Subscriptions and notices for The Boston Post
The ad lists daily and Sunday subscription rates for one year six months and three months with various cents values. It notes subscribers must provide current and future addresses and that all money is risked by sender. Orders paid in advance. notices of discontinuation on expiration. editor and publisher EB Grozier listed.
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Essescsezer
THE
Sunday Post
New York
Boston Post
EB. A. Grozier
Public Expenditure Scandal Targets Double Salaries
The piece condemns unlawful double salaries in state administration under Republican control. It argues a long standing law forbids more than one Commonwealth salary and warns that allowing perquisites invites extravagance and corruption. It calls for full public disclosure of Bristow and Bona parte findings and wider accountability.
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State House
Gaston
Commonwealth
Bates
Jordan Hall Dedicated to Boston Music Center
Through Eben D. Jordan's generosity Boston gains Jordan Hall at the New England Conservatory of Music. The dedication Tuesday evening drew musicians, educators, and art lovers to a hall praised for its beauty and acoustic excellence, with a superb organ noted as unsurpassed in the country. The gift enhances Boston’s standing as a national musical center.
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Eben D. Jordan
Boston
New England
Jordan Hall
New England Conservatory of Music
United States
Jordan
Supreme Court ruling on private drunkenness sparks alarm
A Massachusetts Supreme Court decision holds Annie Conlin of North Adams guilty of drunkenness even when drinking privately at home. The piece argues the ruling should not curb private hospitality and cautions about warrants and police entry.
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Supreme Court
Annie Conlin
North Adams
Emmons
Queen of the Fleet Missouri Tops Speed Test Off Coast
The battleship Missouri shattered previous records, reaching speeds near 1814 knots per hour in a measured test off the coast. Ranging top speeds suggest ongoing naval design advances, with the Missouri hailed as superior to the Kearsarge yet noted as potentially obsolete before any combat use.
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Missouri
Postmaster-General Sacks Four Postal Officials
The Postmaster-General removed four postal employees, three in Washington and one in New York, after previously dismissing such concerns as hot air. The moves signal a strong shift toward rooting out rottenness in the department and removing placeholders.
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Bristow
Washington
Bonaparte
Department
White House
Payne
Rascals
New York
General Payne
Rascality
Postal Service
Henry Irving arrives in New York for Dante opening
Sir Henry Irving and his company reach New York on the Atlantic Transport Line from London. He denies this is his farewell tour and expresses regret that Miss Ellen Terry is not with the troupe. He rejects the claim that the English press is against American plays, saying they judge plays on merit regardless of origin.
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New York
Sir Henry Irving
Players
Broadway
Sardou
Moreaus
Dante
London
Sir Henry
Ellen Terry
England
Asking L to Hold the Cars on Battery Street
An East Boston business man questions why electric cars waiting to board the East Boston ferry routinely depart as soon as the boat lands, leaving or delaying passengers. He urges the Boston Elevated Railway to address and rectify the conduct, noting it inconveniences travelers and businesspeople.
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Battery Street
East Boston
Boston Post
Post
Boston Elevated
EAST
A Formal Letter Urges Fines for Cigar Smoker Nuisance
A Boston reader complains about men lighting cigars in closed streetcars endangering air quality. The writer calls such conduct cruel and selfish, argues for conductor intervention and a $100 fine, and suggests harsh labels for offenders.
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Boston
England
Worcester
Ae F. W. Goodwin
Talbot Replies Over Brookline Street Buildings Width Dispute
George N Talbot letters the Boston Post denying refusals to remove building parts on Harvard street Brookline. He cites selectmen actions making removal impossible and says litigation follows rather than merits discussion.
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The
Boston Post
Harvard Street
Brookline
George N. Talbot
Butterfly Existence and Dental Banter in a Patchy Page
A fragmenting column mixes a poem about a free butterfly with a sardonic portrayal of a Northeastern Dental Association convention in New England. The satire mocks dental procedures and the fear of Pyorrhea Alveolaris, ending with a humorous crowd call and a Maine potato weigh-in from Augusta.
Pollock Lectures on The Scales of Justice at Harvard
Sir Frederick Pollock spoke at Harvard for the second time on The Scales of Justice tracing the rise of common law in Edward I’s era and the beginnings of modern courts. He contrasted insularity with continental influence and praised practical English traits in legal development.
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Harvard University
Frederick Pollock
England
Edward I
Common Law
Purdy
Sir Frederick Pollock
Harvard
Box seats at Globe Theatre for Captain Barrington
Forbes Robertson Gertrude Elliott and Frank Daniels occupied boxes at Mr Charles Richmans Captain Barrington at the Globe Theatre yesterday afternoon. Ladies from Concord and Lexington, direct descendants of Revolutionary heroes, attended and praised the play. Charlestown City Guards appeared in full uniform at the evening performance with officers in boxes.
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Forbes Robertson
Gertrude Elliott
Frank Daniels
Charles Richman
Captain Barrington
Globe Theatre
Concord
Lexington
Charlestown
Observant Citizen notes park statuary and civic life
The piece describes a cleaning of a state house statue changing color, pleasant October days in Boston parks, and Back Bay residents using Public Garden benches. It mentions a forthcoming Horton talk, a highway proposal from Copley Square to Broadway, and local anecdotes about hats and street life.
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Hooker
State House Park
Boston
Back Bay
Doogue
Copley Square
Broadway Bridge
Back
L Street
Bath House
Waeer
Mrs Potter Palmer in Paris Feels Typhoid Crisis Imminent
Paris doctors report typhoid fever symptoms are unmistakable at the bedside of Mrs Potter Palmer and the crisis is expected early next week in Chicago dispatches.
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Chicago
Potter Palmer
Paris
Notable Social Notices Across Boston Area
Baroness Von Kettler visits Mrs. James McMillan at Eagle Head Manchester. Sedgwick couple plan Nov 5 Europe trip with Henry Sedgwick. Stockbridge cottage to close. Hills heads to San Francisco for bankers’ convention. Matheson in Europe visiting France Germany England and Switzerland before early November return. Clarence Hill of Malden and Alice Robinson of Providence announce engagement. Rev. Alexander Blackburn invited to Salem First Baptist Church. Perry couple to California from Stockbridge. Mrs Doane hosted them at Willow Grove. Farnham of Beverly as division engineer on Canton Samshui railway project. former Cuba and Philippines service. Mrs. Poole of Ohio hosting Rev. and Mrs. Welles of Lowell. Higginson expands North Shore estate. Lyford’s Hill property bought. Saltonstall buys Calbin Putnam farm. Oliver Iselin joins daughter Fanny in Lenox. Demers brothers visiting from Berlin Falls. Solon Stevens to lecture in Nashua. Codmans arrive in Boston for winter after Beverly Farms visit. Chief Master at Arms Benjamin Schreiber in Lawrence. Monadnock ship at Brooklyn yard. enlistment expires Dec 19.
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Baroness von Kettler
James McMillan
Eagle Head
Manchester
Alexander Sedgwick
Europe
William Matheson
Waltham
Switzerland
France
Germany
England
Clarence E. Hill
Malden
Alice H. Robinson
Providence
Robinson
BE. A. Robinson
North Attleboro
Boston
William Edward Doane
Willow Grove
Charles H. Farnham
Beverly
American China Development Company
Canton-Samshui
Farnham
Cuba
Philippines
Panama
T. J. Gregg
Wenham Depot
Poole
Ohio
T. Clayton Welles
Lowell
American Missionary Association
Cleveland
Marie Welles Clapp
Jackson
Mich
Oliver Iselin
New York
Fanny Iselin
Lenox
Albert Demers
Cawrence
Frank
Berlin Falls
N. H
Solon W. Stevens
Matthew Thornton
Nashua
Alfred Codman
Amory Elliott
Beverly Farms
Benjamin Schreiber
Lawrence
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Debutante Miss Alison Haughton in Fashion Spotlight
Miss Alison Haughton of Brookline, sister of Lawrence Haughton of the Somerset Club, appears among the smart set wearing a plain dark gray tailor gown with full skirt, a short Russian blouse coat, and a black gray toque, noted for chatalgne coloring and refined carriage.
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Alison Haughton
Brookline
Lawrence Haughton
Somerset Club
Chatalgne
Blue Rose Miracle Transforms Mollie’s Greenhouse
Mollie Hume inherits a greenhouse and discovers a bottle with a mysterious liquid that turns roses blue. A fortune seems possible when a single blue bloom appears and a crucial prescription is misplaced, risking the bloom’s hue. The story ends with Mollie hailed for her unique bridal bouquet of genuine blue roses.
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Mollie Hume
Mollie
Seek L extension hearing on elevated line to Forest Hills
Informal session before railroad commissioners at 20 Beacon Street heard West Roxbury residents urge the elevated structure extension to Forest Hills Square. Speakers included Jean P. Nickerson and Lemuel J. Peters outlining access, congestion on Dudley Street, and real estate interests backing faster center-city service. Commissioners pledged to issue an official response soon.
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Beacon Street
Roslindale
Forest Hills Square
Jean P. Nickerson
Summer Street
West Roxbury
Boston
Lemuel J. Peters
Francis A. Morse
Sherwin School
Dudley Street
Benjamin W. Lane
Senator Lodge Sails London for New York Trip
Senator Lodge and Mrs Turner depart London for Liverpool to board the Cedric bound for New York. Senator Turner accompanies them on the trip.
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Senator Lodge
Senator Turner
London
Senators Lodge
Turner
Liverpool
Cedric
New York
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Arsostook County
E. A. Horton
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East Lexington
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Thomas G. Stevenson
Roxbury
Vine Street Chapel
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Glee Club
William WN. Olin
Billy O’linn
Tek
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Chelsea
Bioston &Northern Railroad
Gas Company
Brich
Boston Americans
Pittsburg
Jimmy Collins
Maurice J. Herlihy
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Boston College
Smoky City
Guffey
State Street
Seee
Louis B. Zeter
New Jersey
Tammany
Mrs. Potter Palmer
Comer’s College Bookkeeping
Washington St
Cor. Beach
Henry Lee Higginson
North Shore
West Manchester
Francis JL. Higginson, Jr
Elbridge Dodge
Lyford’s Hill
Wenham
John Saltonstall
Calvin Putnam
Wenham Lake
John C. Phillips
Ida Winship Rand
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