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Elinor Langton-Boyle
Elinor Alice Veilleux Langton–Boyle (née Elinor Alice Veilleux; June 13, 1865 – July 13, 1946), also known as Ma Boyle, was an American-born Hawaiian businesswoman and journalist, who operated the '' Paradise of the Pacific'' magazine from 1902 to 1944. Life and career Elinor Alice Veilleux was born on June 13, 1865, in Irasburg, Vermont. She moved to Honolulu, Hawaii, in 1900. While the magazine ''Paradise of the Pacific'' had been founded by King Kalākaua in 1888, Boyle-Langton and her husband, William Langton, took ownership and began publishing the paper four years after arrival in 1904. Even after the death of her husband in 1910, and during her second marriage to James S. Boyle, she continued to publish the paper until health issues (sustained from a fall) required she stop in 1944. After long serving as its proprietor, she sold the magazine to fourteen of its employees. Her husband died in 1945, and she died on 13 July 1946, in her home in Honolulu. In death, th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irasburg, Vermont
Irasburg is a Vermont municipality, town in Orleans County, Vermont, Orleans County, Vermont, United States. Irasburg was established in 1781 when the land was granted to Ira Allen, Roger Enos, Jerusha Enos (wife of Roger Enos), Jerusha Enos, Jr. (wife of Ira Allen), Roger Enos, Jr. and others by the Vermont General Assembly. Ira Allen later obtained the rights of the other proprietors, and he deeded the town to Jerusha Enos, Jr. as a wedding gift. The 2020 United States Census reported that there were 1,233 citizens living in Irasburg. Irasburg has a total land area of , being land and being water. The unincorporated Irasburg (CDP), Vermont, village of Irasburg is in the center of the town. On average, it snows 9 out of the 12 months of the year. History The land now known as Irasburg was granted on February 23, 1781, to Ira Allen, by the General Assembly of Vermont. The lands of Vermont were then claimed by both New Hampshire and New York. The Continental Congress ordered tha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1865 Births
Events January * January 4 – The New York Stock Exchange opens its first permanent headquarters at 10-12 Broad near Wall Street, in New York City. * January 13 – American Civil War: Second Battle of Fort Fisher – Union forces launch a major amphibious assault against the last seaport held by the Confederates, Fort Fisher, North Carolina. * January 15 – American Civil War: Union forces capture Fort Fisher. * January 31 ** The Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution (conditional prohibition of slavery and involuntary servitude) passes narrowly, in the House of Representatives. ** American Civil War: Confederate General Robert E. Lee becomes general-in-chief. February * February 3 – American Civil War: Hampton Roads Conference: Union and Confederate leaders discuss peace terms. * February 6 – The municipal administration of Finland is established. * February 8 & March 8 – Gregor Mendel reads his paper on '' E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Punahou School Alumni
This is a list of notable graduates, students who attended, and former faculty of Punahou School, a private, co-educational, college preparatory school in Honolulu, Hawaii. An asterisk (*) indicates a person who attended Punahou but did not graduate with senior class. Parents and children of alumni are noted only if they have made significant achievements in the same field or activity. Olympic athletes, medalists and other world champions Beach volleyball * '90 Kevin Wong (UCLA)—2000 * '91 Stein Metzger (UCLA)—2004 * '10 Taylor Crabb (Long Beach State)—2021 Diving * '69 Keala O'Sullivan (Hawaii)—1968 bronze medalist Dressage (equestrian) * '72* Sandy Pflueger—1984 (attended 1959–69) Kayaking * '92 Kathryn Colin (Washington)—2000, 2004 * '97 Andrew Bussey (UC Irvine)—2004 Sailing * '66 Sailing at the 1976 Summer Olympics, David Rockwell McFaull (Cornell)—1976 silver medalist * '72 Sailing at the 1976 Summer Olympics, Michael Jon Rothwell—1976 silver medali ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
People From Irasburg, Vermont
The term "the people" refers to the public or common mass of people of a polity. As such it is a concept of human rights law, international law as well as constitutional law, particularly used for claims of popular sovereignty. In contrast, a people is any plurality of persons considered as a whole. Used in politics and law, the term "a people" refers to the collective or community of an ethnic group or nation. Concepts Legal Chapter One, Article One of the Charter of the United Nations states that "peoples" have the right to self-determination. Though the mere status as peoples and the right to self-determination, as for example in the case of Indigenous peoples (''peoples'', as in all groups of indigenous people, not merely all indigenous persons as in ''indigenous people''), does not automatically provide for independent sovereignty and therefore secession. Indeed, judge Ivor Jennings identified the inherent problems in the right of "peoples" to self-determination, as i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Editors Of Hawaii Newspapers
Editing is the process of selecting and preparing written, visual, audible, or cinematic material used by a person or an entity to convey a message or information. The editing process can involve correction, condensation, organization, and many other modifications performed with an intention of producing a correct, consistent, accurate and complete piece of work. The editing process often begins with the author's idea for the work itself, continuing as a collaboration between the author and the editor as the work is created. Editing can involve creative skills, human relations and a precise set of methods. Practicing editing can be a way to reduce language error in future literature works.Diab, N. M. (2010). Effects of peer-versus self-editing on students' revision of language errors in revised drafts. ''System'', ''38''(1), 85–95. There are various editorial positions in publishing. Typically, one finds editorial assistants reporting to the senior-level editorial staff ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
