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Newspaper
Evening Bulletin
Location
Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1899
Page
9
East Kalihi Valley location offers best Pearl Harbor view with deep soil and no rocks. Water will be ready before building. a Kaiulani memorial park will be set aside. Lots to be sold at record low prices. applications received at our office with preference to earliest requests.
A young Chinese boy Al Par wins a bicycle in a contest called a Mandarin for a Day. He tours Chinatown with pride, meets shopkeepers and laundrymen while spectators marvel at the pneumatic tire and the machine’s white craftsmanship. The prize reflects cross cultural admiration and local excitement.
A fragmented 19th century scene describes Ah Far selling daily papers in Honolulu while rival youths from German and American lines contest the crowd and a newspaper race ends with Ah Far winning a big wheel as others receive lesser prizes. The piece highlights race, commerce, and neighborhood tensions.
Fragmentary OCR lists banks across cities and countries, mentioning National Bank of San Francisco BeRLIN Dresdner Bank New Zealand Bank and Bank of British North America. It notes deposits received and hints at financial actions, with unclear details and garbled names.
The article notes that Savings Bank interest rates were lowered to four and a half percent and that the Hawaiian Postal Bank rules and regulations have been adopted as binding guidelines. It mentions copies of the rules may be obtained and that the Postal Act will be maintained, with printed copies of the rules and regulations available.
Biselof and Co Bankers offer general banking and exchange services with credit facilities in major world cities. Fixed deposit interest post July 1 1898 includes 3 percent for 1 month, 4 percent for 12 months, and 3.4 percent for six months.
Assets for December 1898 amount to 116,808.98 with loans on approved months. The notice lists officers A B Rose as president and A V Gear as secretary, inviting inquiries at the Chamber of Commerce rooms. The fragmented text notes housing and savings context and office hours.
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