf of California
Recall and death mark Dominican Republic leadership shift
A change in Santo Domingo's administrative head ends with Don Ramon Caceres being shot by rival revolutionists. The event illustrates the recurring recall method in politics, a tactic Caceres previously used to rise to power. His five year rule saw US control of customs and averted national bankruptcy.
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Don Ramon Caceres
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Heureaux
Caceres
Customs Service
United States
Treat All Alike Carl Burman Delivers Surprising Remark
Metropolitan Opera House tenor Carl Burman astonished New York by openly admitting a personal sentiment about a young woman, signaling a candid shift in his public persona. The remark drew rapid attention from fans and critics alike.
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Carl Burman
Metropolitan Opera House
New York
Secret Love Threatens Singer and Wife in Immigration Debate
The article notes an operatic star Burman bringing a European lover to the United States, claiming the affair is platonic while facing possible detention or deportation. It questions whether operatic figures receive different treatment and warns of consequences for moral suspicions in immigration policy.
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Europe
Burman
United States
Immigration Department
America
Illinois Mothers Pension Extends Support to Widows and Orphans
Illinois launches a statewide mothers pension scheme paying 5 to 10 dollars monthly per child from county funds. Juvenile Court officials assess need and merit, with Chicago reports of 18 to 120 dollar checks to 40 recipients. The program shifts cost from institutions to home care, seen as economic and moral reform.
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Chicago
All Steel Cars Likely Saved Passengers In Derailment
A derailment at Monmouth Junction on the Pennsylvania line caused two tracks to rip up and the locomotive to wreck while all steel cars kept passenger cars intact with no injuries. A similar Bridgeport New Haven wreck showed higher casualties with wooden cars, prompting advocates to note steel cars as safer despite higher initial cost.
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Monmouth Junction
New Haven Road
Bridgeport
Pennsylvania
Interstate Commerce Commission
Good Roads Congress Opens in Richmond VA
The first good roads congress met in Richmond with Secretary Wilson, governors, U.S. Senators, and delegates from Maine to California. Some delegates were delayed en route, a sign of widespread interest in improving highways as vital national utilities.
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Good Roads Congress
America
Richmond
Wilson
United States
Maine
California
The Short Straw in Tobacco Trust Reorganization
Independent tobacco manufacturers claim they draw the short straw in a U S court sanctioned reorganization. Four trusts remain under shared control, raising questions about free competition under the new regime.
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United States
The Maiden’s Form and a Candid Tale by Demi John
A fragmentary verse piece by Demi John critiques a celebrated maiden whose appearance and social sway are noted while the speaker refuses to praise her face or public conduct. The narrator recalls a friend’s caution that a tale she told might be false, yet the speaker admits disbelief.
Perplexing Husbands Bet Ends In Tie Verdict
A column recounts a wager about who would marry first between a man and a woman. The twist ends with four years of betting leading to a tie when the bet is settled.
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Reading Medford note on Whit and gifts
A Medford column thanks Whit for a spring chicken and playful banter about life, kindness, and humorous wishes. The writer jokes about tickets, prizes, and future gifts while praising thoughtful friends and reflecting with playful antiquated phrasing.
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Whit
J. Pierpont Morgan
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Piero
Association
Yale
Observant Citizen Rescues Car Stalled at Tremont and Winter
A gray touring car driven by a small woman stalled at Tremont and Winter streets. A man stepped up, cranked the engine, and the car resumed, earning thanks from the driver. Also, Frank McVey, long a telegraph operator, has begun practicing dentistry after passing his exams.
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Winter Streets
Frank McVey
McVey
Dental College
Young Arlington Poultryraiser Stirs Local Interest
Walter Wolmer of 261 Massachusetts avenue Arlington at age 15 has spent years in poultry. A Plymouth Rock pullet laid an egg weighing a quarter pound and measuring two and three quarters inches long with a circumference of six and quarter inches.
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Walter Wolmer
Massachusetts Avenue
Arlington
Plymouth Rock
Boston Press Club 25th Anniversary Addresses
Colonel Henry Watterson travels from Louisville to attend the Boston Press Club quarter century celebration at the Hotel Somerset. Speakers include Melville B. Stone AP Frederick R. Martin Providence Journal Holman Day Maine editors and General Charles H. Taylor Boston Globe will urge strong performances.
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Henry Watterson
Louisville
Boston Press Club
Somerset
Melville BE. Stone
Associated Press
Frederick R. Martin
Providence Journal
Holman Day
Maine
Charles H. Taylor
Boston Globe
Harvard election shows national reach for campus leaders
The recent Harvard class officer vote demonstrates that Boston insiders are not sole holders of leadership roles. The sophomore vice president comes from Portland Oregon and the secretary treasurer from Buffalo New York. The junior class president is from Denver Colorado and the vice president also hails from another city.
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Boston
Portland
Ore
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Denver
Colo
Boston's First Catholic Church the Cathedral's Early Years
The 1803 completion on Franklin Street marks Boston’s first Catholic church later serving as Cathedral of the Holy Cross. Jesuit Father Gabriel Druillettes visited in 1650, and John Cheverus helped grow Catholicism before the 1860 razing for a nearer site.
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Franklin Street
Federal Street
William Ellery Channing
Gabriel Druillettes
Boston
Winthrop
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School Street
Washington
John Thayer
Hancock
Rome
Francis Matignon
John Cheverus
Father Matignon
Franken Street
Boston Theatre Corporation
Washington Street
John Adams
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Bulfinch
France
Bordeaux
New Castle
Pleasant Point
Salem
John B. Fitzpatrick
Boston and Hull Scenes Mixed in Local News Notes
A Boston writer reports on civic and charitable endeavors including Hull women planning a new land donated hall, and Army and Christian Endeavor activities abroad. Mentions a Malden District Court appointment, a task for a hospital fund, and a nurse staffed check stand for babies at a South End theater lobby.
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Hull
Nancy R. Gould
South End
Tomorrow's Old Boston Picture Temple Place South Side
A 1865 notice from Boston highlights a display or event at Temple Place on the South Side. Details are fragmentary but indicate a retrospective or upcoming picture showing tied to the city's historic districts.
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Temple Place
South Side
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