Boston Post October 21 1905 issue details notice rates
The page from The Boston Post dated October 21, 1905 lists pricing for subscriptions and notices. It shows daily and Sunday rates, with amounts for one year six months and shorter terms. It identifies Be A Grozier as editor and publisher.
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Post Publishing Co
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Boston
Maia
Post Office
Mane
Post Publishing Company
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Sunday Post
BE. A. Grozier
Massachusetts Tariff Fight and Republican Revolt Decline
Senator Lodge faces opposition from Republicans over tariff policy and reciprocity with Canada. Massachusetts voters backed Governor Douglas in 1904, signaling renewed pressure on Washington to revise tariffs. The piece also criticizes the Boston Fens project under Olmsted, blaming mismanagement for current pollution and neglect.
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Lodge
Massachusetts
Whitney
State Board of Trade
Congress
Chicago Beef Trust
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Canada
Washington
Douglas
Senator Lodge
Settlement in Venezuela France row seen without Roosevelt clash
The piece argues Venezuela and France will resolve differences with minimal tensions. It notes President Castro may apologize for the cable company affair to avoid French naval action in the Caribbean. It recalls Roosevelt’s restraint in the Asphalt Trust dispute and arbitration instead of war.
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Venezuela
France
Roosevelt
Castro
Cable Company
Caribbean Sea
Asphalt Trust
Asphalt Company
Washington
General Matos
United States
Loomis
Bowen
The Fenway Matter and City Oversight Critique
The Good Government Association criticizes Back Bay Fens work for spending beyond estimates and questions who conceived and approved the costly plan. It notes no graft or theft but accuses waste and mismanagement across administrations, citing the Stony Brook project as a costly botch.
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Good Government Association
Back Bay Fens
Stony Brook
Roosevelt on Trusts Speech in Atlanta Advocates Federal Oversight
President Roosevelt in Atlanta argues that while corporate activity should be supervised, federal regulation is needed for interstate enterprises. He says corporations are state creatures and should be accountable to a sovereign, and that trusts must be crushed by removing tariff protection to end monopolistic power.
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Atlanta
Roosevelt
Automobile Trophy Should Not Go to French Club
The Automobile Club of France plans to decline the Vanderbilt cup after a Long Island road race. They fear accepting would force another race next season to defend the trophy. Baron Adrien de Turckheim favors turning the prize into a touring event, arguing reliability matters more than speed.
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Automobile Club of France
Long Island
Baron ‘Adrien de “Turckheim
German china shocks Uncle Sam in Peoria shipment
Fourteen hundred and seventeen fine china plates cups and saucers were broken after government agents inspected a Peoria dealer’s unpacked stock. The German made ware bore decorations deemed too indelicate for official approval.
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Peoria
Ill
Uncle Sam
Germany
George Ade Defends Shakspere as Slang Filled
Chicago dispatch reports George Ade answering Henry Van Dyke who argued against slang in Shakespeare. Ade claims Shakspere is replete with slang and cannot depict a class without its vocabulary, defending slang as essential to authentic portrayal.
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Chicago
Ill
Shakspere
George Ade
Henry van Dyke
Uncle Sam Pays Off Friar Lands Purchase
Manila, Oct. 20 The Friar lands purchase nearly settled as the commission pays the Dominican order 3 225 000 the final payment. An original 7 000 000 appropriation covered the purchase of 403 000 acres with over half spent by January on various Catholic orders.
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Manila
The Sex of Angels Satirical Symposium
A Baltimore American satire presents a mock symposium on whether angels are male or female. Participants mock the idea that all angels are men, with lines from The Cynic The Ordinary Man The Wife The Lover The Old Maid and The Theatrical Manager, locating the joke in gender and heavenly hierarchies.
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Wes
Baltimore American
All Sorts Insurance Investigation
The All Sorts probing into insurance scandals features James Brazen Hide on the witness stand. The judge admonishes him for flaunting a $50 bill to jurors while quizzing him on his tenure as vice president of Ekwittable and alleged policyholder abuses.
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James Brazen Hide
Mr. Hide
Jim
Ekwit Table
Hide
Dickmick Urdy
Jawn Mikeall
New York
Muteyell
Tommy Rian
Tommy
Ekwittable
G. Rover Cleeveland
Cleeveland
Tom Rian
Tom
Simplicity in art illustrated by Humorous Door Scenes
A column cites Professor Herbert Abbard and readers sending minimalist drawings of scenes where only a partial view is visible. Examples include a dog tail by a hencoop and a musket muzzle labeled Thirsty Sam, with many other one to four line scenes proposed.
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Herbert Abbard
Sam
Autumn Storms Ravage Suburbs and City Streets
Observations describe yesterday’s wind and rain stripping leaves and degrading pavement in Washington street before subway work is finished. Reports note Bible class in Park Street Church, a $100 000 Wakefield residence on Jordan avenue, and sailors’ tales of peril aboard the Vera after a October gale. A spike in card playing on trains contrasts with earlier railroad gambling bans, and a lost Angora kitten disrupted traffic near Harvard Square before fleeing down Davis street.
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Washington Street
Essex
Boyleton Streets
Charles Winship
Wakefield
Jordan Avenue
Harvard Square
Brookline
Davis Street
Boston Mayoral Race Sets City Ablaze With Bitter Fight
The Sunday Post promises an exclusive illustrated feature on the upcoming Boston mayoral contest. The piece aims to inform readers about the hour’s hottest political battle and potential candidates.
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Boston
Sunday Post
Seaside hotel letter hints at early morning plans
A letter from Ma Stubblegrass-Henry at the seaside hotel mentions an appointment at 3:30 a.m. and a resolve to write, praising Hank for maintaining his farm habit of early rising, with Pa Stubblegrass-Good! approving the habit.
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Ma Stubblegrass
Henry
Pa Stubblegrass
Hank
Those Childish Questions From Eddie Mamma
A playful exchange about why a hotel keeper is called a proprietor and the humor in polite speech. Parent and child contrast terms doute with a joke about highwayman.
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Eddie
Wife testifies husband threatened to cut off her nose
Rebecca Blandman told Judge Gaskill that her husband in Suffolk divorce proceedings threatened to cut off her nose to make her ugly. She said they married in Boston in October 1901, she traveled from Germany to meet him, he drank and beat her, and she left him. Decree nisi granted.
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Rebecca Blandman
Suffolk
Gaskill
Boston
Germany
Millionaire Hill to wed Wellesley inn matron Caroline Rogers
Brookline financier William H. Hill a 67 year old multi millionaire plans marriage to Caroline W. Rogers matron of the Wellesley Inn. Rogers says the wedding will occur when she can leave her post and ensure competent management of the inn.
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HILL
Wellesley Inn
William H. Hill
Brookline
Caroline W. Rogers
William Henry Hill
St. Paul’s Church
Miss Rogers
Mr. Hill
Post
Wellesley
Tramp Reunites With Ruth After Return to Old Life
A weary wanderer nicknamed Nick Melvin meets Ruth Bancroft on a dusty road. He recalls past crimes and vows redemption after Ruth offers food and water and hints at a lost fiancé in California. He resolves to change for her sake.
Two Subways for Cambridge Plan Proposed
Mayor Daly announced a plan for a two track subway from Harvard Square to Cambridge bridge and another through Cambridge street to Craigie bridge. The city would gain the option to buy the system after 20 years, with terms to be offered at the City Council meeting next Tuesday evening.
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Harvard Square
Cambridge Bridge
Cambridge Street
Craigie Bridge
Steachton
Woman of uncertain name held at Cambridge Police Station
A mentally affected woman, believed to be Maude Smith, was brought to Cambridge Central Square Police Station after she asked where she lives and who she is. She could not recall her home and claimed her husband is Fred Smith. She is described as about 30 years old, small with sharp features, black hair, wearing a white shirtwaist, black skirt, black hat and raincoat.
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Ruth
Ruth Bancroft
Joe
Nick Melvin
California
Cambridge
Central Square
Maude Smith
Fred Smith
Pure cider has more alcohol than beer
Washington October 20 internal revenue commissioner Yerkes says pure cider runs as high as 8 percent alcohol while beer is about 3 percent. He notes cider sold under that name cannot be disturbed but mixing with whiskey or other substances may invite government action against the dealer.
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Washington
Internal Revenue
Yerkes
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