Life in Dreamy Hawaii Reveals Honolulu Charm
Honolulu narrator extols the Hawaiian Islands with lush detail about Oahu and Waikiki, climate, landscapes, streets, and social mix. It notes population by nationality, native customs, cuisine, gardens, architecture, and the relaxed, cosmopolitan society under tropical life and abundant tourism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eigct
Oahu
Hawaii
Maui
Molokai
Melokai
Faul
Honolulu
Hawaiian Islands
Phillippine Islands
Chesapeake Bay
France
Bill Poster
Wesley Manuscripts Found Reveal Wesley Family Letters
Widespread interest in religious circles across the Atlantic follows the discovery of valuable Wesley family manuscripts. Papers include John Wesley and Charles Wesley letters and journals, Gwynne letters, sermons, poems, psalms, and a certificate of ordination. The collection notes their lifelong alignment with the Church of England and the rise of what became the Methodist Episcopal church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic
Wesley
Wesleys
Herit
John Wealey
Charles Wesley
Gwynne
University of Oxford
Georgia
Society
Bristol
John Weeley
Vatecille
Adam Clarke
John Wesley
William Pitt
Whitefield
Church of England
Methodist Episcopal Church
Ancient pile on the cliff in Count Von Broke’s castle
In the exchange the traveler asks about the cliff top ruin and the native explains it is Count Von Broke’s castle, recently renovated with a modest pile belonging to Miss Dow of Chicago. The playful dialogue hints at local legends and social quirks of the era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hawaii
Cleveland
Count von Broke
Miss Dow
Chicago
Intellectual stature of the Negro in the South
The author argues white Southerners misjudge black intellect, citing prominent educated Black figures and numerous universities. He notes few whites visit Negro schools in Jacksonville, Atlanta, Nashville, or read Black literature to gain insight into Black scholarship and culture.
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Greener
Crummell
Langston
Bryden
Jacksonville
Fla
Atlanta
Clarke
Morris Brown
Spellman
Gammon School of Theology
Nashville
Tenn
Fisk
Roger Williame
Central Tennessee
Pople
Remarkable Dual Personality Case Shocks London Society
A 14 year old girl displayed split consciousness with a normal honest self and an abnormal childlike state. In the abnormal phase she lies, steals, draws well while in the natural state she cannot draw a square. Her illness followed a grip episode two years ago with delirium and hallucinations and a mental change renaming family members. The London Clinical Society calls it the most remarkable dual consciousness case on record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson
London Clinical Society
Tom
Mary Ann
Jim
Sam
The Disadvantages of Life in London
A London householder explains to a jubilee visitor why housekeeping is harder in London than in New York or America. He cites climate, hand to mouth buying, absence of retail markets, separate shops and stores, costly beef and groceries, and late hours as key obstacles, with humorous notes on ice water and liver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Honolulu
Crescent Bay
Copra Bay
Boston
New York
San Francisco
Kiki
Hawaii
Day Watch
Night Watch
Irelands
Ireland
Claus Spreckles
Dole
Bishop
Alexander
Smith
United States
California
South Seas
London
America
Fawney
Tomlinson
Milady
Tomlinsons
Covent Garden Market
Covent Garden
Army and Navy
Civil Service
France
Spain
Channel Islands
Portugal
Switzerland
Norway
Sweden
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Dreamy
Sandwich Islands
Globe-Democrat
Hawaiian
Equator
Australia
Robert Louis Stevenson
Honolulu Harbor
Tropics
Republic
Rest
Elestas
Panama
Mother Hubbard
Captain Cook
Cosmopolitan
Yokohama
Hong Kong
New England
Salmond
St. Anthony
Duke of Sutherland
Europe
Islands
Coney Island
Waikiki
Wai
Igank Walton
Perch
City
Yosemite
Asia
Sir Edward Arnold
Jekyll-Hyde
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!