Mele for Queen Liliuokalani, composed by Mrs. J. L. Kaleiakalahui Crabbe, 1893.
ILIHIA I KA NANI. 1—E Liliu,Lani hoi a makou;O ka WohiLani Oe a ka LahuiKe Alii nui hoi,Hoano loa;Nou na kapu,Ilihia wale makou. Hui:—Hawaii Kuokoa!Hawaii nani mau,E mau oe;Welo mauKou Hae nani,Ma na...
View ArticleHawaii’s Story by Hawaii’s Queen, in the Hawaiian Language, 1898.
Originally posted on nupepa: WE WILL SATISFY. Because we are constantly asked by our readers to print the story which our Queen wrote in Washington and that was just published in Boston, therefore, we...
View ArticleThings were looking grim for Hawaiian language, 1906.
Do Not Forsake Your Mother Tongue The native language of a people, like the Hawaiian Language for the Hawaiian lahui, is called the mother tongue of the Hawaiians. From what we know, how many Hawaiian...
View ArticlePassing of Charles Pelenui Mahi, 1944.
Passed On, He has Gone We had no clue that the Angel of death was so close to the door of the bodily home of one of the finest fathers, that being our friend, Charles P. Mahi. The English messenger …...
View ArticleHawaiian-language interpretation of Longfellow’s “Psalm of Life,” 1871.
Originally posted on nupepa: No Keia Noho Ana. (LONGFELLOW’S “PSALM OF LIFE.”) 1. Mai ohumu mai ia’u la, ‘He hihio ke ola nei;’ Make no ka uhane loma; Ia hihio he kuihe. 2. Eleu no ko o nei ola; Aole…
View ArticleOn working together to accomplish a task that a few cannot do alone, 1866.
Work together. “E alu like, work together” is what a man said to his grandchildren, as he greatly desired for them to work in the manner of the title of this outlook, saying, All the time you do...
View ArticleDeath of William Hookano Iwiula, 1920.
A LOVING EULOGY FOR MY DEAR HUSBAND WHO HAS GONE AFAR, WM. H. IWIULA William Hookano Iwiula. Solomon Hanohano, Aloha oe:—Please allow me an open column to insert this eulogy of aloha, so that the kin...
View ArticleDeath announcement for William Hookano, 1920.
Obituaries WILLIIAM HOOKANO William Hookano, aged 52, who for over twenty years was on the police force in Lihue, died at his home Sunday afternoon, says Tuesday’s Garden Island, Lihue, Kauai. Hookano...
View ArticleAnother eulogy for William Hookano Iwiula, 1920.
Sometimes different newspapers will edit down submissions. Here is another version of the eulogy for William Hookano Iwiula, here given as William Hoomana Iwiula. This version is much more ornate and...
View ArticleGeorge Palakiko William Hookano celebrates his 71st birthday, 1920.
Ka Hoʻolauleʻa La Hanau no George Palakiko William Hookano71st Birthday Party for George Hookano by Thelma Chun, Hoolauleʻa Ukulele Club The Hoolauleʻa Ukulele Club honored their Advisor-Instructor,...
View ArticleLaw on naming, 1860.
AN ACTTO REGULATE NAMES. Be it Enacted, By the King, the Nobles and Representatives of the Hawaiian Islands, in Legislative Council assembled: Section 1. All married women now living, and all that may...
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View ArticleLaw on naming, 1863.
Originally posted on nupepa: Pertaining to Names. Because we come across all sorts of names, and because we believe that the Law passed on the 24th of August, 1860; that being the Law called, “An Act...
View ArticleAmendment to the law about naming, 1872.
HE KANAWAI E hoololi ana i ke kanawai i kapaia he kanawai e hooponopono ana i na inoa; i hooholoia ma ka la 24 o Augate, M. H. 1860. E hooholoia e ka Moi a me ka Hale Ahaolelo o … Continue reading →
View ArticleDavid Kaonohiokala Peleiholani Jr. passes away, 1921.
Originally posted on nupepa: MY DEAR CHILD HAS GONE. David Kaonohiokala Peleiholani Mr. Editor of the Kuokoa, Aloha amongst us:—Please allow me once again some open space of the Pride of the Lahui, for...
View ArticleEvan Da Silva political ad, 1920.
CANDIDACY ANNOUNCEMENT I am placing once again my name before the voters in the First Representative District of the Island of Hawaii, while asking for your support in this coming Primary Election on...
View ArticleEvan Da Silva ten years later… 1930.
CANDIDACY ANNOUNCEMENT I am placing once again my name before the voters in the First Representative District of the Island of Hawaii, while asking for your support in this coming Primary Election on...
View ArticleCarrie Nakapuahi weds Theophilus Metcalf Rowland, 1898.
ROLAND [ROWLAND]—NAKAPUAHI. Joined in the Covenant of Matrimony. At Puueo in the evening of Happy New Year’s Day, these two youths gave themselves for this world and became one heart under the bonding...
View ArticleEnglish coverage of the marriage of Carrie Nakapuahi and Theophilus Metcalf...
ROWLAND—NAKAPUAHI. A Very Pretty New Year’s Wedding in Puueo. The marriage of Carrie K. Nakapuahi to Theo. M. Rowland last Sunday evening was a very happy event. Rev. S. L. Desha performed the ceremony...
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