The Boston Post 1913 Subscription Rates and Notice
The snippet lists the Boston Post daily and Sunday edition pricing for one year six months and other terms, plus contact and address details. It notes the paper is entered as second class matter at the Boston post office, policy on stamps, and subscriptions.
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Sunday Post
Canada
Boston
Postoffice
Poston
Wass
Post Publishing CO
Newedealer Ox Newsday
Plese
Ua Postal
B. A. Grozier
Self supporting students at Columbia earn record sums
Columbia University reports its self supporting students earned 120000 in the last academic year and 1113587 over 14 years. Five hundred students are self supporting and Barnard girls contributed 1198 during the last vacation. The system, officials say, does not harm scholarship.
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Columbia University
Barnard
Uncle Sam opens Fort Peck lands to settlers in Montana
Federal land note explains Fort Peck Indian reservation will offer plots with a Sept. 23 drawing for settlers. It argues the lands, though vast and sparsely productive now, hold future value through irrigation and modernization as millions press for space. Alaska holds much land, yet much is rocky and arid.
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Fort Peck
Montana
Uncle Sam
Alaska
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Filth and Typhoid in South Norwalk Milk Supply
A typhoid outbreak in South Norwalk is linked by the Board of Health to milk from a can washed on a farm yard heap polluted by decaying fish heads and garbage. One farm worker died of typhoid, spotlighting the danger of unclean milk and the need for vigilance.
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South Norwalk
Connecticut
Board of Health
A More Generous Policy For American Refugees In Mexico
The Washington government expands consular powers to remove Americans from danger in Mexico and pledges full support for their safety. It urges first class transport for refugees and rejects reimbursement objections as unnecessary, noting President Huerta’s readiness to provide passage if U S authorities hesitate.
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Mexico
Washington
Huerta
United States
The New Dances and Calcutta Dance Prohibition
Public dancing exhibitions valued as American art meet resistance in Calcutta where police warn a female expert may be barred. The notice cites the prestige of English women among locals and suggests objections to the display, though the reasoning remains inconclusive.
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Calcutta
East origin of tango and eccentricities noted
The speaker argues that tango and other quirks originate in the East and may be esoteric but are not extravagant. Any trouble on this issue should be attributed to European rather than American civilization.
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Dorchester Bay
City Point
New England
Marblehead
Federal help for roads faces slow take up
Federal aid of 500000 for road building requires each state to match dollar for dollar. Only Oregon Iowa and Alabama accepted terms while others balk at doubling spending or surrendering supervision. Work has begun via counties and townships with twenty rural routes in fifteen states. The effort aims to spur local effort despite limited funds.
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Oregon
Iowa
Alabama
Justice speed in Canada Thaw case mirrors US delays
The piece argues that British swift justice is contrasted with delays in the United States and Canada. It notes ingenuity in using legal procedure to delay verdicts, while stressing the presiding judge must curb abuse. It suggests the value of fair judgment over brisk punishment.
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United States
Canada
Open car keeps role in Boston transit plan
The Boston Record argues the open car is essential for both rapid commuting and summer pleasure rides. It warns the Elevated Railway should retain a significant fleet of open cars to avoid harming a profitable leisure business and to prevent public alienation.
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Boston Record
Professor at Brown Dead in Maine Hospital
Thurston M. Photteplace professor of mechanical engineering at Brown University Providence died at the Maine General Hospital after an operation for carbuncle. He had been visiting at his wife's family home for about three weeks. He was 36 years old and is survived by his widow and one child.
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Portland
Thurston M. Photteplace
Brown University
Providence
Maine General Hospital
Westinghouse Baby Christening Held in Lenox
Aubrey Harold Westinghouse, born March 4, was christened at Trinity Church Lenox at 4 PM. Rev Arthur J. Gammack officiated. Sponsors included Mr and Mrs George Westinghouse Jr. Attendees included Mr and Mrs Paul Wadsworth, Dr and Mrs William W. Vandenburg, Mrs William M. Groff, Miss Dorothy Groff, and Alexander Uptegraff.
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LENOX
Aubrey Harold Westinghouse
George Westinghouse, Jr
Trinity Church
Arthur J. Gammack
Paul Wadsworth
William WW. Vandenburg
William M. Groff
Dorothy Groff
Alexander Uptegraff
Police bar Charlton murder film in Como protest
Italian police block a cinematograph depiction of the Charlton murder citing risk of morbid curiosity ahead of Porter Charlton’s pending trial for allegedly killing his wife and casting her into Lake Como.
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Police Bar
Charlton
Como
Italy
Porter Charlton
Ving
Lake Como
All Sorts by Newton Newkirk Flat Request
A poem requests a four room flat with a kitchenette and balcony. It specifies climate control, a rear lawn, front trees, quiet neighbors, and bans pets and loud children. The speaker offers 15 dollars monthly and warns against overreliance on safety pins or suspenders.
Judge rules husband cannot search wife's pockets without consent
In Tewksbury versus Tewksbury a Chicago judge ruled that a husband has no right to search his wife's pockets without permission. The plaintiff claimed the husband stole money and items from her clothing while she slept. The court ordered restitution and cautioned against future pocket searches.
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Chicago
Tewksbury
Mr. Tewksbury
Primitive man in Maine woods wings from birch bark
Jeremiah Pennwhizz reports in All Sorts relief expedition about a Boston artist Joseph Knowles living primitively in Maine. He describes foraging jelly, berries, a bee tree honey haul, and attempting flight with birch bark wings, in a reflective, humorous travelogue.
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Joseph Knowles
Boston
Maine
Jeremiah Pennwhizz
Observant Citizen Reports From Cape Ann And Nearby
The column notes diverse vignettes from Cape Ann and surroundings, including a Jamaican Plain clergyman’s bear sightings in Maine and New Brunswick, lobster law enforcement efforts, and local incidents. It mentions a Gloucester baker shipping pilot bread to Seattle, carrier pigeons in Quincy, Maine relics to Biddeford, and police lamplighting duties in Boston. It also covers garden closures at the William Spaulding estate, river safety near Nantasket steamers, and a Plymouth harbor appropriation tied to Governor Foss. Weather and beach curiosities near Lynn Beach close the slice.
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Gloucester
Cape Ann
Seattle
Vera Cruz Through Ages A Port Of War And Sanitation
Vera Cruz the Mexican sea port has long stood in history from Cortez landing to Diaz final exodus. The city grew with Spanish treasure and later faced French seizure English looting and General Scott’s momentous landing. Diaz fled to Biarritz in 1911 and turns eighty three on the eve of his birthday amid enduring support.
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Vera Cruz
John Lind
Wilson
Huerta
Tropics
Orizaba
Mexico
Nando Cortez
Cortez
Spain
Madrid
Scott
Porfirio Diaz
Tampico
Biarritz
Man Declares Victory Then Swims Ashore in Disgust
Jeremiah Penn Whizz recounts finding success and swimming to shore in disgust, marveling that birds can fly without cheating. The odd confession frames a terse, quotable moment from a likely exploratory account.
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Jeremiah Penn
Suffolk Law School Evening Department Four Year Course
Suffolk Law School offers a four year evening program with classes three evenings a week at 7 30 p m and 9 30 p m divisions. Tuition is 60 dollars a year and attendance can be in either division. Registration on Tuesdays and Fridays from 6 80 p m until 6 p m the following day. Dean Gleason Learc LL B presided at the event.
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Suffolk Law School
Gleason Learc LL. B
Beemept
Bogen
Hase
Hydrant Juice by Walt Mason
A humorous verse where the speaker extols water from the village pump over myriad drinks from Aspin wall to Nome. He mocks soda fountains as costly and argues water is the best thirst quencher, noting Wash for seven languages and praising its affordability and health.
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Aspinwall
Broken Bow
Nome
Liz
Adam
Walt Mason
George Matthew Adams
Roosevelt portrait as a slick typewriter operator
An admirer recalls Theodore Roosevelt as the slickest typewriter operator in the country. He describes Roosevelt at the machine, slamming into rapid keystrokes while brooding and scowling, a signature intensity matching his speaking pace.
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Theodore Roosevelt
Side pleating leads fashion in rich hair arrangements
The description notes a fashionable side pleating arrangement for hair. Dark messaline petticoats feature six inch wide Bulgarian embroidery bands, highlighting ornamental style and textile trim.
Fads and fashions wrap lines echo Japanese influence
Paragraphs describe afternoon and evening wraps with silver buttons, tartan plaids, trimmed hats of flowered taffeta, black chiffon bindings, and petticoats with deep lace flounces. White frocks are paired with black sashes, white mousseline de soie frocks, and belts worn loosely at the waist.
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T. M. Photteplace
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Newton Newkirk
Chauncey J. Hawkins
Jamaica Plain
New Brunswick
John Minihan
Quincy
Fa Joseph H. Cote
Biddeford
Cote
Rockport
Buy 'Tnase
New Haven
Vic
Federal Public Health Board
Pride's Crossing
William Spaulding
Spauldings
Sunset Rock
North Shore
E. H. Davis
Nantasket
Old Colony
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Plymouth
George M. Harlow
Foss
Harlow
Plymouth Harbor
Senate
Board of Labor and Industries
Robert Turner
Hoyt
Lynn Beach
Swampscott
Panama
Her
Underwood & Underwood
New York
Walt
Waltham Watch Co
Waltham
Kingsley Watch Service
Kingsley Witch
Watch and Diamond Shop
City Hall Avenue
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