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Newspaper
Evening Bulletin
Location
Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1896
Page
4
The Planters Monthly notes rising use of fruits abroad and reports improved banana quality on the American coast. It praises Hawaiian Chinese bananas for taste and keeping quality over Central American and West Indian varieties, noting safe, nourishing fruit even for children and invalids. Bananas as flour is hailed as valuable for invalids.
Semi official word says Emma Square will have rents repaired and benches trimmed to deter rubber riders. Decayed vegetation is cleared but grasskeeping is impractical due to small size and light attendance at concerts. Commissioner Marsden’ s powers are limited and Attorney General Smith clarifies foreign diplomat exemptions and government reaction to a recent arrest.
A note on poor spelling in legal documents and the hope that proper schooling will improve it. The Bute LE TIN may someday reveal incorrect orthography from records.
The William Hicke case for malicious injury and mischief, delayed in Police Court, concluded this morning as the prosecution entered a nolle prosequi and the defendant was discharged.
A New England congressman sent flower seeds to a constituent, who wrote a humorous acknowledgment praising the romantic plant names and promising to use them if they grow. A Capitol visitor noted clerks sending seed packages, while a local seller touts model St Clair stoves with oven, hot water tank, and six burner range options, plus glass lanterns for barns at modest prices.
Prepared to do engraving and printing on wedding and society stationery announcements and cards. Fine monogram embossing address dies stamping in color or plain. Cards from your plate fifty dollars per hundred.
H F Wichman on Fort Street urges reliability with a dust proof case Waltham watch sale. The copy promotes dependable timepieces and encourages customers to purchase a watch they can depend on.
A sales notice urges buyers to act quickly on limited Rasuren bicycle wheels at 75 dollars and 1895 wheels with Great G. and J. Tire. It mentions 1896 wheels for ladies and gents, low figures and easy terms, and to visit for a look at available wheels.
An investment in travel to Waikiki is presented as not only a pleasure but a clear saver of health and strength. The piece suggests new vigor from using muscles not previously exercised and implies personal well being from the excursion.
The notice lists a killer device praised for neatness and dispatch. It promotes a Combination Thermon and Barom sold in polished oak frames for $1 each. Also advertised is a Lemonade Shaker from Temperanceville Long Island, claimed to prevent seeds entering the glass and to avert gas buildup.
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