Talk:The Honolulu Advertiser

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[edit] Lorrin A. Thurston and Son

The article as it is now includes this quote:

"In 1888, Spreckles sold his newspaper to the Hawaiian Gazette Company. It in turn sold the newspaper in 1895 to Lorrin A. Thurston, a cabinet minister in the administration of David Kalakaua. Thurston would later become the architect of the overthrow of the monarchy and end the existence of the Kingdom of Hawaii."

Is the 1895 a typo? The next sentence says Thurston would "later become the architect of the overthrow of the monarchy..." The monarchy was overthrown in 1893, two years BEFORE this article says the newspaper was sold. Also, by 1895, Kalakaua had been dead for several years. Could someone clarify this?

Also, is the explanation of the Bayonet Constitution necessary? It doesn't really have anything to do with the Advertiser.

Thank you! - Aoi

It looks like the all-too-common stream of consciousness style, where the narrative is interrupted by a backwards-in-time description of who Thurston was. Easy wording fix is "...Thurston, who had been a cabinet minister...Kalakaua, and was subsequently the architect...". You're right that the Thurston info here should be pruned severely in any case, Thurston has his whole own article that should be more detailed. Stan 10:13, 1 Dec 2004 (UTC)