Jubilee Parade for the coming of the missionaries, 1870.
Order of the Jubilee Parade JUNE 15, 1870. The Jubilee Parade will be set in order at Kawaiahao, at 9 o’clock in the morning of Wednesday, June 15, as follows. Band Members. Members of the Hawaiian...
View ArticleKamehameha V and the 50th year since the arrival of the missionaries, 1870.
Great Jubilee Gift from the King. It pleases the Chief, the King, to give freely these things below, for the Jubilee Feast to be Celebrated on Wednesday, June 15: 10,000 Pounds of Poi, 20 Pigs, 400...
View ArticleSap of the Kukui, 1867.
Originally posted on nupepa: [Found under: “LOCAL NEWS: Oahu”] Kukui Sap.—On the evening of last Wednesday, one of our friends was walking by the Royal Court at Waikiki Kai, and there he was given the...
View ArticleDeath of Elia Helekunihi, 1896.
E. HELEKUNIHI DIED On Tuesday, the 16th of June, Rev. Helekunihi died at 58 years old. He died of a fever and throwing up blood at Haiku. He is a familiar man all over Maui, and his name is well …...
View ArticleKeawe puts his lands in Kauluwela up for sale, 1862.
LAND FOR SALE. I AM SELLING MY RIGHTS TO THE LAND SITUATED at Kauluwela, Parcel 1, four loi at Kukanaka. Parcel 2, adjacent to Koiuiu. Those who want to purchase my Kuleana mentioned above. Haole,...
View ArticleSea cucumber, shark fin, tree ear, 1862.
LOLI, LOLI. LALA MANO. and Pepeiao Laau. The one whose names are below want to purchase again LOLI. This is the types of Loli that will be purchased: Loli kae and Loli koko; four cents for one pound,...
View ArticleReward for a lost veil, 1862.
Two Dollar Reward. LOST ON THE MORNING of Wednesday, the 18th of June, on the road going up to Nuuanu, was a Black Veil. Will be gotten by the one who finds this veil, when they return it to Dr. …...
View ArticleHowlandsville, Laie? 1862.
ANNOUNCEMENT. I SAY TO ALL KANAKA AND PEOPLE who own animals, to remove their animals before the first day of the coming July, from my lands, they being: Laiewai and Laiemaloo. In the district of...
View ArticleArrival of the first Japanese contract laborers, 1868.
JAPANESE LABORERS. On the 19th of June, the ship name the Scioto [Kioko] landed, 33 days from Japan, with 147 contracted laborers to work for three years. There are six of these people who came with...
View ArticlePaakai, 1974.
the earth These historic salt ponds of Hanapepe, Kauai, have supplied many luaus with that most famous of island condiment—Hawaiian rock salt. Pans are fashioned out of the red clay in the area and...
View ArticleSalt harvesting at Hanapepe, 1967.
Salt harvest near end at historic Hanapepe ponds HANAPEPE, Kauai—Autumn rains soon will signal the close of the salt-making season at Hanapepe’s historic Salt Pond area. The harvest has been fairly...
View ArticleHonoring Dr. Isabella Abbott on her 100th birthday, 1934.
Isabella Aiona, Kamehameha school for girls student, will representher school in the Oahu junior finals of The Star-Bulletin constitution oratorical contest at McKinley high school auditorium at 7:30...
View ArticleA mele for Kalaupapa, 1921.
HE MELE NO KALAUPAPA He mele he inoa no Kalaupapa, Aina kaulana puni ka honua, O ke ku kilakila a Haupu, Kuahiwi kaulana, moku a o Hina. Alo ana Nihoa au i ke kai, Oni ana e ka lae a … Continue reading →
View ArticleAnother Kalaupapa mele, 1914.
KALAUPAPA SONG. Kaulana o Molokai i na Mokupuni, Ke kahua hoolulu a ka Lepela, Ala ka iini i ka aina, Kahi a ka manao e hana mau nei. I nei aina hoi au ike iho ai, Ka nohona nune a … Continue reading →
View ArticleFields of cotton in Waimea, 1863.
Petaining to Cotton. O Kuokoa Newspaper; Aloha oe: I am reporting to you that the Cotton [Pulupulu] (Sea Island Cotton) is sprouting well in Waimea, Koolauloa, Oahu; you will surely rejoice with my...
View ArticleDeath of Eda Kawaikauomaunahina Kalua, 1921.
MY DEAR WIFE EDA KALUA HAS GONE. MRS. EDA KALUA. Mr. Solomon Hanohano, Aloha oe:— Please insert in an open space of the columns of the pride of the Hawaiian people, the Kuokoa newspaper, the telephone...
View ArticleKanikau for Eda Kalua by J. P. Kaapuwai, 1921.
KANIKAU NO EDA KALUA. Kanikau he aloha nui keia, Nou e Kawaikauomaunahina. Nou paha ka uhane e naue nei, Na hora o ke kakahiaka nui. Ia oe e ka wahine poaimoku, Eia e ka luhi a o kaua, Ke hele …...
View ArticleJ. M. Kaapuwai death announcement? 1910.
It seems J. P. Kaapuwai, the composer of the previous kanikau for Eda Kalua reports on the death of J. M. Kaapuwai. The article, and much of the page upon which it appears is hardly legible. (Kuokoa,...
View Article“Hawaii Ponoi” sheet music, 1905.
HAWAII PONOI Words by KING KALAKAUA. Composed by H. BERGER. Soprano. Alto. Tenor. Bass. Piano. Helu 1. Hawaii ponoi Nana i kou Moi Helu 2. Hawaii ponoi Nana i na’lii Helu 3. Hawaii ponoi E ka lahui e...
View ArticleTravels to Nihoa, 1885.
EXCURSION TO NIHOA. At 5 o’clock in the evening of this past Monday, the steamer Iwalani took the travellers to the farthest away island of Hawaii nei, Nihoa. And amongst the famous passengers who went...
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