New clothes at Afong and Achuck’s, 1869.
[Found under: “NU HOU KULOKO: Oahu.”] New Chinese Clothes.—Afong and Achuck, Chinese merchants of this town, have taken out their new clothes imported by them from their land of birth, with the arrival...
View ArticleDeath of Achuck in China, 1877.
DISSOLUTION OF CO-PARTNERSHIP. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE Co-partnership heretofore existing between Afong & Achuck, under that firm name and style, limited by the articles of Co-partnership...
View ArticleBirthday of Prince Leleiohoku declared a national holiday, 1875.
[Found under: “MA KE KAUOHA.”] The approaching 10th of January, 1875, is the day of birth of His Highness, the Prince and Regent of the Kingdom, W. P. LELEIOHOKU; and being that day falls on a Sunday,...
View ArticleAmau o ka uka iuiu, 1869.
[Found under: “NU HOU KULOKO: Oahu.”] In the morning of this past Tuesday, we saw a great procession of horse with their backs [? kuamoo] mounded with the fronds of amau ferns of the uplands being...
View ArticleNew Hilo jail, 1896.
ABOUT HILO’S NEW JAIL IT WILL BE A LARGE AND CONVENIENT STRUCTURE. Containing Sixteen Separate Rooms for Cells and Offices—Built of Lumber With an Iron Roof. On Thursday next the Minister of the...
View ArticleMiriama Likelike celebrates her 32nd birthday, 1883.
[Found under: “NU HOU KULOKO.”] Today is the birthday of the Alii Miriama Likelike, and it is the day she makes 32 years old. She will be giving a gathering at her home today. (Kuokoa, 1/13/1883, p. 3)
View ArticleHapa Maori name song for Likelike, 1872.
Originally posted on nupepa: Whakaaro. 1 Me oe no ka hoina E iala noho i ka iu Lau ohaoha a maewa E lohai lua ai au Anu e! anuanu la Anu oe i ke kai Hui e! Huihui la Hui…
View ArticleOn this birthday of Joseph Nawahi, a reminder that we need to rescan the...
HE KANAENAE NO JOSEPH K. NAWAHIOKALANIOPUU. I aloha ia oe a e Homelani, O ka Home lei pua lei a ka manu, Sweet onaona o Hanakahi, E wehi nei la i Waiakea, Pulupe i ka Ua Kanilehua, A Panaewa la …...
View ArticleAnae, large and fat, 1869.
[Found under: “LOCAL NEWS.”] Fresh Fish.—Whenever the wind veers to the westward, as has been the case during the past week, immense shoals of mullet make their approach to shore. This is also near the...
View ArticleKalokuokamaile on the names, Kilauea and Halemaumau, 1923.
UNKNOWN ARE THE MEANINGS OF THE NAMES “KILAUEA” AND “HALEMA’UMA’U” AND WHO NAMED THEM. O Mr Editor of the Kuokoa Newspaper; Aloha a nui:—Please be kind once more, and if there is a space, let me have...
View ArticleA ka Luna i Puuonioni, 1906.
[Found under: “KA MOOLELO O Hiiaka-i-ka-poli-o-Pele.”] And then she turned and looked down at the bottom of the pit, and her Hiiaka sisters were sitting there; at which point she chanted: THE SECOND...
View ArticleEdward W. Barnard dies, 1919.
[Found under: :KELA AME KEIA”] Judge Barnard [Lunakanawai Banada] formerly of Laupahoehoe died in the City of Berkley. He was a kamaaina of this Island, and to him belongs the Stores standing in the...
View ArticleDeath of Maikunu Ulii at Kalaupapa, 1919.
[Found under: “KELA AME KEIA”] The grandchild of Mr. Ulii of Puueo, child of Manoa Ulii, that being Maikunu Ulii, died recently, on this past Saturday, the 4th of this month; the child was perhaps 16...
View ArticleMore on Maikunu Ulii, 2019.
I just googled Maikunu Ulii, and found this record from the National Park Service! [They had an admittance date for him, but now with this information, they have a death date as well! Keoni Maikunu Ulii.]
View ArticleRussian returns to Honolulu, 1869.
Supposedly here before.—A haole newspaper of this town published on this past Saturday morning stated that there is a Russian haole aboard the ship amongst the Russian passengers who are searching for...
View ArticleThe Queen’s Protest, 1893.
Originally posted on nupepa: KUKALA KUE A KE ALIIAIMOKU. “O wau, Liliuokalani, ma ka lokomaikai o ke Akua, malalo o ke Kumukanawai o ke Aupuni Hawaii, Moiwahine, ma keia ke hoike paa nei i Ko’u kue i...
View ArticleKe Olai ma Hawaii, 1869.
Earthquake on Hawaii.—During this past week, earthquakes once again shook that Island, and volcanic ash covered the top of the Mountain, Mauna Loa. (Au Okoa, 1/21/1869, p. 2)
View ArticleH. L. Chase, photographer, 1869.
AT THE PHOTOGRAPH GALLERY On Fort Street, MAY BE SEEN THE VIEWS taken of the Late Lava Flow at Kahuku, And the Effects of the Late Earthquake at Waiohinu, Kau. Views of Kilauea and other places. Also...
View ArticleGood roads down in Ewa, 1869.
The road of Ewa—There are perhaps no other people in the backside of town who are greatly blessed with good roads to travel upon like those who live in the Ewa side and all the way leeward. Leaving...
View ArticleOn Kaao, Mele, and Moolelo, 1869.
Hawaiian Kaaos and Meles.—In the native papers published in Honolulu, there frequently appear old compositions by the native poets and historians, which would be highly interesting if translated. the...
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