The Boston Post 1912 front page subscription notes and masthead
The Boston Post issues daily and Sunday editions with subscription rates for different periods. It lists the office address in Boston and internal notices on postage, payments, and circulation policies. Editorial and advertising contacts are provided alongside statements of the paper’s printing capacity.
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Coal swindlers convicted in Washington case
The United States government has ousted Alaskan coal-grabbing syndicates from claims and convicted two men in Washington for conspiracy to defraud on coal contracts in the Territory. They will be jailed, while larger operators remain apparently immune.
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United States
Washington
Boston Called A Pig Trough Yet A No Mean City
The piece quotes a Sunday prophet calling Boston a pig-trough while praising the city as cosmopolitan and diverse. It notes Boston has noble aspirations and petty policies with both faith and pessimism, concluding the city is no mean overall. It ends by saying pigs exist in human groups but do not predominate.
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Boston
John R. Murphy
New England
Burlington
Murphy
Green Mountain
Bay State
Mr. Murphy
Recali trant Turkey faces Balkan backlash and Europe threat
The analysis says Turkey rejects peace terms and autonomy guarantees for Christian provinces. It notes a broader clash with Balkan states and Greece over seized merchant ships and warns of a possible fall unless powers intervene.
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Balkan States
Greece
Balkan
Europe
One More Game In Boston To See Pitcher Wood
Boston fans cheer a final game in the series with the New York club. Wood will pitch at home, offering a chance to settle baseball supremacy for the year and boost gate receipts for magnates.
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Boston
New York
Wood
Mr. Wood
Thacher Campaign Gains Steam In Cape Cod Tour
The Democratic nominee Thomas C. Thacher begins a Cape Cod tour for the 16th Congressional district. His Yarmouth speech earned praise for a practical, man to man approach and suggests strong chances of victory.
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Thomas C. Thacher
Thacher
Cape Cod
Yarmouth
District Representation At Stake In Local Race
A partisan statement argues that electing a progressive, conscientious and able Democrat will ensure district representation. The remark frames the ballot as a choice for effective leadership.
Dastardly Deed Targets Theodore Roosevelt
The nation reacts to the attempted shooting of Theodore Roosevelt with unified indignation and horror. Roosevelt’s calm, courageous response earns wide admiration, hailed as heroic amid the attack on a prominent public figure and the safety of American citizenship.
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Theodore Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Horn beam bat sent to Red Sox from Eastport
A letter from Buxton Eastport Maine sends a four foot horn beam bat wood to Newt for the Red Sox. He notes carpenters are busy with games and jokes the bat would have shut out New York and will be used next year to boost batting average.
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Red Sox
Eastport
M. Buxton
New York
New Haven Trolleys Under Fire Over Investment Losses
The unsigned New Haven statement denounces the Post for sensationalism over trolley line bets. It cites 1910 Massachusetts Valuation Commission figures showing huge losses on electric railways, and Rhode Island stock losses since 1908, with low or no dividends, arguing trolley investments harmed the system and urging scrutiny.
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New Haven
Rhode Island
Providence
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Post
Cold Feet Divorce Rumor From Pittsburg Dispatch
A lighthearted column reports Mrs. Peavey sought divorce from Alfred Peavey over his alleged cold feet. The piece notes Alfred weighs 102 pounds and suffers persistent chilly foot extremities, while urging empathy and questioning if divorce is justified.
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White Hope
Ubby
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Prune Popularity and Daily Intake Question
A humorous inquiry asks for prune consumption statistics paralleling raisins. It notes Calif ornia raisins and requests estimates of prune intake per two hours and per diem, highlighting the prune as a staple yet monotonous breakfast feature.
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California
Pacific Slope
U. S
On the High Road to Prosperity Under Wilson Era
The article cites O P Austin claiming the United States is on a lasting growth path. Foreign trade rose from under a billion to four billion dollars, with manufacturing expanding rapidly and labor earnings quadrupling. Savings deposits have surged, totaling about four billion dollars, suggesting broad wealth gains and an enduring economic upturn.
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O. P. Austin
United States
Mr. Austin
Custom House
Wilson
English High School Centenary and Modernizations
The English High School, founded in 1821, now occupies a large Montgomery Dartmouth building with nearly 1900 in attendance, while 400 more study at Franklin Union. The school, once a finishing program, now sends many graduates to college and offers 24 subjects across 50 courses including commerce, typing, and phonography. Distinguished early heads Emerson and Sherwin are noted, with John F. Casey as current head master since 1901.
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Montgomery and
Dartmouth Streets
Montgomery Street
Franklin Union
Boston
Derne Street
State House
Pinckney Street
Bedford Street
Warren Avenue
George B. Emerson
Thomas Sherwin
John F. Casey
School of Commerce
Observant Citizen reports local oddities and notices
The column notes Michael Kedien, a gardener, digging six bushels of Green Mountain potatoes from a half bushel of seed near Tufts College. It also covers Dr. Francis D. Donoghue praising quinine as a major medical discovery, and remarks on the need for educated farmers. It mentions wedding travels of Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Warren Fiske, the Boston College expansion, a seasidelike memory from an old captain, London’s inquiry into Boston fire costs, marine specimens by Louis W. Mowbrey, and political hints about the Progressive ticket and Vermont governors. It closes with praise for Miss Caroline Whitcomb’s Civil War volume on the Second Massachusetts Battery and its commander Col Orman F. Nims.
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Aroostook County
Maine
Michael Kedien
Harry Dutton
Tufts College
Green Mountain
Bay State
Massachusetts Battery
Caroline E. Whitcomb
Keene, N. H
Orman F. Nims
Sullivan
The Daly Ditty Poem Parodying Men
A 1912 verse parody attacks men as deceitful and self serving praising a fictional patriotic love to Columbia pleading to accept the speaker as the true lover and guardian of the nation amid boasts of ambition and perfidy.
Suffragist Mrs Mead Denounces Militant Methods
Mrs Laida Ames Mead, lifelong suffragist, writes in the Indepen dent that English suffragettes deserve condemnation for violent tactics. She argues Boston tea party acts were not vandalism but a strategic move linked to colonial aims.
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Laida Ames Mead
Independent
Boston
England
Wisdom in folly: avoiding the know-it-alls
A proverb warns that ignorance invites bluster and implies prudence in steering clear of those who claim perfect knowledge. It suggests humility and ongoing learning as wiser paths.
Dorchester Masons Seek New Lodge On Upper Road
A group of Masons in Dorchester on the upper road desires a new lodge due to rapid membership growth. A petition is circulating to be presented to the grand master for a charter.
If You Keep Friends Let Them Keep Their Money
A terse moral remark arguing that friendship hinges on noninterference with others wealth and possessions. It cautions against the average man creating enemies by meddling in friends financial affairs.
Moving to distances expands work for furniture teams
In Malden two teams belonging to C. F. Crossman of Clinton were seen after vans delivered furniture to Malden and planned to haul two loads from Mebdose Highlands to Lancaster, a cost saving over freight and a growing practice for long distance moves.
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Melrose Highlands
Malden
C. F. Crossman
Mebdose Highlands
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