Birthday of William K. Kuwalu, 1949.
Kauai’s Oldest Resident Has 100th Birthday (Photo on Page 13) Special to The Advertiser LIHUE, Kauai, Jan. 29—There’s something a little special about William K. Kuwalu’s birthday tonight because he...
View ArticleHonolulu Hale torn down to build a parking lot, 1917.
Historic Building of ’30s to Be Razed Soon Honolulu Hale Sold to Frank Godfrey for $10 Honolulu Hale, build about 1836 by Kamehameha III, which was sold today for $10. Historic Honolulu Hale sold for...
View ArticleDissatisfaction with the new king, 1887.
The Native Hawaiian HEARD FROM. The Natives of Kaneohe Show Their Feeling Towards the Present Government. Ua paneia e W. M. Kipikona na mea i hoikeike ia iho nei, e pili ana i ke aupuni e ku nei, o ka...
View ArticleWhere is the new Honolulu Hale? 1856.
LAND FOR SALE. HEAR ME, you people who want good land. I have in my hands some lands to sell: kula lands and kalo lands. The price is right; to sell in large parcels or little, as you would like. …...
View ArticleThe new Honolulu Hale, 1865.
[Found under: “HUNAHUNA MEA HOU O HAWAII NEI.”] New flag pole:—At the new Honolulu Hale, that being the Government Building, is where a new flag pole stands unobstructed for the use of the Governor of...
View ArticleJohn Papa Ii goes on makaikai to Puuloa, 1865.
[Found under: “HUNAHUNA MEA HOU O HAWAII NEI.”] A Visitation.—Last Thursday, the Hon. J. Ii and his daughters went on a tour of the many lochs of Pearl Harbor [ke Awa-lau o Puuloa], and the bathing...
View ArticleMikololou and Kaahupahau reach far away New York, 1905.
The Battle of the Shark Gods A Story of the Hawaiian Islands ONE day Kaahupahau and her brother Kahiuka wandered away from their grass-thatched cottage, on the banks of the beautiful Ewa Lagoon, on the...
View ArticleA name song for Kalanianaole by Rosalie Puea Blaisdell, 1923.
A MELE INOA FOR KALANIANAOLE—HOAKAKAILILANI The Commission [Hawaiian Homes] has a great debt to the generosity of these Ladies, the ones whose names are below, for their composing this mele that is...
View ArticleKalanianaole Day proposed by John W. Kalua, 1923.
Another Holiday For Hawaii Would Observe Kalanianaole Day Maui Man Introduces A Bill HAWAII will have another legal holiday if a bill, H. B. 20, introduced yesterday in the house of representatives by...
View ArticleEarthquake, 1860.
Earthquake on Hawaii. On the 26th of March past, the island of Hawaii shook tremendously and swayed because of a large earthquake; this was the first of this sort of earthquake. The strongest was in...
View ArticleDeath of Akeneki Nunehiwalani Kalua, 1899.
Passed on from this World. We received sad news of the death of Akeneki Nunehiwalani Kalua, daughter of Judge J. W. Kalua and Mrs. Kalua. This youth left this life at 2 in the morning, on Tuesday the...
View ArticleMore on the death of Agnes Nunehiwalani Kalua, 1899.
A Sad Death. The Island mail yesterday brought the sad news of the death of Agnes Kalua [Akeneki Nunehiwalani Kalua], only daughter of Judge and Mrs. J. W. Kalua, which occured at Wailuku on the 12th...
View ArticleEarthquake, eruption, and tsunami, 151 years ago, 1868.
New letters from Kau, Hawaii. O Kuokoa Newspaper; Aloha oe: Along with our ohana from Hawaii to Niihau; I am your friend living in distress, as my feet stand precariously at the edge of the pit of...
View ArticleNew Chinese church in Waimea, 1891.
[Found under: “NA MEA HOU O WAIMEA, KAUAI.”] A new church for the Chinese has recently been completed under the direction of F. Gay & A. Robinson, and the church will be entered on the 28th of...
View ArticleFamous safe bought at auction, 1897.
PORTUGUESE BUY A RELIC STORY OF AN OLD BURGLARY REVIVED. Safe That Was Once Robbed of $800 in Gold Coin—At Custom House Sale Yesterday—Society Pick Up a Curio. The Portuguese Mutual Benefit Society of...
View ArticleCustoms House theft, 1858.
Unusual Theft. On Sunday, the 28 of Mar., the money of the Customs House [Hale Dute] of Honolulu, eight thousand or more, was stolen. The theft was like this. On Saturday, Kukela [Goodale], the...
View ArticleReturn of homestead lands, 1918.
[Found under: “Nuhou Kuloko”] Because of a lack of an heir of a haole named James Knowles who died at Paauilo, Hawaii, on the 29th of March of 1913, the homestead lands that was transferred to him by...
View ArticleHugo Stangenwald opens new photo gallery, 1855.
HONOLULU DAGUERREAN GALLERY. REMOVAL. THE SUBSCRIBER begs leave to inform the residents of Honolulu and vicinity, that he has removed to the new building recently erected on King street, opposite the...
View ArticleTraditions taught by Fred Malulani Beckley Kahea, 1922.
[Found under: Nuhou Kuloko”] To teach mat weaving, feather lei making, sewing net, and some other Hawaiian skills, Fred Malulani Beckley Kahea opened up a class taught by him, in the armory [halekoa],...
View ArticleFred Malulani Beckley Kahea announcement in English, 1922.
ANCIENT Hawaiian handicrafts—feather and lei making, manufacture of fibre nets and mats—to be taught in school at N. G. H. Armory by Fred Malulani Beckley Kahea, Hawaiian Guardman. (Advertiser,...
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