Four Hawaiian boys on the whaling ship Gayhead, 1895.
Docked Whaling Ship On the 3rd of March the whaling ship Gay Head, Captain Shorey, left from the port of San Francisco on the 18th of December last year, made a stop at this port. The ship sailed...
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The Naauao family’s addition to Hoʻoulu Lāhui, 1888
[Found under: “NUHOU KULOKO”] A nicely plump boy was born to Mr. and Mrs. Naauao, on the 24th of May, at their residence. Here is another offspring in the age of King Kalākaua’s hoʻoulu lāhui.* Ke...
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Fate of the Hawaiian newspapers? 1889
[Found under: “NU HOU HAWAII”] With the publication of the newspaper “Makaainana” this past Wednesday, it is understood that it was its last appearance as a newspaper, and that it would be at rest for...
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Early photography in the Kingdom, 1861
PHOTOGRAPHY! PHOTOGRAPHY! Hear me, you people who want photographs; here at my photo studio are photographic equipment of all sorts, and the costs are very minimal, and WELL WORTH THE COST: The time...
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Aloha for Kuini Liliha
[From Ka Moolelo Hawaii, by S. M. Kamakau] There were but few alii who were greatly loved by the makaainana like Liliha. On the night that Liliha died at Leleo, the body of Liliha was returned to the...
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Death of Joseph Benigo Kaaoao, 1895.
That Welcoming Friend Has Passed On. J. B. Kaaoao has left this life at his residence at Olowalu, Maui, this Sunday at 8 p.m., July 28, 1895, after wasting away from a tumor [mai puu] of the stomach,...
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Another death announcement for Joseph Benigo Kaaoao, 1895.
LEFT THIS LIFE FOR THE LAND OF SPIRITS BEYOND. The angel of death came and shut the bodily house of Jos. B. Kaaoao, and forced out the spirit to return to whence it came, in the evening of Sunday, the...
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AUDIENCE WITH MAORI AT THE HOME OF MRS. A. P. TAYLOR.
In the upland of Manoa, at the home of Mrs. A. P. (Ahuena) Taylor, at “Luana Pua,” an audience was given in honor of the Maori of New Zealand living here in this town. Present were a great many...
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Corrections by newspapers could happen almost immediately.
A CORRECTION. Within the news published in the Kuokoa last week, June 18, 1920, beneath the heading, “Ka Aha Ike a na Maori ma ka Home o Mrs. A. P. Taylor,” the name of the Princess Kawananakoa was...
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Kanikauwepa / Kanikauepa
[Found in G. K. Keawehaku’s “Kuu Kamaaina i ka Ua Kukala Hale”] Kanikauwepa [Crack of the Whip].–An ohai tree that grew before the place that Haleakala stood was called by this name, on the north-east...
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