Cotton was grown here too, 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 ArticleAnd of course, rice, 1862.
[Found under: “NEWS OF HAWAII NEI.”] RICE.—We are overjoyed to see that rice is planted by one of our friends, S. Kamakahiki, in Hana, East Maui; there is a lot of grain and it is of good quality; why...
View ArticleD. Howard Hitchcock gifts painting to Hilo, his home town, 1926.
D. Howard Hitchcock has gifted a work painted skillfully by him of a place on Hawaii Island, and he gifted this to the Hilo Town and the painting will be hung in the Library here in Hilo. Hilo is where...
View ArticleMore on painting by Hitchcock at Hilo Library, 1926.
PAINTING BY LOCAL ARTIST TO HANG IN HILO LIBRARY D. HOWARD HITCHCOCK OFFERS PICTURE OF ISLAND SCENE TO PUBLIC HERE D. Howard Hitchcock, Hawaii’s own master artist, has signified a desire to have his...
View ArticleDeath of Francis Spencer in Kansas, 1920.
DIED IN AN ACCIDENT IN KANSAS A wireless [lono uwea olelo] was received by Frank Spencer of Waimea from the state of Kansas informing him that his child who is attending school there died in an...
View ArticleHawaiian musicians go abroad, 1920.
THE SINGING OF THESE HAWAIIANS IS MOVING FORWARD The photo above is of a group of Hawaiian singers taken to America, and they are in Canada at the moment, as per what Steven Lukua Matthew told Mrs....
View ArticleSpreading Hawaiian music and dance in America and Canada, 1920.
WILL ADVERTISER HAWAII THROUGHOUT STATES Mildred Lee Clemens and her company of Hawaiian musicians and dancers who will sail with her on the S. S. Maui, May 19, and appear on the Colt-Alber Chautauqua...
View ArticleSingers from Hawaiia, 1920.
SIX OF HAWAII’S FINEST MUSICIANS COMING HERE FROM ISLANDS TO PRESERVE MUSICAL IDEALS OF NATIVE LAND Hand-Picked Company of Native Musicians in the Islands Chosen for Long Tour in United States and...
View ArticleDeath of Kahaia Pahu, 1959.
Alice Pahu The rosary will be recited at 6:30 tonight at Borthwick Mortuary’s chapel for Mrs. Alice Kaua Pahu, 66, of 1010 4th Ave., who died at her home Wednesday. * * * MRS. PAHU, widow of the late...
View ArticleDeath of Kamaki Pahu, 1948.
Obituaries THOMAS PAHU Thomas Pahu, 55, of 1010 4th Ave., died this morning at his home. Born in Honolulu, Mr. Pahu was a well known construction man. He had been with the board of water supply for the...
View ArticleI have come across this obituary a number of times, and each time, I think,...
KING KEONAONA IAPANA OKURA HAS PASSED ON To the Editor of the Kuokoa Newspaper, Aloha oe:—Please insert in your pride of the nation, our bundle of tears of sadness, about our beloved who departed this...
View ArticleArrival of Catholic priests and nuns, including Damien de Veuster, 1864.
[Found under: “NA MEA HOU O HAWAII NEI.”] New Priests and Nuns.—With the arrival of the ship R. W. Wood, from Europe, last week Saturday, arrived on board were new Priests and student priests and Nuns...
View ArticleGetting kalo grown in Waipio to the market, 1920.
[Found under: “KELA AME KEIA”] The farmers in Waipio are putting in the effort to grow their huli, but the problem of these people who are patiently planting kalo is a route for their kalo to reach our...
View ArticleMemorial Day, 1920.
[Found under: “Nuhou Kuloko”] A parade is being planned for the approaching Decoration Day. Being that the day falls on a Sunday, the parade will be held on the following Monday, along with all of the...
View ArticleKawaiahao enforces grave cleaning, 1920.
ANNOUNCEMENT Everyone who has a multiple graves or a grave in the Cemeteries of Kawaiahao, Kamoiliili, and Manoa, are ordered to clean them um soon, before Decoration Day [Memorial Day]. For those...
View ArticlePatriotic League honors the war dead, 1920.
On this coming Sunday, at the Japanese Theater, and at two o’clock in the afternoon, under the organization of the Hui Ligi Aloha Aina, there will be a gathering to remember those who died in the war....
View ArticleJonah Kumalae begins selling poi, 1920.
Ready to Produce Poi I recently built a Poi Factory for Myself, and am ready and am steaming taro. My poi is six pounds for a quarter. Those people who want to pick up poi however should bring a bag …...
View ArticleJonah Kumalae’s ukulele are a hit across America, 1915.
THE DEMAND FOR UKULELE IS GREAT According to news from San Francisco, the ukulele [pila ki-ka ukulele] is in great demand from all over America, because it was heard first-hand by thousands of visitors...
View ArticleKumalae ukulele ad, 1919.
Jonah Kumalae MANUFACTURER OF UKULELE A Hawaiian Skilled at that Work. I am happy to see Hawaiians wanting to obtain skillfully crafted ukulele visiting my place of work to see and to select what they...
View ArticleKumalae ukulele in Alaska, 1916.
UKULELE—UKULELE—UKULELE Genuine Kumalae Ukuleles. Alice M. Jordison, 5-6 Garside Bldg. (Alaska Daily Empire, 11/17/1916, p. 7)
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