Civil War Rages in Celestial Empire Reports Reach Shanghai
San Francisco July 4 cables relay rumors of Li Yuan Hung assassination and monarch restoration in China. Dispatches say rival factions clash near Peking and Shanghai reports confirm fighting as southern provinces back republic. Naval action off French coast involved American destroyers and German U boats.
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San Francisco
Cal
Li Yuan Hung
China
Shanghai
Chinese World
Chung Fung
Fung Kuck Jung
Lu Wing Ting
London
Peking
Tien Tsin
Chan Hsun
Tokio
Second U Boat Attack Reported on Navy Transport
Washington July 4 two days after German submarines struck transports bound for France another attack was made on a large navy transport carrying gold to pay American troops and a substantial cargo of supplies. The report notes a second encounter with U boats and adds details about the peril faced by maritime traffic during the voyage.
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Americar A
Washington, D. C
France
Miss Hornsby Siblings Survive Lake Michigan Wreck
Miss Helen Hornsby and Miss Hazel Hornsby of Austin were aboard the whaleback steamer Christopher Columbus when it wrecked on Lake Michigan. Ten people were killed and more than twenty injured. Judge John W. Hornsby received a telegram from his sister saying neither was injured.
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Austin
Tex
Helen Hornsby
Hazel Hornsby
John W. Hornsby
Lake Michigan
Prohibition Order Tied to Willow City School District
A Gillespie County Texas court orders prohibition of sale of intoxicating liquors within Willow City Independent School District after a 25 to 15 vote. The decision, dated June 25 1917, requires publication in a Gillespie County newspaper and lists survey boundaries and official confirmations by County Judge A H Kneese. The report also includes archival notes on local road planning and a separate personal reminiscence.
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S. Townsend
S. E
Devey
A. B. C. Davyid
N. Vis
N. W
N. E
N. EE
Shipp
A. Bell
Willow City Independent School District
Willow City Independent School
Gove
Willow City Independent
Gillespie County
Texas
Gillespie
State of
I. A. H. Kneese
Commissioners’ Court
Fredericksburg
Negro woman shot and killed in Austin attack
Sheriff pursues Link Bookman after a violent home attack on Delilah Moore’s family at 506 East Thirteenth Street. Leona Harris died, two elderly relatives wounded, as officers seek a yellow-skinned suspect with multiple warrants.
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Leona Harris
Delilah Moore
East Thirteenth Street
Austin
Texas
Link Bookman
Lear
Justice of the Peace
Captives on Devil's River Threatened with Death
San Antonio was named for a delivery site as the camp held thirty three white prisoners including a mother and her kin. The mother recalled witnessing six white girl prisoners killed and that captives were to be killed under certain circumstances while the tribe traveled on Devil's River.
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Byer
Texvid
Austin
San Laredo
Galveston
Corpus Christi
Riviera
Falfarri Brooks County
Edinborough
Brownsville
Hidalgo
Kleberg
Nye
San Antonio
Myah
Devil’s River
Wealth Boom and Social Change in De Soto Era
A fragmentary report describes a Delaware district inflation of wealth from gas booms, new social clubs, and aspiring wives of millionaires. Daughters of De Soto charter members push a public library chapter to honor De Soto, prompting a city meeting to reconsider a historical figure.
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Delaware
Coung Diana
Daughters of
Desto
Browses de Soto
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Juenke & Schoenewolt
Celestial Empire
Pekin
Legation
Aie
Sable
Hornsby
The
Fredericksburg Publishing Co
Koenig’s
A. H. Kneese
Matthews
Tenth Street
Bravos
Wallaut Creek
Head Manor
Woolsey
Th Hospital
Leona
VLA Ae
Burrier-Maier Co
Pimeter & Klie ¢ Co
Kohmeier & Klier
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