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The notice lists Daily U S and Canada rates for various periods including one year three dollars, six months one fifty, three months seventy five cents, and one month two cents. It covers Sunday Post, foreign and Canada per copy charges, postage within the Boston district, and payment instructions with checks or money orders payable to POST PUBLISHING CO.
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Dalily
U. S
Canada
Od Sian «Co
Sunday Post
Boston
Post
Mays
Post Publishing CO
Silly and impractical advisers urge war to force peace in Europe
The President rejects calls from self styled advisers to abandon diplomacy and take steps to compel European nations to end the war. They argue for drastic action beyond diplomatic efforts. The piece questions whether such advocates actually want the United States drawn into a European conflict.
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United States
Europe
Milk and Baby Hygiene Association Needs 23000 At Once
The Milk and Baby Hygiene Association of this city warns its milk stations will close unless $23,000 is raised immediately. The appeal urges strong public support and asks contributions go to F Abbot Goodhue, finance committee chair, at the First National Bank in Boston.
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F. Abbot Goodhue
Association
First National Bank
Boston
British Ambassador Attacks German Activities Claim
Sir Cecil Spring Rice accuses German organizations in the United States of preparing for warlike steps against Canada if the Allies lose. He urges the State Department to investigate. The piece dismisses the claim as a spook and says Germans here have no such plan and would be stopped by U.S. military power.
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Cecil Spring- Rice
State Department
United States
Canada
Kronprinzess Cecelie transfer scene off Maine coast
North German Lloyd seeks federal permission to move the Kronprinzess Cecelie from Bar Harbor to Portland. Mariners would face a difficult voyage within the three mile limit to avoid British capture as the liner is not a canoe according to its captain.
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Lloyd
Kronprinzess
Cecelie
Bar Harbor
Portland
Maine
Primary reflections on party voters and preferred lists
The piece critiques Republican contemporaries blaming the primary system after Tuesday's state primaries. It argues voters showed good sense by defeating the preferred list of candidates and notes a disheartening implication that rank and file are trusted for conventions but not for nominations.
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Anen
Best argument against it and old conventions
The speaker questions what truly opposes the measure and whether long standing party rules always elevate the most capable. The text probes whether entrenched bosses and conventions consistently select the salt of the political earth.
Lodge Sees Unyielding War Aim and Neutrality
Senator Henry Cabot Lodge returns from Europe with a clear message that the war will end decisively with either German victory or Allied success. He asserts no peace that leaves Europe as it was and urges strict American neutrality toward all belligerents, praising President Wilson for maintaining an even and honest stance.
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Henry Cabot Lodge
Senator Lodge
Europe
Germany
France
England
Russia
Great Britain
Ireland
Belgium
Lodge
United States
Wilson
Logic and Hypocrisy in War Time Debate
The letterish critique challenges Herman Ridder of the New York Staats Zeitung for attacking American opinion while ignoring graft and corruption in New Haven railway affairs and other abuses. It questions the relevance of German acts in Belgium to American moral standing and warns that brutality abroad mirrors domestic corruption.
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Herman Ridder
New York Staats Zeitung
Ridder
New Haven
Parkhursts
Dr. Parkhurst
Belgium
America
The Open Markets Open Under Mayor Curley Plan
Open markets backed by Mayor Curley aim to draw large crowds while novelty lasts. The venture depends on offering real bargains versus regular markets where home delivery and ordering are easier. Parcel post plans failed as farmers held to city prices. markets must provide true value to survive.
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Curley
Post Office Department
Fire Commissioner Announces Four Transfers
Fire Commissioner Grady announced four transfers: Lt Morris L. Galvin from Ladder 24 to Engine 6, Lt Thomas J. Hines from Engine 6 to Ladder 24, Hoseman Solomon F. Aaron from Engine 4 to Engine 6, and Hoseman Walter E. Struble from Engine 6 to Engine 4. He also noted Mayor Curley’s request that city employees pay all poll taxes due by December 1.
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Grady
Morris L. Galvin
Thomas J. Hines
Solomon FE. Aaron
Walter E. Struble
Curley
Dee. 1
Watermelon Etiquette and Arctic Feats Recap
A humorous letter about eating watermelons without swimming is followed by James Whitcomb Riley verse and a detailed account of Lt. J. B. Lockwood’s Arctic southward trek. The piece notes Greely’s expedition, the 1882 Far North latitude record, and the added Greenland coast mileage.
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England
Hall of Fame
Lockwood
Adolphus W. Greely
Fifth
United States Cavalry
Congress
Lady Franklin Bay
David L. Brainard
Second Cavalry
Thorlip Frederik Christiansen
Capes May
Britannia
Beaumont
Greenland
Cape May
Cape Washington
A Candy Talk With Celeste Heritage of a Sweet Tooth
Celeste is teased for a voracious sweet tooth in a humorous town vignette. The speaker chides her appetite for bonbons and candy, recalling past gifts and playful jabs about digestion, complexion, and self control. The tone stays light despite the pathos of addiction to sweets.
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Celeste
Jim
Johnnie
Watertown Plans to Build New School
Watertown authorities face crowding from a 199 pupil rise in registration. The district considers constructing a new school to provide room for students and relieve current congestion.
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Watertown
Builder Poinghester Files Bankruptcy in Somerville Court
Charles J Poinghester a contractor and builder residing in Somerville filed a voluntary bankruptcy petition in federal court. He lists liabilities of 259814 and assets of 4916 raising questions about his financial status and future solvency.
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Charles J. Poinghester
Somerville
United States District Court
The Valley of Fear Sherlock Holmes Serial Teased
A note previews the upcoming Sunday Post Magazine serial The Valley of Fear featuring Sherlock Holmes. The article promises a sweeping mystery with Holmes confronting danger and behind the scenes intrigue.
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the Valley of Fear
Next Sunday Post
Old Boston Notes on Sea Careers and War Time Life
The column recalls Captain Elias Eastman who ran away to sea at 10 and reflects on a Beverly man sold into slavery at age 10 who later served with the 17th Massachusetts. It notes wartime shifts in tourism and a Maine gem exhibit, with local figures like Amos Homans and professor Whittemore, plus subway tree losses and a Boston shoe class plan.
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New England
Elias M. Eastman
Fastport
Amos Homans
Beverly
Homans
Massachusetts
17Th
North Carolina
Oda
Retert
Egypt
Thomas Whittemore
United Fruit
Greenbrier
B. Wells
Boston
Death of Chester H. Crocker in Broadway accident
Chester H. Crocker aged 20 of 16 Russellroad died yesterday at Somerville Hospital from a fractured skull after being struck by an electric car on Broadway Monday evening while crossing the street.
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Chester H. Crocker
Russelroad
Somerville Hospital
Broadway
A Question of Honesty
Annie Ames finds a wallet containing counterfeit money after being robbed and, urged by duty, brings it to the police. Captain Jones and two detectives lead a sting operation at an alley hideout, capturing the gang with no serious injuries. Annie awaits a promised reward from authorities.
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Annie Ames
Annie
Captain Jones
Secret Service
Miss Ames
When War Is Done Walt Mason Poem Warning of Postwar Harvest
A 1914 Walt Mason poem foresees Europe after conflict when veterans, old men and women labor to reap a ruined land. It contrasts youthful casualties with aging caretakers and imagines war’s harvest leaving the old to toil to feed the living.
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Europe
Walt Mason
Reward Offered for Counterfeiters by Uncle Sam
Annie stammers that Uncle Sam offers a hundred dollar reward for tips leading to the capture of counterfeiters. The article notes the $1000 figure as the prize.
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Ward
Annie
Sam
Love Advice From Mildred Champagne Sparks Romance
A letter asks Miss Champagne for guidance on a man courting a woman who says she loves him only as a friend. The columnist urges a confident, ardent approach, arguing behavioral changes and a decisive kiss can prompt a wedding date.
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Miss Champagne
Champagne
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