The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-12-31

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| Captain Combe and the officers of the
| cable steamer Restorer departed on
Thursday for San Francisco. Mrs.
Combe remains here.
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A bridge party was given at the Brit
ish Consulate on Tuesday afternoon
by Mrs. Layard. The prizes were won
by Mrs. Scott and Mrs. Van Vliet. Mrs.
Goodrich, Mrs. H. w. Lyon, Mrs. Har-
ry Macfarlane and Mrs. A. M. Brown
were among those present.
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!. Miss Ardelle Burckes of San Francis
CO is visiting with DR.. and Mrs. SIN
clair, 1926 Kinau street.
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Mr.. and Mrs. Olmsted and daughter
of Newport, r. l., are guests at the
Moana Hotel. They will remain here
several weeks.
The military hop at the Moana Hotel
on Monday evening was enjoyed by a
large number of army officers and Ia
dies from the transport Buford, as well
as by townsfolk, many of whom en-
joyed also the fine Christmas dinner
spread by the hotel.
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Mrs. w. J. Coon and her son Mel
vile Nicholas will leave on the Siberia
for San Francisco.
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Mrs. Henry E. Highton arrived at
Elmendorf on December 10, and spent
1oa
where she still remains. On December
Is, under government supervision, the
commercial tests of her patent COM
menced at Mr. Stolls distillery, one of
the largest and finest in Kentucky.
Samples of the product will be taken
to the Internal Revenue Department at
Washington. A definite result is ex-
pected within few days.
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Henry E. Highton received a cable
gram from Paris yesterday, stating
that Mrs. Sterling Postley, formerly
Ethel Cook, and a niece of Mrs High
toms, had become the mother Of fine
boy and was doing we'll.
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Mr.. and Mrs. II. C. Brown will soon
build at Wahiawa, where Mr. Brown
viii conduct a small farm and be
station agent for the railroad. The
Browns will be prepared to accommo-
date boarders upon the banks of the
great freshwater lake which is form
ing behind the dam. The lake prom
ises to be one of the most attractive
resorts in the islands. It will extend
about four and a-half miles up one
valley and about three up another and
will be fine for rowing, yachting and
motor-boating.
Mr. Swanzy wishes it understood that
he has made no protest against the
site chosen for the Presidents house
at Oahu College. The assumption that
he had rests upon the following extract
from an official report of the College
trustees: '1n this connection. how
ever, We would call attention to the
fact that F. NJ. Swanzy stated that
the erection of the Presidents cottage
on the selected site would seriously
Interfere with the view" A statement
or even a complaint is not necessarily
protest, hence this correction on Mr..
SwanZy's behalf
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~ 49, . iSi c oOil6S announced
during the week the engagement of
their daughter, NaIani, to Mr.. Ralph
S. Lyon
MI. James Dole is rapidly GONZALES
eng at the Queens Hospital from an
operation for appendicitis.
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DR. w. e. Taylor is recupera+ine
slowly from his recent severe illness
DR.. and Mrs. Humphris gave a din
iier party Christmas eve at the Moana
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| MRS I. B. Cooper and children are
! spending few days at the McGrew
country place at Aiea.
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| Her Majesty. Queen I,iliuoka1ani will,
| De the guest of honor at \ New years
nlsht dinner party given by Princess
| halanianaole
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MT. and Mrs. L. Tennev PecIr ertar-
t"ined at dinner on Thursday evening
III honor of Captain Charles F Pond
- .. ~ commander of the U. 6. naval
transport Lawton. Others present
we're Mr. and Mrs. Give Davies Mr..
ana Mrs. Frederick Klamp and Mrs
Locke.
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A cable to the World from paris
says: Every sovereign in Eurone :, is
reported here, will send a wedding Gift
90 MISS Alice Roosevelt. From Berlin