Times-Post Cuts Subscription Price and Billing to Biweekly
Beginning Monday October 28 the Times-Post lowers subscriptions to 30 cents a month and offers a 25 percent reduction to reach a wider audience. Billing shifts to twice monthly, with two weeks of service for 15 cents instead of 10 cents weekly. The paper asserts its status as the citys only bona fide Democratic evening newspaper and vows to continue advocating Democratic principles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Times-Post
Times
Times- Post
Public Health Money Sparks Bold City Council Action
City council passes an ordinance allocating 500 for the board of health, urged for larger sums to fund comprehensive contagion control. Editors criticize underfunding, favor placing sanitary police under the city bacteriologist and boosting the bacteriologist’s salary, arguing health funding rivals other departments in importance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Health
Fort Wayne
Police Department
Public Works Department
Fire Department
TynEs-Post
New York
Chicago
Tigar
Cold Storage Cat Myth Brought To Light In Odd Tale
A warehouse mice problem leads a cat kept in cold rooms to have kittens and then suffer when returned to warm quarters. She revives in cold air but wanes in warmth, suggesting temperature changes affect health. The piece shifts to memories of a nostalgic circus, recalling clowns, band music, and old days at the tent from a New York Chipper source.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Durance
Five-Stringed Banjo Shames Seacliff Parish Turmoil
In Seacliff a shop girl nicknamed the Five-stringed Banjo stirs gossip as curate Brabazon Flitch faces a public scandal. He confesses love to Letitia Bullock, daughter of a wealthy widow, while Mrs Bullock pledges help to avert ruin with a possible cash settlement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josephine Bannister
Seacliff
Josephine
Miss Josephine
Rev. Brabazon
A. B. C. Flitch
Tishy Bullock
Letitia
Tishy
Brabazon
Mrs. Bullock
Westcombe House
Brabazon's Scruples Break Over Seacliff Aid
Mrs Bullock persuades Brabazon to accept help for Tishy as Bannister senior demands £1000. The curate, moved to tears, informs Mrs Bullock of the extortionate price, and she immediately writes a check for the amount, enabling the curate to leave Seacliff with cash. London Truth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brabazon
Tishy
Watermelon Rescue From Maniac at Raleigh Asylum
A farmer couple visiting the Raleigh asylum saw a kindly man snatch their 1-year-old baby and toss him on the roof three stories high. Amid panic, Crawford coaxed the man down with a watermelon, and the child was safely returned to the mother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sampson
Raleigh
Asylum For
Dr. Kirby
Piazza
Joe
Mr. Crawford
Rarelgl News and Observer
Curious World Facts From A Dated Sketchbook
A compilation of odd, informal statements on diverse topics. Uncle Sam’s lifespan, Egyptian child care, fly wings, early needles, church income, elephant health at sea, Pacific lumber, cost of ironclads, foreign currencies, West Virginia coal, coffee cures for horses, Holland rail safety, Punch word origins, 1800s banknote forgery, Mashonaland’s Umata'i Advertiser, Siamese noblewomen hair, and the average hair angle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam
Church of England
Pacific Northwest
West Virginia
Great Briton
Germany
Holland
Bank of England
Mashonaland
Umata'i Advertiser
Also Mentioned on This Page
Daily Times- Post
East Berry Street
the Times-Post
Ind
Frelinghuysen
Venezuela
Bayard
Blaine
Olney
Mr. All
J. Pierront Monraan
Chandler
Treasury
Stevsen A. Douenas, Jr
Altgeld
Illinois
Shoulp Hoke Smith
Grover
Atlanta
Ram
Christ
Hell
God
Jesus
Rube
Thomas
John Sherman
Romy & Bobilya
D.J. Spencer
Main & Calhoun
A. Hattersley & Sons
E. Main ST
White National Bank
Summit City Bottling Works
L.brames&co
Pabst Beer
Milwaukee
Clay Street
South Side Wall Paper Store
S. Calhoun ST
Times— Post
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!