Honolulu Highways and Hawaiian History Reflections
The article tours Honolulu streets with royal palms and tropical flora, contrasts bungalow and New England styles, then shifts to Hawaii’s early settlement. It covers Polynesian voyages from Savaii, Norse exploration, and the 1555 sighting by Juan Gaetano before Captain Cook’s noted voyage.
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New England
Hawaii
Hawaiian Islands
Kamehameha
Coral Isles
South Seas
Aleutian Islands
America
Japan
Captain Cook
Spain
North Atlantic
North American
South Sea Islands
Pacific
Savaii
Oahu
Samoa
Juan Gaetano
Hawaii Islands
Boston Post September 7 1912 front page note
The Boston Post issue dated September 7 1912 from Boston Massachusetts lists title pages and publication details. It provides the paper’s office address at 259 Washington Street and notes circulation and issue number for the daily edition.
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Post Publishing Co
Washington St
Boston
Mass
Post subscriptions and pricing policy outlined
The notice lists rates for Daily and Sunday Post subscriptions including one year 3.00 six months 1.50 three months 0.75 two months 0.60 and one month 0.30 with domestic and foreign per copy charges. It warns postage extra in the Boston district and instructs sending payments by checks or money orders to the Post Publishing Company along with editorial and business office addresses.
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Ada
Lle
Boston
Postoffice
Post Publishing Company
RB. A. Grozfer
Boston Post Claims Largest Newspaper Plant in New England
Quote from Robert Hoe lauds Boston Post ownership of the biggest newspaper printing plant in New England and the largest press in the world, highlighting the paper's industrial scale and prominence.
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Independent Democratic Paper
New England
Boston Post
Robert Hoe
R. Hoe & Co
Alls Fair in War as Italians Demand Turkish War Costs
A diary-like reflection notes Italy detaining thousands of Turkish guests as prisoners of war and plans to bill Turkey for bed and board, suggesting the tactic would profit a private boarding house but jeopardize the Italian government.
A Valuable Gift for Harvard Library Growth
Plans for a new Harvard library to replace Gore Hall promise spacious housing for a premier collection and enhanced campus beauty. The project notes Gore Hall with its spindling spires and frail ornament, once mocked by a Harvard Lampoon poet. Mrs. George D. Widener’s donation will enrich and beautify the university.
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Gore Hall
Harvard
College Yard
Harvard Lampoon
George D. Widener
Dead as a doornail in debates on life and a needle
The article relays medieval theologians debating how many angels stand on a needle tip and Professor Schaeffer questioning if a thing never alive can be dead. It notes common usage like death as a closing act and phrases such as dead as a doornail. The piece ends with the paradox that the issue is dead though Schaeffer argues otherwise.
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Schaeffer
The Split in Pennsylvania Roils Republican Ranks
A rift in Pennsylvania's GOP grows as National Chairman Hilles demands Roosevelt electors resign from the ticket. He denounces the slate as disorganized and says most of the 38 electors refuse to pledge to President Taft, signaling a major party division.
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Pennsylvania
Hilles
Republican National Committee
State Committee
Roosevelt
Tafi
Republi
Pennsylvania Party Declares Breakup After Refusal to Quit
A party leader urges resignations and warns of court appeal to remove holdovers in Pennsylvania. The split is described as sad and formal proclamation cites consequences of the division.
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Pennsylvania
Hotel labor troubles and fair conduct in unions
The Post comments on hotel worker strikes in Boston and New York, praising reasonable union tactics. It urges workers to present concrete demands, allow management response, and maintain agreements while seeking shorter hours higher wages and better conditions.
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Boston
New York
Post
Dramatic Bridal Hall Turn as Impostor Count Exposed
The Princess rejects a presumed marriage to Count de Stingo while Dartagin, in disguise, pretends to be the noble. The surgeon nears as the crowd gasps and Cartagin frantically plans an escape before the guillotine. The scene ends with a cliffhanger awaiting Monday.
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Count de Stingo
Dartagin
Cartagin
Proboscis
de Stingo
Dart-agin
Count de Stinge
Elimination of Waste in Farm Product Marketing
The New York Progressive platform backs state supervision of farm product markets. California will vote on a referendum for state control with municipal markets possible. The article argues that eliminating handling waste saves money and reduces reliance on middlemen, urging reformers to study waste-reduction in farm-to-consumer supply chains.
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New York
California
A Fitting Memorial for Salvation Army Founder
The article advocates a fitting memorial for the Salvation Army founder and commander Bramwell Booth proposes a college as the memorial. It argues the college would serve humanity and reflect the Army’s duty to service, emphasizing knowledge and training for social and religious work.
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Salvation Army
Army
Bramwell Booth
Asia Minor Delegates to Attend World Commerce Congress
Fourteen delegates from Asia Minor Constantinople Smyrna Athens and Cairo will attend the World Congress of Chambers of Commerce on Sept. 24 at the headquarters of the Chamber of Commerce. Trade relations between Turkey and Europe have been strained though limited commerce with the United States continues. The arrival signals a rising interest among Asian Minor merchants in American opportunities.
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Asia Minor
Chamber of Commerce
International Congress of Chambers of Commerce of the World
Constantinople
Smyrna
Athens
Cairo
Turkey
Europe
United States
Premier Borden Returns to Canada After British Isles Visit
Premier Robert L. Borden arrives in Quebec aboard the Allan Line steamer Victorian with his wife and Postmaster General Pelliter. Crowds greet him at City Hall as he plans several stops en route to Ottawa with welcomed receptions in multiple cities.
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Borden
Canada
Quebec
Pelliter
Robert L. Borden
British Isles
Ottawa
State police appoint two new inspectors from civl service
Governor Foss selected Herbert E. Mitchell of Worcester and William S Murray of Lynn from the civil service list for state police posts. Mitchell becomes boiler inspector in the district police inspection department to replace retired Joseph H. McNeil, while Murray serves as fire inspector replacing Joseph V. Daly who moves to the detective division.
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Governor Foss
Herbert E. Mitchell
Worcester
William S&s. Murray
Lynn
Civl
Mr. Mitchell
Joseph H. McNeil
Mr. Murray
Joseph V. Daly
Education Poem Encourages Diligent Study
A school themed verse urges steady study and good behavior. It warns against wild winter running and mockery of teachers, stressing that learning is its own reward and punishment for not keeping to class. The piece closes by praising school as essential for education.
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T. A. Daly
The Wind Blows Where Listeners Gather Says Sphinx
A playful proverb from the Sphinx notes wind shifts with listeners, contrasting the quiet breeze that moves freely with the chatty speaker who travels where ears are. The saying hints at how attention shapes influence and direction.
Cousins Marriage Seen Through Public Letter
A reader writes J.8.d. about loving a cousin and asks for views on cousin marriage. The response notes mixed outcomes, questions public fear of unsound offspring, and cites royal marriages as counters, arguing elites take risks just as common couples might.
Union sues over imitation union label on shoes
John F. Tobin, president of the Boot and Shoe Workers' Union, files in the Superior Court to enjoin Samuel Cohen, a wholesale dealer, from using a stamp imitating the union label on shoes.
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John F. Tobin
Boot & Shoe Workers’ Union
Samuel Cohen
Cohen
Arbitration committee finds no compensation for Boston worker
The first report under the workmen's compensation act favors neither party in the dispute of John Gorman of Boston versus Fidelity and Casualty Co. The committee, with Joseph A. Parks and John L. Donovan, rules the eye injury occurred in a quarrel with another worker and not in the course of Gorman's employment.
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Compensation Commission
John Gorman
Boston
Fidelity and Casualty Company of
New York
Coughlin & Shields
Winter Street
Joseph A. Parks
John L. Donovan
George Warner Buck
Gorman
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