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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1910
Page
16
A comet named Flallay was visible for over a week and appeared in great brilliancy this morning at 3 o clock from T wharf. It lay in the eastern sky near Venus about 30 degrees above the horizon with both head and tail visible. The comet’s glow rivaled Venus in brightness.
A diver examined the hull of the frigate Constitution, known as Old Ironsides, during an inspection conducted yesterday.
Rev. P J Supple of St Johns Dorchester returns from Europe aboard the Ivernia denying haste in diplomatic moves. He notes European press favors the Holy See and praises American Catholic loyalty to the pope amid the Roosevelt Pope controversy. He reports the pope in good health and asks about Archbishop O Connell.
Ellen Smiley of Crescent street Waltham testified in East Cambridge Divorce Court before Judge Bell that she was assaulted by her second husband Fred J Smiley after failing to turn over property left to her by her first husband She was granted the decree in her suit for divorce from Smiley ending the case with her winning the divorce after the incidents prior to the decree.
A burst water main on Massachusetts Avenue near Central Square flooded the new Cambridge subway and nearby stores yesterday afternoon. Water rose to the third and fourth floors, drenching passersby, trapping shoppers, and halting subway work until a temporary plug was put in place. Damage estimates will take days to determine.
John H. Fahey resigns as editor and publisher of the Boston Traveler, selling his interest to A. F. Holden and E. H. Baker of Cleveland. He will withdraw May 14, resigning as president and director. Baker and Holden now own his Traveler stake, with Fahey planning a summer abroad and no immediate work plans.
New York May 5 Dr George Fisk Comfort art critic and educator died today at his son’s home in Montclair New Jersey aged 76. Comfort helped found the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and was the first dean of the College of Fine Arts at Syracuse University His widow Dr Anna Manning Comfort was the first woman to practice medicine in Connecticut.
George Blanchard, 15, of 2 Fallen street, swallowed corrosive sublimat as police took him into custody near Lagrag Street Station. A stomach pump saved him. Frank Wilson, 25, of Green Forest, fought officers at Simmons Taylor on Avon street after stealing cigars a flashlight and 55 cents. Wilson was on probation after a prior larceny of $1100 from a department store.
About 50 members of the British Charitable Society met at Youne's last evening and elected new members. A vigorous effort will be made to raise the membership to 1000 before 1916.
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