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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1911
Page
3
Testimony before Commissioner Hayes asserts payrolls and mining reports were falsified with or without Victor M. Weil, the Boston promoter, as the case on charges of using the mails to defraud continues.
Jefferson F. Howell of Salt Lake City testifies that Weil pressured him to falsify mining reports and payrolls at Howell and Little Company to boost stock. Howell says he falsified May 1908 payrolls and kept funds, while Weil threatened postal prosecutions and manipulated dividends. Howell alleges ongoing deception and a planned double cross.
Flames were seen on Cedar Island off the Isles of Shoals near Portsmouth and communications with the mainland are down. The Mid Ocean House hotel, run by Clarence Caswell, is the island’s main building, with few winter residents and no fire protection in place yet.
In two long lines from Logan Square to the Cathedral more than 75,000 people viewed Archbishop Ryan’s body robed in full pontifical vestments. 35,000 children and then adults passed by until after midnight. Cardinal Gibbons arrived in Philadelphia and stayed with a lay friend as guards were staged for tomorrow’s funeral.
Miss Daisy Oden, longtime chief clerk in Davenport for the Chicago Burlington and Quincy, is named division passenger agent becoming the first woman in the United States to hold such a post. Her domain runs from Watertown Illinois to Bettendorf Iowa.
Intercolonial and Prince Edward Island Railway of Canada have moved their Boston office from 306 Washington street to 294 Washington street Room 427 Old South building. Mr. R. W. Chipman is the New England agent in charge and offers information on the railway.
An estate dispute over Herbert L. Littlefield reveals 19th century asylum treatment practices and the unreliable nature of historic records. The probate battle continued as witnesses described prior confinement and the contested will after Littlefield’s death by his own hand last May.
Cousins challenge the will of Littlefield claiming he was mentally unsound when he left about 55000 to George FE and Allan Kimball. They present records from the McLean and Worcester asylums and a death certificate showing Adeline Sawyer Littlefield’s suicide. The deposition of Worcester asylum head Hosea M. Quimby notes Mrs. Littlefield’s long sleepless spells and hunger in 1848. The case resumes today.
City Hall announces a musical shift as the mayor ends his usual Sweet Adeline encore. He now favors My Hero, likening the change to past administrations and their signature tunes.
Arthur H. Carpenter of Cambridge obtained a divorce from Anna Gould Carpenter of Lowell in East Cambridge court on grounds that his wife valued music over home and showed no affection. The couple married June 12, 1901, and separated March 4, 1907, with Judge Bell granting the decree.
Judge Charles A. Bell heard eight days of evidence in the $30,000 alienation of affections suit of Mrs Emma F Heath of Malden against Mrs Sarah Merriam of Malden in East Cambridge Superior Court. Yesterday morning Attorneys Choate for Merriam and Nason presented their arguments.
Judge Levi Turner of the Cumberland County Superior Court remained semi conscious after a morning apoplexy. Dr. Gerrish said Turner could live for days or pass away at any time as a blood vessel burst and one side was paralyzed.
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