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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1909
Page
2
Colonel Stanhope E. Blunt and 21 Fort Ethan Allen officers completed a three day 90 mile ride near Burlington Vermont. Together with 20 officers who earlier rode three days this week all qualified with no accidents save one horse falling earlier.
The planet Mars shines brightly after its near Earth passage on Sept 24 and remains vivid this month Venus appears after sunset south of west and sets before 9 p m Mercury passes the sun Oct 11 and is hard to observe The moon pairs with Neptune Oct 6 Jupiter Oct 11 Mercury Oct 13 Venus Oct 17 Uranus Oct 20 Mars Oct 25 Saturn Oct 27
At the First Church of Christ Scientist on Falmouth Street no reference was made to the ousting of Augusta Stetson of New York by Mrs Eddy last Friday evening. It was stated that the Christian Science Sentinel will print next Saturday the reasons for revoking Stetson's practitioner license and erasing her name from the directory.
Paris reports the Greek government recalled from circulation all abraded silver coins bearing its stamp causing inconvenience across Europe, with France especially affected as its decimal system relies on foreign coinage.
Taft backs amending the constitution to allow a national income tax without apportionment, calling it potentially vital in crises. Massachusetts platforms favor income tax. Foss criticizes Republican convention for dodging the issue, noting his own wealth and corporate influence in the state.
Foss argues the Republican party must adopt the income tax to address taxation on the poor and shift burden from individuals with modest means. He cites Taft's warning and predicts income tax as a major issue in state and city campaigns, notes Massachusetts mood, and mentions forthcoming Democratic rally in Everett and a legal opinion by Richard Olney to be used in the push.
Gamaliel Bradford proposes a public debate in Faneuil Hall within 30 days to defend Plan No 1 of Boston’s revised charter. He offers to debate any opponent approved by the Good Government Association, arguing Plan No 1 is preferable despite objections. He signs Sept 25.
Mrs Lucille St O Barre of Voluntown and Joliette Canada dies at 106 from heart failure. Described as never sick a day in her life. Died in Plainfield Connecticut with no prior illness reported.
Ten years after the Chandos Pole divorce case made her a byword, the once famed English beauty now sits in a dingy First Avenue saloon. She claims a recent divorce from Hon Rupert Cecil Craven and marriage to a poor man who brought her to a gas-house tenement. Times have altered her fortune and persona.
Boston will launch its free public evening schools tonight signaling an unusually large fall enrollment. Officials expect high turnout as programs begin across city locations with courses for adults and youth.
North Sydney Oct 3 still one claimed Pole. Captain J E Bernier returns from a Canadian government voyage carrying supplies to Dr Cook. His mission was to assert Canadian claim by planting the British flag and support Dr Cook, with latitude nearly unlimited under a roving commission.
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