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Newspaper
Evening Bulletin
Location
Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1911
Page
3
The Mystic Shrine has expanded from zero members in 1871 to over 150,000 in 1911, illustrating the order’s popularity and merit. New temples form with diligence, and Aloha Temple remains the sole non North American temple, marking a unique distinction.
A fragmented list maps temples, mosques, and sacred sites with global place names from New York to Cairo and Chicago to Can, listing locations, associations, and scattered references such as Aleppo Medina Mecca Damascus and Palestine alongside U S cities and overseas entries. The collection appears as an OCR dense index of religious and geographic terms interleaved with city names, suggesting a catalog or map key rather than a continuous article.
The guide promotes Honolulu sights for Shriners visitors with notes on Aquarium, Kapu Park, Capitol, Punchbowl, Waikiki Beach, Pearl Harbor area, and market life. It urges exploration of water fronts, mountain trails, and native Hawaiian landscapes with a focus on diverse neighborhoods and seasonal changes.
A fraternal toast extols a Shriners character as generous and approachable while recalling figures like Hines, McCandleas, Minger, Boylet-George W. McCandless of Pittsburgh and J Renton Leggat of Montana. The piece hints at ceremony, kinship networks, and temple representation within a mystic order.
An anonymous critique argues against a harmful stereotype of the Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. It defends the group’s integrity, condemns misperceptions, and describes internal sections and leaders guiding rituals and morality while warning of misrepresentation by outsiders.
A fragmented, tongue in cheek meditation traces the fez through history and culture. It mocks pretentious fashion musings while invoking Greek poets and oriental guides, ending with a garbled quatrain about world meetings and authority.
Imperial Council names and titles from Los Angeles to Philadelphia are listed, detailing officers such as FRED A. HINES as Imperial Potentate and JOHN F. TREAT as Imperial Deputy Potentate. Other roles include Imperial Chief Rabban WILLIAM J. CUNNINGHAM and Imperial Treasurer WILLIAM S. BROWN, with multiple regional appointees.
A list of guests at the Honolulu Seaside Hotel includes many individuals such as Willi M. Beamish A. LL Brodo FW Eerestrom and Eugene Korn with references to families and spouses. The text ends noting the Oriental rhymester in La Temie Philadelphia and a claim of poet laureate.
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