Paele was said to have jumped off Iliilikaa Cliff in Kalaupapa, 1892.
NEWS FROM KALAWAO. We received letters from the colony of Kalawao, island of Molokai, telling of some news from there. MAN JUMPED OFF CLIFF. On the 6th of this month, the Superintendent [Luna Nui] of...
View ArticleMele by Kaahumanu, 1927.
AN OLD MELE This is the response from Kaahumanu when Namahana, her mother, told the alii that men were easy to get. Kaahumanu was saddened when Kamehameha was taken by Kaheiheimalie, her younger...
View ArticleHae Hawaii Volume 3 starts, 1858.
To be Published KA HAE HAWAII, VOLUME 3, AT THE OFFICE OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION [HALE AOPALAPALA], Honolulu, every Wednesday, beginning on the 7th of April, 1858. J. Fuller [J. PULA] Editor. This is...
View ArticleThe death of Jonah Piikoi and his autobiography, 1859.
The death of J. Piikoi. On the 26th of April, the Honorable J. Piikoi, one of the alii of this Hawaiian archipelago died. He was a much admired man for his competence and his determination in the...
View ArticleWhat was wrong with Onomea Sugar Plantation? 1867.
[Found under: “NU HOU KULOKO.”] Onomea Sugar Plantation.—This past Saturday, at 12 noon, that sugar plantation above was put up at auction before the public in front of the entrance of the courthouse...
View ArticleNearly died from eating oopuhue, 1867.
[Found under: “NU HOU KULOKO.”] Saved from near death.—On the 8th of April, at Kaneohe, Koolau, Nakalina and Upai, his wife, ate oopuhue that they caught at sea. When they were eating the oopuhue,...
View ArticleDeath by oopuhue, 1893.
[Found under: “LOCAL AND GENERAL.”] A Chinese fisherman was found dead yesterday morning at Iwilei. It transpired that on the evening previous he had eaten some spawn which was taken from a fish known...
View ArticleMore oopuhue death, 1868.
[Found under: “NU HOU KULOKO: Maui.”] At Waiehu, in the morning of the 13th, a family obtained a fish called an oopuhue. That fish of the ocean that is thorny and puffs up its stomach [ia opukeke...
View ArticleMore oopuhue tragedy, 1858.
Died Without Delay. Kahou died quickly, a woman in Kipahulu, from eating Oopuhue, a vicious fish of the sea. On Saturday, the 21st of August, Kahinu, the hunona [son-in-law or daughter-in-law] of that...
View ArticleEven more deaths from oopuhue, 1925.
TWO CHINESE ARE KILLED BY POISONOUS FISH Die Shortly After Eating Oopuhue: Autopsy To Be Performed By Dr. Ayer Two Chinese died suddenly Thursday night a few hours after eating oopuhue, a variety of...
View ArticleCause of death confirmed to be poisoning by oopuhue, 1925.
TWO DEATHS DUE TO EATING BALLOON FISH, SAYS CORONER’S JURY A poisonous variety of oopuhue—balloon fish—caused the death of Leong Tuck and Yong Yen Chong, according to the findings of a coroner’s jury...
View ArticleWhy is there another oopuhue accident in the same year? 1925.
Eats Balloon Fish; In Critical Condition Ung Tong Chung of Robello lane and King street is in critical condition in the Queen’s Hospital, suffering from poisoning caused by eating balloon fish or...
View ArticleSale of oopuhue outlawed, 1945.
Balloon Fish Placed ‘Out of Bounds’ By Board Of Health THE BALLOON, OR OOPUHUE FISH The sale of puffer or balloon fish (oopuhue) has been banned by the territorial Board of Health, because of recent...
View ArticleNew Chinese immigrants to arrive, 1884.
[Found under: “NA NU HOU HAWAII”] On the 11th of April, the steamship Arabia will arrive in Honolulu filled with new Chinese for Hawaii nei. (Ko Hawaii Pae Aina, 3/29/1884, p. 2)
View ArticleWhat should be done for the good of the land and the people? 1892.
[Found under: “NU HOU HAWAII.”] We were asked by the Hon. L. W. P. Kanealii to announce that meetings will be held in the district of North Wailuku at the ice skating rink at Wailuku at 7:30 in the...
View ArticleOpium for Hawaii discovered, 1894.
[Found under: “NU HOU HAWAII.”] At the port of San Francisco on the 11th of April on the steamship, “Queen” from Victoria was discovered boxes containing 800 tins of opium marked on the outside for...
View ArticleSomeone died. Was it Mrs. Mary John B. Ii? 1885.
Died.—At Kaneohe, Koolau-poko, Oahu, Mrs. Mary John B. Ii [??] died on the 7th of September, 1885. She was born at Puapuaa iki, North Kona, Hawaii, on the 11th of April,1867, therefore, she lived 18...
View ArticleBirthday of Lahilahi Webb celebrated, 1948.
HONORED ON BIRTHDAY—Mrs. Elizabeth Lahilahi Napua-I-kaumakani Webb, authority on Hawaiiana and who was associated with the Bishop Museum for more than 20 years, was honored by the Kaahumanu Society, on...
View ArticlePrincess Liliuokalani proclaimed heir apparent, 1877.
Her Highness, The Alii LILIA KAMAKAEHA LILIUOKALANI Heir Apparent. At 1 in the afternoon on the past Thursday [April 12], the King, the Chief, was pleased, along with the alii, to appoint Her Highness,...
View ArticlePrincess Liliuokalani, heir to the throne, 1877.
Olelo Kukala. O Makou o Kalakaua ma ka lokomaikai o ke Akua, Moi o ko Hawaii Pae Aina, a i kulike ai me ka Pauku Iwakaluakumalua o ke Kumukanawai o ko Makou Aupuni, ua hookohu Makou i keia la, a …...
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