Boston Post issue details and subscription rates
The notice lists publication details for the Boston Post dated November 28, 1906, including volume and issue number, office addresses at 259 Washington Street, Boston, and subscription rates for daily and Sunday editions. It notes second class matter status, payment terms, and contact numbers for editorial and business offices.
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Post Publishing Co
Washington St
Boston
Mass
Peatefice
Mace
Post Publishing Company
Eight Hour Law Must Be Enforced In Boston
A Boston Aldermen committee reports contractors have violated Massachusetts eight hour public work limits. The article stresses enforcement is obligatory and the eight hour rule is absolute, not flexible, and not tied to wage rates. It urges prompt action to command respect for the state labor code.
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Boston
Board of Aldermen
Massachusetts
Beacon Hill
Forcing a Reform Deformed Spelling Bill Sparks Court Clash
A fiery editorial attacks President Roosevelt and Congress over distorted spelling in a public printing bill. It argues to curb orthographical distortions by tying it to the supply bill and halting public printing if the language is altered. The piece questions municipal printing in Boston and demands a decisive stance against reform efforts.
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House Committee On Appropriations
Washington
Roosevelt
Carnegie
Congress
Boston
Superintendent of Schools
Amherst College tax exemption upheld by Supreme Court
The Amherst College tax case ends with the Supreme Court ruling that property held by the college for educational purposes cannot be taxed for municipal income. The president’s house and other college real estate, taxed under protest, were at issue as the court affirmed the educational-use exemption.
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Amherst College
Supreme Court
Amherst
Todd
College Lands Tax Exemption Ruling Acknowledged
Trustees win relief as tracts including Hallock Grove Blake's Field and Woodside lot are exempt from taxation for college use. The town must reimburse 1903 1904 taxes paid on these properties. The decision upholds statutes and Commonwealth policy supporting education, distinguishing income producing from essential college use.
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Hallock Grove
Blake’s Field
Woodside
Commonwealth
Lift the lid on Boston’s municipal finances today
An editorial urges a nonpartisan state inquiry into Boston’s city finances and operations. It argues gold standard is a legislative commission with full powers, not court petitions, to uncover waste, graft, or extravagance and to reveal how per capita expenditure compares with value, free from partisan bias.
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Boston
Post
Republican Committee
Good Government Association
Ellis Bid For Ballot Names Narrowed To One Line
David A. Ellis sought three appearances of his name on the State ballot with all three nominations but election commissioners limited him to a single listing. He holds Republican Democratic and Public School Association nominations and can arrange the designations after his name as he prefers. Nomination withdrawals close at 5 PM today.
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David A. Ellis
John B. Moran
Lis
Republican
Democratic and Public School Association
Gilchrist Benefit Association
Jordan Hall
Ohio
Indiana
Remington
State House
Somerville
Enos A. Mills
Colorado
Twentieth Century Club
Mr. Mills
Judas
Chicago
Athol
Charles Augustus
Turkey
New England
Essex
Mayor and election officials discuss voting machine purchase
In the Mayor's office a conference between the Mayor and Election Commissioners examined the feasibility of buying two voting machines for experimental use at the city election on December 11. Mayor Fitzgerald was named chairman of the Voting Machine Commission and the group planned to reconvene at 1 o'clock this morning.
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Fitzgerald
Lemon Club Takes Roaming Tales and Jokes Across Town
A jumble of short vignettes from readers in various towns about lemons, love, misadventures, and club life. Notes include Lemon Club sentiments from Roxbury and Dover with humorous quips and social snippets.
White House turkey sent to President Roosevelt
Horace Vose of Westerly Rhode Island ships the yearly White House turkey weighing 28 pounds. The bird is divided at table with Theodore Sr receiving drum sticks, Mrs. Roosevelt white meat, Mrs. Longworth and Nick wings, Theodore Jr dark meat, Miss Ethel the wishbone, and Kermit and Quentin with stuffing and seconds expected.
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Horace Vose
Westerly
R. I
White House
Roosevelt
Theodore, Sr
Mrs. Roosevelt
Longworth
Nick
Theodore, Jr
Miss Ethel
Kermit
Quentin
Etiquette Note Cites Sidewalk Rule from Cape Cod Argus
A Cape Cod Argus quote advocates chivalrous sidewalk manners with the lady walking on the gent side. The brief reflects period etiquette guidance without broader context.
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Cape Cod Argus
What Is a Kiss Dear Newt
A reader asks for a clear definition of a kiss. The piece presents satirical and varied old London Tid Bits definitions ranging from insipid morsel to two-faced action and humorous quips about love, gender, and social roles.
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Newt
H. M. C. Lynn
Mass
Missouri
London
Denison
Premonition Ends With Father’s Witty Remark
Dialog from a 19th century style scene features Mr Goslin asking about engagement news. Miss Gibbonds replies that her father predicted trouble with a humorous his kick coming remark. The exchange captures a light family moment in a domestic setting.
Quartet of Old-Time Song Singers Entertain at Majestic
A reader notes the Observant Citizen praising a quartet that sings historic ballads between acts of The Girl From the Golden West at the Majestic. The piece also recounts varied local anecdotes from Dorchester to Hingham, including a benevolent seafaring statue, a forester’s hotel rebuff, and a charitable teapot tale of honest children in England.
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Golden West
Camptown
Annie
the Vale
Etiquette View On Dancing Partners And Attention
Mildred Champagne responds to etiquette questions about whether a gentleman should stay with his dance partner or switch to attend the other guest. She argues the duty is to ensure the partner enjoys the evening, introducing her to people who enhance her experience, and that the man may leave once another partner is assigned. She quips that staying until the next claimant would be excessive.
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England
Mary
James
Father
Mother
Miss Champagne
Latest Humor From France Humorous Exchanges and Quips
A string of light anecdotes from France features a motorist lamenting a dead engine and a spiritless can, a wry remark on ancient wisdom and motoring, a benevolent lady and a deaf mute board, a boy clarifying his father’s role, and the scene of an evening paper seller calling out winners.
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Seloon
Peie Mele
Stranger Seeks Tickets Through Hamlet Joke Exchange
A playful exchange quotes Stranger claiming to have acted with Star in Hamlet with the Stranger recalling playing the cock that crowed thrice nightly. The line appears in Le Rire, reflecting theatrical banter.
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Star
Enthusiastic Inventor Praises Airplane in War Use
A quip from a Bon Vivant exchange shows the inventor claiming an airplane could replace horses in war. The Colonel counters with a practical concern about supply during sieges.
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Bon Vivant
Bon Vivant Narrates Railway Servant’s Death and Missing Body
Bon Vivant quotes a vengeful note about a railway servant killed with only half the body recovered. The other half is claimed to hold the victim’s keys, heightening mystery surrounding the incident.
Egyptian Tour Inspires Mirthful Mummy Thought
Comic exchange notes a son-in-law’s charm and fascination with Egypt as he recalls touring ruins and mummies, while joking about his mother-in-law. The jest hinges on a shared family context and lighthearted cultural curiosity.
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Egypt
Sudden Death of Illustrious Professor XI- Within Paper Walls
A provincial paper reports the sudden death of the celebrated Professor XI-, noting he died within the paper’s walls and calling it an extreme honor for the office to witness his passing. The remark appears in Nos Loisirs.
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Nos Loisirs
Angelic Contradiction: Mazarin and Louis XIV Clash
The Duc de Mazarin claimed Gabriel charged him to urge the king to dismiss Mlle de la Valliere. Louis XIV replied that Gabriel appeared to him and said Mazarin was mad, in a sharp royal quip attributed to Bon Vivant.
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Duc de Mazarin
Cardinal
Louis XIV
Gabriel
Mlle de la Valliere
Bon Vivant
Father and son quip about college costs in humorous exchange
A father laments the high cost of college while his son jokes that he studies the least among them. The playful exchange from Nos Loisirs highlights student life and parental finances in a light domestic vignette.
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Loisirs
Didnt Help Matters Between Father and Daughter in Pele Mele
A teary daughter pleads for a marriage with Charles while her father calls him an idiot after money. She insists he would marry for love not wealth. The exchange ends with the father doubting her suitor’s intentions.
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Charles
Papa
Apa
Pele Mele
Wheat in breeze vs market echoes in verse
A poet Mile. Lideal marvels at heavy heads of wheat swaying in a gentle breeze. Speculator Mons. Ratere counters that the movement is no match for the rising and falling at the corn exchange. Pele Mele notes the playful contrast between nature’s spectacle and market speculation.
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Lideal
Mons. Ratere
Pele
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