Hurricane, 1892.
Ship Sunk at Sea. One Skiff Landed at Puna. One Skiff Lost at Sea. Hilo, September 26, 1892. Aloha oe: The three-masted ship W. H. Campbell, captain E. E. Havener, left Port Townsend on the 5th of...
View ArticleJust because you find something in the newspaper, that does not necessarily...
HAWAIIAN IMMUNITIES. While hurricanes and cyclones howl with destructive fury over most of the oceans and seas of the world, the Hawaiian Islands have a singular immunity from gales of that nature. In...
View ArticleClothing of the ancient canoe paddlers, 1875.
[Found under: “Nu Hou Kuloko.”] We hear that the garment of the canoe paddlers of ancient times, is being woven at Waianae, and it will be sent to the Exposition at Philadelphia. How dexterous are...
View ArticleKing Kalakaua goes fishing for upapalu, 1875.
[Found under: “Nu Hou Kuloko.”] Fond of Fishing—On the past bright moonlit night of Tuesday, the King went to fish for upapalu outside of the lagoon [kuaau] of Kuloloia. Perhaps he partook in a lot of...
View ArticleMore alii going to fish for upapalu, 1869.
[Found under: “NU HOU KULOKO: Oahu.”] Fond of fishing.—The moonlit nights of this past week were spent by some makaainana and alii by going fishing outside of Honolulu Harbor, in lagoons and other...
View ArticleThe alii Liliuokalani gets her hale pili rethatched, 1875.
Local News. The thatched house of the alii Loloku at Hamohamo, Waikiki, was re-thatched, and those kinds of houses are truly indeed walls of fragrance. (Kuokoa, 9/4/1875, p. 2)
View ArticleKahaulelio and Lala Naone wed, 1875.
[Found under: “Nu Hou Kuloko.”] Married.—Married in the meeting room of Kawaiahao on this past Wednesday evening were Kahaulelio, the Royal coachman, and Lala Naone, the daughter of P. Naone of this...
View ArticleGigantic uala! 1875.
[Found under: “Nu Hou Kuloko.”] Large Hawaiian Sweet Potato.—Brought to our Business Office was a large Hawaiian sweet potato grown at Makena, Honuaula, East Maui, by Kiniakua. When weighed, it was...
View ArticleBig, but not as big, 1868.
[Found under: “NU HOU KULOKO: Maui.”] A large sweet potato from Maui.—Mr. Kiko of the choir of Kaumakapili left on our desk this past Monday, a uala grown at Kula, East Maui, which weighed fourteen...
View ArticleKamalo, land of big uala! 1867.
[Found under: “NU HOU KULOKO: Oahu.”] Some large sweet potatoes.—Two large sweet potatoes grown at Kamalo, Molokai by their uala farmers were sent to us by Rev. A. O. Forbes [Rev. A. O. Porepe]. They...
View ArticleEo, e Liliuonamoku! 2018.
HE INOA NO LILIUONAMOKU. Kahiko ka nani i na kuahiwi, Ka ohu halii i na pali, He pali kapu kukilakila, Mapu ke ala me ke onaona. Hui:—He alii he wohi hoi keia, A e hiipoi ia nei e ka Hui … Continue...
View Article25 pound uala from Hana, 1871.
[Found under: “NOTES OF THE WEEK.”] Big Potato.—We have seen a sweet potato from Hana, Maui, which weighs 25 pounds and measures 39 inches around. [Who today has seen this kind of uala?] (PCA,...
View ArticleMele and moolelo and variants, 1874.
[Found under: “La Hanau o ka Moi ma Honolulu.”] 1 Hawaii Ponoi Nana i kou Moi Ka Lani Alii Ke ‘Lii. Hui:—Makua Lani e KAMEHAMEHA e Na kaua i pale Me ka Ihe. 2 Hawaii Ponoi Nana i na ‘Lii … Continue...
View ArticleUala from Hilo, 1865.
Nui Loa.—They know how to do things on a big scale up at Hilo. Capt. Ashley, of the Gov. Troup. has brought us a large sweet potato, sent by Capt. Worth of Hilo, as a specimen from his garden, we …...
View ArticleLiholiho and Kamamalu, 1924.
[Found under: “LIFE OF KAMEHAMEHA II AND HIS QUEEN EVENTFUL”] At the annual social meeting of the Daughters of Hawaii at Queen Emma home Wednesday afternoon, a story of the life and short reign of King...
View ArticleJohn “Jack” Desha, 2018.
Stars of Yesteryear BY BILL PACHECO Judge John “Jack” Desha, another of Hawaii’s oldtime greats in sports, attended Kamehameha and Punahou schools in Honolulu, participating in football, baseball,...
View ArticleDeath of William Kamauoha Kekumano, 1917.
THAT FAMILIAR SON OF SOUTH KONA HAS GONE On Thursday of last week, perhaps half an hour after his brother-in-law arrived in Napoopoo, the life of Wiliama Kamauoha Kekumano wore out, and at only 45...
View ArticleLinohaupuaokekoolau! The importance of old newspapers. 1942.
[Found under: “Meahou O Na Kohala Ame Hamakua”] Before I forget this; this is something to instruct everyone reading Ka Hoku—keep your Hoku newspapers; do not discard of them in the outhouse [lua...
View ArticleRat problem in Waialua, 1868.
[Found under: “Na mea hou i ikeia o keia mokupuni.”] A Great Many Rats.—In the district of Waialua, there is much devastation done by Rats there, in the cane fields and the rice fields. Some cane...
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