Boston Post 1918 Subscription Rates and Notices
The Boston Post outlines daily and Sunday subscription prices for U S and Canada, foreign, and Canada rates, with postage notes and payment terms. It lists contact offices in Boston, editorial staff, and instructions to pay in advance and avoid sending cash or stamps.
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EB. A. Grozier
Pay Congress on Session Days Only
The Pittsburg Post argues paying lawmakers only while in session would keep them in session constantly. It suspects the nation benefits from periods when federal legislators are not working.
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Pittsburg
Congress
Boston steamship company forms to boost Southern trade
The Post reports a new Boston based steam ship company with capital of 1 000 000 organized to operate between Boston and Southern ports. The move is hailed as strengthening Boston’s marine trade and signaling a new era for the city’s commerce.
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Boston
Not a Verdict on Sulzer Trial Says Impeachment Vote
The statement by Sulzer friends claiming the court of impeachment’s nearly unanimous decision makes a guilty verdict probable is unfounded. The vote only affirmed legal and constitutional proceedings, not the final outcome, and lawyers should focus on a strong defense.
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Sulzer
Ireland Home Rule and UK Election Timing Discussed
The piece argues no special Irish concern over Home Rule, noting England’s stories about withholding assent until a general election are unlikely. It says Asquith’s government would not order a vote, and a royal veto by George V would trigger harmful consequences, with royal assent historically not withheld.
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Friends of Ireland
England
Asquith
Anne
George V
A Game of Politics in San Francisco
A political clash in San Francisco centers on Hetch Hetchy water rights and city factional power. The piece argues a pending election is used to push graft via Senate influence, with water power concessions valued, while noting San Francisco can source water elsewhere at lower cost.
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San Francisco
Senate
House
Hetch-Hetchy Valley
Milk discharge bonus proposal cited by Boston producers
To improve milk the offer of a leading Boston milk firm to pay a one cent per can bonus to producers scoring 65 percent on Boston Board of Health exams is seen as a practical incentive. The plan ties production quality to tangible dollars, encouraging better conditions and practices in the dairy industry.
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Boston
Boston Board of Health
Kansas
Plymouth
Milk supplier caps price despite farmers bonus
The company says it will not raise prices to consumers due to a farmers’ bonus. It expects higher patronage as its supply, about 65 percent, becomes known, though not acting from philanthropy but for profit.
Gardner Triumph Affects Massachusetts Gubernatorial Race
The Massachusetts primaries show Congressman Augustus P. Gardner defeating Colonel Everett C. Benton for the Republican nomination, signaling possible New Republican strength and a tough battle for Democrats led by Lieutenant-Governor Walsh. Gardner’s seasoned campaign and party support suggest a strong candidacy, while the Democratic win potential remains under evaluation. A lighter Kansas cyclone anecdote follows, poking fun at a playful storm’s mischief and not affecting statewide politics.
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Massachusetts
Augustus P. Gardner
Everett C. Benton
Boston
Gardner
Republican Party
Maine
Walsh
Bird
Commonwealth
Watermelon Eating Etiquette From A Quirky Note
A whimsical excerpt offers humorous guidance on eating watermelon, suggesting bizarre attire and a diving posture to savor a watermelon slice. It jokes about wearing a raincoat and life preserver, warns against swallowing seeds, and playfully notes seeds should be saved to plant next year.
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Newt
Percy
Supreme Court to settle white slave law dispute
Federal Judge Pollock in Wichita Kansas rules the Mann white slave law requires a commercial element to prove jurisdiction. He rejects the Diggs Caminetti approach and instructs acquittal unless the government shows a commercial purpose. The decision contrasts with Diggs Caminetti and awaits Supreme Court resolution.
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Wichita
Kansas
Diggs
Congress
Supreme Court of the United States
Son Indicted for Death of Roxbury Father
Edgar M. Brown 27 of 1 Magnolia Street Roxbury arraigned in Roxbury Court on manslaughter charge in death of his father. He was held in 250 dollar bond for the grand jury.
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Edgar M. Brown
Magnolia Street
Roxbury
All Sorts by Newton Newkirk
A humorous column urges readers to master speech to avoid talking past completion, framing eloquence as a practical virtue for daily conversation.
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Newton Newkirk
Observant Citizen notes odd poultry lore and local gossip
The column blends quips on a new buttercup breed in a poultry show with humorous asides about barnyard diets and egg handling. It recounts social news from Boston figures like James Moriarty and Henry Towle, plus a parade of local curiosities and benign civic notes.
Danger in Slashed Skirts and a Runaway Auto
A Lancaster area farmer confronts an 80 horsepower driver who veered into a yard, wrecked a fence and hen-house, and fought the farmer before being tossed into the road. Morals extol arbitration and diplomacy as life’s lubrication.
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Lancaster
Penn
Beach Road Contract Awarded for Salisbury Project
Newburyport Sept 23 The Massachusetts Highway Commission awarded the highway contract to Salisbury for building the road to Salisbury Beach and work will start immediately. The project signals the first step in rebuilding the summer resort area ruined by the recent fire.
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Newburyport
Salisbury Beach
Massachusetts Highway Commission
Salisbury
New Standard of Steamer Richmond Sets Trial Course
The new steamer Richmond left its anchorage off quarantine and began a trial trip. Corporation officials observed, and R. L. Hague of San Francisco with Captain Bridgett in command praised the vessel’s efficiency.
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Corporation
R. L. Hague
San Francisco
Bridgett
Franklin Union opens sixth season of evening classes
Registration last night at Franklin Union drew nearly 1000 men seeking instruction in mechanical and building trades. New classes added and several previous courses strengthened for the season.
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Franklin Union
New Books and Notes on Poets and Novels in Circulation
Dr Bridges the new poet laureate struggles with ordered verse as he drafts an ode for Prince Arthur of Connaught and the Dutchess of Fife. Sales leaders include Henry Harrison V V Eyes and Winston Churchill The Inside of the Cup. Lewis Jorsep Vance shifts to Joan Thursday with danger and drama, while Mrs Alice Meynell offers Dead Leaves from a new collection.
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Prince Arthur of
Connaught
Fife
America
Mr. Churchill
McHutchinson
Lewis Jorsep Vance
Joan Thursday
Alice Meynell
Little Glimpses of Mexico Devastated by Revolution
A brief feature depicts Mexico in upheaval with vivid vignettes of citizens in neighboring areas. The piece highlights upheaval and its impact on daily life through picturesque scenes of the republic and its people.
Legends and tourists cling to Cortes and Washington trees
The piece contrasts tourist belief in Washington at Cambridge’s elm with historians’ skepticism, then recounts Cortez’s siege of Tenochtitlan. It notes the elms and cypress trees tied to these pivotal moments, Cortes’s desperate escape and Alvarado’s daring leap, and the enduring Civilizational lore surrounding these sites.
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Cambridge
New England
City of
Mexico
Cortez
Tion
Montezuma
Vera Cruz
Alvarado
Mother Eve Leads Natural Wardrobe In Forest Tale
A whimsical vignette describes Eve fashioning a home made apron from fig leaves and bark. Adam admires her practical outfit as critics mock fashionable vanity, while the tale laments defamation of modesty and praises plain, sensible attire.
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Adam
France
Eve
Walt Mason
Freight street railway granted in Weymouth
Weymouth leaders grant Bay State Street Railway Company a franchise to run freight cars within town limits by 2 to 5 vote, completing a line from Boston to Hingham spanning 18 miles for freight service.
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Weymouth
Bay State Street Railway Company
Street Railway Company
Boston
Hingham
Raise Wrecked Launch Finds No Bodies
Bridgeport reporters say the torpedo boat launch McCall was raised near the lighthouse after being crushed and sunk by the tug Seaboard. A ragged hole amidships was found on the launch, and no bodies of sailors Preston Chute Alfreda E Sheehan and John P Russell were recovered.
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Conn
McCall
Seaboard
Preston Chute
Alifrea E. Sheehan
John P. Russell
Boy Drowns While Saving His Hat
A local tragic note tells of a boy who drowned while attempting to save his hat. The item appears amid a Sunday Post Magazine feature titled Madcap by George Gibbs, who is credited as both writer and artist.
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Waterville
Ralph Pouilotte
Napoleon Poullotte
George Gibbs
Sunday Post
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