Cambridge invites Louvain University to relocate studies
The Senate of Cambridge University invites the Catholic University of Louvain Belgium to move to Cambridge to continue its studies with degrees and activities as at its foundation. Cambridge would provide facilities while wartime conditions have reduced Cambridge enrollments offering Louvain ample accommodation. It is believed to be the first such hospitality between universities.
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London
Cambridge University
Catholic University of
Louvain
Belgium
Cambridge
Woman Dies as Auto Race Ends in Catastrophe at Hull
A race on the Hull boulevard ended in tragedy as a car struck a wall at 60 mph and leaped to crash into a pole. Mrs. Edward V. McGann died from injuries after being taken to Dr. C. B. Sylvester’s hospital in Allerton. McGann, 25, was mortally injured along with a third rider who was hurt. The party included two uninjured men who faced drunkenness charges, while others fled home. The crash occurred during a wager to see if McGann could overtake a red car, with spectators and park police scrambling to respond.
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C. B. Sylvester
Allerton
Edward V. McGann
North Beacon Street
Brighton
John Sanderson
MaGann
Jerry Sullivan
Prospect Street
Cambridge
Hull
Edward J. Duffy
Joseph Hanahan
Roxbury
McGann
F. M. Reynolds
Harry Tremaine
Feeney
Weir River
Boston
Michael J. Feeney
South Boston
Dare
Dev. Loop
Nantasket Avenue
Edward V. Magann
Jennie Chisholm
Noted British Regiments Suffer Severe Losses
London war office casualty list reports sixteen officers killed and 88 wounded with 10 missing. Cold Stream Guards and Black Watch among those affected, the Guards with 18 wounded or missing and the Black Watch with 10 wounded or missing.
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London
War Office
Cold Stream Guards
Black Watch
Wounded Nobles Include Stewart-Murray and Somerset Siblings
Reported wounded are Lord James Thomas Stewart-Murray captain of the Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders who earned both the King's and Queen's medals in the South African war. Also wounded are Hon Fitzroy Richard Somerset and Hon Nigel Fitzroy Somerset sons of Lord Raglan, plus Major Hon Alfred Henry Maitland son of the Earl of Lauderdale.
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James Thomas Stewart-Murray
Duke of Atholl
Queen’s
Cameron Highlanders
Fitzroy Richard Somerset
Nigel Fitzroy Somerset
Lord Raglan
Alfred Henry Maitland
Earl of Lauderdale
Grenader Guards
Gloucestershire Regiment
Maitland
Egypt
South Africa
Germans threaten to shoot newsdealers
The German military governor of Brussels threatens to shoot all sellers or holders of Belgian or English newspapers. German papers and some Dutch papers are declared authorized with pronounced sympathies.
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London
Brussels
Exchange Telegraph Ostend
German Casualty Toll From Stettin Fight Reported
Berlin reports 6126 German casualties from the Aug. 28 engagement with British warships near the Stettin. The majority fall within eight regiments and 15 battalions, including 1141 losses in the 131st Regiment and 820 in the 10th Grenadiers. A war loan drive seeks 500 million marks, about 312.5 million dollars.
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Berlin
Amsterdam
London
Stettin
One Hundred and Thirty-second Infantry
Tenth Grenadiers
One Hundred and Fifty-seventh Infantry
Candidates Ready for Primaries
Candidates in the State primaries tonight prepare final campaign touches. The season has been discouraging with baseball and the war dampening interest. Democrats face no contests on the State ticket. Republicans contest every spot except governor.
Vote unlikely to surge as polls open late and results linger
The article notes expected light turnout and slow returns due to polling places remaining open late. It highlights main contests for Lieutenant Governor Cushing-Goetting-Stevens and Secretary Kinney-Brier-Lantry, with Kinney and Langtry drawing from Boston opposition. It also mentions Joseph Monette of Lawrence as auditor candidate and lists poll hours for the metropolitan district.
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Cushing-Goetting-Stevens
Cushing
Kinney
Boston
Joseph Monette
Lawrence
Lomasney backs Tague as Boston politics heat rises
In Boston the Democratic fight for Congress in the 10th district centers on Peter F. Tague with Lomasney's Hedricks Club delivering support. Kelcher gains a strong reception while new alliances form in Ward 9. Other districts see close contests with Horgan versus Watson and Cronin in Ward 14. Giblin is favored in Ward 1.
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Congress
Boston
Martin Lomasney
Ward 8
Hedricks Club
Peter F. Tague
Lomasney
Hendricks Club
Tague
Kelcher
Callahan
Ward 9
James Donovan
Donovan
Gartlands
William F. Murray
Washington
Michael J. Leary
Lomasney-Fitzgerald
Hub
Francis J. Horgan
James A. Watson
Horgan
Curley
Watson
Thomas J. Fay
House of Representatives
Thomas F. O’hearn
William N. Cronin
Giblin
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