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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1909
Page
6
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Secretary Root’s South American visits praised friendship and neighborliness. The piece condemns proposed Washington tariffs on Brazilian coffee Ecuadorian cocoa and West Indian spices as building a fence against neighborly relations and notes Argentina would gain if hides tariffs were removed.
Panamanian engineer Bunau Varilla, while in Paris after a Gatun dam foundation slide, reiterates his Boston Commercial Club prophecy of imminent canal collapse. He claims slides will continue until the dam total failure, while Colonel Goethals counters that landslides are only an annoyance, not a serious danger.
The act prohibiting importation of opium morphine and related drugs goes into force Thursday. It requires declarations of good faith, names of manufacturers, and sales records to curb the morphine habit, seen as a greater danger than opium smoking and a threat especially among southern African American communities.
In Washington the Payne bill faces attacks on restoring hides to the free list. Payne argues removal of the duty aids independent tanners and workers, while Gardner questions a single American market and cites rising global leather demand as prices climb. He notes farmers breed cattle for beef, not hides, and a tariff cut might only lower shoe prices slightly.
The Saturday evening explosion at the new opera house caused damage but no deaths or injuries. Authorities condemn the act and vow full energy in the resulting investigation and cleanup.
Authorities vow punishment for perpetrators of the wrecking act on a public educational structure. Speculation about motive is set aside as inexplicable while officials condemn dynamiting as a poisonous exotic with no place in Boston.
The discussion shifts from inheritance to income taxes as federal policy, with Rep. Harrison noting 33 states already tax inheritances. Massachusetts reports a successful estate tax contributing to general funds, while New York sees over one-fifth of revenues from such taxes. The Payne bill's inheritance tax is scrutinized for justice and propriety versus constitutional limits on income taxation.
Census Bureau figures show 24 million children in the United States in 1900, down from a projected 39 million if 1790 ratio had held. Urban crowding and growing luxury are noted as factors, with a warning of potential peril to the American home.
The Reverend Dr. George A. Gordon will preach his 25th anniversary sermon as pastor of Old South Congregational Church next Sunday. A public service April 12 will be presided by Alpheus Hardy with speakers from Harvard and New Haven, followed by a banquet at the Hotel Somerset.
Petersburg Indiana March 28 John A Grimwood who lives near White River has quit hunting with a gun and now fishes for wild geese and ducks by tying fly hooks on a trout line He baits the hooks with corn and nets the birds by line and hook method.
Cheery verses urge workers and soldiers to keep up spirit. The poem celebrates courage and action with lines about facing daily work and overcoming forebodings. A paraphrased closing nod appears toward Chicago News.
A humorous verse by Newton Newkirk celebrating Teddy's voyage to Africa. It wishes him health, vigor, and long life while lampooning the idea of counting the upcoming date. The piece ends with a playful riddle about a spring hat.
A Washington columnist mocks the Medal presentation to Miss Mary McCann by Speaker Cannon in 1904. He jokes about becoming a government medal presenter to beautiful young ladies and even requests overtime for the role.
A letter discusses the term rubber weather from St John New Brunswick noting its mystery. The writer jokes about New Brunswick calling windy March weather rubber and remarks on rubbernecked on windy streets and dust blown toward eyes to distract them.
An amused note from EGG ACKNOWLEDGED reports receiving a curiously shaped egg from Hen nery Henhouse in Rockland Massachusetts. The writer details the hen’s attempt to lay square eggs, the odd interior, and the humorous cautions on handling and freshness.
A magazine quote circulates as Mrs. Biffingham claims sliced onions absorb fresh paint odor. Biffingham agrees, joking that a broken neck would also relieve catarrh, highlighting absurd home remedy talk.
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