LETTER FROM KOHEA TO FATHER DESCRIBES HAWAII MOUNTAIN SURVEY
Theodore writes from Maimea Kohea in April describing a return to the Hawaiian mountains for a ten day stay. He notes rain, wool clothing, a new forestry hut, and beds on the floor. He details goats, pigs, a wild chicken, meals on the porch, and a pie roast. He reports tree species like ʻōhia, and begonias, nasturtiums, and tahua trees. He and two helpers locate reservoir capacities, face rough roads, and anticipate homestead development of 6000 acres on the island. he hopes to visit Waipio and return to Honolulu in about a month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kohea
Maimea
Wari
Forestry Department
California
Tlendlulu
Hawaiium Group
Wiawati
Theodore
Sailor Moever’s frustrated view of South America from Santiago
Melvin Moever, a sailor aboard the 1.8. S. Denver writes from Santiago Cuba about South America ports. He admires scenery but finds the people and living standards behind the United States, citing Rio de Janeiro as dirty and largely non civilized, Uruguay’s Montevideo with little farming, and notes on wool, hides, and jerked beef exports. He praises wildlife and landscapes yet laments that there is no place like Pennsylvania.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melvin Moever
Denver
Bone
Santiago
Cuba
Rio de Janeiro
Rio
SS. Paulo
Montevideo
Uruguay
Republic
South America
Pennsylvania
Tragic Truck Backing Crushes Woman Near Elizabethtown
Mrs J H Petrico died when a truck loaded with household goods rolling from Philadelphia to Harrisburg ran out of control on a hill. She jumped but was crushed as her husband backed the vehicle without noticing her on the ground. Her son sat in the rear during the fatal mishap.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Petrico
Elizabethtown
Philadelphia
Harrisburg
Explosion injures man and child at Grube residence
An acetylene plant in a cellar at David Grube’s home near East Petersburg exploded as he prepared to charge it. The blast burned his hands and scorched his young daughter’s face and hair. The blast wrecked the lower part of the house, with property loss estimated in the thousands of dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Grube
East Peterspurg
Grube
Frost-Proof Corn From Indian Roots and North American Planters
An illustrated Popular Mechanics article traces corn origins to southern Mexico and Maya use. It notes tropical sensitivity to frost, cross breeding by white farmers, and Mandan irrigation of hardy frost resistant seed developed over centuries by selection from frost resistant stalks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert A. Moutton
Popular Mechanics
Mexico
North America
Unique Record in Advertising Foster Milburn Go
Foster Milburn Co. promoters of Dean's Kidney Pills claim long experience in daily and weekly papers. They began 35 years ago and have kept it up, proving the value of newspaper advertising. Twenty years ago they started local testimonials and spent fifteen years collecting from 3 590 towns to support their product.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foster-Milburn Go
United States
Foster-Milburn Company
Get Government Land location instructions and circulars
Persons seeking government land should decide where to locate and write the local land office for records and diagrams. Unoccupied land exists in every state west of the Mississippi except Texas and in Michigan Florida Alabama and Mississippi. The General Land Office offers two booklets on entry rules and land descriptions.
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Mississippi River
Towa
Texas
Michigan
Florida
Alabama
Mississippi
General Land Office
THM Record
Washington, D. DC
Eskimo Bible Translation by Moravian Missionaries
The Moravian missionaries who translated the Eskimo Bible faced immense linguistic hurdles adapting old texts to the Inuit language. They wrestled with concepts lacking equivalents, such as “the lamb of God” becoming “the little seal of God,” and described the long, challenging 250 year effort. The piece notes similar translation quirks in Zulu, including humorous misinterpretations of sea crossings and enemy melting into beer joy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Justi
Ielvos
Holy Land
Hell
Red Sea
Jordan Dry
Israel
A Sad World by G. Vere Taylor
A reflective piece in Sudee by G Vere Taylor on manners and self restraint. The author notes preferring discomfort, yielding seats, avoiding confrontations, and valuing others while suppressing personal desires. He mocks constant social performance and cherishes liberty and lost opportunities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar Wilde
Bernard Shaw
G. Vere Taylor
Sudee
Government Booklets Offer Free and For Sale Guides
The U S Government publishes thousands of scientific booklets across agriculture health home economics and more most are free though some subject booklets are sold at cost The RECORD has arranged a Washington correspondent to feature a few of these helpful booklets each week Watch for these announcements they will prove decidedly helpful.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Washington
Birds Seen In One Day Record By Lancaster County Scouts
Sterbert H Beck and Abraham B Miller, noted Lancaster County observers, logged a day of birding from May 18 7 30 am to 3 30 pm across Lilitz creek valleys and surrounding hamlets identifying numerous species. The list includes shorebirds waders warblers thrushes and several common perching birds reflecting a rich regional avifauna.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sterbert H. Beck
Abraham B. Miller
Franklin and Marshall
Reshimaru
Lancaster County
River Hills
Lilitz Creek
Hammerersek
Per Chiqnes
Sunpios
Oldest Field County resident marks 103rd birthday
Mrs Anna Guelich Heisey, Field County's oldest resident, quietly celebrated her 103rd birthday at her daughter Mrs George H Hall's home near Clearfield. Attending were her brother Henry Guelich aged over ninety, son-in-law George Hall past ninety one, and daughter Mrs Hall aged eighty one. The Forlmer Clegg Co umbrella works in Lancaster plans a large expansion next year, acquiring six adjoining properties and adding a dyeing department. On May 10 marks twenty five years since Charles Kreider opened a hardware store in town, with Herman Hellman the first customer and a shovel bought for 45 cents. the last shovel sold fetched $1.55.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Guelich Heisey
Clearfield County
George H. Hall
Clearfield
Henry Guelich
George Hall
Hall
Forlmer Clegg Co
Lancaster
Charles Kreider
Herman Hellman
Walter's Park Inn Renovations Near Wernersville
Walter's Park Inn near Wernersville has undergone extensive renovations since last summer with more than $20,000 spent on improvements. Located in the Blue Ridge foothills along South Mountain, it overlooks Lebanon Valley and features its own ice plant, refrigerators, and power plant with water drawn from mountain springs on the grounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter's Park Inn
Wernersville
Tis Inn
Blue Ridge
South Mountain
Lebanon Valley
Noted Detective James McParland Dies at 75 in Denver
James McParland, a renowned detective who helped solve major cases including the Molly Maguires affair in Pennsylvania in 1873, died at a Denver hospital from complications after an operation. He was seventy five years old.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James McParland
United States
Denver
Cal
Pennsylvania
Senator Pitman Proposes Auto License Reform
Nevada senator Pitman has introduced a bill in the U S Senate to prohibit requiring any person qualified under their state laws to secure extra registrations licenses tags or pay extra taxes when visiting other states territories or districts for business or pleasure. The measure aims to prevent duplicate auto registrations across jurisdictions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pitman
Nevada
U.S
Senate
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TB. Buch
Hawaiian Mountains
Tnawares
Tion
H. 8. Beck
B. Miller
Maryland
Muthatchson
Lazell
L. N. Moyer
Lititz, PA
Deazeli
Newburgh,on-the- Hudson
New York
J. E. Charles Lititz
Atlantic Rayolight
the Atlantic Refining Company
Pittsburgh
Leber
Sale and Exchange Stables
Ephrata
Illinois
Abe Pioso
M. H. D. Proso Co
Kansas
Jos. W. Baker
Graff K Wolf Co
N. Queen St
Donovan
Victor
Columbia
Teer
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