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On Aug. 2, 1909, Mr. Edwin A. Grozier, publisher of the Boston Post, forwarded a gold-headed ebony cane to the Board of Selectmen in 700 towns in New England.He asked that the cane be presented (with the compliments of the Boston Post) to the oldest.
Diane O’Brien prepared a piece for this week: The tradition of the gold-headed Boston Post Cane and its presentation to the oldest resident of a New England town was conceived by a publisher of the Boston Postdaily with an eye toward increasing.
Several town clerks around the Midcoast are seeking the rightful heirs to their municipal Boston Post Canes, which have honored the oldest residents of New England towns since 1909.