Missionary Visit to Hilo Interrupted by Sacred Hog at Canoe House
A Sunday visit by early missionaries to Hilo ends in chaos when a sacred six foot hog belonging to Queen Kua humana wanders into the canoe house, triggering a mass exodus among warriors, elders, and families while the missionaries stand aghast at the sudden disruption. The scene, set before a volcano journey, highlights local reverence and social tension during the island encounter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hilo
Hawa Islands
Kilauea
Kamehameha
Kuahumana
Pacific
Faroe Poetisteel Reflects on Spanish Verse Traditions
The fragment discusses a typicel Faroe and Spanish poet who writes with patriotic themes and modest artistic finish. It notes doubt as a minor influence, national history as central, and references terse quotes from Harper's Bazar and American Grocer on fashion and urban waste.
Love's Death and a Brooklyn Drug Store Sermon
A fragmented page blends verse on love and death with a Brooklyn Standard Union excerpt praising drug stores as bright, clean havens. It recounts a stormy trek to church, a man’s faithful ride to service, and a tale of a manna-like edible bread found after a Turkish rain, all echoing cautious reflections on everyday faith and commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brookslyn Gnan
Suse Lander
Nance
Speaker
Wong
Jockey Club
Brooklyn Standard Union
Turkey
Unanimous. Hard Times Test Loans on Street Fans
In a brisk street scene Jackson and Dedbroke discuss hard times. Dedbroke says he asked a dozen prominent citizens for five dollars each for a short time and none had it. A passerby, Cleverton, notes a necktie or roses. loans are made, highlighting local financial strain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson
Harper
Dashauway
Miss Peterkin
Cleverton
Travers
Still Unsolved and Embarrass de Richesses Quips
A Philadelphia Ledger quip recalls Frank D. Stockton invited to dinner in Washington where an artful hostess served ices shaped like a lady and a tiger and asked which. his reply Both, if you please. The Paris Figaro notes Mme. B, rich and eager to flaunt it, answers a remark on diamonds by denying wearing all of them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewiston
Garcelon’ S
James Joslyn
Hke
Enoch
Frank D. Stockton
Washington
Philadelphia Ledger
Embarras de Richesses
Mme. B
Paris
Figaro
W. L. Douglas
Congress
Douglas
W.L
W. L. Bougins
Nereby
W.L. Douglas
U. S
Jesch
Brockton
Mass
Wholesale and hotel licenses listed for Sugar Grove and nearby towns
A list of wholesale and hotel licenses issued in En Boroughs and Sugar Grove Townships includes licensees at 458 Wetter Street 468 Front Street and 430 rley Schwartz with entries for Adelphia Kitchen Water Street and Carver House Exchange Tote and various Wholesalers and bottlers. Also noted are Prothonotary and lithograph services offered by The Lepczr office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EN Boroughs
A. E. Boesehlin
Wetter Street
M. Meati
Hickory Street
G. B. Williams
Adelphia Kitchen
Water Street
W. King
Carver House
C.E Hapgood
J 2. Offerie
Hi Guts
Tien
H. Leonhart
Exchange Tote
Joby Sehmuty
Valentine
Rley Schwartz
Dr Sullivan Promises Cure For Nervous Debility Impotency
An advertisement by Francis Sullivan MD at 43 North Second St Philadelphia offers a private medical consultation for male debility and impotence, claiming cures through personalized treatment and home remedies. It invites letters or calls, promises discreet handling and mailed questions sheets, and asserts long life gains from treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sullivan
Lfe
Francis Sullivan
North Second St
Philadelphia
Advertisement for Pan-Tina Cough Syrup at L. G. Store
A condensed 19th century patent medicine notice promises fourteen remedies and offers trial bottles free at L. G. store. It asserts the product cures coughs and consumption dangers, urging readers to try Pan-Tina Cough Syrup for relief and life preservation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. G
Also Mentioned on This Page
Glidiy
Harper's Bazar
Ayer
Gray
Gray Medicine Co
Buffalo
N.Y
Warren
Siegfried & Co
Mie Hiss
Danig Hawise
Tecan Lorenzo Leres
Liceuse
Shaw House
W.L. Lee
Evel Iecuse
Ats Sugar Grove Towsshie
Chandlers Valley
Bent
Elis
Ellis Trouse
Sugar Grove
Charles Rieker
Heenge
Bolen
U, Arird
Lepczr
J.K. Ronne
Chicago Saturday Herald
C. B. Hamlin
Contractor & Builder
Hous Branettes
Alli
Warrex, Pa
Market ST
the Diamond Furniture CO
John R. Agit
Free, Etineos & CO
Ung Mer
Mee
Machusetts Charitable Mechanics’ Association
Boster
Greenlands
Berekey & Gay?Furniture of
Grand Rapids
Nelson Greenland
Miyyi
GTPAG
Boston Shoe
Bolblay
Apy
Penn’a
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