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Aperila Eepa, 1885.

April 1, 2014, 2:00 pm
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This is Aperila eepa to us Hawaiians, and to the haole, April fool. [This is one of the earliest mention of April fool in the Hawaiian-Language Newspapers.] (Ko Hawaii Pae Aina, 4/4/1885, p. 4)Filed under: Celebration Tagged: Aperila eepa, Aperila fulu, April fool
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Hawaiian-language versus English historical documents, 2014 and beyond.

April 2, 2014, 12:00 pm
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When researching anything relating to Hawaii nei, it goes without saying that it is imperative that we look at the Hawaiian-language documents left by the people of old. However, it is important to look at all the other documents available to us written in other languages as well. The three different articles covering the 100th […]
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Devastating earthquake and tsunami, 1868.

April 3, 2014, 1:30 pm
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Terrifyingly Powerful Earthquake Please place this in some open area of your columns; the story of this huge earthquake mentioned above, in the District of Puna, and perhaps other places as well. When I turned back with my travel companions on the road from Kapapala, we didn’t reach our home (Kahaualea), but between those places […]
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Farming in Hawaii, 1913.

April 4, 2014, 2:29 pm
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ENCOURAGING SMALL FARMER. Beginning January 5, The Advertiser will publish a weekly list of wholesale prices for Island produce in Honolulu markets while A. T. Longley, superintendent of the home markets division of the Hawaii Experiment Station will also supply a weekly market letter for publication. The marketing division was authorized by the last legislature, […]
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Mary Mahiai passes away, 1913.

March 30, 2014, 11:00 am
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AGED HAWAIIAN PASSES BEYOND Believed by many of the Hawaiians to be at least 110 years old, and having figured in a history which has been recounted from the Atlantic coast to the far east, Mary Mahiai died at her home on Vineyard street last Monday night, and was buried yesterday afternoon in the cemetery […]
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Beginnings of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, 1886.

March 30, 2014, 2:27 pm
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Museum of Antiquities. A special meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Queen’s Hospital was held yesterday. It was called to consider the question of conveying the Hawaiian antiquities and curios, devised to the Trustees by the will of the late Queen Emma, to the Hon. C. R. Bishop for a projected public museum. […]
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Queen’s Hospital trustees and the Bishop Museum, 1886.

March 31, 2014, 12:00 pm
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DECISION OF QUEEN’S HOSPITAL TRUSTEES.  A special meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Queen’s Hospital was held this morning in the Chamber of Commerce room. The object of the meeting was to consider the advisableness and feasibility of transferring the antiquities and curios left to the Hospital by the will of the late […]
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Construction of the Bishop Museum, 1889.

March 31, 2014, 1:00 pm
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SLABS FROM A HEIAU. The Kinau brought this morning two slabs from a heathen temple or heiau at Kapoho, Puna, Hawaii. They are to be placed in the Bishop Museum now in course of erection at the Kamehameha school grounds. Some of the stones in this same temple had a mark of a cross on […]
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Mary Mahiai, the original story, in English, 1901.

March 31, 2014, 11:41 pm
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ROMANTIC HISTORY OF MARY MAHIAI PROBABLY the most interesting woman in all Hawaii is the white-haired old wahine of four-score and ten, or thereabouts, who answers to the name of Mary Mahiai. Last week an intricate land case came up in Judge Gear’s court and Mary Mahiai was summoned to appear as a witness, her […]
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Aperila Fulu! 1902.

April 1, 2014, 12:59 pm
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Pertaining to the First Day of Aperila IT IS A DAY OF SHARED MISCHIEF AND CALLED “APRIL FOOL” BY THE HAOLE. The first day of April is a day of mischief for the haole; a day to lie back and forth in jest, a day to shock, and a day when everyone devises ways to […]
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Aperila Eepa, 1885.

April 1, 2014, 2:00 pm
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This is Aperila eepa to us Hawaiians, and to the haole, April fool. [This is one of the earliest mention of April fool in the Hawaiian-Language Newspapers.] (Ko Hawaii Pae Aina, 4/4/1885, p. 4)Filed under: Celebration Tagged: Aperila eepa, Aperila fulu, April fool
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Hawaiian-language versus English historical documents, 2014 and beyond.

April 2, 2014, 12:00 pm
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When researching anything relating to Hawaii nei, it goes without saying that it is imperative that we look at the Hawaiian-language documents left by the people of old. However, it is important to look at all the other documents available to us written in other languages as well. The three different articles covering the 100th […]
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Devastating earthquake and tsunami, 1868.

April 3, 2014, 1:30 pm
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Terrifyingly Powerful Earthquake Please place this in some open area of your columns; the story of this huge earthquake mentioned above, in the District of Puna, and perhaps other places as well. When I turned back with my travel companions on the road from Kapapala, we didn’t reach our home (Kahaualea), but between those places […]
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Farming in Hawaii, 1913.

April 4, 2014, 2:29 pm
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ENCOURAGING SMALL FARMER. Beginning January 5, The Advertiser will publish a weekly list of wholesale prices for Island produce in Honolulu markets while A. T. Longley, superintendent of the home markets division of the Hawaii Experiment Station will also supply a weekly market letter for publication. The marketing division was authorized by the last legislature, […]
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On the death of Beniamina Kaiminaauao Poepoe, and so much more, 1909.

April 5, 2014, 8:25 pm
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BENIAMINA KAIMINAAUAO POEPOE HAS DEPARTED THIS LIFE. In the afternoon of this Monday, July 11, the life of Beniamina Kaiminaauao Poepoe returned once more to He who first gave him to us in the year 1898. He was forty-one years old when he passed. He was born in Waipio, Hamakua, Hawaii, and that is his […]
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Story of Kamapuaa by G. W. Kahiolo, 1861.

April 5, 2014, 9:49 pm
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HE MOOLELO NO KAMAPUAA. Helu.—1. Ma ka mookuauhau no Kamapuaa a loaa mai oia; oia keia e hoikeia aku nei, i mea e ikeia ai kona ano kupanaha, a me kona ikaika ma ke kaua ana, a me ke ano e o kona kino, a me kana mau hana. O keia kanaka, ua hoomana ia […]
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G. W. Kahiolo is G. W. Poepoe, the father of Joseph Mokuohai Poepoe, 1861.

April 6, 2014, 12:14 am
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Death announcements are not only death announcements, they are often histories and genealogical records and more! From the last post for instance, we discover G. W. Kahiolo, the mysterious writer who is known as the writer of a few newspaper articles and most widely known for the story of Kamapuaa, is G. W. Poepoe, and […]
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G. W. Kahiolo / G. W. Poepoe, feminist of his day, 1864.

April 6, 2014, 12:00 pm
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The Value of Girls SEEKING KNOWLEDGE EARNESTLY. O Kuokoa Newspaper; Aloha oe.—We see the words placed proudly above, “the value of girls seeking knowledge earnestly.” Teaching girls knowledge is something not important for Hawaiian parents, who say, “When boys are educated, they can go on to Lahainaluna, and return and find a job and get […]
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Bilingual law announcements in English-language newspapers, 1902.

April 7, 2014, 12:00 pm
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BY AUTHORITY. REGULATIONS FOR HACK AND FOR PASSENGER VEHICLES AND RATES OF FARE. By virtue of the authority in me vested and under the provisions of Section 794 of Chapter 55, of the Penal Laws of 1897, I, James H. Boyd, Superintendent of Public Works of the Territory of Hawaii, do make and declare the […]
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More Hawaiian-Language in English newspapers, 1922.

April 7, 2014, 10:03 pm
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HE MELE NO JOHN WISE A he ohohia nui no Keoni Waika Ka elele hiwahiwa a ka lahui Hui like mai kakou E koho me ka lokahi. Hookahi mea nui i anoi ia O ka pono kaulike o ka lehulehu Mai Hawaii o Keawe A Kauai o Mano. Ua kini ua mano kou aloha Maluna […]
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