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Newspaper
Evening Bulletin
Location
Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1897
Page
2
An old fashioned ad touts careful attention and prompt shipment of groceries for summer cottages and Oc ee camping. It claims moderate prices, high grade goods, and estimates for trips, promising service year round as if the customer were at home in the city.
A curious Yokohama advertisement in mangled English offers Japanese ryatas shells stones and hair ornaments. It advertises gilding repairs and custom designs with low prices and urges customers to mention a name Whisky.
From the Shanghai Mercury a blue jacket on a Lamorta steamer fell asleep at the helm and toppled off. A Chinese sailor swam to recover his hat before helpers hauled him aboard. A Canton incident shows Chinese heroism as two boatmen saved a six year old boy from the Grand Canal during a downstream rush to Tientsin.
The Chronicle notes strong sentiment in the Senate for annexing Hawaii, with some doubtful senators like Perkins leaning with the annexationists. The piece compares the expected Senate margin to the tariff bill outcome and cites hopeful signs for annexation approval. Also features local ads for breakfast sausages at Centre Market, portrait enlargements by King Bros, and Oliver Typewriter endorsements.
J. T. Waterhouse advertises a vast array of luxury and staple foods from the Australia and Aorangi including pate de foie gras, sausages, sardines, oysters, lobsters, beans, and preserved meats. The dealer claims top quality and unmatched prices for Honolulu shoppers.
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