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Newspaper
Hilo Tribune
Location
Hilo, Hawaii, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1905
Page
4
The notice lists sailing days for the steamers Sonoma Alameda Ventura and Sierra from San Francisco and Alameda from December through March with specific departure dates. It also mentions agents issuing coupon through tickets by railroad from San Francisco to U S points and from New York by steamship to European ports.
The document lists a series of Matson Navigation Company voyage dates for the year 1904. Dates shown include July 6 August 9 September 12 October 16 November 26 and December 23, with the year indicated as '04 for each entry.
Curtis Shields presents the year’s work for the First Foreign Church before members. Treasurer Severance notes 1300 dollars indebtedness liquidated by subscriptions. Attendance averaged 128 in morning services and 103 in evening services, with peak attendances in spring and notable Sunday School engagement. He reports baptisms, professions of faith, and multiple funerals and marriages, urging hospitality and stronger evening attendance for youth.
Dr James Dewns proposes a new oxygen production method by absorbing air into charcoal at very low temperatures and then gradually heating to expel oxygen. Charcoal saturates quickly, storing about six liters per fifty grams, with initial gas from heating containing rising oxygen percentages from 18 to 84 percent across six successive portions.
The article discusses uncertain medical use of radium andAlbert Lon J don proposing affordable energy. It notes wool absorbs radium emanation and can emulate radium’s effects on the body. Small amounts may energize large wool quantities, enabling transport in hermetically sealed vessels for potential pharmacist use.
Edmonton Bulletin reports the Bag Lake Oil Co Ltd in Edmonton with H J Williams leading a California style venture to drill back from outcrops toward deeper oil in the Egg Lake district thirty miles NW of town. Plans include securing property options, capital $100,000, and a push to develop a promising asphalt base oil with California drilling methods described. Also notes a missing Honolulu light buoy and a NSW Health Board endorsement for Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy sold by Hilu Drug Co. Subscription notice follows.
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