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Newspaper
Evening Bulletin
Location
Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1897
Page
4
An 1897 Evening Bulletin column discusses British imperial strain on the India border and Japan pressuring U S Hawaii annexation. It frames Anglo Saxon strength as restrained yet formidable and notes protests over Hawaii renewed in U S Senate debates.
The Hawaii Herald notes how plantation men selling Olan property reflect years of hard field work. As in many places, undercapitalized sellers edge toward selling to capitalized buyers who seek profit. Many pioneers turn to fresh investments, but risk detours into tropical growth and bonded acres of brush.
The piece discusses Rustin’s stance on the Hawaiian question and U.S. annexation policy. It notes Bollerin’s commentary on Russia’s Pacific aims and the possibility of Japan prompting action if the United States abandons annexation. It argues that keeping U.S. control over Hawaii is seen as essential to demonstrate national policy strength abroad.
A brief status note indicates no formal statement or update from the Avrang organization today. No additional details or actions are reported, and no events are listed.
Secretary of the Navy seeks a twelve thousand dollar appropriation to draw and engrave copper plates for the survey of Pearl Harbor and Hawaiian Islands. Funds would support navigation charts and coast waterway data from the Hawaiian Government survey, with broader work on currents and meteorology across the Washington to Alaska region.
Residents near the pumping station report thefts of garden hose and veranda chair amid noisy Portuguese and drunken natives at night. A prior attempted chair theft on Young Street is linked to the same culprit as the recent incidents. Meanwhile a Christmas program on the U S flagship Baltimore lists races, contests, and potential sailing events if weather allows.
Timely Topics highlight new Coast items ideal as gifts. The Laughing Camera offers instant fun at 75 cents, Silver Tea Balls promise quick, perfectly strained tea, and Children’s Sets with silver cutlery plus pearl-handled knife. New silver berry and cream spoons join affordable Double Carving Sets and elegant bedroom toilet sets.
A Cabinet meeting discussed enlarging the harbor west side with funds to deepen the channel to the King Street bridge and to install several new wharf slips between the railroad terminus and the old fish market, to be proposed to the coming Legislature for appropriation.
The Metropolitan Meat Company received a large shipment of turkeys, geese, and chickens from Winnipeg and Seattle. The fowl are very fat and excellent, with a turkey on show weighing 18 pounds fully dressed on its third morning.
Closing notice informs owners to place items early on Friday to avoid closures. The notice lists H LEWIS & CO, HK MCINTYRE & BRO, CHAR HUBTACE, Whit as affected stores and urges prompt action ahead of Cheiatains Day.
Fragmented OCR lists various items such as furniture, toys, sporting gear, and fabrics with garbled spellings and stray phrases. The readable elements reference dolls, bicycles, garden sets, crepe fabrics, and miscellaneous Sundries, suggesting a historical stationery and haberdashery listing. No coherent event or narrative emerges beyond catalog shorthand.
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