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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1909
Page
6
The Boston Post issues a 1909 notice detailing vacation subscriptions and mail delivery options. It lists rates for daily and Sunday editions, international and domestic options, and cautions about advance payment and address changes.
The Denver convention endorses an income tax and a constitutional amendment authorizing federal levies on individual and corporate incomes. Taft, while silent on key points, is constrained to align with Democratic aims in his congressional message. A stamp tax revival is suggested as an alternative.
The piece depicts an American syndicate backed by the State Department entering the Hankow Szechuan railway loan after European bankers, provoking a protest from Great Britain. It claims global power rests with financial dynasties and predicts a global battle for commercial supremacy in China.
The piece urges breaking the Senate House deadlock to pass the Telegraph Bill amending charging for filing time of state messages. It argues telegraph firms resist to cause a delay but endorses accepting the Senate clause if needed to secure the bill. It stresses the bill’s merit and calls for passage today.
Our Boston newsboys boast strong leadership under "Tommy" Mulkern and organize a sturdy union. They support members through a summer Halifax camp a fall Boston club and a growing association while Edison’s early example is cited as inspiration for scholarships and character.
The uniform courtesy and loyalty of the newsboys to their trade and city are highlighted as they become a prominent factor in the Boston 1915 celebration. The piece recalls their early days shouting What paper and predicts they will rise in prominence yet remember their street days.
A New York policeman bitten by a dog deemed mad dies of fear and wasting away. Census data show rabies deaths are exceedingly rare. experts argue many human scares stem from imagination and mistreatment of dogs. Kindness to distressed animals is urged over killing.
The piece highlights a national and state upturn with estimates of 1909 winter wheat up 8 million bushels and spring wheat up 6 million, bumper crops predicted, railroads ordering 60 000 new cars, steel mills running at capacity, wage gains to 1906 levels, and widespread optimism as old factories expand and new ones rise, urging wise action while pessimists fail.
The column debunks a rumor of a $100 gold prize for the worst synopsis and mocks readers who would imitate the tale. It recounts Steve and a rhinoceros episode with Roosevelt, a balloon ascent, archer ambush, and an ominous cliffhanger as Albino Africans seize the balloon, to be continued tomorrow.
Observers note a water spaniel and a gray squirrel meeting briefly in Cambridge common. The scene ends with a peaceful, nothing-to-see-here moment as both continue on their separate paths.
The poem portrays Uncle Walt as never satisfied with any place and always moving on. He leaves peaceful valleys for alleys and rooms, travels north with an Eskimo guide, and then to jungles, never settling as friends prosper elsewhere. In his final dawn he longs to go farther still.
An observer reports on a Boston game view and Captain Cox wanting a “clessy” game. The piece describes Revere Beach area improvements, park moves back from State property, new flower beds, and residents competing to beautify the grounds. It also mentions Edward J Dona hue’s recovery, Lt William Allen cheering Station 1 baseball, and Patrolmen Fitzpatrick Wlavin Dienger Winslow Battis contributing to team victories.
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