30 Jul 1896
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Newspaper
Evening Bulletin
Location
Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1896
Page
1
An advertisement extols J T Waterrouse as a reliable inspector of food and supplier of cheap, good groceries. It promises careful selection, no job lots, and a fresh stock including teas, coffees, syrups, honey, jellies, jams, sago, tapioca, canned fish, salt pork, and cheese, with new goods arriving by every steamer.
J. T. Waterhouse under a May 188? mortgage to Joan Palas intends foreclosure for nonpayment of principal and interest. Property at Royal Patent No 456 Kaneauhil contains 0-100 acres, to be sold at public auction August 12, 1904 at James F. Morgan Honolulu. Details from J A Mayoon, attorney for mortgagee.
The Board of Health discussed building a bathhouse for the leper settlement and the erection of a shed at the landing. They delayed action on charges of malpractice against UC. L. Akana, and addressed school vaccination and possible restrictions for unvaccinated children. A Japanese law enforcement note on cremation was also shared, alongside a reader letter from Max James Hayes.
A woman from Omaha complains of harsh treatment by editors of the Pacific Commercial Advertiser after arriving in the city two weeks ago. She says her picture and movements are published, attracting curious onlookers. Her husband, a memory-impaired naturalist, left Omaha about a year ago and reappeared in the Sandwich Islands.
Early morning blaze reported at 10 minutes past midnight in the rear office of Lucas's planing works. Fire started under the floor, spread via sawdust in a box used as a spittoon, and was quickly extinguished by a chemical engine with only minor damage to the floor, desks, and furniture.
A government band concert is to be held this evening at the Hawaiian Hotel starting at 7 30 with PART I Overture Calls of Bagdad Chorus Tannhauser Divi Nani de Walmes Romantiscences of Offenbach Gavotte Welcome Danube Waves and Delights of Minatret No 2 listed. The event is connected with the steamer Mariposa possibly appearing tonight. A Mechanics Home at Hotel and Nuvanu streets offers lodging with rates 60 cents per night and 1 26 per week.
A Honolulu high court decision centers on a sale of government land on the esplanade. Plaintiffs allege an oral contract with the defendant to bid and share the lease, claiming a partnership exempt from writing. The court affirms that such contracts fall under the Hawaii statute of frauds, requiring writing to enforce.
The article discusses the vigesimal counting method found in Irish Gaelic Manx Breton and its persistence in French and other languages. It notes 80 as quatre vingt using four twenties and mentions regional use in Asia and northern Siberia. It then relays a humorous anecdote about Mrs Julia Ward Howe and a mistaken newspaper report.
An OCR fragment advertises Pabst style Milwaukee beer as a thirst quencher and stimulant, noting offerings at the Royal Gae mopolitan and Pacific saloons with interchangeable checks. It also lists a Union barber shop guarantee, a Sent ver tonic, Kee Kee Kroeger pianos, and a KeeKee address with P.O. Box 387 and telephone 347.
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