Post Publishing Co Daily and Sunday issue details 1909
The text presents subscription rates for daily and Sunday Post publications from October 21 1909 including prices for 1 year 3.00 six months 1.50 and 3 months 25 cents. It notes Canada copy price 6 cents and that all money sent at sender's risk with checks payable to Post Publishing Company. Contact details and offices listed in Boston Massachusetts and editor EB A Grozier identified as publisher.
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Post Publishing Co
Washington St
Boston
Maas
The
Sunday Post
Canada
Post Publishing Company
EB. A. Grozier
Local YMCA Building Fund Reaches Over Two Hundred Thousand
Within the last 24 hours a donation of $35,000 boosts the YMCA building fund to more than $200,000 as the canvass aims for $500,000. Officials urge broad public support noting the movement is popular and relies on many small contributions alongside featured subscriptions.
Misconception on Harriman Succession in Railroading
The piece argues Edwin Hawley and his allies own control of the Missouri, Kansas & Texas railroad but denies Hawley will succeed E H Harriman. It states Harriman cannot be replaced and cites legal and historical limits preventing any single figure from duplicating Harriman’s career.
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Edwin Hawley
Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railroad
Mr. Hawley
ER. H. Harriman
Harriman
Who Was It Mayor Hibbard Alleged Offer Sparks Probe
The article alleges Mayor Hibbard said he could have secured approval of board appointees long ago if he promised to appoint a friend of an alderman as assistant assessor. The piece urges naming the alderman or dropping the charge as a baseless City Hall yarn.
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Hibbard
Board of Assessors
A Debt We Can Never Fully Pay
The Post rejects a columnist's claim that veterans are overpaid. It argues Civil War soldiers who served and suffered for the nation cannot be fully compensated, no matter pension generosity, leaving a perpetual debt to scarred veterans.
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Post
Massachusetts Charities Conference Ends Seventh Session
The Massachusetts State Conference of Charities closes its seventh session with broad membership and active discussions on preventive medicine, sex hygiene, and social welfare problems. The conference aims to stimulate interest in issues facing public and private charitable organizations and has a record of practical achievement.
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Massachusetts State Conference of Charities
A Plea for a Name for Winthrop School
The Winthrop School Association asks the school committee to reopen the question of naming the new school in the Winthrop Brimmers district to retain the Winthrop name. It argues Governor Winthrop’s pioneer educational influence justifies keeping the name as a gracious public gesture.
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Winthrop School Association
Winthrop- Brimmers
Winthrop
Debutantes Night Adds New Feature to Boston Opera
A weekly debutantes night will showcase young American singers of exceptional promise at the Boston opera. Candidates will be selected from across the United States, creating a national, beneficent institution. The move aims to make Boston Opera a cultural influence in American music as grand opera has often been limited in this country.
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Boston Opera
United States
Grand Opera
Honest Campaign and Mass Political Sincerity Debate
A Massachusetts election essay argues the Democrats press real reform and honest campaigning against Republicans who urge voters to ignore national issues. It questions tariff and income tax positions, urging Massachusetts to influence Washington and denouncing partisan pettiness. The piece frames sincerity as the central contest.
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Massachusetts
Draper
Frothingham
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Washington
Republican Congress
Guild
Congress
Japanization in Korea Threatens Open Door Policy
The article warns that Korea is being rapidly Japaneseized as judges and officials are taken over, turning Korea into a de facto permanent protectorate. It argues that American and foreign business interests suffer from Japanese influence and that Japan may press to close Korea, risking Manchuria and the open door.
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Manchuria
United States
Korea
Japan
Pearys Proofs and a Doomed Romance in One Page
Peary's observation records have been submitted to the National Geographic Society for review amid the polar credit dispute with Dr. Cook. The piece notes the Copenhagen verdict may shape science's view, then recounts Raymond Pattersburger’s failed romance, a carbolic acid scare, and a magistrate's advice that better matches await elsewhere.
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Peary
National Geographic Society
Washington
Dr. Cook
North Pole
America
Copenhagen
Cook
All Sorts By Newton Newkirk Pome on a summer night crowd
A verse tale set in Joe’s tavern describes a hot June evening. A vagrant bum recites a harsh past involving fraud, art, and soap ads, ending with a jail sentence. The piece blends comic gossip with moral sting, closing with Haverhill and WHISKERETTES.
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Joe
Old Joe
Haverhill
Judge Moss Girl Garters Ruling Neatly Slams Memphis Theatres
Memphis jurist Judge Moss orders grand jury to sue every Memphis theatre allowing chorus girls to remove garters and toss them to men in the audience. The editorial argues garters are essential attire and removal undermines hosiery support, likening the act to a matinee idol tossing suspenders to admirers.
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Moss
Memphis
Tenn
Grand Jury
Hard Headed Proposition After Ames Building Fall
In a Wit and View column the writer quips about a man falling from the Ames building and landing headfirst while noting observers would see him as a hard headed proposition. The piece uses humorous dialect to question what passersby would deduce from such an improbable scene.
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Newt
Ames
Worcester
Loosetop
Skyscrapers Define New York Skyline in Early 20th Century
An observer notes Manhattan’s skyline dominated by 22 story Hanover Bank, Gillender, and American Surety towers near Nassau and Pine. The piece explains soaring growth driven by limited land, high prices, and Wall Street’s financial might since 1825, with crowds thronging streets at rush hour.
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New York
Island of
Manhattan
Nassau and
Pine Streets
Hanover Bank
Hanover National Bank
Capital
James T. Woodward
Nassau Street
Gillender Building
Manhattan Trust Company
New York City
Broadway
Pine Street
American Surety Building
American Surety Company, Capital
Henry D. Cryman
J. P. Morfan
Drexel
Broad and
Wall Streets
Mr. Morgan
J. P. Morgan & Co
Chambers Street
Financial District
Wall
Nassau Streets
Wall Street
Manhattan Trust Building
J. Pierpont Morgan
Broad Street
New England Hospital Mirth Sparks Stork Weather Vane Sight
A Boston scene near Roxbury shows a weather vane on the New England Hospital peaked as a giant stork drawing laughter. The piece notes tips, local social leaders, and events from East Boston to Chelsea, including Charles Berman's election at Ohel Jacob Synagogue, and coverage of community efforts in Wakefield and Cambridge.
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New England Hospital
Columbus Avenue
Dimock Street
Roxbury
Lkt
New York
Boston
Newton
Metropolis
Charles Berman
Camp Grady
Ohel Jacob
East
Berman
Massachusetts
United States
Sarah Louise Arnold
Simmons College
Mendelssohn Club
Chelsea
Ranger Arrives at Bermudas Sails for Boston Saturday
The Massachusetts training ship Ranger has arrived at the Bermudas and will sail for Boston on Saturday. All on board are reported well. The Cook Peary controversy has benefited the heirs of the late Co. B. Tillinghast. A State librarian sale of Arctic discovery books fetched high prices. Venus, Mars, and the Moon create a brilliant sky this October night.
First Inhabitants of Ireland and Legendary Races
Post Reader notes that before recorded history Ireland was peopled by Iberian or pre Aryan tribes. Irish legends recount invasions by five races: Nemedans, Firbolgs, Tuatha De Danann, and Milesians, all seemingly Celtic.
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Ireland
Western
Europe
Nemedans
Firbolgs
Tuatha de Dannan
View of the New Theatre Promised as World Remarkable
A tomorrow edition will publish a feature on the New Theatre noted as one of the most remarkable institutions of its kind globally. The piece emphasizes its unique architecture and cultural significance in the arts scene.
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New England
Raymond Pattersburger
Philadelphia-on-the-Map
Sarah Haley
Philadelphia
Raymond
Department of the Interior
Wagner
Newton Newkirk
Financial Centre
U. S. Sub-Treasury
Hiawatha
Osborne McConathy
Chelsea Public Schools
Boston Festival Orchestra
Western Avenue
Cambridge
Fifth Regiment
Veterans’ and Fire Members’ Association
Wakefield
State Armory
Essex Street
John A. Curtin
Philip Parker
Brook
Summit Avenue
Beacon Street
Walter Marston
Grove Street
Melrose
Arizona
Charles River
Craigie Bridge
Unity Lodge
Knights of Pythias
Brockton
King David Lodge
Joseph Sisonsky
Morse
Adams Square
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