Armstrong loses Paki’s genealogy, 1856.
LOST GENEALOGY. I STATE that when A. Paki died, someone wrote down his genealogy, and gave it to me to publish in the Elele, and because of its great length, it was not published at the time. I feel...
View ArticleSomething to think about when questioning who is to blame, 1918–2018–Timeless.
[Found under: “KELA AME KEIA”] Whatsoever a man [or woman] soweth, that shall he [or she] also reap. (Hoku o Hawaii, 7/4/1918, p. 3)
View ArticleMoney, 1893.
[From: “KE KUHIHEWA O NA HAIPULE.”] Money is fine, but the love of money is the root of (evil) wrong. Why is this? For your thoughts are fixed on money, and that is your god which you worship day and …...
View ArticleOn leprosy, 1868.
[Found under: “NU HOU KULOKO: Oahu.”] Leprosy patients.—One day last week all the way to Tuesday of this week, there were [?? many] leprosy patients taken to Molokai from the hospital of Kalihi. There...
View ArticleMore on the leprosy patients, 1868.
The Lepers.—The active measures of the Board of Health to make another thorough examination of the Islands, for the purpose of staying the spread of leprosy, has attracted public attention to what is...
View ArticleWhat kind of world do you want your children to live in? 2018.
I saw this on the bus. It doesn’t relate to newspapers, but I am putting it out here anyway, because it is important.
View Article140 years since the first Portuguese contract laborers arrive, 1878.
[Found under: “KA NU HOU HAWAII.”] On the deck of the German ship, “Pricilla” brought a group of Portuguese numbering 120 to populate Hawaii nei, and some of the women bore children. The increase in...
View ArticleJ. H. Kanepuu speaks out about immigration and hooulu lahui, 1862.
Some Thoughts FOR THE HAWAIIAN PEOPLE O Kuokoa Newspaper; Aloha oe: Some thoughts welled up within me pertaining to something printed by you on a page on the past 1st of March, Helu 14; about some...
View ArticlePlease take the time to answer a short survey from the Bishop Museum Library...
It has been a year and a half since we shared a survey from the Bishop Museum Library & Archives. I think they would again appreciate it if you could help them by: (1) Taking the survey. (2)...
View ArticleGenoa Adolpho, May Day Queen, 1960.
Genoa Adolpho, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Kulani Adolpho of Hauula, will be queen of May Day festivities at the Kahuku School Monday at 5:30. She is a senior. Her ladies in waiting will be Wilda Ah Quin...
View ArticleGenoa Adolpho marries Edward Puniwai Keawe Aiko, 1935.
[Found under: “MARRIED.”] Aiko-Adolpho—In Honolulu, Sept. 7, Edward Puniwai Keawe Aiko and Miss Genoa Adolpho, Elder George E. Eason officiating; witnesses—D. Arthur Haycock and Hattie D. Foster....
View ArticleMight this be the reason the song “Palisa” was written? 1908.
SELECTED FILMS FOR THE SETTLEMENT Messrs. C. G. Bockus, Gerrit Wilder and C. S. Crane, the committee named to select and purchase moving-picture film for the machine shortly to be taken to the Molokai...
View ArticleHot air balloon in Paris, riding a camel in India, then an elephant in...
Originally posted on nupepa: KE KII-ONIONI O KALAWAO [Kakauia mai] I Parisa aku nei au I ka lele baluna poniuniu A Inia aku nei au I ke kau kamelo holo pupule A Aigupita aku makou I ke kau elepani ihu…
View ArticlePlease take the time to answer a short survey from the Bishop Museum Library...
Originally posted on nupepa: It has been a year and a half since we shared a survey from the Bishop Museum Library & Archives. I think they would again appreciate it if you could help them by: (1)...
View ArticleName song for Kamehameha V by Kamehameha III, 1868.
HE INOA NO KAMEHAMEHA V. Kalani nui Kapuaiwa i ke kapu he inoa, O ulupuni o ke aloha uluahewa, O hoolailai e ko mai ke ano, He ano aloha no kuu makuahine, No’u keia liliha kumakena, E luanuu a...
View ArticleMartin the Wizard? 1868.
The Haole Seer.—This past Saturday, the haole seer Martin began his ingenious and entertaining act, and those who watched his actions were nearly left astounded. This continued each night since; and it...
View ArticleMartin the Wizard in Hawaii a 150 years ago, 1868.
MARTIN THE WIZARD HAS ARRIVED! The World-renowned, Wonder-creating Wizard MARTIN! Will continue his Astonishing Feats of Wonder —AT THE— Royal Hawaiian Theatre, Saturday Evening, Oct’r 24, Changing as...
View ArticlePlagiarism? 1868.
The History of S. M. Kamakau. Aloha no.—These past Saturdays I saw within Whitney’s newspaper [Pacific Commercial Advertiser] them calling the haole government paper [Hawaiian Gazette], a thief,...
View Article“Aole na ka malihini e ao mai ia’u i ka mooolelo o ko’u lahui…” 1868.
Hawaiian History, by Hawaiians. The early history of all nations without a literature, is necessarily traditionary. That of the Hawaiians, previous to the advent of the missionaries, is of course...
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