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Newspaper
Hilo Tribune
Location
Hilo, Hawaii, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1904
Page
6
A mangled OCR item mentions J Caniaery aged 8, Keyvan Wells, and Fargo & Co with Ban Wells and Marge & Co's Bank. It hints at monthly or yearly terms and particulars on application, likely listing financial or tenancy details for a property block in Hilo.
An anecdotal monologue recounts wary views on snake bites and remedies. A professor defends snakes against fear, recalls a boyhood encounter with a green snake, and jokes about a rattler scare. A hunter’s whiskey antidote tale ends with a misread snake bite due to spur punctures and a drunken finale.
Experiments show bagasse from sisal may yield paper, with 32 bales sent to the coast for tests. The crude gray paper is not yet commercial, but W C Weedon predicts good note paper from refuse. The Nevadan voyage carried sisal for further trials while Hawaii weighs investment limits.
The British steamship Maori King of 7000 tons, chartered by R A Alley & Co of Tacoma, will sail from New Zealand ports and Sydney for Vancouver with freight and passengers. Initial sailings every six weeks will call at Honolulu and likely Suva, Fiji, with three New Zealand ports served and Vancouver as the first North American port of call. The line aims to boost Canada New Zealand trade amid tariff preferences, with further vessels planned after securing charters and dock facilities at Vancouver.
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