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Line 69: ===20th century=== {{Further\|Inquirer Building}} After Elverson's death in 1911, his son by his wife Sallie Duvall, James Elverson Jr. took charge. Under Elverson Jr., the newspaper continued to grow, eventually needing to move again. Elverson Jr. bought land at [[Broad Street (Philadelphia)\|Broad]] and Callowhill Streets and built the ~~eighteen~~18-story Elverson Building, now known as the [[Inquirer Building]]. The first issue of ''The Inquirer'' was printed at the new building on July 13, 1925. Four years later, in 1929, Elverson Jr. died, and his sister, Eleanor Elverson, [[Jules Patenotre des Noyers\|Jules Patenôtre]], assumed leadership of ''The Inquirer''.<ref name="Inqhistory"/> Patenôtre ordered cuts throughout the paper, but was not really interested in managing it, and ownership of the newspaper was put up for sale. [[Cyrus Hermann Kotzschmar Curtis\|Cyrus Curtis]] and Curtis-Martin Newspapers Inc. bought the newspaper on March 5, 1930.<ref>{{cite magazine \|date=March 17, 1930 \|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,738833-1,00.html \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121023173441/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,738833-1,00.html \|url-status=dead \|archive-date=October 23, 2012 \|title=Again, Curtis-Martin \|magazine=Time }}</ref>

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