Boston Post 1919 subscription rules and masthead data
The Boston Post issue lists pricing for daily and Sunday subscriptions, Canadian rates, and foreign copies. It details office contact, mailing information, post district charges, payment methods, and editor publisher Edwin A. Grozier.
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Post Publishing Co
Washington St
Boston
Maso
Canada
Daily
Sun
Sunday Post
Newsdealer
Newsboy
Edwin A. Grozier
Our Evening Schools Open In Boston City
Twenty Boston schoolhouses hosted evening sessions for working youth with large registration. Expanded instruction includes English for foreign-born pupils, citizenship, government, democracy, academic and commercial courses to prepare students for higher education and better entry into colleges. The program shows proven efficiency and growing public service role.
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Boston
Elections and alphabetic ordering in ballots debated
A reader questions whether alphabetic ballot ordering biases primaries and comments on a tale of Zeno Ajax in the circus. The piece notes Massachusetts primary plans and argues whether ballots should be abolished due to alphabetical arrangement influencing votes.
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Burrell
Burrill
Commonwealth
Zeno
Ajax
Massachusetts
Mission to Washington Could Speed Up Dock Work
The piece argues that Honorable Joseph H. Conry must push a Washington mission to accelerate completing the South Boston dry dock. It notes a $4,000,000 transfer to the government and Secretary Daniels insistence on readiness before transfer. Delays have pushed completion 15 months behind contract, but hastening could reclaim the sum and finish the project.
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Washington
Joseph H. Conry
Boston
Commonwealth
Daniels
The Place of the Horse in the Modern City
The piece notes the decline of horses in urban areas like Boston and New York as motor trucks rise. It observes fewer workhorses from 1917 to now and rising use of automobiles for pleasure and travel, while farms still rely on horses and garages have not replaced stables.
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Associated Press
Boston
Department of Agriculture
Washington
New York
Grain Transition Incomplete As Harvest Continues
The report notes that acres are being prepared to reap and gather in the opened grain, but the transition remains unfinished. The text highlights ongoing preparation and partial progress in the harvest process.
Boston views Omaha lynching outbreak with diffident condemnation
The writer contrasts Boston’s unrest with Omaha’s night of terror, calling it a race riot exploited by lawless forces. It argues deeper causes, notes white and black tensions, and warns that crime beneath city surfaces demands vigilance as law returns. It also remarks on local electoral dynamics regarding two young candidates and Mr Raff’s unexpected chance.
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Boston
Omaha
Charles T Gallagher Laid to Rest A Boston Public Figure
The sudden death of Honorable Charles T Gallagher is mourned in Boston as a devoted public servant and skilled lawyer. He championed many causes, advanced education, safeguarded financial bequests, and remained a courteous, loyal friend whose quiet dedication earned widespread esteem.
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Charles T. Gallagher
Boston
Gallagher
Objections to Voting Discrepancies in League and U S Government
The piece notes that in the League of Nations Assembly Britain and colonies hold six votes to the United States. in the Council Britain has one vote. It argues such disparities exist in national governments, citing the U S veto and Senate population imbalances, suggesting widespread acceptance of numerical discrepancies.
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Assembly of the
League of Nations
Great Britain
United States
Assembly
Council
League
British Empire
Canada
Australia
New Zealand
Congress
Nevada
Senate
New York
Roosevelt vs Raff contest for State Assembly at Oyster Bay
A political clash at Oyster Bay pits Lieutenant Colonel Theodore Roosevelt against Private Elias Raff for the State Assembly. The duel highlights class and merit, as Roosevelt's prominence meets Raff's humble professional ascent and wartime service. Raff’s bold broadcast challenge adds a sporting edge to a national story on democracy.
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Oyster Bay
Theodore Roosevelt
Elias Raff
State Assembly
Argonne
Roosevelt
Britain faces political strike over railroads and wages
Despatches concur that Britain’s vast railroad strike is political, a union bid to force government policy on railroads rather than a partisan clash with Lloyd George. The government maintains wartime wage levels but ties future concessions to cost of living, warning a similar risk could appear here.
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Britain
Great Britain
Ireland
Lloyd George
Economic value of a baby sparks lively debate across columns
A writer contrasts Booth Tarkington’s meticulous pencil work with social chatter about royal gatherings and a professor’s odd claim on a newborn’s value. The piece questions can economic measures truly capture a child’s worth and mocks rigid market estimates with playful anecdotes.
Public discomfort on crowded buses inspires whispering Helen
A speaker named Helen describes riding in a car with a crowd and feeling dismay at others stepping on her. She blushes and wishes people would look away while fearing an untied face and exposed skin.
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President Wilson
Helen
A Loan Not A Gift
A concise caution explains that borrowers often mistake loans for gifts and underline the financial and moral implications of borrowing versus gifting. It stresses prudent, clear terms and responsible borrowing behavior.
Jock McGraw Seeks Bag Pipe Hole Stock Deal
A humorous exchange opens with Jock McGraw offering Newt to buy unused post holes to fill bag pipe holes, proposing $10.50 per ton and urging shipment. Newt replies with jargon and cautious humor, noting abbreviations and reluctance to ship without payment in advance.
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Scottish Philharmonic Society
Bag-Pipe Skin Company
Nobscot
Jock McGraw
Jock
Steenth
Jack
P. H
Oldest Inhabitant Recalls Boston Weather Records
A Boston resident recalls the warmest and coldest temperatures for September 8 as 83 and 46 degrees in 1879 1898 and 1888. He notes no rainfall on this date in the last decade except 1914 and 1917.
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Boston
Bradford and Brewster in the Pilgrim path at Austerfield
The piece traces William Bradford growing up in Austerfield and his Puritan shift after Scrooby meetings. It contrasts Bradford with Governor Brewster, noting Brewster's Holland period with Davison, his London return, and Mary Queen of Scots era influence on Pilgrim emigration.
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Brewster
Bradford
Gainsborough
Lincoln
London
Cambridge
William Davison
Elizabeth
Holland
Spain
Davison
Gallons
England
Mary Stuart
Scrooby
William Eliot Griffis
Mary Queen of Scots
Indian summer and city life in Boston 1919 notes
Observant Citizen recalls Indian summer beginning in Boston with dry hazy spells and notes market bargains at Faneuil Hall such as 8 cent salt herring and 25 cent whale steak. Reports on home nursing and millinery courses at Bigelow Evening School and Harvard figures on Dr Hugh Cabot leaving for Michigan. Mentions political turnout, a 400-voice voter convoy, and social curiosities from Revere Beach to local industry gains and cranberry forecasts.
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Faneuil Hall
New England
New
Edward J. Muldoon
Bigelow Evening School
Boston
Harvard
Hugh Cabot
University of Michigan
Last Roxbury Mayor and a Biblical saying
A reader asks who was the last Mayor of Roxbury and when he served. The response notes George Lewis served from 1963 to 1867, then cites Ecclesiastes to explain the living dog versus dead lion proverb with verses 4 and 5.
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Sir
Roxbury
George Lewis
Maine the old battleship was it a sailing vessel
The reader asks if the Maine was partly a sailing vessel and notes an article in Scientific American about the design. They cite that the Maine was planned as a full three masted bark but never built that way, using two military masts instead.
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Bill
Maine
Scientific American
Renamed Charles River Origin Story at Watertown Bridge
The text notes a Massachusetts River inscription near Watertown square claiming the river was the original name before Captain John Smith renamed it the Charles River, a name it still carries today. It mentions the street extension reaching present proportions and questions the stream's historical name.
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Massachusetts River
Watertown Square
John Smith
Charles River
Usage guide for hence thence whence
This note explains pronoun and adverb choice. Use hence to mean from here and thence to mean from there. Use whence to mean from where. Apply to formal writing only and avoid in casual speech.
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