City Charter Revisions Move to Elect Councilmen by Voters
The Independent charter committee met in a crowded room to revise the city charter and ward boundaries. J Quinn urged elections by the people for city officials. Chairman Testa warned against partisan ties as debate continued. The body adjourned after naming temporary chairs and setting ward allocations for a one year term. Also noted is a Treasury recommendation to appropriate funds for Hawaiian annexation and postal savings deposits, with estimates and distributions to be handled by territorial and national authorities. Shipments to Honolulu and payments via the Honolulu Post Office are referenced amid ongoing budget discussions.
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Tantalus
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Motte
House of Representatives
Washington
Hawaiian Islands
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Congress
Postal Savings Bank
Depoaltara
United States
Honda
Honolulu
Pitet National Bank of Hawaii
Concert program notes amid a strange fairy tale verse
A fragmentary item describes a concert on a Hawaiian grounds for Washington's Birthday with overtures and selections. It blends odd fairy tale language with actual musical numbers and ends by praising sewing machines and showroom details.
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Washington
Countess in Personal Crisis and Tragic Death in El Montecito
A statement in Santa Barbara reports Countess Frederick Hameed, formerly Josephine Count Tuttlr, age 27, committed suicide by jumping from her home on Hot Borinen road in El Montecito after an extended marriage to Tuttlr ended in divorce. The tale notes her return from marriage in Europe, a lavish Montenito home, and noted social influence, with gossip on family and social circles surrounding the tragedy.
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Santa Harvard
Frederick Hameed
Jewphine
Countey Ritter
Ted Mulette
Wight
Hot Borinen Road
el Montecito
Mamaet
Wustaud
Count Tuttlr
Rommetare
Montenita
Albany bill on minimum type size aimed at newspapers
Albany Feb 4 report says Assemblyman Lyng introduced a measure to require a minimum type size of eight point for most printed material with footnotes or indexes exempted. The bill would not target newspapers, Lyng asserts, but would curb readers needing very small type. The State Board of Health may exempt certain printed matter under the proposal.
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Albany
N.Y
New York State
State Board of Health
Awemblyman Lyng
Lexula
Traffic through the Suez Canal rises in 1899 report
The annual board report shows a substantial increase in canal traffic in 1899 compared with 1898. Vessels passing rose from 3 03 to 9 607 with payloads increasing from 218 607 tons to 37 017 tons. Average load grew from 2617 to 2743 tons and total time in canal edged up 38 minutes due to quarantine rules.
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Board of Managers of the
Suez Company
Toy
Consul General Reports Russia Free Import of Foreign Coal
Consul General Holloway from St. Petersburg notes that the Russian Finance Minister has ordered foreign coal for government railways to be admitted free of duty at all ports until July 1941. Domestic supply is expected to meet requirements despite strikes near Warsaw and Lodz. Output figures for Russia show an annual rise in the first half of the year, with anticipated improvement later. references to local saloon reform and social chatter appear amid a mix of oblique economic notes and unrelated notices.
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Nikac
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