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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1909
Page
6
The Boston Post announces subscription rates for daily and Sunday editions, plus vacation mailing options. It details mailing addresses in Boston, billing office contacts, and editor and publisher information.
The Massachusetts House passed the bill incorporating the Boston Railroad Holding Company by about four to one. The division crossed party lines, signaling a move to a simple stable solution to the state’s railroad control puzzle and suggesting final adoption.
An analysis argues Spain seeks Cuba's payment of war expenses from the 1898 conflict. It contends Cuba gained independence but would face European debt pressure if forced to settle the bill. The piece questions U.S. role and warns debt could undermine Cuba's freedom and future sovereignty.
The White House signals a revenue bill move with a 2 percent tax on undistributed corporate earnings and a constitutional amendment to let Congress tax incomes. Critics see it as a shift from Aldrich tariff reliance, but Taft insists the proposal asks states to authorize Congress to levy an income tax, not a direct endorsement.
A Massachusetts editorial urges immediate action to amend the telegraph law to ban extra charges for recording filing times. It condemns telegraph companies for exploiting a legislative error and calls for quick passage of a simple amendatory bill without statewide petition. The piece argues for universal enforcement and a national standard.
Steve defeats the Condor Africanus during a balloon voyage with Colonel after a close escape. The animal is killed by a rope loop, balloon descends, and the pair set camp for the night before a rhinoceros nears the camp in Africa.
The passage discusses the Supreme Court's opposition to revenue measures, Taft's recommendation for constitutional amendment, and argues that true support for an income tax would appear by attaching it to the current revenue bill and showing that Congress means business.
Louis Prang is praised for educating Americans in color harmony across illustration and decoration. The obituary notes his Boston art publishing start over fifty years ago and his development of lithography in color popularizing art nationwide. He spent his final years at a health resort in Southern California.
A Boston area column notes Edward Higgins visiting friends from Stuttgart returning to post, visits at Majestic Theatre feature Chinese child artistes Gee Gen Moy and Moy Jung On, and a lively array of vignettes from local life from entrancing animal tricks at the White Star docks to thefts, rescues, escalator mishaps, and civic concerns.
An old cemetery rule sparked a rare suspension by the superintendent enabling Boston papers to publish photos from last Sunday memorial services. Also, Newton Centre Alderman Matt B Jones publishes a Waitsfield Vermont anecdote history, while Chelsea adds a new steam fire engine and a tree inspection seeks to plan removals for space. A passenger fare evasion wave is noted on Flanington Avenue with several well dressed riders dodging payment.
Judge Sherman fixes August 2 for filing briefs in the $76,000,000 case of ex Judge Dewey against the Good Government Association. Dewey plans to leave Boston June 24 for the summer and will seek a new trial with prominent attorneys handling his case.
George E. Burgess of Rochester New York accepted the call to the position of general secretary of the Holyoke Young Men's Christian Association today. The appointment marks a leadership change at the Holyoke YMCA with Burgess expected to assume duties soon.
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