American Hotels and Society in a European Eye
A reader describes travel impressions of the United States, critiquing American hotels as inferior to European standards in service and design while praising European labor-saving features. He condemns American street life, public order, and hotel charges, noting higher rail fares, limited privacy, and costly transits. The piece contrasts New York wealth per square mile with poor street conditions and cites a dramatic public inquiry observed in session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Ureser
Antonina
Derek
New England
Parke
Horope
Inziunas
Aiarivan
Karopy
Simmer
Sith
Black Belbngs
Europe
Bieste
America
England
Weans
Nyaga
Cies
New York
Boston
France Hands Six Month Term For Fatal Car Crash
Elliott Fitch Bhepard son of the late Col. Billott Fitch Bhepard, is sentenced to six months in a Seine jail for driving down and killing a child near St Quonj last April 24, with a 120 dollar fine and 10 dollars in damages to the parents. He plans an appeal as the court weighs law, motive, and punitive precedent amid rapid French talk on traffic harms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eiliott Fitch Bhepard
Col
Billott Fitch Bhepard
Wa ‘York
Wise Low
Vandertill
Seine
Wile Maile
St. Quon
Iast
Maitre Anquetin
Shepard
Vine Hin Wentener
Poincare
Frante
Xiel
Shepard Wan
France
Cort
Not ATL Doubter Dialogue From The Bullet
A fragmentary exchange shows a pompous speaker declaring self as a well made man and a modest reply from a humbler listener. The damaged text hints at a printed item from Chienko Daily News Fine Job Printing at The Bullet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howe
Chienko Daily News
Quarantine 10 Called Off In Hawaii Harbor
Quarantine 10 will be lifted in twenty three days with the December 2 date cited. No new cases or fatalities reported, and release expected after the last case is cleared. Coastward crowds at the wharves will be controlled while workmen move on the docks and preparations for hand signals are noted. Public health authorities say no state-wide danger remains and Honolulu is viewed as stable by San Francisco papers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oceania
Ative
Coant
J. B. Cofer
Itnapital Sever
San Francisco
Honolulu
Certificates Stir Controversy In Hawaii Leprosy Cases
JOAN ATCHERLEY writes from North Kohala Hawaii Dec 4 detailing confusion and bitterness over leprosy certificates issued by the Board of Health and Examiners. She notes patients were certified as free of leprosy amid arrest uncertainty, with police criticism and alleged inefficiency in handling the certificates and related legal actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eilitor
Popelbie
Board of Health
Kona
Joan Atcherley
Silc
North Koha
Hawaii
The Skink Tale Of Envy On A Tropical Isle
A playful verse in a late 19th or early 20th century section features an onlooker named Skink who muses on being another creature. The tale turns into a jealous wish about transformation and the tragic outcome of the Skink’s wish. Burgess Succeme and a cast of island settings anchor the whimsical meditation on self and desire.
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Newbro
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Fred
Dimrase
Tore Sane Hollister Drug CO
Hainer Bottling Works
Crystal Springs
Metropolitan Meat Co., Ltd
University of California
Leland Stanford Jr. University
Ite
Vassar
Smith
W: Y
Mary B
West
van Ness Ave
San Fancisco
Cala
Dingtet
Jean
Hie
Ginett
Burgess
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Fort Street
W. C. Peacock & Co
Fong Inn CO
Nuuanu Street
Hawaiian Soda Works
Emma St
Orient
Wing WO Tai & CO
Tel
P.O
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Hawaiian Nevws Co., Ltd
J. Lando
Cate
Fort ST
Hotel ST
Young Hotel
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Green House
King Nr
Waikiki Road
White
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