Dinant Losses Reported in Meuse Blood Battle
Telegraphed dispatch from Namur reports German forces stopping bombs as Belgian and German units clash near Dinant. Massive but unlisted casualties claimed on both sides with heavy Belgian losses and misidentification between regiments.
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London
Geoffrey Young
The
Daily News and Leader
Namur
Albert
Germany
Dinant
Meuse
Tirlemont
Transportation for All Stranded Americans
American diplomatic officials in Germany Switzerland and Austria were asked to begin immediate talks to move all Americans needing help to England and France. Despatches said English line vessels were available to transport all Americans who want to return to the United States. From France steamship companies were resuming operations and the situation there was fully adjusted.
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Washington
Germany
Switzerland
Austria
England
France
United States
French Rush at Dinant under Hail of Bullets
Reuters reports from Brussels that Dinant’s citadel fell to German forces who raised their flag by 1:30 pm. French troops then attacked the hilltop under heavy fire, silenced a machine gun with a shell, and recovered the flag as Germans withdrew.
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Dinant
London
Reuter
Brussels
Belgium
New Haven Officials Enjoined From Stock Transfers
Judge Braley in the Supreme Court authorized an injunction restraining certain New Haven railroad directors from transferring stock held by present or former officials. Charles S. Mellen, former New Haven president, is named among those affected.
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New Haven Railroad
Braley
Supreme Court
Charles S. Mellen
New Haven
Court orders recording of stock restriction in Amory Lawrence estate
The court orders the executors William Skinner Amos A Lawrence John S Lawrence and Harold J Coolidge to record that they promised not to transfer stock without court approval. The suit by four small stockholders targets former and current New Haven Directors for personal liability over losses from properties acquired by the road. Stock transfers by named holders e g Mellen Cochrane Rockefeller Pratt Ledyard and others are enjoined pending further orders. The judge, ruling the railroad a Massachusetts domestic corporation, notes likely mismanagement by directors and allows further action to pursue redress for substantial losses.
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William Skinner
Amos A. Lawrence
John S. Lawrence
Harold J. Coolidge
Amory A. Lawrence
New Haven
Mr. Mellen
Alexander Cochrane
William Rockefeller
Charles M. Pratt
Lewis Cass Ledyard
H. K. Twombley
George McCullough Miller
George J. Brush
James §. Hemingway
A. Heaton Robertson
Frederick F. Brewster
Charles D. Strooker
D. Newton Barney
James B. Elton
Henry K. MacHarg
Robert W. Taft
Mellen
Cochrane
Germans Admit Repulse in Alsace Battle
Berlin reports via Wolf Bureau that German forces repelled French troops in upper Alsace near Belfort and Strassburg. The message notes French artillery losses, pockets of resistance near Schirmeck, and an inquiry into local treachery.
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Alsace
Berlin
Copenhagen
London
Wolf Bureau
Mulhausen
Upper Alsace
Belfort
Strassburg
Schirmeck
Saale
No Casualties Yet in Britain's Army
London reports no casualties in the British army amid enemy attempts to spread false disaster reports to allies. Official news bureau clarifies messages circulated claim no harm has occurred.
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Britain
London
Miss Flora Reed to Wed Next Week
Miss Flora Imogene Reed daughter of Mrs Flora Melville Reed of Myrtle avenue Greenwood Wakefield will wed Robert Daland Bonney of Wakefield. The ceremony is planned for Tuesday evening August 2 in Green Street Baptist Church Melrose with Rev Samuel A Dyke officiating. A reception will follow with many friends in attendance.
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Flora Imogene Reed
Flora Melville Steed
Myrtle Avenue
Greenwood
Wakefield
Robert Daland Bonney
Green Street Baptist Church
Melrose
Samuel A. Dyke
Stranded American Tourist Dies by Own Action in London
Algernon Trevor Sutton of Carth age Missouri hanged himself today in London. Police report the death as self-inflicted amid depression over difficulties cashing letters of credit.
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London
Algernon Trevor Sutton
Carthage
Missouri
Cambridge man dies four weeks after broken neck incident
Joseph Jefferson of S South Street Cambridge died yesterday at Carney Hospital South Boston four weeks after his neck was broken in a diving accident at the L Street baths South Boston on July 23.
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Joseph Jefferson
S South Street
Cambridge
Carney Hospital
South Boston
L Street Baths
Sailor Struck by Train at Back Bay Station
Andrew J. Norton, 22, a sailor from the torpedo boat Cummings, was found beside the tracks at Back Bay station of the New York New Haven and Hartford Railroad last night after being struck by a train. He was taken to Massachusetts General Hospital where his leg was amputated.
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Andrew J. Norton
United States
Cummings
Back Bay
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Massa
Kirmayer Sold to New York Giants from Three I League
Decatur reports Ollie Kirmayer pitcher for the local Three I league team has been sold to the New York Giants. He leads the league in pitching and will report to the Giants after the Three I season ends in September.
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Decatur
Ill
Ollie Kirmayer
New York Natonal Club
Kirmayer
Lst
Giants
Comfort but Damp in City as Heat Persists
The weather forecast calls for showers and disagreeable conditions today with possible cooling rain to ease high humidity. Yesterday's high reached 78 degrees with a 65 degree low, the heat felt strongest in the morning. Duncan Kirk, a White Star Line laborer at Pier 5 Commonwealth docks South Boston, is on the dangerous list with a fractured skull after succumbing to the heat at about 5 o'clock.
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Duncan Kirk
White Star Line
Commonwealth Docks
Boston
Menominee On Way From Antwerp To Boston
The Red Star liner Menominee crowded with war refugees is en route to Boston. She left Antwerp yesterday and is expected to arrive around August 29. The ship flies the British flag and is a sister vessel of the Marquette which arrived in Boston Monday evening.
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Red Star
Boston
Antwerp
Marquette
Unlucky Louie and Muggsy Share Color Page
Unlucky Louie and Muggsy headline a full color page in the next Sunday Post feature section. The duo deliver excruciatingly funny sketches and gags that charm readers with quick-fire humor.
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Louie
Muggsy
Next
Sunday Post
Thieves Blow Tasigi Safe In Stockbridge
Burglars blew open a large steel safe at the Summer residence of Mrs. Oscar Tasigi of Boston in Stockbridge early today, stealing over $20,000 in jewelry while she slept. Deputies Noble and Blight found no clues, noting the work appeared to be done by experts.
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Lenox
Oscar Lasigi
Boston
Stockbridge
G. H. Noble
Thomas Blight
Jewel Thief Searched After Tremont Street Theft
Police inspectors yesterday opened a search for a daring jewel thief who stole a tray of valuable diamonds from the Tremont street jewelry store owned by George E Homer. The value is not disclosed but is believed high as authorities monitor pawn shops for possible disposal of the gems.
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Tremont Street
George E. Homer
Homer
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