Boston Post Cane

Boston Post Cane -- presented by The Boston Post to the oldest citizen of the town

The Boston Post Cane
The Boston Post presented a cane intended to be "owned and carried" by the oldest citizen of Walpole beginning in 1909. Upon the decease of the present oldest citizen, it is duly transmitted to the then oldest citizen.

The cane itself was manufactured especially for this purpose by J.F. Fradley & Co., of New York, of "carefully selected Gaboon ebony from the Congo, Africa, and the head is made of rolled gold of 14 karat fineness," as noted by E.A. Grozier, Editor and Publisher of The Boston Post in his letter to the Board of Selectmen of Walpole in August of 1909.

 
Click here for a list of Walpole Recipients of The Boston Post Cane
 Click here for Letter to To Town Officials Describing the Cane