Boston Post issue lists offices and date
The Boston Post dated November 27, 1911 lists its office at 259 Washington Street Boston Mass and marks the newspaper issue number 23 in volume 209. The Independent Democratic Paper of New England header appears as part of the masthead.
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Washington Street
Water Street
Spring Lane
Subscription rates for Daily and Sunday Post
The Daily One York rate is five dollars yearly with six months at one fifty three months at seventy five cents and one month at twenty five cents. The Sunday Post costs three dollars yearly six months at one fifty three months at seventy five cents two months sixty cents and one month thirty cents. Mail to Canada is per copy. All money sent at sender's risk. Do not send cash. Checks drafts and money orders payable to POST PUBLISHING COMPANY.
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Post Publishing Company
Post Contacts and Billing Notice From Editorial Office
Editorial page lists telephone numbers for editorial rooms and departments. It warns that air subscriptions must be paid or discontinued at expiration and asks readers to notify the postal service if they cannot obtain the Post from a dealer.
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Maio
Financial,Sporting Editors
Nowaday
Grozier
Auto Squire Weeks Indicted for Extortion in New Jersey
Jo seph W Weeks known as the Auto Squire of May's Landing is indicted on extortion and embezzlement charges. He allegedly used a glass to read speeding violations between Philadelphia and Camden, then wrote fines to motorists and urged payment to avoid court.
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New Jersey
Joseph W. Weeks
May’s Landing
Philadelphia
Camden
Squire Weeks
Neutrality urged as Mexico uprising grows
The article argues the Mexican insurrection is developing into a serious threat, potentially as grave as the Diaz overthrow and Madero's rise. It warns US neutrality must be exact and careful to avoid renewed conflict along the southern border and the need for a large deployment at the Rio Grande.
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Diaz
Madero
United States
Washington
Rio Grande
Piracy Reemerges as Trade Hazard Near China Ports
The piece notes a revival of piracy around Hong Kong and the Canton delta as treaty ports open to foreign trade. Pirates clash with shore forces, raid vessels, and kill officers, signaling a shift from political aims to robbery during China’s upheaval.
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China
Hong Kong
Canton
Aviators' Disease: Study Hints at Illness From Flight
The piece discusses aviators illness claims linked to ethereal asphyxiation during Pacific‑bound flights. JAMA notes data are insufficient for firm conclusions. Reported symptoms include shortness of breath at low altitudes, rapid pulse, ear buzzing, headaches above 4500 feet, cold sensation, and occasional irregular muscular movements.
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Rodgers
Pacific
Journal of the American Medical Association
Municipal Turkeys Sellout Stirs Indianapolis Market
Mayor Shank of Indianapolis launched a cost sale of perishable goods to residents using carloads sold at 18 cents a pound. Potatoes previous and turkeys now drew crowds, with 300 to 400 people waiting as women in cars sent chauffeurs to claim birds. The scheme raises questions about economic impact and access to staple foods.
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Shank
Indianapolis
Municipal Turkey Price Cut Sparks Market Debate
The report says lowering municipal turkey prices immediately reduced private dealer prices. If true, it yields living profit for traders, but if it makes the municipality a competitor to taxpaying citizens, its fairness may be in doubt.
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Apolis
Political currents as Congress opens its first regular session
The article notes the new sixty sec ond Congress begins its regular session amid shifting party power. Insurgent Republicans hold Senate leverage while Democrats control the House. Senator La Follette plans a Midwest presidential campaign, and Taft faces upcoming tariff debates as the White House reportedly delays opening tariff recommendations.
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White House
Henry Clews Defends Stock Speculation
The City Club speaker argues stock speculation equals real estate speculation, claiming both are legitimate. He contrasts realty ownership with margin trading risk and accuses market manipulators of loading the dice, citing ruined fortunes and personal crises from stock gambling.
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Henry Clews
Universal Mania and the Failures of Friends
A speaker laments dreary world and unworthy friends who mock his attempt at art. John, Rebecca, William, and Susan are teased as readers of others’ works while he, the true artist, struggles to find a publisher for his "immortal" manuscript as others mock his talent.
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London Jokes About English Musical Comedy
David Belasco told a New York editor that the English musical comedy lacked freshness. A manager allegedly urged a writer to cut the old jokes and replace them with even older ones to please London audiences.
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David Belasco
New York
Romano’s
London
Exchange Coffee House: Boston’s grand but costly leviathan
Built in 1808 at State Congress and Devonshire streets the Exchange Coffee House dwarfed the town with more than 200 apartments seven stories tall and a grand dining hall. It burned in 1818, was rebuilt, and finally razed in 1853 to make way for a business block. It served as social center hosting Lafayette Monroe Hull Bainbridge and naval triumphs echoing through a bustling era.
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Exchange Coffee House
State
Congress
Devonshire Streets
Congress Street
America
Rhode Island
Lafayette
President Monroe
Coffee House
Britannia
Captain Hull
Charles Morris
Dacres
England
Hull
Bainbridge
Constitution
Java
Brazil
Faneuil Hall
Federal Street Theatre
Macbeth
Cooper
Lady Macbeth
Sphinx Back in All Sorts? Readers Vote Ends
Newton Newkirk reports reader calls to bring back the Sphinx in All Sorts after a show of strong votes. Letters from Watertown Boston Rockport Malden and Essex urge recall. claims of double voting noted while sentiment favors his return.
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Senator Lodge
Sphinxy
New Bedford
Newt
Philosopher
Plato
Socrates
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M. S
M. P
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Boston
Sphinx In Tomorrow's All Sorts At Brockton Page Eight
Brockton preview teases appearance of the sphinx in tomorrow's All Sorts on page eight. The note mentions no piece titled From a Woman's Lips today and hints at extended speechlessness as a gag or feature.
Fads and Fashions Highlight Satin and Fringe Trends
Paragraphs describe rising popularity of white hats and long fur coats, lace neckwear, square evening gown trains, and one sided French gown styling. Black and white color schemes return with heavy fringe, satin overdraperies replacing chiffon, and new side frills like the double grill with lace centered bands and matching lace collars.
Ordinary Man Confronts High Taxi Fare
A street scene shows a man objecting to a nine dollar taxi charge for a short haul, while a chauffeur explains the fare is for a bildix machine era taxi with a glass front and a 1916 model. The exchange highlights humor and the era's auto showroom jargon.
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Bunko
S & Bildix
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Universal Mania
Rebecca
William
Susan
Dee
Rd Sie
the Exchange Coffee House
Newton Newkirk
John Devine
Inflater
Inspiration
Mr. Newkirk
Mr. Reader
Beacon Hill
Fidelity and Casualty Co
Fost
Philo
Watertown
Standish J
Reidy
L. True Spear
Rockport
Essex
Georgiana
Wales
Eastport, Me
Chas. M. Buxton
Brookfield
John Wadsworth
Portsmouth
R. I
Buffragette
Malden
the Sphinx
W. H. Lexington
A. R. Marsh
American Motor Co
Brockton
Portland
Frisco
W. C. Holford
Stowell’s
Summer ST
Hovey's Wholesale
Retail Jeweler
Aire
S. Treasury
Rogers Bros
Seth Thomas
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