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Newspaper
Hilo Tribune
Location
Hilo, Hawaii, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1905
Page
2
The Hilo Board of Trade calls for forming a local banana growers committee to organize, grade, and market fruit. It argues cooperation will lift prices and mimic broader benefits for Hawaii small farming, urging merchants and professionals to support the emancipation from the Banana Trust and extend gains to other fruits.
A reported call urges banana growers to form an Hawaiian Fruit Growers Association to avoid losses from commission men. Citing Southern California grower success, the piece argues co operation across farming districts boosts prices, with accredited agents and centralized marketing. It notes the May 13 primary elections for delegates to a County Convention in Hilo on May 15.
A staged pageant titled the Daughters of Fame unfolded Tuesday evening at Speckers Hall. Mrs. Curtis led the Goddess of Fame with Grecian maids while Queen Victoria and Martha Washington, Saint Cecilia, Caroline Herschel, Hypatia, and Joan of Arc were among the depicted figures. The production, under the Ladies Social Circle of the First Foreign Church, drew about $230 for charity and featured elaborate costumes and a finale crowning Elizabeth Barrett Browning. The Leprosy Bill debate closed with vetoes and overrides discussed by lawmakers.
List of arrivals includes R. W. Shingle Mrs. Mabel Nagel Mr. Fost A. W. Carter J. A. Thurston By A. Mott-Smith A. W. T. Bottomley and cy 1 Everett.
Governor George R. Carter announces a special election on May 6 1905 for county officers across Hawaii Territory. Counties defined include Oahu Hawaii Maui Molokai Kauai and Niihau with specific seats and officers listed. Details cover county structure, districts, precincts and polling places.
Official Hawaii Territorial notice listing polling precincts for the Second to Eighth precincts in Kohala Kona and Kau districts on Hawaii Island. It details polling sites such as Circuit Court House Kailua and various schoolhouses, with boundaries described and authority noted as Governor Carter and Secretary Atkinson.
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