26 Oct 1910
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1910
Page
1
Mrs. Minnie E. Wightman of Brookline, sued by James J. Supple of Dorchester for 15000 dollars claiming alienation of his wife Elsie Supple's affections, denied yesterday any influence over Elsie and any actions to separate the couple.
Neil Kittredge Forhan of Canton Maine a fourth year student at Tufts Medical School drank chloroform in a club room at 2 Fencourt Back Bay last night. Classmates heard a groan and his body fall to the floor and he was rushed to City Hospital where doctors expected recovery. He is the son of well to do parents and lived with a Harvard student at 1112 Wellington Street.
Testimony centers on Mrs. Wightman and Mrs. Supple with William H. Wightman absolved and the suit proceeding against Mrs. Wightman alone. Supple’s parents claim the wife’s absence caused weight loss and inability to work. Mrs. Wightman recalls meeting, wedding details in Providence, and helping prepare for the hospital trip.
News from Naples reports a cyclone affecting Ischia Cetara Torre del Greco and the Gulf of Naples with a tidal wave and volcanic eruptions. About 100 people are said dead with great property losses as relief efforts begin led by Admiral Leonardi and $400,000 already allocated.
Weston October 25 Miss Ethel Hardcastle daughter of Frank Hardcastle of New York City a patient under a nurse s care at Crabbington Lodge died tonight by throwing herself under the wheels of a train on the Boston and Maine tracks about 200 yards from the lodge.
A 26 year old woman with a nervous disorder vanished from a lodge while supervised by a nurse. After a rainstorm search by lodge staff and guests, she was found beside the railway tracks near Kendall Green, apparently struck by a passing train. No engineer recalls sighting her. She had been in Waltham four months under a nurse from New York.
A western state thunderstorm swept into Boston last night at 8 with brilliant lightning. Newburyport saw flooded cellars and waterlogged streets while a bolt struck a Boston Elevated box on Meridian Street causing a brief blaze. The storm drenched Springfield and Worcester before veering north to Portland.
Frank Nicola age 62 of 82 Forest Street collapsed and died while dancing at the Knights of Pythias ball in the Arlington Auditorium causing a panic among guests as the party was in full swing. He was dancing with Miss Mildred Carleton when he fell, probably from apoplexy.
Mrs H Anna Brunner of Boston died in Springfield following a surgical operation. Aged 55, she was Massachusetts state organizer for the W G T U A and a national director of the local temperance region. She will be buried in Mt Vernon Missouri, home of a sister.
A thunderstorm struck Arlington tonight when a ball shaped bolt hit the Hicks home at Massachusetts avenue and Mt. Vernon street. It crawled around the roof shedding blue flames, entered the house through the chimney, and started about a dozen small fires which were quickly fought out by the occupants.
Advertisement notes standard or tourist service with berth nine dollars via Washington Sunset Route. Offices listed at 170 and 22s Washington Street.
In Belmont Park Ralph Johnstone soared to 7308 feet to beat J Armstrong Drexel who had reached 7105 in a snow bound test flight. Wilbur Wright and Hubert Latham also featured as crowd watched aerial feats and mishaps in the distance meet.
A bevy of women took short flights in the morning and afternoon while Count de Lesseps flew four times during the day. Miss Eleonora Sears of Boston joined Grahame White for two 150 foot rounds, and Allan A. Ryan, son of Thomas Fortune Ryan and arrangements chairman, rode along with Hoxsey, returning exuberant with delight.
New York financier Clifford B. Harmon offers a $1000 reward to anyone who locates balloonists Alan Hawley and Augustus Post and the America II after they vanished during the international distance contest. Ottawa reports persistent, unconfirmed rumors as search efforts continue in the far north.
Early Huntsville dispatches hinted a guide saw a balloon north of Risco Ontario on Thursday, raising hopes of a definite lead. Later reports cast doubt, with Toronto experts saying the sighting was Wednesday and could refer to Isle de France or Azurea, while another report near Georgian Bay and a Lake Kipawa sighting remained uncertain.
Forecast for New England calls for rain in Maine on Wednesday with the rest of the region experiencing brisk northwest winds that will ease to light and variable by Thursday. The outlook notes the approach of a weather system with unsettled conditions across coastal areas.
Yesterday’s average temperature recorded as 55 with a range 20 to 24. The log lists times and figures in a burnished note, citing Thompson's Spa as a reference point. Data includes temperatures around 10 to 48 and 83 at various unlabeled intervals.
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