William Hoapili Kaauwai’s public notice, 1872.
OLELO HOOLAHA KE papa loa ia nei na mea a pau, aole e hookipa, malama, hanai, a hoaie i kuu wahine mare,—Mary Ann Kiliwehi. O hoopii ia lakou, a hookaa ole ia hoi e WILLIAM HOAPILI KAAUWAI. Wailuku,...
View ArticleKiliwehi asks for divorce from William Hoapili Kaauwai, 1872.
NA OLELO HOOLAHA. BEFORE THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE Second Judicial Circuit of the Hawaiian Islands. Maui, S. S. Adjoined June Term A. D. 1872. Thursday the twelfth day of September, A. D. 1872. MARY...
View ArticleWilliam Hoapili Kaauwai dies suddenly, 1874.
[Found under: “NOTES OF THE WEEK.”] SUDDEN DEATH.—Mr. William Hoapili Kaauwai, of Wailuku, Maui, died very suddenly of heart disease, in this city on Monday last. Mr. Kaauwai has been designated as His...
View ArticleFuneral of William Hoapili Kaauwai, 1874.
Funeral service held.—In the evening of this past Sunday, a funeral service was held over the body of W. Hoapili Kaauwai, and his remains were placed at the cemetery of Waiahao [Kawaiahao]. [The “Ka”...
View ArticleThe dropping of “Ka” or “Ke” from proper names.
If a name would not be easily mistaken for something else, the initial “Ka” or “Ke” would sometimes be dropped. It is important to think of these things when searching for people and places. How many...
View ArticleReversed column rules, signaling the mourning of the nation.
Just like wearing black while in mourning, the newspapers showed the mourning of the nation with dark black margins, called “reversed column rules”. This happened in both the English as well as the...
View ArticleMore reversed column rules, 1868.
The Au Okoa newspaper was a weekly newspaper. Who is the nation in mourning for here?
View ArticleOne more example of reversed column rules, showing the nation in mourning, 1917.
This one from 102 years ago. Ke Aloha Aina was also a newpaper published weekly. This example is obviously reporting the passing of Queen Liliuokalani. As you look back at the old newspapers, keep your...
View ArticleOne last example of reversed column ruling, 1873.
The Alaula was only published once a month. Whose passing do you think they are announcing in this issue?
View ArticleUnnamed person dies picking opihi at Opihikao, 1919.
LOST TO THE SEA We were informed that a Hawaiian was lost to the sea very close to Opihikao, Puna; when he went to pick opihi, strong waves pounded down on him and he was lost to the sea, and …...
View ArticleDrowning of Kanuha of Opihikao, 1919.
[Found under: “KELA AME KEIA”] The child of our friend Kanuha of Opihikao is the youth who was lost to the sea at Opihikao. The reason for his being lost to the sea is that he was pounded by a …...
View ArticleKanuha Jr. dies gathering opihi at Opihikao, 1919.
YOUNG HAWAIIAN IS DROWNED AT OPIHIKAO; RESCUE EFFORT FAILS Rev. L. K. Kalawe of Kapoho, Puna, who came to Hilo this morning brought news of the accidental death by drowning at Opihikao last Saturday...
View ArticleKahumu lost to sea when gathering opihi, 1906.
WENT TO PICK OPIHI AND POUNDED BY THE SEA AND LOST TO THE SHARKS. We received word from Kona from aboard the steamship Maunaloa, saying that on Monday, the 8th of this month, a woman named Kahumu went...
View ArticleAnother unnamed victim of opihi picking, 1887.
[Found under: “NU HOU HAWAII”] On Saturday, January 22, a women fell to her death at the cliff of Kukuiula, Koloa, Kauai; she went with her daughter to pick opihi while her husband was in Lihue at...
View ArticleAnd yet another nameless victim of opihi picking, 1889.
[Found under: “NU HOU HAWAII”] At Kau, Hawaii, a girl was lost to the sea and her body was not found until now. The reason was because she was pounded by the sea while she was gathering opihi at the …...
View ArticleDeath of Halemano Iopa, 1911.
MY DEAR HUSBAND HAS GONE. Mr. Editor:—Please insert in the pride of the lahui my puolo of tears for my dearly beloved husband. He left me behind, his wife, and our children, grieving for him. Four...
View ArticleDeath of Halemanu Iopa and others, 1911.
DEATHS. Mary Laa [? Mary Lua ? Mary Lea], at Puuhale, July 13. Mrs. Elizabeth Kapuaa, on Liliha Street, July 13. Pahukoa, on Judd Street [alanui Kauka], July 14. Halemanu Iopa, on Christley Lane, July...
View ArticleA baby born on the birthday of King Kalakaua, 1896.
At Kohalaloa, on this past Friday, Nov. 16, arrived into this world of light, from the loins of Iosia and Kailimahuna, was a boy. The parents are lucky to receive this one that commemorates the...
View ArticleCelebration of King Kalakaua’s birthday a hundred years ago, 1919.
[Found under: “KELA AME KEIA”] There was a commemoration party for the birthday of King Kalakaua held by Mr. and Mrs. Julian Monsarrat [Mr. and Mrs. Kuliana Maunakea] at Kapapala on this past Sunday....
View ArticleHilo news from 1897.
THE NEWS OF HILO. Mr. Editor, — Aloha nui:—There is a lot of rain these day in that wondrous land, and if you look up at Mauna Kea, snow has covered the mamane and it has been very cold these …...
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