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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1908
Page
4
A telegram from Williams Bay reports Yerkes Observatory discovery of a long tailed comet. D. W. Morehouse photographed it on Sept 1 at 8:40 GMT, with right ascension 3h 20m and declination 66°15. The comet moves from south to northwest.
In St Louis on September 2 19 years have passed since Charles Schoen 67 and his ex wife Mrs Mary Smith 54 were divorced yet continue to share the same home with him upstairs and her downstairs claiming they are best of friends and maintain harmony in daily life.
The Rev. Frederick E. Heath will conduct the Tabernacle Baptist Church covenant meeting Friday and preach next Sunday. Associate pastor Rev. Charles E. Eaton will vacation in Kingston Nova Scotia and depart Boston Sept 8. Rev. Charles H. Parkhurst of New York will preach the installation sermon Oct 1 inducting Rev. W. T. McElveen as pastor of First Congregational Church Evanston Ill. Professor George E. Horr plans to accept Newton Theological Institution presidency beginning next year.
John R. Mott of the Student Volunteer will preside at the first international student Bible convention of the Y.M.C.A. college department in Columbus Ohio October 22 to 25. About a thousand college delegates are expected plus several hundred presidents and professors. Speakers will include Bishop McDowell Robert E. Speer Dr Shailer Matthews and Dr F K Sanders.
Mr. Flint, the Wolf’s buyer for women’s suits coats and skirts, is in New York selecting the newest fall styles for the shop at Hanover and Portland streets.
Senator Reed Smoot met with Immigration Commissioner Billings in a Boston Long Wharf interview over 385 detained Mormon immigrants from the Republic voyage. Most are young women bound for Utah and Ogden, some with funds provided by church-linked travelers, triggering deportation scrutiny.
Families from across the country and abroad gather in Boston for the ninth annual Chase reunion at the Vendome. Secretary O P Chase of Andover expects 300 members as President John C Chase raps for order. Program includes hymns readings addresses and a 1 p m luncheon followed by afternoon talks.
Strained relations persist between the Mayor and Cemetery Trustees as Mayor Hibbard undertakes a personal investigation of Mt Hope gravesites. He says the inquiry reinforces prior charges raised by Alderman Prentiss Parker before the Board of Aldermen.
In Lynn at Essex and Chatham a four officer stakeout captured three armed Italian suspects, Tony Riello Griella Consanza and Rosimo Costa, as they crouched near a doorway. The men faced traps in trenches of recent robberies and were held on $2000 bonds each.
A blaze in Cleveland at the Saginaw Bay Lumber Company yard destroyed lumber valued at about 100000 dollars this afternoon. No injuries were reported and the cause is under investigation.
A historical advertisement urges women to slim by dieting or exercise or Marmola Prescription Tablets. It claims rapid fat loss up to a pound daily with no stomach ache or expense, priced at 75 cents. The pills are presented as harmless and made under Marmola Co. authority from Detroit, using a simple Marmola receipt.
Trustees insist everything is “all right” at Mt. Hope Cemetery despite Mayor Hibbard’s probe. He says graves are sunken unsafe and unmarked with no grass and demands explanations after Parker’s charges, warning resignations may follow.
A hammer dropped from the top floor of the Flatiron building struck Rose Severne of 308 Tenth street Brooklyn. She fell unconscious to the sidewalk and suffered a broken nose. She was taken to Bellevue Hospital. The hammerer is unknown but the foreman is in custody.
William H. Lowder plans to open Mr. Vernon, George Washington's Virginia home, to the public at no charge. He argues thousands visit annually and more admirers would come if admission was waived. The proposal targets Spanish war veterans as supporters for the initiative.
In Paris on September 2, Monsieur Leichmann bored a hole in a large traveling trunk and fed a gas line inside. He sealed the trunk and entered it, then pulled the lid shut. That night his wife, Mme Leichmann, struck a match to light the house and an explosion occurred, revealing her husband’s body in the flames.
An advertisement-style warning promotes Birt s Head Wash as a cure-all for hair and scalp issues. It argues against tonics and shampoos, claims cleansing with the product restores natural oils, and urges readers to verify ingredients with a doctor or druggist. The note claims the product cleanses without curing baldness.
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