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Newspaper
Evening Bulletin
Location
Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1898
Page
8
Intelligence report notes cloudy conditions at Diamond Head Signal Station with a midnight whistle. Mentions steamers due tomorrow and for six days, listing observers and place names in a terse weather bulletin style.
Fragmentary notes show vessels named Star J A Cummins Searle and Star Mokolil Bennett with distances from Lagoon Kahulul Molokai Kapaa. Mentions Saint Claudine Cameron Atmi Kaena Mosher Waialua and chime James Makes Kapaa with times or routes, but details are garbled.
The Monday evening program begins at 7 30 with an overture The Road to Glory followed by Kling Charts Tanehouser Reminiscences of All Nations Miss Annie Kanoho Cornet Sea Flower Rollinnon and Mr Charlex Kreuter Nautical Fantasia The Flying team A Suallor Hevening Authed Hawaii Pond A dollar saved is a dollar earned Local grocer J Hutchings 627 Fort Street offers savings through groceries P O box 402 Telephone 318.
A concert and social evening gather at Emma Square and Lea Hawaiian Lodge featuring the Bows of St. George and Harmony Lodge activities. The schedule notes a band, 7:30 start, with drill company and auxiliary groups attending.
Port routine shows Olga arriving at Kahului and schooners Emma and Louisa bound for San Diego with cargo including old jack. Mauna Loa and Zealandia schedule departures to San Francisco and Honolulu routes with full passenger lists. Wg Hall, Claudine, Mikahala to various leeward ports. Some boats damaged by flood at Nunanw alley and government compensation promised. dock workers await payment amid hardship.
Arrivals include J Giade and Kahuloi with May dates, Metha Nelson voyage from New Castle, Olga from San Francisco, Eva I bound for San Francisco, Hana sailing May 13. Cargo details list 3000 bags sugar, 271 bags sugar, 6000 bags sugar, 125 cattle, hides, taro, beef, corn, cattle, horses and sundries.
Arthur Harrison, contractor, begins a Wednesday project to install a modern front and lock boxes at the Postoffice. The plan, approved by Postmaster General J Mort Oat and the Public Works Superintendent, keeps existing box service uninterrupted with old boxes on Bethel street sidewalk under a temporary shed. Sorting will occur on the sidewalk, with steps for higher boxes and integrated drop boxes for foreign, island, and city mail. The new front promises a metropolitan look and improved mail handling without front-end disruption.
The article reports Rev. D. P. Birnie at Central Union church delivering a sermon on John’s gospel theme. He calls the church a body with community obligation, centered on prayer, equality, and liberty, and insists it should shape public opinion rather than politics or theology wars.
Herbert P. Eakin and Dan B. Whitman form a copartnership to open an agency on March first in the place now occupied by Bruce Waring Co. They plan general repairs and sailing related services with on hand wheels and a large shipment en route. Frames made quickly for pictures and diplomas at King Bros 110 Hotel Street.
Property listing details a coffee plantation opportunity along Volcano Road near Mountain View Hotel. Includes 62 acres total with 314 acres planted with coffee trees aged 41 years, 34 acres of 2 to 4 year olds, 16% acres advanced, and 30 acre leasehold sections. Purchaser may get 2 acres free of charge and access via a 30 foot road to the land. Apply to the owner.
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