Boston Post office and subscription details October 10 1911
The Boston Post notice lists office address at 259 Washington St Boston Mass subscription rates for daily and Sunday editions with yearly and short term options. The publisher E A Grozter is named editor and publisher and guidance on delivery and payments is provided.
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Post Publishing Co
Washington St
Boston
Mass
Sphones Tel
Financial Sporting Editors
E. A. Grozter
Senator Ilaac Stephen’s quirky election expense items
The inquiry into Ilaac Stephen’s Wisconsin election reveals odd campaign costs totaling 107793. Notable line items include “one man to attend a negro picnic” for 50. The chairman’s account details spark questions about how funds were used in securing the high office.
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United States
Ilaac Stephenson
Wisconsin
Our Schools Need Better Boston Public Facilities
The Finance Commission affirms public school confidence but calls for improvements. It cites sanitary conditions, fire escapes, equitable teacher distribution, and broader health inspections as needed. It advises delaying immediate calls for larger legislative appropriations.
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Finance Commission
Boston
Post
Warning Lights Could Prevent Auto Fatalities On City Streets
The article warns of real danger to motorists on short streets that dead end at railroad rights of way near Columbus and Huntington avenues. It urges powerful end lighting to reveal deceptive, unbridged ends and prevent near fatal accidents, urging city action and driver demands for safeguards.
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Columbus Land
Huntington Avenues
Cumberland Street
Boston
The Panama Canal Forecast by President Taft
President Taft predicted in Dillingham Alaska that the Panama Canal would be completed in less than two years and that the first ship would pass from ocean to ocean on July 1, 1913. He called the project the greatest construction work of the Christian era and a monumental prophecy for a wider world.
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Dillingham
Ash
Panama Canal
Ocean
Progress Half Way Nomination Bill Wins Govern Dix Backing
The direct nominations bill in New Forks becomes law by Governor Dix. It moves ahead, with lawmakers saying it places the people in charge of choosing candidates while echoing the Massa Sette statute.
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New Forks
Dix
Massa Sette
Reform Effort Shows Half Way Change In Party Machinery
The piece analyzes state party conventions and reform attempts, noting that Maryland and New York retain old convention powers while Massachusetts advances further. It highlights direct primaries for state committee members but warns the system still depends on machine influence and lacks full popular instruction.
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New York
Massachusetts
Tariff Board Reports Ready Prompt Tariff Revisions Hinted
The Tariff Board has finished its wool cotton sugar and chemical reports and awaits the President's message to Congress in December. Leaks suggest possible tariff reductions on wool cotton and chemicals with sugar added to the free list, aiming for lower clothing costs for Americans who largely rely on wool goods.
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Taft
Tariff Board
Congress
United States
Argentina
Mr. Taft
Hermit on Governor's Island Natives Miss City Sights
The Boston hermit living with a dog on Governor's Island fort is in winter quarters for a second year. A Chicago visitor notes locals know little of city buildings beyond the State House. A crowd gathers at Huntington avenue playground as Uncle Drug Company adds swings and slides.
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TOR Sunday Post
Canada
Boston
Mees
J Post Publisatyg Company
Governor's Island
Boston Harbor
Chicago
Christian Science Church
State House
Unitead Drug Company
Huntington Avenue
Art Museum
David’s Rise and Jerusalem Capture in Genesis Sketch
The article details David’s triumphs including the capture of Jerusalem, his expansion against Philistines, Moabites, Ammonites, and Edomites, and his moral decline marked by Bathsheba and Uriah. It notes Jerusalem as capital, wealth from spoils, and the Boston Post’s Dore Bible pictures series with back-number sales.
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David
Rabbah
Dore
Ish-bosheth
Saul
Hebron
Judea
Israel
Jerusalem
Joshua
Canaan
Judah
A.S. Clark
Rome
Carthage
Bath-sheba
Uriah
Bath Sheba
Solomon
Egypt
Asia Minor
Mesopotamia
Arabia
Lebanon
Gulf of Akaba
Medi
Boston
Post
The
Boston Post
Daily Post
Sunday Post
Old Postman Kite: Hitchcock Silly Verse and Green Oranges
A column riffs on Postmaster General Hitchcock cutting pay for carriers past 70. It jabs at figures like William Dean Howells and Pierpont Morgan, plus a comic tale of Jeptha Jones and Mazie with moving picture wedding. It then lampoons Florida green fruit protection, and ends with a playful note on women golfers and a champion cook.
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Hitchcock
Weston
Pacific
Atlantic
Portland
Portsmouth
Boston
Uncle Sam
Mr. Hitehechet
Japtha Jones
Marie Partington
Mazie
Japtha
Japan
Australia
Jeptha
Pleasant Themes of Praise Over Gossip and Spite
Walt Mason urges avoiding petty gossip about neighbors. He champions focusing on pleasant topics and recognizing good qualities in others. He argues life is short and encourages uplifting words to help people improve and smile instead of cutting them down.
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Walt Mason
Young Painter Wins Lazarus Scholarship Prize
Fred Stahr of Stapleton Staten Island won the Lazarus scholarship of 3000 for mural painting study. Established in 1896 by Jacob Lazarus widow, the prize provides 1000 per year for study in Rome.
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New York
Fred Stahr
Stapleton
Staten Island
Lazarus
Jacob Lazarus
Rome
Real estate broker sentenced to three years in correction
Fred J Herthel, a former real estate broker from this city, was yesterday sentenced to three years in the House of Correction. He was arrested in California and extradited to answer an indictment for the larceny of goods valued at $12,000 from Clara E. Vance. Herthel pleaded guilty at arraignment.
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Fred. J.herthel
House of Correction
California
Clara E. Vance
Merthel
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Station 11
Maine
James Pendergast
John Mitchell
American Federation of Labor
National Civic Federation
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Imbor
New Haven
Amous Bible Pictures
Arabian Desert
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H. Lincoln
Edward Wayson Weston
William Deus Howells
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Post Office
Tle
William Dean Howells
Bik
Cay Lee Higginson
Pierpont Morgan
Bucky J. Pierpont
Itehcock
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the Sphinx
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State Board of Health
Florida
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Jacksonville
George Matthew Adams
Smith Patterson Company
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Seth Thomas
Winter Street
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