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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1895
Page
4
The Boston Post details subscription costs for weekly and Sunday editions, notes payment in advance, and provides office address at 259 Washington Street Boston. Editor E A Grozier urges subscribers to renew before expiration and to notify by postal service if delivery is unavailable.
The piece argues a special session to patch tax law would worsen matters as revenue falls. It says estimated income from the tax will drop and that the Treasury is kept safe by recent bond sales, with business revival hoped to ease the finances. The tax must go but should wait for the regular session.
Lawmakers again defer a report from the taxation committee on proposals urged by the Anti-Double Taxation League. The debate focuses on taxing income from property and municipal bonds, with calls to avoid dismissing the bills and to consider substitutes for the subway project. News coverage notes public meeting at Faneuil Hall lacked unity and offered only two remedies surface transport across the Common or widening congested streets, while elevated lines were deemed impractical.
Senate committee reports a compromise plan to abolish the Common Council and replace it with a 27 member body. Members would earn 9000 annually, cover lunches and carriages, with one third elected each year and minority representation in the nine member annual vote. Critics say the change weakens accountability but support submitting the measure to the people.
The city charter bill, chiefly Mayor Curtis's with a patch from the Citizens' Association, moves through the Senate. It proposes many reforms some useful some experimental and potentially harmful. It elements extend terms to three years and abolish the city architect's department, a provision Boston officials oppose.
The piece argues residents prefer yearly choice of the chief executive and a capable leader, avoid fixed three year terms, and see no justification for abolishing the city architect role which saves money. The proposal is described as an unjust change resembling robbery.
The forty fourth annual meeting reports twenty seven years of Baldwin's presidency. The union, pivotal in Boston's moral and educational life, has over 1000 members in classes, a library with about 800 daily attendees, and charitable gifts totaling more than $50,000 last year. Its gymnasium, lectures, and social events amplify its influence on young men. membership grows toward 5000 and leadership is steady.
The Supreme Court decision muddies the income tax law, especially real estate exemptions, inviting endless litigation and confusion. The piece argues repeal is likely and lauds the Democratic committee’s plan for delegate conventions, signaling unity and Boston as a Democratic city with The Post backing the people.
The Boston Post reports many pretend reporters gaining access to events like the Slamin trial and vows action against impostors. It also notes Hon. Jonathan A. Lane’s accident, Roxbury pet meat sellers, a Brooklyn rabbies incident, a Plymouth otter passenger, Henry O Meara urged to speak on flowers, and other local notices.
At Faneuil Hall yesterday a large crowd debated the subway measure with opposing factions present. Mayor Hart, ex-Mayor Prince, J. J. McCarthy, and others argued for and against resubmission while calls for free speech and protests against haste dominated the heated gathering.
Harvard Varsity crew practiced with Perkins back in the No 5 seat replacing Damon who moved to No 3. The lineup lists Hollister, Stevenson, Watriss, Fen nessy, Damon, Shepard, Lewis and Captain Bullard sidelined by a lame arm. The sophomore crew awaits a new shell until $200 more is raised to cover costs.
Treasury Department figures show total annual salaries for Washington Treasury workers at 4 766 498 dollars. The breakdown lists New England employees and earnings: Connecticut 43 and 62 674 dollars. Maine 8 5? salaries. Massachusetts 111 with high salaries. New Hampshire 28 at 53 765. Vermont 26 at 20 814. Rhode Island 13 at 12 1a.
Poetic musings by Alice Stone Blackwell imagining closeness with a beloved. The speaker longs to be elements of nature and art a star shed tears a bouquet and a lyre to move the beloved heart through song and lyric harmony. The piece explores yearning affection and idealized romantic imagery.
A reader urges Massachusetts to raise funds by city subscriptions for a statue of Dr S F Smith to be placed in Statuary Hall alongside national figures Daniel Webster and General John Stark. The writer notes New Hampshire honored Webster and Stark in 1894 and asks for the proposal's favorable consideration.
Mrs. Georgia Allen Peck spoke yesterday at the New England Conservatory on the Poets and Versemen of the Nineteenth Century in Sleeper Hall under the Beneficent Society. The audience showed eager interest and wished for more time for her fascinating subject.
Washington April 10 The President awarded the Medal of Honor to Second Lieutenant J H Pinkham Fifty seventh Massachusetts Volunteers for gallantry in the assault on Fort Stedman Virginia in March 1865. He captured the battle flag of the Fifty seventh North Carolina Infantry with his own hands.
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