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Newspaper
Evening Bulletin
Location
Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1904
Page
8
The Hawaiian Forester and Agriculturist emphasizes expanding tobacco experiments beyond a single district. Director Jared B with proposes notes on cultivation and curing, noting climate and soil influence and urging broader cultivation by agriculturists and improved wood and alluvial soil use for better quality tobacco.
In Hawaii, researchers discuss using Bumatra and Havana seed variations from the U.S. Experimental Station to test growing and processing methods for a superior tobacco. The note urges intelligent, widespread trials across island sections, warns against haphazard efforts, and emphasizes maintaining quality to build a new Hawaii industry for home consumption and export.
Territorial Statistician R Buckland forwards a query to the Republican National Committee about whether a governor is eligible to be a convention delegate. Elmer Dover replies that no rule bars a governor from serving and notes several governors will attend. Later, a Chinese laborer from Hoe ndulu Plantation arrives in Honolulu after a train ride, suffers leg injuries requiring amputation, with survival likely.
A notice announces a regular meeting of the Republican Territorial Central Committee on Saturday evening April 2, 1904 at the Republican headquarters led by Colonel H Russell Wood Deputy U S Marshal Hartford Conn Also an advertisement for LATOILA toilet preparation and various drug companies with a promotional claim and refunds, followed by a government pound sale notice listing seized animals to be sold April 16, 1904 at noon including a donkey a cream colored horse and a black mare with identifying marks.
The table notes tides at Kahului and Hilo rise about an hour earlier than Honolulu in Hawaiian Standard Time. It lists Greenwich time and meridian references, wind, humidity, barometer, rainfall, and temperatures. Departures include vessels such as Ventura, Hayward for San Francisco, and others with destinations Maul, Ookala, and the Colonies, with several port calls and sailings.
Witter Water is bottled directly from the Witter spring in California. Orders offered in single bottles, half-dozen, dozen, or case. a booklet available. Navy steamship Navaden shipping changes affect arrivals and schedules. Alaskan freighter laid up in San Francisco causing delays from Apr 12 and re-routed cargo via San Francisco April 22. Alaska bound vessel will depart Seattle and Tacoma for Honolulu in May.
A dated notice announces capital funds of 260000 dollars for a savings deposits operation under Cecil Brown and Rulewee regulations. It mentions cash and office at Corner Fort and King Streets, with deposits receiving interest for yearly deposits.
Hawaiians and other shippers eye the arrival of several large steamers carrying vast cargoes of sugar from the Islands to Delaware Breakwater. The American-Hawaiian Hawaiian and the Pennsylvania, both sailing toward Delaware, report cargoes of thousands of tons. ships like Conemaugh and Texan also bound for New York are noted for swift transits, with the next quayside mall anticipated around April 4.
John A. Rothwell and J. K. Manase of the local Longshoremen Union receive letters from Henry C. Barter of the International group. Barter says the local union acted hastily but now faces a defensive stance as talks threaten a sale. He urges proper dues handling and close contact with the broader union network.
The Yokohama Specie Bank established in 1880 reports subscribed capital Yem 24 000 000 and paid up Yem 18 000 000 with a head office in Yokohama. Branches include Bombay Hongkong Honolulu Kobe London Lyons Nagasaki Nawchwang New York Peking San Francisco Shanghai Thantala Tokyo. The bank conducts collection bills drafts and letters of credit as a general banking service through the Honolulu branch.
The spring season brings hock beer from New York to Honolulu the first “York” apple appears in the product of Ho holy Brewing and Mating. Drinkers praise its refreshing qualities while a humor column recounts a tourist asking for Shakespeare and the bartender replying we have lager beer not Shakespeare.
A compiled roster of agents serving the sugar industry including Hawaiian Commercial & Sugar Co Haiku Sugar Co Pala Plantation Co Nubiku Sugar Co Kihei Plantation Co Hawaiian Sugar Co and Kohului Railroad, outlining their roles as commission agents in the sugar trade network.
The Weekly Edition of the Bulletin notes eye opacity increases with age. It states that a young child’s eye appears transparent, a teenager’s eye slightly opaque, a fifty-year-old’s eye decidedly opaque, and an eighty-year-old’s eye dull and opaque, attributing changes to Ab Tousseno and waste deposits.
On Saturday April 2 1904 at 12 oclock noon at my premises 867 Kaahumanu St Honolua C Will sell at public auction by order of Mr C S Holloway Superintendent of Public Works the entire Kalihi Camp. The lease runs to January 3 1905 and rents payable to time of three years. Land under lease comprises about 21 acres with 40 buildings roofed with corrugated iron fencing piping electricity and other improvements. Sale price 6000 with ten percent deposit. Possession on transfer papers. Terms cash gold coin. Maps and details at 857 Kaahumanu Street.
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