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Exciting news from Chronicling America, 2013.
I just received an email from the Library of Congress saying that Chronicling America has been updated to included 600,000 more pages of newspapers, including some from Hawaii nei! I am excited that we...
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Two mele for Liliu and her garden, Uluhaimalama, 1894.
ONAONA O ULUHAIMALAMA. Hookahi la nui ua hiki mai O Uluhaimalama he mala pua Ua ana pono ia na kapuai Ka loa a me ka laula Ua hoolawa ia e na hoa E kanu a ulu liko a lau Pua mohala i ke kakahiaka Puia...
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The beginnings of Uluhaimalama, 1894.
ULUHAIMALAMA. Everyone in the flower planting association [? hui kanupua] is invited to make their way to Uluhaimalama, Pauoa, on this Thursday, October 11. The flower planting will begin from 9...
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More on opening of Uluhaimalama, 1894.
BEAUTIFUL CHARITY PLAN. The Queen Establishes a Garden for the Flower Mission. As reported in this paper some time ago, the Queen set aside several acres of land owned by her in Pauoa for the purpose...
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Offense, Judgement, and Remorse, 1862.
The Tale of the Elepaio and the Water Gourd. One day, a man named Piiwai went up the mountains to fetch drinking water, for the water of that area was located in the mountains, that being at Kahului,...
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Updated Elepaio Story, 1894.
DON’T WORRY. O Hawaiian people, don’t worry and don’t be uncertain. for we have publicly shown that there are three great powers of the world who have granted independence to us in 1843, that being...
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Auhea iho nei la o Makee, A ka Malulani la e huli hele nei… 1897.
Kimo Maki Near Disaster. Tuesday Night past, when the steamship James Makee was in Kapaa, Kauai, while the strong winds were blowing upon us and there as well, it was blown towards land while it...
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More on the Makee, 1897.
JAMES MAKEE AGROUND. Accident to One of the Inter-Island Boats at Kapaa. The James Makee met with a streak of misfortune on her last trip to Kauai. She was leaving Kapaa about 2:30 p. m. on Wednesday...
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Still more on the Makee, the Malulani, and a reminder on naming, 1897.
[Found under: "ALL ALONG THE DOCKS"] While leaving Kapaa at 2:30 Wednesday the James Makee was blown ashore. The W. G. Hall went to her assistance and, after lightering, the vessel was taken off three...
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Kaulana no na paniolo pipi… 1905
THE THREE COWBOYS OF WAIMEA: WILLIE SPENCER, IKUA PURDY, AND ARCHIE KAAUA. [Indeed famous are the cowboys Attractive on their horses They wear a lei and a large handkerchief You admire them when you...
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Famed cowboy Ikuwa Purdy dies, 1945.
Ikuwa Purdy Passes At 12:15 a. m. on July 4, the incompassionate hands of death reached out and plucked the life breath from the body of Ikuwa Purdy, as per the news received by Eben Low [Epena Low] of...
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The fame of the Hawaiian paniolo reaches Wyoming, 1908.
The fame of the Hawaiian boys in their lassoing has spread to Wyoming, America, where the steer roping contest is always held, and an invitation was received from there for some Hawaiian Boys to...
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More on the famous paniolo of Waimea, 1908.
The Boys of Waimea are Victorious! Ikua Purdy is the Champion Roper of the World—Archie Kaaua took 3rd—the American Boys are Weak. KA UA KIPUUPUU O WAIMEA. Hanohano wale no o Mauna Kea A ka hau e...
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Ikua Purdy in the movies, 1908.
IKUA PURDY SHOWN IN MOVIES. Because the Hawaiian boy Ikua Purdy became champion at the steer roping held at Cheyenne, Wyoming, his picture is being shown in America in movie theaters, and from what is...
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Mele and more for Ikua Purdy and the lads …in English, 1908.
HAWAII OUTTHROWS WORLD’S COWBOYS Purdy, the sturdy, we’ve heard he has won. For the little old isles of Hawaii, The world’s roping contest, and what he has done Is a plum in our promotion pie. Kaaua...
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Another English mele for Ikua Purdy folks, 1908.
ALOHA, PURDY. From the sun-dried plains of Texas From the rolling Northern lands, From East and West they sent their best, With chap and spur and flying vest, And lariats in their hands. From o’er the...
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President Roosevelt and Ikua Purdy, 1909.
A GIFT TO PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT. One thing that President Roosevelt [Rusawela] was extremely pleased at from the steer-roping boys of Hawaii nei, was their gift that they sent by way of Representative...
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More mele and coverage of the Waimea cowboys, 1908.
ROPING GLORY FOLLOWS THE FLAG If the wail had come from Boston, or from Bangor, or Podunk, There’d have been a precious diff’rence in the thoughts we would have thunk, But for Rochester, in New York...
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Chronicling America undergoing maintenance, 2013.
It seems that the Library of Congress websites (including Chronicling America) are undergoing maintenance, but they should be back up by 6 a.m. Eastern Time, on Monday the 19th. In the meantime, the...
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Utah paper reports on the victorious Hawaiian cowboys at Wyoming, 1908.
HAWAIIANS DEFEAT AMERICAN COWBOYS For a dozen years back there has been held in Cheyenne, Wyo., what is called Frontier day, which calls together thousands of people from many states, and involves wild...
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