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Newspaper
Hilo Tribune
Location
Hilo, Hawaii, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1905
Page
6
Freight on all launches delivering goods to ships will be billed to shippers unless a written order is provided by R. A. Lucas & Co. The notice emphasizes that shipments require documented authorization to avoid default charges.
In Ho Hawaii Feb 24 190s a letter attacks a compromise county bill for Hawaii Island. It argues the plan strips counties of revenue, makes them rely on Territorial funding, and removes self government. The author urges local groups to protest to state legislators and oppose the bill as written.
The piece lauds John Paul Jones as a supreme sea commander, comparing him favorably with Nelson and Napoleon. It notes his unlikely rise, repeated political obstacles, and enduring fame, culminating in Roosevelt studying ashes for a monument and burial in America. Jones is described as Scottish by birth, yet famed for battles under the Stars and Stripes.
A Hilo resident requests fifteen bags of Olan earth for a Honolulu garden noting its decomposed lava texture retains heat and moisture, ideal for violets roses and house plants. A German visitor praised beds of volcanic soil from Olaa and exclaimed the violets grow well. The writer asks a ton be shipped by steamer Woodbury.
An industrial town named Garden City is proposed near London. Abenezer Howard leads wealthy donors to form a stock company to build a self contained community with garden bounded homes, limited population, factory windows as gardens, and town grown food. It will be run as a business with minimal resident influence. A plan to replicate such cities across England is noted.
Onboard the Siberia Mr Ashmead Wartlett son of Ashmead Bartlett of the British Parliament comments on Port Arthur surrender. He praises the Japanese siege and criticizes Stoessel, noting Kondrichenko as the key figure in the defense and suggesting Stoessel’s early capitulation diminishes his military standing. He recalls heavy bombardment and destruction at Port Arthur and cites four months of Russian provisions prior to surrender. A reader letter from KAANAANAMOKAUEA HAI KAI KAWAIKAMOOK AHL KA ME KUHALEPOHAL requests the Crown Lands issue be denied in the U S Congress.
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