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KOA TREES FOR THE MUSEUM.
Aboard the Clipper Ship, S. N. Castle, were taken koa trees from the two Kona [North and South Kona] for cases and other decorations for the Museum standing at the Kamehameha School. The koa trees will be taken to San Francisco and from there they will be taken aboard steam locomotive to Minnesota, and there they will be made into beautiful glass cases [ume aniani] or perhaps beautiful stairs for the planned annex for the Museum.
These koa trees were selected from places in Kona, Hawaii, and when they are fashioned, they will be fine decorations. When the idea for a new annex first came up, the lack of koa was noticed, being that only native woods were wanted for the interior. People were soon sent to the two Kona to search for koa fitting for the purpose, and when it was found, it was sent here to Honolulu. All together, the gathered lumber totals 26,000 feet. They weigh seven tons. Being that the job was given to a company in Minnesota, the koa was sent there, and from there it will return to Hawaii nei.
(Kuokoa, 1/31/1902, p. 6)
Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Buke XL, Helu 5, Aoao 6. Ianuari 31, 1902.
Washington, Jan. 23. The pen with which the President signed the Hawaiian Fire Claims Bill [Bila Poho Ahi Hawaii] is a remarkable pen. This pen was made from the quill of a feather of a wild eagle, and that feather was taken from a war headdress of a wild Arapaho Indian. This pen is now in the care of Pratt to be placed in the Bishop Museum of Kamehameha in Honolulu.
This pen was gifted to the Hon. William A. Richards, a former Governor of Wyoming, and currently a Commissioner of Public Lands [Aina Aupuni]. This feather was taken by Richards from the headdress of an Arapaho Indian 18 years ago. He thought it was the right time for this feather to be put to some important use for Hawaii, therefore, he ordered one of the workers in his office to fashion the feather into a pen. Let it be remembered that this person who was given the feather to make a pen is a man of much seniority who was working in that office for fifty-one years.
(Aloha Aina, 2/7/1903, p. 1)
Ke Aloha Aina, Buke IX, Helu 6, Aoao 1. Feberuari 7, 1903.
NEW PRICES FROM $22.50 AND UP
PEARSON & POTTER CO., Ltd. HOTEL AND FORT STREETS
(Kuokoa, 3/7/1902, p. 5)
Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Buke XL, Helu 10, Aoao 5. Maraki 7, 1902.
Eugene J. Mioi to Mary Eli Crawford, Sept. 6.
C. K. Spencer to Camilla Duchalsky, Sept. 6.
To Vincent M. Rapper and Esther, a son, Sept. 5.
A baby of Joseph Auoholani on Liliha Street, Sept. 1.
A baby of Kong Loy, on River Street, Sept. 2.
Hoomana Paeaina, at the Insane Asylum, Sept. 3.
Dorothy Parker, on Pua Lane, Sept. 6.
A baby of Daniel Smith, in Honolulu, Sept. 7.
Keoki Koia, at the Kalihi Hospital, Sept. 7.
(Kuokoa, 9/12/1913, p. 4)
Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Buke LI, Helu 36, Aoao 4. Sepatemaba 12, 1913.
Clement Moses to Kaleionamakeha Hoopai, Aug. 23.
Charles Kaili to Eliza Pedro, Aug. 26.
James W. Kapela to Mrs. Lida Kealohaohana, Aug. 26.
Ah Chen [?] to Mary Kalilikane, Aug. 27.
To David Trask and Annie Hiram, a son, Aug. 10.
To Nameless and Lizzie Galbraith, a son, Aug. 11.
To Edward B. Taylor and Hannah Kolomoku, a son, Aug. 21.
To Jacob Watson and Emma Apana, a daughter, Aug. 29.
To Frank Clark and Katherine Silva, a son, Aug. 30.
To A. G. Hottendorf and Minnie Kamman, a daughter, Aug. 30.
To Joseph Anoholani and Elizabeth Kauakanilehua, a daughter, Sep. 1.
To Kung Tong and Halemanu Keawe, a son, Sept. 2.
Margaret Kaiama, on King Street, Aug. 30.
Nuni Nupepa, at Queen’s Hospital, Aug. 31.
A baby of Mrs. A. G. Hottendorf, Aug. 31.
Sam M. Kaapuni, on Frog Lane, Sept. 1.
Nipuu Cameron, on Peter High Street, Sept. 1.
Mrs. Sarah Mossman, on Beritania Street, Sept. 1.
A baby of Joseph Anoholani, on Liliha Street, Sept. 1.
[The digital image for this is just one of many Vital Statistics Columns that is very hard to make out... How are you going to make genealogical connections if you can't make out names and dates? Even using the microfilms i could not make out for sure the last marriage announcement. The newspapers need to be rescanned as clearly as possible as soon as possible!]
(Kuokoa, 9/5/1913, p. 4)
Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Buke LI, Helu 35, Aoao 4. Sepatemaba 5, 1913.
Charles S. Kerr to Amy Mattoon, Aug. 23.
William W. Kamauoha to Makalika Hoopii, Aug. 24.
To Joseph K. Iopa and Maria Nahinu, a son, Aug. 17.
To Sam Kalau, Sr. and Annie Koahano, a son, Aug. 18.
To David Mahukona and Mary Flazu, a son, Aug. 21.
To Irish Poai and Hattie Pahao, a daughter, Aug. 22.
To Kapiko Kapaka and Julia Kapiko, a daughter, Aug. 24.
Luika, at Queen’s Hospital, Aug. 18.
Mahiai, on Insane Asylum Road, Aug. 19.
W. W. Lowe, on Fort Street, Aug. 20.
Mrs. I, in Moanalua, Aug. 21.
Mrs. J. M. Radway, at Leahi Home, Aug. 21.
Kalalea Keolahou, on Keawe Street, Aug. 21.
Waa Liilii, at the Insane Asylum, Aug. 22.
Leialoha Kaniho, at the Japanese Hospital, Aug. 23.
Mrs. Hattie David, at O. K. Square, No. 65, Aug. 23.
Apikama Makanoa, at Queen’s Hospital, Aug. 23.
Hanae, at Queen’s Hospital, Aug. 24.
John Sua, on Manoa Street, Aug. 26.
Kealohanui Kumaewa, on Hotel Street, Aug. 22.
[Does anyone know where "ke kuea O. K. No. 65" O. K. Square, No. 65 or Square O. K. No. 65 refers to?]
(Kuokoa, 8/29/1913, p. 4)
Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Buke LI, Helu 34, Aoao 4. Augate 29, 1913.
If you haven’t gone to check this out yet, take the time out of your schedule to do it! It will be up all fall semester.
Then English-language school at Waiahole, Oahu will be opening on Monday, the 17th of this month, under the leadership of their new teacher, Mr. G. Carson Kenyon, the previous editor of the newspaper, Daily Bulletin, of this town. He will meet with Manuela, the agent of the school, along with the parents of the students, at the schoolhouse at Waiahole, on Wednesday, the 19th, at 10 o’clock in the morning. We pray that Mr. Kenyon will be accompanied by only great blessings in this new position he is filling.
[Mahalo to Civil Beat for pointing us in the direction of this announcement for the opening of Waiahole Elementary School, which celebrates it 130th birthday this month! The school is having a birthday party this Saturday! Hauoli La Hanau!!]
(Kuokoa, 9/8/1913, p. 3)
Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Buke XXII, Helu 36, Aoao 3. Sepatemaba 8, 1883.
John Hipa to Maria Kaneiakama, Aug. 1.
Abraham Paaluhi to Margaret Palau, Aug. 12.
Joseph Keao Aki to Mabel Nicholas, Aug. 14.
Lawrence Callaghan to Annie P. Duneker, Aug. 15.
To Henry Ah Moon and Mary Waianae, a son, Aug. 1.
To Robert B. Bordnar and Amalia K. Allen, a son, Aug. 14.
To Frank Foster and Sarah Kimokeo, a daughter, Aug. 15.
To Daniel K. Pokipala and Minnie Kerr, a son, Aug. 16.
Kuulei Kamana, on North King Street, Aug. 12.
Daniel Ka-eka, at Queen’s Hospital, Aug. 13.
Rosaline Lui, on Cunha Lane, Aug. 13.
Mrs. Lucy George, on Hobron Lane, Aug. 14.
Mary Nihi, at the Kalihi Children’s Hospital, Aug. 16.
A baby of Mrs. Bodnar, on Alapai Lane, Aug. 14.
A baby of Daniel K. Pokipala, on Kunawai Street, Aug. 16.
Wahineliilii Kolii, on South Street, Aug. 166.
Niho Manuwai, on Ilaniwai Street, Aug. 16.
David K. Kapua, on King Street, Aug. 17.
William Ah Fat, on Kuakini Street, Aug. 17.
Mary Haehae, on the street of Kalihi Camp, Aug. 17.
Luika, at Queen’s Hospital, Aug. 18.
Mahiai, on Insane Asylum Road, Aug. 19.
(Kuokoa, 8/22/1913, p. 4)
Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Buke LI, Helu 33, Aoao 4. Augate 22, 1913.
MARRIAGES.
Alfred J. Chevenin to Maile Elizabeth Cowan, Aug. 5.
John Hipa to Maria Kaneiakama, Aug. 11.
BIRTHS.
To George E. Piltz and Lily Alapai, a daughter, July 12.
To Sam King Chong and Helen Recard, a son, July 13.
To Sam Kaapuni and Julia M. Kali, a daughter, Aug. 6.
To Louis Blanchard and Lily Kealoha, a son, Aug. 6.
To Dan Makalena and Ethel Legros, a son, Aug. 7.
DEATHS.
William Uhalu, at Kalihi Camp, Aug. 8.
C. K. Kaulakukui [? Kaulukukui], on Kalani Street, Aug. 8.
Daniel Metcalf, at Queen’s Hospital, Aug. 8.
Margaret W. Hoopii, on Richard Lane, Aug. 9.
Sam Kauwealoha, on South Street, Aug. 10.
Kuulei Kamana, on King Street, Aug. 12.
Alfred Trask, in Kalihi, Aug. 14.
(Kuokoa, 8/15/1913, p. 2)
Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Buke LI, Helu 32, Aoao 2. Augate 15, 1913.
(Written by Henrietta Laeha)
KAMEHAMEHA Girls’ School, Honolulu—The Upperclassmen Glee Club of the Kamehameha Girls’ School will sing at the KGMB Radio Station, on Sunday, December 22. It will begin at 3:00 p. m. until 3:30 p. m.
The girls singing in this broadcast are from the tenth-, eleventh-, and twelfth-grades. Because the school will be on vacation on the 20th, the girls who live in Honolulu and who are in the glee club will be singing at the radio station.
The girls in that glee club are: Hazel Chalmers, president; Charlotte Kunane, vice-president; Prances Akana, secretary; Emelia Kaopua, Ellen Miller, Josephine Keanoano, Godfreida Hatori, Frances Jelf, Momi Awana, Pearl Yim, Winona Beamer, Marie Chung-Hoon, Piilani Clark, Laola Hiranaka, Ululani MacDonald, Elvin Lindsey, Ruth Needham, Emily Cobb-Adams, Sedia Jensen, Rose Crabbe, Juanita McKeague, Anna Morris, Ruth Magplong, Juliett Feirreira, Catherine Fitsimmons, Kanian Cox, Mary Tyau, Dorothea Dias, Goldie Keliinoi, Lindley Beddow, Blanche Young, Amy Miller, Mary McNicol, Henrietta Leaha, Mildred Magplong, Alice Goo, Winona Ing, Eleanor Mansfield, Stella Cockett, Josephine Adams, Luana Forsythe, Leah Needham, Pearl Morrison, Ivy Keanoano, Elaine Hamit, Rhoda Anna Holt, Rose Williams, Hannah Ho, Eloise Karratti, Bernice Hunt, Gertrude Miller, Louise Kaiwi, Lehua Carthcart, Marjoire Morris, Iris Johnson.
Miss Laura E. Brown is the director of the glee club, and she is also the piano instructor and the singing teacher.
(Written by Portia Yim)
Going to represent Kamehameha School at the Territory of Hawaii Conference of the National Student Association [? ahahuina Teritori o Hawaii o ka Haumana o ka ahahui Aupuni], are four girls from the girls’ school. This conference was held at Farrington High School from the 22nd to the 24th of November.
Charlotte Anna Morris, Ruth Needham, children class; Ellen Miller, Emelia Kaopua, youths; were the girls who represented the school. The delegates came from many different schools, from Kauai, Hawaii, Maui, Molokai, and Oahu.
The main reason for this meeting was to think over the problems that come before the school.
This coming year, the meeting will be held on Hawaii.
The girls who went to the meeting last year were Patricia Federcell, Alama Ayers, Louise Federcell and Marjorie Morris.
(Written by Clinton Bye)
Ainsley Mahikoa, who graduated with the class of 1930 from Kamehameha School for Boys, is at University of Southern California.
He is there studying the social sciences [? ouli] and that includes the study of different peoples and their knowledge. He is also working on “The teachings of Jesus pertaining to life” of which he related that he gained a lot. He also said that there is a lot in his reading pertaining to his line of work. His studies are related to his work at the Y. M. C. A.
Mr. Mahikoa is living with eight other boys who went there together from Hawaii. They sit together at one table to discuss their studies as if they were living at home.
According to his explanation, that Mr. Mahikoa has gained a lot of knowledge of other peoples at that University. In his letter, he said that one night, there was a Japanese, Chinese, American, Italian, Czechoslovakian, sitting around his table with him, a Hawaiian.
There were three boys from USC who were in an automobile accident who live with him in the same dorm along with Ainsley, and one of them lost his life.
Mr. Mahikoa is a counsellor for the boys at the Central Y.M.C.A. and it is said that the boys who were in that accident were ones who liked to have fun, and because Mahikoa was used to the ways of boys, he was the only one that could talk to them without being talked back to.
[I was assuming that all of the news written in by Kamehameha students of that time would be done in English, but happily it was not so!]
(Hoku o Hawaii, 12/11/1940, p. 3)
Ka Hoku o Hawaii, Volume XXXV, Number 33, Aoao 3. Dekemaba 11, 1940.
1. E Hawaii Nui kuauli,
E na Honoapiilani,
Oahu o Kakuhihewa,
Kauai o Manokalanipo.
Cho. E nai wale no oukou,
I kuu pono ao’e pau,
I ka pono kumu o Hawaii,
E mau e ka Ea o ka aina i ka pono.
2. He leo aloha i pae mai,
Mai na kukulu mai o Kahiki,
E i mai ana ia oe e Hawaii,
E malama i ka maluhia.
3. I hookahi kahi ka manao,
I hookahi kahi ke aloha,
I hookahi kahi puuwai,
E malama i ka maluhia.
Composed by
Samuel K. Kamakaia.
[Another well-known mele, with a few noticeable differences from what is sung today. The repeated line "E malama i ka maluhia." would be "Keep the peace."]
(Aloha Aina, 8/21/1897, p. 7)
Ke Aloha Aina, Buke III, Helu 34, Aoao 7. Augate 21, 1897.
November 11, 1938. The battles of Marne, Ypres, Loos, Arras, Somme, Chateau Thierry, Verdun, Argonne, Belleau Wood—these famous blood-shedding battles, their stories and the men who fought in them, both living and dead, remain as memorials for the conscience. The great number of soldiers constantly sent away here and there for their home, to fight and for peace. We honor those men who fought for a purpose, and at the same time, put to use those frightful years as a means to attain the peace of which we are blessed.
Drive-In Market E. Yanagihara Store
V. A. Carvalho Quong Sing Market
Beamer’s Hardware Store B. F. Shoen, Ltd.
S. Ikeda Soyo Factory Hawaii Motor Supply
J. S. Rickard The Men’s Shop
Union Meat Co. G. Miyamoto Cash & Carry
Diamond Bar Kilauea Radio Shop
Simeon Armor The Sign Artist Akadama
De Silva Vogue Shop Lacai Bros. [?]
June Shipman Beauty Shoppe Mamalahoa Chapter No. 2 Order of Kamehameha
Isemoto Contracting Co. Ltd.
(Hoku o Hawaii, 11/9/1938, p. 3)
Ka Hoku o Hawaii, Volume XXXIII, Number 28, Aoao 3. Novemaba 9, 1938.
George Wittrock to Piilani Kikaha, Oct. 13.
To Francis Keolanui and Abe Hatsuno, a daughter, Oct. 21.
To William Horner and Lydia Pahau, a son, Oct. 22.
To Even Skipau and Eliza Lono, a son, Oct. 25.
Henry Watson, on Kawaiahao Street, Oct. 27.
Manu Hoa, on Pauoa Street, Oct. 28.
Hakuole A. Makaimi, on Jack Lane, Oct. 30.
Jacob Dudoit, on Peterson Lane, Oct. 30.
Mrs. Lydia R. Kahoohalahala, at Queen’s Hospital, Oct. 31.
Kelii Lokomaikai, on Vineyard Street, Nov. 1.
Mrs. Mary Kaaialii Koakanu, on Dement Street, Nov. 4.
Maile Akamu, on Wyllie Street, Nov. 5.
Robert Moiliili, on Kama Lane, Nov. 5.
(Kuokoa, 11/7/1913, p. 4)
Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Buke LI, Helu 44, Aoao 4. Novemaba 7, 1913.
It is not something new for twins to be born by all ethnicities, just as is seen in Hawaii nei; however, there perhaps has not been a woman who has given birth to twins three times like the wife of Joe Castro of Kakaako; and the amazing thing is that each time she has given birth to twins, they were always just girls.
This Tuesday, that woman gave birth for the third time her twins, but there has been other times which she has given birth to just a single child; and if you add up all of her children, they total up to twelve, and nine are still living at this time.
Some give birth to twins just one time, while others perhaps twice, but this Portuguese woman is known to have given birth three times to twins; and it would seem that being of her nature, there may come a time that she may give birth to twins once more.
(Kuokoa, 11/7/1913, p. 4)
Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Buke LI, Helu 44, Aoao 4. Novemaba 7, 1913.
THE STIRRING AND FLUTTERING OF TARO LEAVES TO DISAPPEAR
We are discussing this problem, that being the disappearance of the fluttering taro leaves from places where kalo farming was seen often before. This is clear should our speculation be true.
The Bishop Trustees and those of Pauahi Bishop are considering putting an end for all time to the farming of kalo on lands owned by Bishop and Mrs. Pauahi Bishop here in Honolulu, or in all areas near Honolulu; there will be no more farming of kalo from now on. Should the reader take a look at the lands towards the ocean and towards the uplands of School Street, the majority of those kalo lands belong to Bishop and Pauahi, and should these large tracts of kalo-growing lands be put an end to, taro leaves growing there will no longer be seen, and two years hence, the leases with the Chinese taro farmers will come to an end; but these are not the only taro lands; in Manoa Valley, there are acres of kalo land. It can be said that most of the taro-farming lands in Manoa Valley belong to Bishop, and should the kalo farming be put to an end in that valley, then it is appropriate for us to say that taro leaves will disappear from the district of Kona, and when the leases are stopped, the lands will be dried up, and they will be made into lots to lease to those who have no homes, or they will be sold, like what is being considered by the Trustees of Bishop folks.
One of the main reasons to end the farming of kalo on these lands is perhaps because if the farming of kalo continues, these areas will be places for infectious diseases to reside; through this, O Hawaiians, our end will come; if these kalo lands are dried out and kalo is not grown, then there will be no other lands for the Chinese to lease like these tracts of lands of many acres, and should they indeed be done away with, then the places where kalo is grown will decrease. As a result, the poi prices will increase, for where will kalo be readily obtained to supply this town and to get poi? For those who have taro fields, it is important that they continue to plant taro; there will not be the profits in that work like what we always speak of when talking of farming; and it is not just here that the leaves of the taro will no longer be seen, but it will disappear from Waikane, Waiahole, and Kahana, for the water there is going to the sugarcane plantations. Alas for us Hawaiians who hereafter will be left wandering, looking for kalo and poi. Rise O Hawaiians and continue to farm kalo lest you be left hungry, being that the stirring and fluttering of kalo leaves will disappear from Honolulu nei.
[This deserves to be retranslated nicely...]
(Kuokoa Home Rula, 8/18/1911, p. 2)
Kuokoa Home Rula, Buke IX, Helu 33, Aoao 2. Augate 18, 1911.
It is to you, O Hawaiians, who we strongly encourage in regard to this question about kalo here forward, for large kalo-growing lands here in Honolulu will be dried out and put an end to by those who own them. Should those lands where kalo is being grown today truly be left to dry out, by our estimation, nearly 300 acres of kalo lands will be lost here in Honolulu, or perhaps four hundred or more acres of kalo lands will not be planted anymore. Therefore, to make up for this lost acreage, it is for all of you people outside of Honolulu to plant dry-land taro in fields and small patches, or in large loi where taro can constantly be cultivated.
If you have an abundance of kalo, then feed the sows, the hens, the turkeys, the ducks, and animals from which a person who plants a lot of taro can benefit; for you can eat the kalo, and the animals can eat the stalks [haha kalo], the leaves [luau], the watery residue from poi making [kale ai]; all these things are of great help to the farmer of kalo. Therefore, O Hawaiians, don’t be weary to grow kalo, and don’t neglect this lively endeavor on the land.
(Kuokoa Home Rula, 8/18/1911, p. 2)
Kuokoa Home Rula, Buke IX, Helu 33, Aoao 2. Augate 18, 1911.
RECORDS OF THE KAUAI DISTRICT COURT SAVED ONLY BECAUSE OF SOME PRISONERS.
In some news received from Kauai, it told of the saving of the records of the court of Kauai from being destroyed by fire on the night of the 14th, that being this past Friday, through the quick action of a prisoner sentenced for attempted murder.
At 11 o’clock that night, the desk of Judge C. S. Dole in the courthouse of Lihue was on fire; the cause of the fire is unknown. The courthouse and the court records within it were saved because of the quick action taken by some of the prisoners in the jail; if the jail was located far away, there would have just been a pile of ashes. The prisoner who noticed it and went to go save it was Jona Davis, a prisoner sentenced a day earlier for attempted murder; he was assisted by some other prisoners.
(Kuokoa, 7/21/1911, p. 6)
Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Buke XLVII, Helu 29, Aoao 6. Iulai 21, 1911.
At London, 8th July, Her Majesty TAMEHAMALU, Queen of the Sandwich Islands. The cause of her death was inflammation of the lungs.—She was sensible she was dying, and was quite resigned. The separation of the King and Queen was very affecting.—”We are,” adds the London paragraphist, “in the the less grief for his Majesty’s loss, as we understand he has four more wives at home.” Unfortunately for this unfeeling attempt at wit, there is no truth in it. Since the conversion of the Sandwich Islanders to Christianity, polygamy has been abolished.—The Queen lay in state two days before her interment. Her coffin was covered with her ornaments, intermixed with bouquets of flowers, and the floor was strewed with rose leaves. The body was wrapped tightly in waxed linen. The coffin bore this inscription:—”Tamehamalu Eli—No Na aina o awahi—Make i Pelekani—22 Makaika Taitu—London 8 Kemahoe o ke Maikiki—1824.”—In English, “Tamehamalu, Queen of the Sandwich Islands, departed this life in London, on the 8th July, 1824, aged 22 years.” She could read English very well, and could speak it a little. The King sustained his loss like a Christian.—Raising his eyes from the body, he said, “She is gone to Heaven.” At the last date, the King was very ill, and could not, without difficulty, indite a despatch to his favorite minister “William Pitt,” announcing his loss. The British King, and Ministers, paid every mark of attention on this occasion.
[Mahalo to Ramona Ho by way of the Antonios for getting this great article to me!
It is important to note that although Chronicling America is a great site for looking up information, it does have its limitations. 1) It does not include all of the states. 2) All of the newspapers in a given state are not necessarily made accessible. 3) Even if a given newspaper is included, it does not necessarily mean that all issues of that paper are accessible. 4) The years included are only from 1836–1922.]
(New-Hampshire Patriot & State Gazette, 8/30/1824, p. 3)
New-Hampshire Patriot & State Gazette, Volume XVI, Number 804, Page 3. August 30, 1824.
