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Newspaper
Evening Bulletin
Location
Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1905
Page
8
A newspaper blurb promotes a sales event starting Monday morning highlighting special prices on home furnishings. The promotion emphasizes large quantities to last a year or two and appeals to homemakers to take advantage of the deals.
Old style sale notice lists various items with past and present prices for comforts, blankets, rugs, table covers, curtains, and textiles. Items include wool blankets, Smyrna rugs, double beds, portieres, and bath fabrics with marked reductions. The document reflects a liquidation sale beginning Monday at eight o'clock with multiple price adjustments.
The barber trade discusses licensing to curb Japanese competition with a proposed 100 annual license fee. Some favor lowering or eliminating the fee, while others warn it could harm white barbers and reduce overall business. Legislative action anticipated as chairs consider the measure.
John Ray, longtime road roller engineer, died at the Hospital for Incurables shortly after breakfast. He suffered long rheumatic and heart conditions. The obituary notes he was a New York native and a former political figure, with a notable life in early city politics and civil service.
A mixed local page lists a variety of notices and ads: Harmners Taaitiuie meeting at 7 40, Arjojel's sells carbon paper at 3.50 per ton, Whitney & Marsh case pending, Pantheon revival, Blue 2871 phone, Mobienn bark sails to San Francisco, boarding houses and rents, confectionery and bakery items, a band concert at St Louis College, and business names like JF Morgan selling real estate in Kaplolani tract for 600. Other items include a King Street tailor, bishop services, a public notice on Kauai sugar cargo, a Kinau voyage, and a Kinau arrival with details on rough seas and the Ke Au Hou freight.
The Royal Hawaiian Hotel overflows as incoming guests unable to be housed rush to other quarters. Hotel management, including Manager Church, tours the area seeking solutions while the last major hotel closure was years ago before Alexander Young and Moann construction. In Hilo, the Hawaii Jockey Club formally organized at Fireman’s Hall electing officers for the year and imposing a 25 percent assessment on dues, with an executive committee named.
Real estate entries recorded from 10 30 p m to 4 p m include transfers from Kalena to Pioneer Mi Coe Lad to Ada Gartley and several cane companies to Haw Age Co Cm Nakawwaka Cane Co to Haw Age Co Cm Hiroshige Cane Co to Haw Age Co Cm Tantguch Cane Co to Haw Age Co noting multiple corporate transfers and individuals in a single filing.
Applications to the Twelfth Lighthouse District office in Young Building within thirty days for certified registers of eligibles for keeper and assistant keeper positions in the Hawaiian Division. US citizens aged 18 to 50 may apply. blank forms from the office.
Representative Wo J Sheidem of Kagel reports details of an attempted poisoning at Mubawell plantation. A Japanese preparation was said to be in the water. Suspects, including Japanese servants, were arrested while two workers face serious charges. Preliminary examination postponed as officials attend legislature.
The superintendent of Public Instruction outlines examination schedules for West Point and Annapolis candidates. Preliminary tests will be held in the hall of representatives on Monday and Tuesday, February 7 and 8, with Abnapa fig exams on Wednesday and Thursday. Detailed subjects and times are listed for each day including reading, arithmetic, geography, algebra, geometry, spelling, dictation, and hygiene.
Jurors in the Schnack versus Montano dispute could not agree on a $1,250 commission verdict after a forenoon and afternoon session. Judge De Nolt refused to fix the amount, as it was the jury’s task, and the mistrial was entered when a single juror held out. The Ke Au Hou steamer departure details follow in a separate line of notes.
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