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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1909
Page
10
The Boston Post lists subscription rates for daily and Sunday editions, noting a vacation period service with mail delivery options to the United States and colonies. It includes payment terms, addresses, and editor and publisher contact details.
The Senate facing the Aldrich tariff bill signals a pro free trade stance for Philippine imports. It sets annual allowances of 70,000,000 cigars 1,000,000 pounds of filler tobacco 300,000 pounds of wrapper tobacco mixed with over 15 percent wrapper and 300,000 tons of sugar. The author argues this is insufficient to balance Philippine production and urges parity with former Spanish market access.
The piece argues that balloon pilots merely guide a gas bag’s vertical movement while the wind directs horizontal motion. A balloonist can rise by releasing ballast and descend by venting ballast, but cannot truly pilot. the gale is the balloon’s pilot and the wind governs the voyage.
An article condemns submarines as a dangerous travel medium noting fatalities from the Kamola sinking and a Toulon sub incident. It argues for structural improvements including strong end rings and a buoy line with cork to aid ascent and safety for crew.
The author argues for reviving a stamp tax to raise federal revenue, noting its light burden on wage earners and its visibility as a cost of government. It contrasts this with tariff reliance, criticizes the Payne Aldrich bill, and endorses income and corporate taxes while urging immediate action to fix expenditures.
The article argues safety devices must fit the danger level in submarines and notes the Navy Department still bears duties to protect sailors who go under the sea.
Brown University honors Julia Ward Howe with the Doctor of Letters degree for a life of activism, authorship, philanthropy, and advocacy. President Faunce lauds her as a friend of the slave and prisoner and a singer of the Battle Hymn of Freedom. her Massachusetts citizenship is highlighted.
Steve and Colonel Roosevelt lie sleeping beside a balloon when a rhinoceros nears the camp. The sleuth lightens the danger with wit and calm, deciding not to shoot the beast as it charges, and preparations for a cliffhanger end with ongoing peril.
A Wednesday night blaze on Mason Street in a tall building was put out within half an hour after Box 39. The fast response by the fire department was praised for preventing serious damage.
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