No Compass Points In Honolulu The Pacific Isles Note
An Oregon City courier column reflects on Honolulu life with observations on language mauka makai and east west terms, street life, a King Kamehameha statue, native customs, interracial commerce, and locals like Chinamen and Japs. It also reports on leisured Hawaiians, surf girls, and a native language under threat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. J. Brown
Courier
Oregon City
Honolulu
Capitol Building
Royal Palace
Kamehameha
Islands
Captain Cook
United States
John
Waikiki
Tidh
B. C
Sandwich Islands
Altho
Telegraph Teases Roots of Inverted Wires in Message
A reader quotes a humorous telegram exchange about a daughter possibly engaged to a Russian nobleman. The misread message suggests crossed wires as the cause, reflecting playful telegram slang in a Cleveland Plain Dealer excerpt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zimer Sogoliamnovdihjkopiycsy
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Pennsylvania Joint Resolution Proposing Constitutional Amendment
A joint resolution proposes amending section eight of article nine of the Pennsylvania Constitution. It outlines current debt limits for counties cities and districts and provides a plan to adjust restrictions including Philadelphia subway and wharf projects while preserving a sinking fund for debt cancellation.
Pennsylvania Joint Resolution Proposes Worker Compensation Amendment
A true copy of Joint Resolution No. 3 proposes amending section twenty one of article three to allow laws requiring employers or both employers and employees to pay reasonable compensation for injuries to workers, including occupational diseases, with set baselines and remedies, while avoiding existing limitations on who benefits from such actions. The amendment would remove fault requirements and redefine eligibility, leaving fiduciary provisions and general remedies, as read in the joint resolution text.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Senate
House of Representatives
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
General Assembly
United States
Robert McAfee
The
Commonwealth
Pennsylvania Joint Resolution abolishes Secretary of Internal Affairs
Joint Resolution No. 4 proposes amending the Pennsylvania Constitution to abolish the office of Secretary of Internal Affairs. The change would transfer all powers and duties of that office to other state departments or officers as directed by law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert McAfer
The
Commonwealth
Number Five Joint Resolution in Commonwealth Ac
A brief item notes the adoption of Number Five, a joint resolution concerning the constitutionality or governance actions of the Commonwealth. The readable fragment indicates formal legislative wording and a formal title, with no detailed provisions or outcomes present in the text.
Proposed Pennsylvania constitution amendment on land title registry
The General Assembly proposes amending the state constitution to authorize laws for registering transferring insuring and guaranteeing land titles by the state or counties and to settle adverse claims. It allows creation of indemnity funds and new courts, and outlines funding from county treasuries. A true copy of Joint Resolution No. 5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commonwealth
General Assembly OF the Commonwealth OF Pennsylvania
Secretary OF the Commonwealth
Robert McAfee
The
Joint Resolution for Philadelphia Debt and Wharves Plan
A true copy of Joint Resolution No. 6 proposes amendments to Pennsylvania Constitution Article Nine sections eight and two. It limits city and county debt, allows wharves and docks projects, sets a twenty five million dollar cap for port improvements, requires sinking fund, and mandates annual taxes to cover interest and principal over fifty years. The text aims to redefine municipal borrowing for port development and public works in Philadelphia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phia
Philadelphia
General Assembly
Gerad
Pennsylvania
Robert McAfer
The
Commonwealth
Senate
House of Representatives
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
City of
Philadel
Delaware
Schuylkill
Robert McAfee
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Pacific Isles
Hershey, Leaman & Co
Lititz
Penn
S. M. Huber
Main Street
Ind
H. P. Gingrich & Co
E. Main St
Anh P. C
Moyer’s Drug Store
Nitro Club New Club
Bella
Kreider
Main St
Brandies
Hollinger
Liquors
King
Duke
Lancaster, PA
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