Stories from Deli

Fragments from the journey of Dr. B. HAGEN in 1883 to the Batta lands (IV)

Deli Ourant 26-08-1885 This displacement of the old Batak culture by Islam seems to have taken place via Atjeh and more recently through Deli. As an addition to my previous study on Batak religion, I must mention two small buildings intended for religious purposes, which were located in the village. One was a small hut,…

Fragments from the journey of Dr. B. HAGEN in 1883 to the Batta lands (III)

Deli Courant 22-08-1885 MY STAY IN NAGASARIBOE: About my dwelling, the old half-rotted, scarcely used Balé, I have already written the necessary; now I will give an account of the daily life among and with the Battas, as I witnessed it during my stay of three weeks at Nagasariboe. First to appear in the early…

Fragments from the journey of Dr. B. HAGEN in 1883 to the Batta lands (II)

Deli Courant 19-08-1885 I had looked forward with great anticipation to being able to greet my old benefactor and friend, “Sipaiak,” in Karna J Djamboe. Unfortunately, he was no longer among the living. Three months ago, he had suddenly passed away in Baroe Djahai, a Karo Batta village from where he originated, likely poisoned by…

Fragments from the journey of Dr. B. HAGEN in 1883 to the Batta lands (I)

Deli Courant 15-08-1885 The peculiar private situations among the Battas, as my first journey has taught me, entirely depend on the relationships of an influential guide for the outcome of a journey in the northern Batta lands. On my first journey, I was accompanied by a very wealthy and prominent Batta, among whom hundreds of…

Dutch and the War

Opinion in Medan, R.N.G. Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 6 April 1915 A staff member who spent their Easter holiday in Medan had the intention of escaping the constant barrage of war news from Penang but found it impossible to completely avoid the topic. Instead, they aimed to gain a different perspective, that of a…

GANGSTERS

GANGSTERS ON SUMATRA CHINESE SECRET SOCIETIES AT BAGAN SI API API. In the announcements for the Lieutenant Governors of the Interior we find a very exciting contribution from Mr. Baalbergen about the existence of Chinese secret societies at Bagan Si Api Api, from which it can be read that these gentlemen do not shy away…

A Chinese Remittance Bank

Of the Chinese emigrants who move abroad from southern China, only a small number come to Deli, and recently the desire to come here appears to be on the wane, with the result that the desired Chinese labor force became scarce and expensive. I think I can provide an easy and free means by which…

Pengoeboeran Majoor Tjong A Fie

Sin Po 30 Maart 1921 Pengoeboeran Majoor Tjong A Fie. Pada djam sembilan di hari Senen jang laloe di sakiter roemanja soeda penoe dengen orang. Soeara tangisnja prempoesan-prempoean di-iring dengen lagoe muziek jang sedi. Pada djam sepoeloe peti mait jang besar sekali dikaloearken. Sebelonnja terdjadi itoe ter lebi doeloe 700 lian di bawa kaloear, Serombongan…

G. Lodder

Mr G. Lodder† Former manager of the “Ajer Bersih” and Medan’s first alderman for Technical and Ground Affairs in Holland passed away. Today a message was received here in the Netherlands that Mr G. Lodder, commissioner of the NV Waterleiding Maatschappij “Ajer Beresih” passed away on the 12th of this year. . Mr. Lodder, who…

EEN EXPEDITIE IN OUD DELI

AN EXPEDITION IN OLD DELI. From Riou to the under. Arendsburg.These days the military commander of Medan received a booklet consisting of a few issues of the: Nieuw Militair Tijdschrift, which included a series of articles by P., entitled: Notes and memories of the Dcli Expedition in 1872, At this old work was a note…

The Major’s Feast

Medan, September 14, 1916. The Major’s Feast. Lack of space forced us yesterday to break off the report of the celebrations in honor of Major Tjong A Fie after mentioning the speech of the jubilee himself. Then the bear Tjong A Fie requested reading of the statement of the controller of Laboean Deli dd. September…

Tjong A Fie

Today we received the obituary of the major of the Chinese in Medan, who was renowned throughout the Indies, who had just these days enjoyed the dubious honor of having been given the baptismal certificate by MP Hermans with regard to the ribbon, to him as a royal award for his various social workers. work…

Cremer’s first time in Deli

Omega, writes to us:In the “Sumatra Post” of January 31 there is an announcement from me of the “Haagsch Maandblad”, the so-called green monthly magazine, which appears to be very successful. I have already mentioned the memoirs of Mr. J. T. Cremer, brought to paper by interview, which are also continued in the latest issue…

De Sumatra Post

De Sumatra Post NV Bookstore and printer , Varekamp & Co., Medan. 1898-1923. On the 1st January 1924 the daily newspaper ‘De Sumatra Post’ in Medan commemorated its 25th anniversary, and although the bookshop to which the publication of the magazine was connected, founded by Mr J. Hallermann, and now known as Boekhandel en Drukerij vrhn…