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Newspaper
Evening Bulletin
Location
Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1902
Page
6
A compact extract of multi-entity listings shows attorneys, doctors, grocers, shoeing and harness shops, jewelers, a messenger service, and other small businesses. Including addresses on Union Street, Fort Street, and around Emma and Beretania, with hours, telephone numbers, and product mentions. Public notices and weekly bulletin subscription offer appear among vendor entries.
A damaged report describes contraband Havana cigars seized for royal examination. It notes varieties tied to Cure and King Ldeent with sizes from small to quarter-pounders, assessed value and pricing in Havana and New York. The piece mentions a draft of about L800 and a sale intention among dealers, with shipments arranged in bundles of fifteen for ease of distribution.
Mr Janay Attan, who died Thursday, recalls alleged 1860s plot to mix poison in Lincoln's milk or cream. He describes two men offering a large sum to involve him in the plan, which he declined, noting he kept the incident secret to avoid publicity and never believed it serious. He confirms he provided dairy to Lincoln and Secretary Stanton in official circles.
City merchants held a large meeting to urge federal control of sanitation and sanitary improvements stalled by territory treasury shortages. George W. Smith urged action while discussing ship access, wharf funding, and port health programs, with a resolution asking the United States Government to manage sanitary conditions and port health for Honolulu and the Territory.
The adjourned Hawaiian Rivetrie Co. meeting re-elected officers FW president J A Mcirena irer Geo Wirif secretary W A Hopper auditor Alexander Isenberg. The board, formed by these officers, heard a favorable financial report and examined a proposed meter system with 87 percent nationwide adoption. Details compared coal costs and current charges. the committee urged extending the meter system, but no rate changes were adopted. The report concluded for wider meter use. The record urges continued meter usage rather than flat rates.
By authority the office of the Superintendent of Public Works invites bids until 12 o clock noon March 24 1903 for 10000 feet of cast iron bell and spigot water pipe quality tested to 300 psi delivery to an Internal pressure, twelve inch gate valves with boll ends, twelve 6 inch elbows, twelve 6 fried toon, 800 ponte hemp yarn and one ton of lead to be delivered F O B Monolithi within sixty days of contract. Superintendent JAR Hl Boyd notes extension from March 7 to March 24 1902 2077 Feb 21 22 Mar 28.
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