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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1911
Page
16
A Boston retailer asserts continued presence in the city due to high rents delaying a relocation. Negotiations on a lease for a prominent site are underway and an announcement is expected next week.
New York August 2 Robert McMaster Gillespie reports that financing for the Woolworth building is secured with 13 million dollars total cost. Woolworth provided 5 million. Otto Markiewicz and European investors raised about 8 million as a first mortgage. The 55 story Gothic tower will reach 750 feet on Broadway between Barclay and Park Place. Construction to begin soon after large caissons reach bedrock.
Police in Augusta believe the death of Alexander J Cameron was murder after his body was found in the Kennebec River. Investigators seek who was present on the gravel bank where he drowned Monday afternoon, a spot known as a thug and loafer hangout.
Captain Linn of the yacht Senorita saw the man disrobe and dive into the river at 3 30 Monday afternoon and swim for more than an hour. W E King later saw him still swimming from a nearby garage vantage point. Friends doubt a long swim before death and speculate he was attacked after returning to shore. He wore an undershirt drawers stockings and shoes with valuables missing including money watch chain studs and cuff links, police search ongoing.
Bob Cole a 43 year old colored comedian and songwriter from Athens Georgia, part of Cole and Johnson, walked into Catskill creek in Catskill New York and drowned despite help. Authorities suggest his act was intentional after a period of illness and recent despondency. He arrived in the Catskills a week ago with his mother.
A Kiel cablegram to the Harvard observatory reports Encke's comet on its return as observed by Gownessait on July 31 at 6544 GMT about 1 PM local. It shows right ascension 7h 27m 54.5s and declination plus 26° 04′. The small telescope visibility is noted.
The inquest opens today in Little Compton to determine if Mrs. Lillian Nickerson’s death was suicide or murder. Patrick Duggan, cab driver for J. J. Franey, identifies the intoxicated woman and says the man and woman reached 29 Egleston Street before he departed, noting nothing suspicious in the pair.
Newburyport Aug 2 The Chipman silver mines in Newbury will resume activity after years of dormancy as a Western mining firm plans to sink a shaft and start mining following favorable assays.
Reports claim high quality silver and potential radium in Newbury area as major mining concerns show interest. Old shafts were filled but new shaft work begins tomorrow under options secured by a group of wealthy backers. Lead and copper traces noted amid excitement in the Newburyport locality.
Washington August 2. The publicity bill was sent to a conference by the Senate. Senators Dillingham Vermont Gamble South Dakota and Johnston Alabama were named conferees. The House has already named its conferees.
An advertisement promotes Horsford's Acid Phosphate as a nerve tonic for relief of insomnia impaired nerve force and fatigue. It targets readers seeking tonics to boost nerve health and energy.
Leon Aimes 33 of 369 Border Street, East Boston, enraged by his wife's unexplained absence, beat her and poured boiling water over her and a fellow tenant, Mrs. Oveson. Both women were hospitalized with severe burns. Aimes taken into custody at East Boston station. Mrs Aimes severely burned on face left arm back right side and both legs. Mrs Oveson burned on left arm and side.
An advertisement touts Oil of Wintergreen and Thymos in a D. D. D Prescription mix that allegedly stops itching instantly and soothes skin while cleansing impurities overnight. It claims to cure skin troubles at their source and offers trial bottles of one dollar or twenty-five cents through Riker Jaynes Drug Stores.
Two fifty in merchandise or two dollars in cash will be given for filled Legal Stamp books at Wolf's My Clichthier located at the corner of Hanover and Portland streets.
Trustee John M. Little states the Pelham building at Fremont and Bolyston streets will not be remodeled into a hotel. A trust deed was filed to prevent division of the property by sale on heirs’ deaths, amid reports the site had changed hands and a new hotel would rise opposite Hotel Touraine.
In South Boston court Graustein Company milk contractors of Charlestown were fined 15 dollars on three counts for keeping milk not of standard quality. John J. Dramond of 1264 Massachusetts Avenue was fined 15 dollars for selling milk below standard.
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