Four Types of Women in Honolulu Describe City’s Fashion
Eila Wheeler Wilcox surveys Honolulu women in 1908, detailing four types: native Hawaiian holoku wearers, full blood Polynesian, Japanese in kimonos, and Chinese in vibrant silks, plus a noted mixed heritage fifth type. She praises American residents for taste and dignity, credits education with progress, and calls out colonial influences while celebrating local culture in Honolulu Hawaii February 18, 1908.
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Honolulu
Mother Hubbard
Shane
India
Island
Hood
Kaiwunikoa
Kauauakou
Mr. Campbell
Bargain Fiend Offers Kitchen Goods At Discount
A Sun office Bargain Fiend lists wide range of cut prices on corset cover embroidery silk ribbon and flouncing. Elbow length gloves, satin coffee percolators, granite and aluminum, kitchen tools, garbage cans and more with prices from 5c to 8.50 and a note to inquire by telephone for location details.
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Sun Office
Confessions of an Old Maid in Leap Year
A wry monologue narrates a scammer’s tangled schemes in a flirtatious plot. The narrator teases Bill and Algy amid social jaunts and wrecked plans, revealing clever deception, a failed engagement, and a brisk flight from debt and illusion. More confessions await in a sequel.
We Have Plenty in Reserve Downstairs
A New Haven shopkeeper, famed for scolding clerks, yelled to a customer that the store had plenty in reserve downstairs. The customer, dazed at the manager's rhetoric, burst into hysterical laughter and left the shop. The incident, cited by Harper's Weekly, reflects overblown sales zeal and mistaken impressions of stock.
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Jookel
Harper’s Weekly
Human body replacements push old labels of nature aside
In advanced surgery, diseased parts may be replaced with animal tissue. The piece speculates future cases where fictional labels like the eagle eye or lion heart could be viewed as mere medical outcomes rather than natural traits.
Provocation Sparks Altercation Over Black Eye Claim
In a brief, dialogue style excerpt a child named Jimmie admits giving little Bobbie a black eye after Bobbie provoked him by striking first. The exchange shows the scolding tone as the adult questions motive and retaliation.
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Jimmie
Bobbie
The Manicure Lady and Joe Blow on Racing
The Manicure Lady notes Joe Blow the bookmaker is in the dumps as racing debates stir the poolroom crowd. The Head Barber and others discuss the looming Percy-Gray law and its impact on betting, breed, and livelihoods, with jokes about barbers and bookmakers.
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Joe
Art
Joe Blow
Van
Roschen
Kiddo
Sol Lichtenstein
Sheepsheld Bay
Sloan
Roseben
Keep to the right poem by Anna Strain
A didactic poem urges adherence to the right side of the road and moral steadfastness. Attributions include Anna Strain with a signature and address 2904 Brightwood avenue. The verse blends legal phrasing with exhortation to maintain proper conduct in daily life.
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Anna Strain
Anglophone speech debated by Princeton professor and Philadelphia lawyer
A Princeton faculty member mocks widespread ignorance of Anglo-Saxon speech while recounting a Philadelphia lawyer who delivers blunt court remarks. The attorney says he will not mince words and denounces the opposing party's actions in plain English as nefarious and preposterous.
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Princeton
Philadelphia
Harper’s Weekly
Elocution Inheritance Joke Between Tom And Jerry
A light exchange has Tom asking about his wife’s elocution lessons and Jerry replying that she inherited the talent. The brief quip plays on the idea of natural speaking ability.
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Tom
Jerry
Learn To Trust Woman First In Love Letters
Beatrice Fairfax advises readers that men who string young women along harm their dignity and heart. She responds to two letters about engagement delays and mounting expenses, urging Verdant to end if a groom cannot marry soon and to avoid men who are selfish or extravagant, suggesting the sensible course is to move on rather than wait years for prosperity.
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Moloch
Martin
Bill
Chicago
Pittsburg
Algernon St. Vernon
Miss Spondulix
Cricket
Merky
Smith-Thompsors
Algy
Heartbroken lover advised to end engagement
A young woman writes of a two year relationship with a man two years her senior. He stopped calling, refused invitations, and dated another wealthier girl. The adviser urges ending the engagement, avoiding reconciliation, and maintaining civility when they meet.
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Ife
Try to Forget Him Dear Miss Fairfax
A reader writes of a four year romance with a man earning 45 per week who claims that is not enough to marry. She suspects he spends evenings out with male friends while she remains unaware. She asks for counsel on whether to continue the relationship or end it.
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Brown-Jones
Algy
Globe
Bill
Jord
Miss Fairfax
Mar
W. F P. Bell
Bloomington
Ind
Joseph R. Mullen
Sage
Seventeenth = street
Newcastle
W. H. Edwards
Falls Avenue
Wabash
John A. Polk
Greenwood
J. E. Smith
Bainbridge
Wm. Fingerty
North Illinois Street
Indianapolis
Quaker-Ine Company
West Michigan St
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Vincount Selby
London
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Arletta B. Canfield
Wew Haven
Joe Brow
Brightwood-ave
Beatrice Fairfax
Earth
Dmar Miss Fairfan
Oman
Nelsson’s
N. Ulinois St
Baby’s Garments
Wasson
H. P. Wasson & CO
Ferger’s
Ferger’s Drug Stores
Harry J. Simpson
Mass
Prospect
Main
Indiana
King. Coal CO
Blake Street
CAI
Capitol City
Dime Messenger Service and Parcel Delivery
Alabama St
Court House
BD. P. Stirk & Co
N. East St
Mace
Ava
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