Trade With the Natives in New Britain Islands Reveals Customs
A German mercantile agent recounts life in New Britain with two communities, Matupi and Duke of York Island, detailing indigenous labor for copra and trade goods, onshore farming, and the betrothal and abduction rites tied to payments in copra. The account notes hostility to outsiders on New Hanover, harsh initiation rites, and vivid descriptions of terrain, climate, and village life.
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South Seas
New Britain
Wessels
Matupi
Blanche Bey
Robertson & Hernsheim
Duke of York Island
New Ireand
Harter
New Hanover
Gachooner
Ant
Conras
Acu
Fogada
Spon
Heuken
Entel
Lewis
San Pramcisco Chronicle
Gems and Books From a Great Plymouth Pastor’s Life
In a New York Sun interview, Maj. Beecher recounts the pastor’s gem collection carried in pockets or a pocket book, noting a yellow diamond, hyacinth, opal, sapphires, and Indian garnets. He valued color over intrinsic worth and kept stones for friends who admired them. The interview also details the pastor’s vast private library, including Darwin, Spencer, Tyndall, Audubon, and vast illustrated sets, all autographed, with a Latin classics bundle of 20 to 30 volumes.
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New York
Paris
San Francisco
Boston
Harem
Nm Nan
Treacher Harrott
Ian
Wrymouth
Huthy
Baer
Darwin
Spencer
Tyndall
Alf
Dresden
Louvre
Gould
Yale
Audubon
America
Cuvier
Ids Medical
Pete Misellancens Library
Morocco
New York Sun
Ashland County land prospects and growth plans
Clark county lies in the southern tier with a 105 mile west line, altitude of 2200 feet and 16 square miles. Rich loam valleys yield successful crops, a growing health society, and a central county seat at Ashland under 18 years old with a 1200 population. Rail roads soon approach. water works planned. brick blocks to rise this summer. Lands listed around Ashland range from 4 to 160 acres with prices from modest cash to balanced payments, featuring valleys, springs, and fences. The note invites inspection and mentions local banks and investment interest.
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Clark County
Ashlanii
Ashland
Jana
Ahlan
Ars
Wists Fease
Spd
Hardy Solomon & Sons Offer Wichita Information Service
Visitors to Wichita are invited to register at 331 E Doogies avenue to receive mail on city welfare and current papers free of charge. Non residents can obtain city information, real estate services, and references to buyers nationwide, with Wichita National Bank and local newspapers as references.
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Wichita
Hardy Solomon & Sons
Doogies Avenue
Wichita National Bank
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New Britain Isles
Beecher
Plymouth
Maj. Beecher
London
Pacific Coast
George H. Platt
South Main ST
Dighton
Lane County
Great Stage
Kansas
Frisco
Halstead
Express
J. R. Holliday
Wichita Grocery
E. Douglas Ave
Trade Palace
Clark
Kan
the Banner County
H. L. Shober & Co
Douglas Ave
Manhattan Hotel
the Price Cutters
First Arkansas Valley Bank
W.C. Woodman & Son
Arkansas Valley
The
Star Clothing House
Robert Jacks
New and Comedious
Main ST
Ality
W.C. Glenn & CO
Garfield University Endowment
W.O. Riddell & CO
Corres
Smithson & Co, the
Anglo-American Loan and Investment Company
Lana
HOTEL
Ali
Pater
Peckham’s Place
Harry Peckham
Peckham & Heller
Southwestern Land Co
J. Blanchar
John Tucker
E. Jackson
Notary Pubie
Tucker & Jackson
Real Estate
Kansa
Nat's Bank and
Nat Bank
Douglas and
Lawrence Aves
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