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Newspaper
Evening Bulletin
Location
Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1896
Page
4
The Evening Bulletin issue dated Saturday PRB 8 1896 edited by Daniel Logan presents the newspaper front matter and masthead. The standfirst and editorial leadership are listed, reflecting the period press structure.
A reader laments the deteriorating sidewalks from Hotel to School Street and the rotten, uneven surfaces on Noon Street, calling these the capital’s disgrace. The note notes the tourist route to Mount Tantalus is overgrown, hindering travel and urging faster government road improvements.
Yesterday's Star boasted larger news and ads space. surveyor reports Star with 180 inches news and 147 inches advertising totaling 677 inches including boiler plate. The Butter carries 186 inches news and 651 inches ads, giving Butter a one third lead in home-composed matter by about five and a half columns.
The passage notes inflated Star advertisements to fit the blanket up and save typesetting. Macfarlane reports lava filling the lake but the fire remains visible. Locals with prior knowledge are seen as experts and predict a major eruption soon. Some tourists say crater activity is worthwhile to view the volcanic region.
A brief report notes a fresh royal pardon or act of grace by the Government toward the ex Queen. The move aims to improve foreign reception and aid the long desired reconciliation with the native Hawaiians, with details in the news columns.
A Japanese coachman narrowly escaped injury this morning when a thief escaped as his horse bolted. The horse bolted onto the sidewalk causing a trap to break. The coachman was pulled from the seat and landed between the wheels. A reporter nearby helped prevent further harm as the scene unfolded.
A dinner at the American Legation last evening honored Me. and Mrs. 8. M. Bullew. Attendees included Miss Kate Field, Mr. and Mrs. Focke, Me. and Mrs. Mills, Miss Kate McGrew, Miss Kate Cornwell, Colonel McLean, and Messrs. W. C. Parke, Addison, and Mackintosh.
From Russia comes a strange temperance tale. For 364 days Siberia hosts a devoutly temperate society. On September 11 each year they pledge abstinence in church then march to a tavern and end the day drunk, resuming temperance the next day.
A fragment advises readers not to claim completion of dining and library rooms, or buy refined items, until visiting the Ordway & Porter showroom noted for up to date designs finishes and style. It warns against purchasing dining sets without a china closet or shaving sets without proper stands and drawers, emphasizing evaluation first.
The Scientific American spots the Tribune Bicycle from Black Manufacturing Company Erie Pa as the best American wheel of today. It notes American industry growth, quality control, and merits of a factory producing nearly all parts. The article promises 1896 Tribune models in various styles and invites buyers to view improvements.
Fragmentary remarks from scholars at Oxford and Nye, with Prof Wheeler commenting on editors. The garbled text suggests a debate over work and fairness in publishing.
Friday and Saturday auctions at 1 o'clock at Keen Street salesrooms offer lands in Hovolulu and Isl amlu. Listings include rented houses on Punch Hall Street and Kamaketa plots with crops, plus multiple investment and residence sites on the peninsula near Pearl City.
Public auction to sell coffee, cane, rice lands and house sites in Honolulu and Waikiki. Properties include undivided interests in varied Royal Patents, multiple parcels near Kapalama and Kalihi, with durations up to 40 years and rents per acre yearly. Details list specific blocks, boundaries, and payment terms, with agents Wong Wa Foy, Wing Wo Tai Company, and Jas. F. Morgan handling inquiries.
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