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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1911
Page
3
One of two new 10,800 pint motors and winding machines arrives to power elevators in the Worthington Building on Congress Square side. The devices will replace the current hydraulic system and enable modernization.
Worthington Building at 31 State Street completed installation of new electric elevators. The system rose over ten stories to the roof in a dramatic display watched by hundreds as 10 men operated the winding mechanism. The upgrade replaces hydraulics and anticipates a copper roof penthouse with total costs between eight and nine thousand dollars.
About 50 to 60 Wellfleet quahaug diggers affected as Judge Sheldon holds town selectmen must hear applications but may grant licenses at their discretion. He clarifies towns cannot bar a nonresident resident of Orleans or Wellfleet from obtaining a license.
At 11 o'clock today the tug Saturn will be launched from Richard T. Green's Chelsea shipyard for the Boston Towboat Company. Miss Elsie Winsor will christen the vessel, which measures 95 feet long, 22 feet beam, and 11 feet depth, with engine work by Bertelsen Petersen's yard to follow. The Saturn joins the tow fleet, set to be commissioned late next month, bringing the total to 14 tugs.
Mrs. May Pepper-Vanderbilt at Nahant summer home refuses to prove her marriage to George W. Pepper, denying the $500 challenge while asserting she was legally married to him in 1889. Neighbors overheard her claim as she dismissed the wager and questioned the validity of any doubt.
Mary Ann Scannell Pepper-Vanderbilt defends her 1894 Providence divorce, asserting a legal marriage to Pepper in 1889. Pepper, jailed for bigamy, challenges her proof and offers to prove her awareness of his married status with letters and witnesses.
Leslie Cann and Addie Victory quietly revealed their marriage, first performed July 25 1910 in Rockville Nova Scotia, after living separate in Wakefield. Parents of the groom were notified and a small reception for friends followed at the Cann home in Wakefield. The couple had met in Rockville while Cann vacationed there.
Henry M. Neely, aviation expert, writes in next Sunday's Post Magazine on the strong public interest in flying machines making the feature timely and noteworthy.
Edward Scanlon of 242 Shawmut avenue South End was caught by Mrs Helen Jones while attempting to break into the Jones home at 8 Oxford avenue Belmont last week. He was arraigned before Judge Almy in Cambridge District Court yesterday, waived examination, and was held for the grand jury with bail set at 500 dollars after a desperate struggle. The woman held him until police arrived.
London news reports Ernest Terah Hooley, once England’s wealth leader after promoting a tire company, was jailed in Brixton for defying court orders tied to bankruptcy proceedings. He had been among the nation’s richest men in the 1890s, with a notable peak in 1896.
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