Boston Post offers new subscription rates and contact details
The Boston Post announces subscription prices for daily and Sunday editions, lists office and telephone numbers, urges advance payment and discontinuation on expiration, and identifies B. A. Grozier as editor and publisher. The notice appears in the October 11, 1910 issue.
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Congregationalists Meet in Boston for Triennial Council
Boston hosts the Congregational National Council as thousands of delegates gather at Tremont Temple for ten days of debate on denominational and general questions. The event promises eloquent discussion with top Congregational thinkers from America and England, reflecting Massachusetts' strong historic role in the faith.
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Eight hour bill push intensifies in Massachusetts labor session
Massachusetts State AFL delegates in Worcester show firm support for the eight hour bill despite two vetoes by Governor Draper. They view him as hostile to organized labor and plan to vote accordingly, recalling Draper’s opposition to the Legislature and public sentiment. The governor’s courage is noted, but he bears responsibility for potential vote loss.
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Worcester
Boston Holdups Spark Call for Tough Sentences
An editorial urges catching and punishing hold-up gangs targeting Boston restaurants and drug stores. It recalls garroting cases from twenty years ago and suggests harsher prison terms or arming clerks with revolvers to deter the criminals. The piece warns police to increase surveillance and action to stop the rise of robberies.
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PUNISHMENT HYPOTHESIS CAST AS PROPAGANDA
Senator Lodge laments objectors seek to punish the nation by voting out the Republicans from the next House while vowing to overhaul tariffs under Democratic patronage. He warns the country would be punished more than the party, describing a misguided cry for standpat measures amid tariff reform.
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Doctor Lodge
Fragmentary political reform note risks tariff gains
A fragment mentions potential reforms if genuine tariff revision is achieved, relief from extortion, and an end to Republican misrule. It suggests a political demand for systemic change without specifying parties, dates, or actors. The text is terse and lacks concrete names or events.
Beautifying Boston Opens Vista to Christian Science Temple
The private development of a park on the former vacant lot between Huntington Avenue and Falmouth Street creates a vista toward the Christian Science Temple. The improvement enhances esthetic values in a prominent apartment district, checking commercial encroachment and inspiring civic advancement by example.
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Falmouth Street
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British Savings Gap Versus American Deposits Noted
The London Fortnightly Review highlights a large disparity between British and American savings deposits. It argues American workers save more, invest in real estate, and have easier access to land and homes, with Massachusetts per capita deposits nine times higher than the UK. It cautions that tariff changes and rising living costs may have shifted conditions since.
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London
Great Britain
English Review
Massachusetts
United Kingdom
Longer Life From Census Data Points to Longer Lifespans
Census observations show a lower death rate in major cities due to healthier conditions in absorbed suburbs. New York’s rate improved after annexations compared with Boston, suggesting a longer life expectancy for Americans overall. The 1909 death rate stood at 15 per 1000, the lowest on record, signaling municipal health gains.
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Emperor William Admires Col Roosevelt
Henry W. Taft, brother of President Taft, arrives from a two months abroad voyage on the George Washington and reports that Emperor William of Germany admires Colonel Roosevelt highly and praises his fearlessness in public speech.
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Impostor solicits payments. police seek suspect
A man about 50 with a smooth shave and dark height, wearing a blue hat, poses as an authorized collector and solicits money, claiming authority to collect for publication. He targets Brighton Street businesses, carrying a receipt signed Geo. and promising to return with funds. Police warn of fraud and urge caution.
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Dorothy Newkirk and Cousin Newt Banter on Swimming
The narrator praises Dorothy Newkirk and her relatives while joking about Annette Kellerman. He recounts training excuses, boasts about a fifty yard dash championship, and imagines future visits to Boston landmarks with plans for a lobster salad dinner at Gridley’s.
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Old South Church
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Gridley’s
When you meet your superior take off your hat
Instructional saying urges respect in hierarchical encounters by removing headwear when greeting a superior. It emphasizes deference and proper etiquette in formal or traditional settings. The guidance reflects older norms of dress and politeness in workplace or ceremonial contexts.
Outside Opinion on Boston Post Circulation Edge
The Publishers Bulletin notes the Boston Post as New England's top circulating newspaper. Advertisers and competitors acknowledge its supremacy with the U P A ranking placing the Post ahead of the four leading Boston papers. The Sunday Post serves over 250000 net paid subscribers.
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Revered Dore Engravings Now in Popular Form
A first popular reproduction of Gustave Doré Heretofore scarce in public access. The set showcases striking engravings from Coleridge inspired works, originally limited to elite art collections and pricey deluxe editions. Preservation value highlighted.
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Coleridge
The Observant Citizen Recalls a Range of Local Happenings
The item highlights early winter prep in Cambridge car barns, High School Record entering its 26th year with Henry E. Cheney editor and Carleton M. Allen business manager, and curious notes from Boston on varied topics. It covers sea birds in the Charles River Basin, unusual date formatting in October 1910, police uniforms, a pet turtle and frog autopsy, a crime anecdote, comments by S S Dale on Lancashire cotton, and plans for the A Q H building cornerstone in Jamaica Plain with Governor Draper, Mayor Fitzgerald, and Archbishop O Connell among speakers.
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Henry E. Cheney
Carleton M. Allen
Jamaica Plain
Weather and crops haunt a poet in city life
A 1910 verse captures a narrator wandering streets hearing neighbors drone on about the weather and crops between moments of joy and despair. The speaker, dressed in alpaca, finds solace in simple pleasures like lemonade and tobacco while musing on mortality and seraphs tired of weather talk.
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Walt Mason
George Matthew Adsams
Fraternity Walk Sets 11 Hour Challenge Between Worcester and Boston
M H Jackheus and J M Donovan of Worcester Polytechnic Institute walked from Alpha Tau Omega Worcester to Boston Tech Newbury Street in nine hours and 38 minutes stopping for lunch at South Framingham. They traveled heavy roads, completing the trek despite fatigue as Donovans feet bothered him near Wellesley Hills. Cardinal Vannutelli escorted to the Cathedral amid rain in Copley Square, Archbishop O Connell nearby, as the procession passed.
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