Boston Post October 4 1915 subscription rates and office details
The issue lists subscription rates for Daily and Sunday editions, Canada and foreign variants, and postal charges. It notes payment rules, advance payment requirement, mailing addresses, and editor publisher Edwin A. Grozier.
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Post ‘Publishing Co
Wahington Street
Boston
Mass
U. S
Canada
Sunday Post
Postoffice
Mann
Post Publishing
Boston Post claims largest daily morning circulation
The Boston Post proclaims it has the largest daily morning circulation in the United States, asserting a nationwide leadership position in newspaper readership as cited by The Fourth Estate.
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Boston Post
United States
Rockefeller plan to found world class Chinese medical school
The Rockefeller Foundation proposes establishing in China an institution to provide the most thorough scientific medical education in the world. The announcement claims no land today matches its anticipated system of medicine and foresees a shift away from traditional practices. It notes potential lessons for Chinese practitioners and hints the Pekin school could influence global medicine.
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Rockefeller Foundation
China
America
Europe
A Strong People The scheme of popular education
Governor Walsh outlines a plan tying education to militia strength and sturdy citizenship. The program emphasizes physical development and civil duties, aligning with West Point standards to bolster youth health and stamina for potential crises.
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Walsh
Commission
At the State House
West Point
What are munitions in the new kind of war
The article notes figures like John D. Rockefeller and Henry Ford opposing funding war material while acknowledging the evolving nature of warfare. It argues that modern war relies on standard items such as automobiles, gasoline, cotton for explosives, and other supplies, blurring lines with traditional munitions.
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John D. Rockefeller
Henry Ford
Rockefeller
Automobile Makers Oppose War Change Military Practices
Automobile makers who oppose war would keep all their cars out of the heads of any army. This tremendous contest has changed definitions as well as military practices.
Weeks law forest acquisition recital urges continued conservation
Congress appropriated ten million dollars five years ago to acquire federal forest reserves in the Appalachian region and aid state development. Much has been done in the southern Appalachians and the White Mountain region, with about five hundred thousand dollars remaining of the fund. Land bought totaled about 1,285,000 acres at an average five dollars and twenty five cents per acre, an investment valued for future generations. The program has bound the nation to conservation and more remains to be done and paid for to safeguard natural bounty for the people. The Weeks bill should be continued and carried out steadily.
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Congress
Appalachian
Southern
Appalachians
New England
White Mountain
Safer Railroad Travel Shows Record Low Fatalities
The Bureau of Railway News and Statistics reports 1914 ended with 41 passenger fatalities from collisions and 483 total deaths from accidents, marking the best yearly showing since 1901. Improved equipment and safety education are credited with the decline.
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United States
Bureau of Railway News and Statistics
Will the Kaiser Pay
Robert Dyer of Pittsburg seeks reparations from the German government for damages and pain after the Lusitania torpedoing. He was a noncombatant aboard the sinking ship and asks for compensation covering baggage loss and distress endured during the disaster. The case questions whether the Kaiser will acknowledge the liability.
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Robert Dyer
Pittsburg
Germany
Dyer
New York Millionaires Face Higher Personal Property Taxes
Tax assessments in New York City show about 4 billion dollars in personal property value up from under a billion last year. More than 500 residents own over 1 million dollars in personal property, raising questions about tax payments and the unseen wealth discovered.
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New York
All Sorts By Kenneth L. Roberts On Severing Connections
A miscellany of light items and notes includes Kenneth L. Roberts penning lines about leaving a seaside scene in Ogunquit Maine and farewell verses, plus humorous quips about Henry Ford, a mule biting a motorcyclist, and a contest prize for a limerick.
The Greatest Captain of Them All Napoleon's Return and Triumph
After the Russia campaign Napoleon returns to France amid eager public acclaim. The nation forgets its losses as they hail him and beg for renewed leadership while Prussia and Austria shift alliances and pressures grow. Napoleon vows to heed public opinion and avoid despotism.
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Napoleon Ap
Russia
Napoleon
Seine
Moscow
Beresina
France
Neasure
Frederick the Great
Prussia
Skorner
Belgium
Berlin
Hamburg
Austria
Four new nominations spark lighthearted debate
A quirky exchange lists four nominations from B C S I Simpatical Geral Dean and others for humorous firsts from the eater of an eel to the writer of a dictionary. The dialogue dismisses sports interviews and German counterattacks as irrelevant to Monday bargains.
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Simpatical
Geral Dean
Observant notes from halifax to Eastport and state fishings
The Observant reports from Halifax where the Sydney carried 50 million in gold and an officer noted 40 dead on the decks after sinking Imden. Massachusetts trout stocking reached 3,000,000 with 800,000 fingerlings and 2,000,000 fry released this spring. The Red Cross seals campaign aims to raise funds for tuberculosis fight as 200 million seals go to print. Eastport named the Metropolis of down East with a new bandstand in the city park watched by thousands.
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George Marsters
Emily
Halifax
Sydney
New York
Marsters
Department of Fisheries and Game
Field
Liberty
Red Cross
American Red Cross
National Association For the Study and Prevention
Eastport
Down East
Washington County
Passamaquoddy Bay
Pleasant Point
St. Croix River
New City Park
Eastport Harbor
Longing and reunion in a lonely town
Miss Lillian Clinton, 40, lives alone in the house of her youth and recalls a past love, Tom Linwood. A dusty trunk unlocks memories of a courtship filled with dances, jealousy, and a white wedding dress. A sudden reunion reveals renewed hope as Tom returns to claim her.
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Lillian Clinton
Tom
Lillian
Lill
Tom Linwood
Marie Miller
Sweetheart
Weather Odds and History for October Fourth
The oldest inhabitant cites October fourth weather odds at 43 to 14 and notes Boston had no rain on Oct 4 in the ten years after 1897. He recalls a 29 inch rainfall in 1913 and historic highs and lows including 835 degrees in 1898 and 80 degrees in 1831 with a 3% degree low in 1338.
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J. J. Lannin
Boston Red_ Sox
Hugh Henderson
Lannin
Great Britain
Mr. Henderson
Boston
Mercury
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the Emperor
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