Neutrality proclaimed by King Kamehameha III, 1854.
Proclamation. Kamehameha III King of the Hawaiian Islands. Be it known to all whom it may concern, that We, Kamehameha III, King of the Hawaiian Islands, hereby proclaim our entire Neutrality in the...
View ArticleNeutrality announced in Washington D. C., 1854.
RELIEF FOR TROUBLED EUROPE. It cannot be doubted that the European Powers now so unhappily engaged in strife will be much relieved by the following kind and considerate proclamation of the King of the...
View ArticleNeutrality announced in Britain, 1854.
[Found under: “SANDWICH ISLANDS.”] —”Kamehameha III, King of the Hawaiian Islands. “Be it known to all whom it may concern, that we, Kamehameha III, King of the Hawaiian Islands, hereby proclaim our...
View ArticleNeutrality proclamation reaches France, 1854.
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View ArticleHawaiian dogs, 1862.
News Pertaining to Hawaiian Dogs. I send you some news; that is news about dogs from Hawaii nei. We are used to hearing about and seeing haole who have smart dogs that obey their words, but when I saw...
View ArticleA mele by Kalakaua for different kinds of dancing, 1872.
“Kuu hula ana.” I kuu hula ana He keu o ka niniu, He lai lua ka hana Oia mea poiu. I ka Poloka Mazuka Ua lawe kela a oki, He hoolalao mauka I ka poli nahe koki. Kamau mai ka … Continue reading →
View ArticleMary Kawena Pukui, 1983.
KAWENA Guardian of the Hawaiian Language By Helen Altonn, Star-Bulletin Writer SAMUEL H. Elbert vividly recalls the first time he met Mary Kawena Pukui. “She had a flower in her hair and she just...
View ArticleHerbert Low heads home to Hilo, 1936.
RETURNS FROM SCHOOL Herbert Low, son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Low, of Hilo, who is a student at Kamehameha school, arrived in Hilo on Saturday’s steamer to spend his Easter vacation. (Hoku o Hawaii,...
View ArticleEaster hats and such, 1902.
GRAND OPENING OF HATS AT N. S. SACHS DRY GOODS CO. Honolulu, Fort Street Easter Hats Easter Hats Just recently opened to display, are Hats good for Easter, for girls and women of all sorts of fashions...
View ArticleSachs hats opens earlier that year, 1902.
[Found under: “LOCAL AND GENERAL”] King Kalakaua and Princess Kaiulani hat pins are given away with hats at the millinery opening, at Sachs’ Dry Goods Co. (Evening Bulletin, 3/13/1902, p. 2)
View ArticleThe beginnings of the Merrie Monarch Festival, 1964.
Hilo Plans Gay Events For Kalakaua Festival By WALT SOUTHWARD Advertiser Staff Writer HILO — A parade, with Duke Kahanamoku as grand marshal. A relay race, with boys using fresh mullet as batons. A...
View ArticleShameful exhibition? 1862.
Shameful Exhibition.—On Saturday evening last, an exhibition of the hula dance was given at the Theater—the first of the kind ever publicly attempted here. After the dancing, some amateur minstrels...
View ArticleNo hula! 1862.
Hawaiian Minstrels. We learn that a company of young Hawaiians will perform a number of melodies at the Hawaiian Theater this evening. We are told that no Hula will accompany this performance....
View ArticleHoopailua? 1862.
[Found under: “NA MEA HOU O HAWAII NEI.”] Theater.—We went to watch the singing of the Hawaiian youths on this past Saturday night at the Theater, and we have nothing to complain about them; however,...
View ArticleHe aha ia mea ka holomua? 1930.
KE AU KAHIKO O HAWAII NEI A ME KEIA AU HOU E NEE NEI (Kakauia e George Pooloa) Ke huli aku a hookuku ae i ke au i hala a me keia au e maalo nei e like me kona … Continue reading →
View ArticleRotten eggs, 1862.
[Found under: “NA MEA HOU O HAWAII NEI.”] The Hula performers who travelled to California some months ago just returned on the ship Yankee; we have not heard however about the how they lived while on...
View ArticleHula to be performed in California! 1862.
Aboard the ship Speedwell headed to San Francisco sailed five Hawaiian men and one woman, with pahu, hokeo, puniu, and all the things needed for Hawaiian hula. The one who put them under his employ...
View ArticleMore on hula in California, 1862.
[Found under: “NOTES OF THE WEEK.”] Small Business.—We learn that Mr. Charles H. Derby went over to San Francisco in the Comet, taking with him five kanakas and one wahine, for the purpose of opening...
View ArticleHula in California, 1862.
[Found under: “SACRAMENTO CORRESPONDENCE.”] THE KANAKA TROUPE. Speaking of Melodeons reminds me of the Kanaka Troupe, or Hawaiian Dancers. Have they visited your quiet town yet? [Yes, and got...
View ArticleIs this the same Charles Derby? 1882.
[Found under: “NUHOU O NA AINA E.”] A haole died at a hospital for the poor in the town of Salem, in the state of Massachusetts, because of his body wasting away from leprosy; Charles Derby is his...
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