Post Publishing Co Daily Post Boston 1908 subscription details
The Post Publishing Co issue from October 7 1908 lists subscription rates for Daily Post and The Sunday Post with prices for six months eight months and one year. It notes Canadian per copy pricing and urges advance payment and notification of delivery issues. Editor and publisher is R A Grozier with office contact numbers.
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Post Publishing Co
Office
Washington St
Boston
Mass
THE
Sunday Post
Canada
Maas
Post Publishing Company
Taft Faces Tariff Reform Questions on Steel and Hides
The piece questions how Taft would handle tariff revision proposing increases for some schedules and decreases for others. It cites the Steel Trust as a case where American goods cost more to domestic buyers than similar products abroad, suggesting tariff policy could affect the shoe and leather trade with Europe. It asks whether hides should be restored to the free list if Taft becomes president.
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Taft
Steel Trust
Roosevelt
Mexico
Europe
Atlantic
United States
A. Towne Lowpher
Westwood
Mass
Parker Attacks Roosevelt Over 1904 Oil Contributions
Judge Alton B Parker questions why 100000 dollars from Standard Oil to the 1904 Republican fund was not returned. He cites Cortelyou's role and Roosevelt's later promotions, arguing Democrats expose corrupt ties while Taft backers claim moral superiority.
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Alton B. Parker
Roosevelt
Standard Oil Company
George B. Cortelyou
Republican National Committee
Theodore Roosevelt
Judge Parker
Cortelyou
United States
Treasury
Taft
Harvard maintains student numbers despite financial panic
Harvard University reports stable total registration for the year despite the prior panic and gloom. The freshman class is only 11 smaller, Lawrence Scientific School will graduate in two years, and the graduate school of business administration adds 35 students, offsetting reduced entrance elsewhere.
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Harvard
Lawrence Scientific School
Graduate School of Business Administration
College enrollments rise as universities face finance woes
In the year after the financial crisis the university reports 3728 students in its college and special schools. Yale preliminary figures show registrations exceed past records by at least 300 with enrollments surpassing 3400. New Haven saw the biggest gains in law and Sheffield Scientific School as higher education keeps pace with national progress despite setbacks.
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Yale
New Haven
Law School
Sheffield Scientific School
Roosevelt policies and presidential succession warned
A political column laments Roosevelt and Taft backing hereditary power, arguing presidents should not dictate successors. It criticizes public acceptance of a de facto succession and urges stopping Taft from becoming regulator and dictator. The piece condemns the idea of presidents shaping future leaders without people’s rule.
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Longworth
Rock Island
Ben Trovato
Roosevelt
White House
Taft
Theodore Roosevelt
Mr. Taft
Case of Colonel Stewart and a push to oust him
The article alleges a campaign by the President and War Department to remove Colonel William F. Stewart from service. It notes prior postings to Fort Grant, a failed riding test, and a recent board finding him incapacitated by heart disease 34 years after his service record. It questions motive and persistence of the attack on a long-serving officer.
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War Department
William F. Stewart
Fort Grant
Arizona
Washington
Stewart
Department
Congress
Roosevelt
The Sphinx Speaks on Work and Wit in Town
A satirical column mocks idleness and social bravado as Newton Newkirk cites a train and a bull tale to urge readers to step aside from obstacles. A complaint about a self styled king of work proof artists spurs sharp blasts at laziness and vanity.
Debtor Avoids Jail After Settling Bill Before Ship
Joel Johnson, about to board a steamer to Liverpool, was taken to the poor debtor room at the urging of attorney George H. Brown of Waltham who claimed $59.60 for professional services. Johnson paid the claim and was released, then hurried back to the steamer.
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Liverpool
Joel Johnson
Court House
George H. Brown
Waltham
Johnson
Mob Lynching Reported in Glenflora Texas
In Glenflora Texas on October 6 a mob seized Ben Prince a Black man and took him to town center where he died in a related incident to a tree after being accused of a criminal act involving his daughter.
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Glenflora
Texas
Ben Prince
Front end of an egg in and out of shell
In Fieadville Massachusetts a reader asks which end is the front of an egg. The reply explains the front is the angular end when in the shell. once shell is removed the egg has no physical end though it can still serve as a means to an end. The correspondent is chided for foolish questions.
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Bob Edgren
New York World
Giants
New York
McGraw
Newt
Fieadville
Mass
P. S
Ordination and church events in Greater Boston churches
The Rev. John Higginson Cabot II was ordained at the Church of the Advent with Bishop Lawrence officiating. The Tuckerman School entered its second year at 25 Beacon Street with talks by Rev. C R Eliot on Joseph Tuckerman. Also noted are a Moody birthday reception, Clerical Association meeting at St. Paul’s, and a Women’s Home Missionary Society quarterly gathering in Bromfield Street.
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John Higginson Cabot
William Lawrence
Massachusetts
Arthur Cheney
Dedham
William B. Sloskopf
Bridgeport
Conn
William Harman van Allen
Tuckerman
Beacon Street
Charles G. Ames
Caroline S. Atherton
C. R. Eliot
Joseph Tuckerman
Unitarian Church
Ruel G. Moody
Massachusetts Clerical Association
St. Paul's Episcopal Church
Tremont Street
Boston
Lawrence
England
Week in Atlantic City Vacation Series
The thirteenth week in the Post series visits Atlantic City New Jersey. The famous seashore resort attracts more visitors than any other U S vacation spot and offers year round attractions. The week will feature photographs of interesting places printed in the Post.
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Atlantic City
New Jersey
The
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Atlantic City Boardwalk Throngs in Summer Holiday Surge
Atlantic City welcomes over 200000 registered visitors yearly plus countless day visitors. On holidays the boardwalk carries a dense crowd with rolling chairs moving in a single line along five miles of waterfront. Nights glow with lights and enormous illumination costs. The city promotes a mild climate and growing winter resort appeal with a 61 percent sunshine rate and an average yearly temperature of 52 degrees.
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Atlantic City
Rama
Muffit and Weeks Exchange Cheerful Health Check
Muffit and Weeks converse in a light exchange about feeling better and improving health. Muffit expresses gladness, Weeks responds slowly but optimistically, signaling gradual recovery.
Goose on One Leg Riddle Sparks Rural Banter
A city man and a rural youngster exchange quips about a goose standing on one leg. The farmer’s boy responds with a grin and invites the man to try it, adding a playful tone to the farm scene.
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Sycamore Street
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Women’s Home Missionary Society
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