Boston Post subscription rates and contact details
The Boston Post lists subscription prices for daily and Sunday editions, domestic and foreign, with varying term lengths. It provides office contacts at 259 Washington St Boston and notes publication details and payment instructions.
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Leeved Dally
Post Publishing Co
Washington St
Boston
Mass
Brey
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Canada
Portage
Maia
Speeding toward speed: Prevost leads rapid flight test
At Rheims on Saturday the elimination hurdle for the great race lag produced three qualifiers each flying about 62 miles in just over 31 minutes. Maurice Prevost posted a fraction over 118 miles per hour, a record pace for continued flight. More startling results are anticipated in the Bennett international cup race today.
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Rheims
Maurice Prevost
Steel Cars Prove Their Strength in Long Island Collision
A head on wreck between two steel transit trains on Long Island last Monday killed three trainmen but spared passengers. Observers credit steel car design for absorbing impact, buckling without telescoping and preventing loss of life. Some officials and papers still doubt steel cars, yet every crash underlines their safety advantage.
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Long Island
Riley Barry imbroglio dominates Herald political talk
The Herald comments on Riley Barry and November polling prospects under a general, noting cheerful Democratic leadership. It reports Captain Gardner pressuring Chairman Hatfield for release, Hatfield opposing, Benton withholding congratulatory notes, and suggests both chairmen should resign.
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Riley-Barry
Barry
Gardner
Hatfield
Republican Club
Benton
Gila monster seen as harmless curiosity at Franklin Park Zoo
The so called Gila monster at Franklin Park Zoo is described as an exotic curiosity rather than a threat. Its bite is minor and the keeper who returned it to its enclosure showed little concern. The piece notes repulsive externals can belie usefulness and even public benefits.
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Franklin Park
Meat Diet Debate Sparks Policy Question
The article discusses whether veal sales should be banned to boost beef output. It raises personal rights concerns and compares to broader farm practices, suggesting government pasturing on reservations as a rational alternative to restrain calf slaughter.
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Govan
Marketable Beef Feasibility Amid Dollar-Beef Crisis
The passage discusses whether producing marketable beef is practical if a dollar-a-pound beef crisis approaches, noting caution about the immediacy of such market conditions and potential economic impact.
Woman Police in Rochester War on Violence with Tongue
In New York cities where women can serve as police, Rochester assigns Miss McElroy a blue outfit but bans clubs and guns. The piece argues that a policewoman may rely on speech rather than force, predicting she will quell riots and deter criminals with restraint.
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New York
Rochester
McElroy
Statements by Forbes on Philippine slavery and reform
Informal remarks attributed to W. Forbes former governor general of the Philippines acknowledge ongoing slavery and peonage. He cites progress in trade and education but admits citizenship for Filipinos remains distant and that only strict investigation and legislation can address the abuse. A change in approach is anticipated.
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W. Cameron Forbes
The
Philippines
Forbes
Rangoon
End of the Law Critics After Triangle Fire Verdict
The Triangle waist factory fire climaxed in New York with 147 deaths. Courts fined a proprietor 20 dollars for locking escape doors, a minimal penalty seen as inadequate. The piece urges stronger law or enforcement.
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New York
Court of Special Sessions
New York State
Imported Insects Spark Alarm Over Citywide Bug Escape
Chicago and surrounding areas fear millions of lady bugs escaped from a refrigerator quarantine after dormancy. The insects, said to favor fruit over scale, join a line of introduced species like the English sparrow and gypsy moth, prompting questions about whether more pests are needed.
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Chicago
America
Harvard Men Plan Settlement Work Initiative
A Harvard movement to send students to Boston settlement houses for social service work will begin with a mass meeting tomorrow evening. Dean LeBaron R. Briggs will address Harvard students in Phillips Brooks House.
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Hiarvard
Boston
LeBaron R. Briggs
Harvard
Phillips Brooks House
Cook books for the newlywed in Cook County
Cook County officials plan to gift newly licensed brides a bound cook book with the marriage license. The idea aims to aid domestic life, but questions rise about romance, practicality, and whether Laura Libbey novels might better delight brides.
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Cook County
Laura Jean Libbey
Hortense
Harold Cleevecourt
Pre-Faced Pete the Highwayman Watches For Riches
A nostalgic tale of a hoodwinked robber named Pre-Faced Pete lurking at the Cross Roads. He longs for a rich target, complains of late nights, and pounces when a man appears, threatening with a revolver and demanding surrender.
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Pete
Peter
Pie-Faced Pete Holds Up Book Agent Then Gives Money
A distressed book agent faces a hold up by a stranger and is relieved when Pie-Faced Pete, a poor man, apologizes and hands over his remaining wealth. The two exchange pity and humor as Pete offers 400 dollars and change, calling his life hard yet generous.
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Pete
Man Collapses on Summer Street Bridge
James Cahill aged 48 of 2 Hudgon street collapsed on the Summer street bridge shortly after 2 pm from the effects of a poisoned right leg and exhaustion. He was taken by police ambulance to the ef Hospital in serious condition.
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James Cahill
Hudgon Street
Summer Street
Ef Hospital
Observant Citizen reports and local notes on Michaelmas
A collage of observations covers Michaelmas customs and local figures. It notes Bridges' whiskers and Noyes critique, Mrs. Battles’ 83rd birthday, Plymouth visitors and Mayflower plans, Captain Cox’s praise of a YMCA building, Captain Owen’s ocean safety device, a Bath Works receipt from 1827, a fakir licensing case, and Maine’s pre eating record by Frank Allen. It ends with sea gulls’ return and Nelson Glazier Morton resuming Boston AP editorship.
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Marengo
Owen
Les
New Books and Critics Rally Around Foreign and Boston Authors
The October Century serial tale Home prompts speculation on its author with Lillian Whiting naming Boston writer Mary McNeil Fenollosa as a likely pen name. Fenollosa previously hid her identity behind Sidney McCall for I Ruth Dexter. Also noted is Julian Benda’s L Ordination translated as The Yoke of Pity by Gilbert Canan. Rupert Brooke’s poem Doubts appears in Pall Mall.
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Julian Benda
France
Gilbert Canan
Henry Holt
Mr. Henda
London
Rupert Brooke
Pall Mall
Juarez and Diaz Shape Mexico’s Turbulent Century
The article traces volcanic Mexico and Aguascalientes hot springs, then details Benito Juarez rise from poverty to president, his battles against Maximilian, and Porfirio Diaz’s long rule. It notes Diaz’s era brought foreign investment but deepened Indian and mixed-blood misery, setting the stage for Madero’s 1910s challenge. Tomorrow’s Picture previews Xochimilco’s Floating Gardens.
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Mexico
Aguascalientes
City of
Benito Pablo Juarez
Maximilian
Republic
Juarez
Oaxaca
Cortez
Santa Anna
Porfirio Diaz
Puebla
Mexico City
Diaz
Shepherd
Hidalgo
Madero
Gonsalez
The Iceman and the Cold Price Protest
A nostalgic poem by Walt Mason from 1913 likens the iceman to a daily bringer of ice to homes and sickrooms. The crowd ribS and roars at his charges, yet he persists delivering bergs and floes while bills arrive, calling for gratitude despite the heat and prices.
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Walt Mason
George Matthew Adama
East Boston Ramblers Club Destroyed by Fire
The Ramblers Social Club in a two story wooden building at 619 Meridian Street East Boston was destroyed by a fire yesterday afternoon. The loss is 320. The premises are owned by William H. Enis.
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Ramblers’ Social Club
Meridian Street
East
Boston
William H. Enis
Wife of French Attache Authors Book in Press
Washington September 28 Society circles learn Countess de Chambrun wife of Major de Chambrun military attache of the French embassy here is the author of a forthcoming book to be issued by G P Putnam Sons New York and London
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London
Charles Stewart Parnell
Parnell
O'Shea
Captain O'Shea
Washington
Countess de Chambrun
Major de Chambrun
G. P. Putnam's Sons
New York
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