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THE MORNING STAR AT BUTARITARI.
Hon. Joseph U. Kawainui. Aloha Happy New Year. I am writing a short letter for you. The Morning Star stopped at this land on midday Thursday, and today it sails for the islands Banaba and Nawaro and...
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Description of Banaba, 1898
[Found under: “HE LETA MAI KO NA AINA E, KAKAUIA E REV. Z. S. K. PAALUHI.”] …And at 12 noon we sailed to Banaba. This is a land that is somewhat circular, and it is higher than all of the other lands...
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The sinking of the Hiram Bingham, 1909.
THE GASOLINE SCHOONER HAS SUNK. Vague news has been received in Boston from Sydney [Kikane] simply explaining that the schooner Hiram Bingham was smashed and sunk in the deep along with the death of...
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Kahookano dies at 31° north latitude, 180° east longitude, 1891.
Calling the relations of Kahookano. The Marshal’s Office [Keena o ka Ilamuku] received notice pertaining to the death of a man named Kahookano, on the 11th of March, 1891, when he was lost in the...
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Death of Benjamin Starr Kapu, 1905.
Beniamina Starr Kapu has passed on. Beniamina Starr Kapu, on of the Hawaiians of this town has passed on. He left this life at eight o’clock at night this Sunday at Kauluwela having no sickness; in...
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Did you see today’s post from Bishop Museum’s He Aupuni Palapala?
A few weeks earlier that month, this appeared in the PCA and surely was one of the reasons for the meeting. The following document, with the signatures appended, has been handed us for publication....
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A mele honoring William Ulunui Sheldon, 1891.
Kaulana mai nei a o Uilama UlunuiKaulana mai nei a o UlunuiKe kiai luli ole a o HalekukeNana i pulumi pau maiNa punua pee poli a EvanaPii e ka lia ia mea maHa’ukeke na ku’i i ka weliweliAneane e pau e...
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Delegate Kuhio Jailed for One Night.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 5.–9 p. m. To Secretary Atkinson, Honolulu: Ask of my friends to wait before coming to a conclusion until you receive a letter. KUHIO. The thought shown above clarifies the...
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William Charles Achi Jr. detained
KALE AKI OPIO BELIEVED TO BE CHINESE This Tuesday’s Star published a report from a correspondent living in San Francisco. When William Charles Achi, the son of our friend Kale Aki, was returning to...
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Death of William Kanuu Holoua, 1922.
REMINISCENCE OF MY DEAR HUSBAND WHO HAS GONE AFAR. WILLIAM K. HOLOUA To you Mr. Solomon Hanohano, the Editor of the Kuokoa Newspaper; Aloha oe:–Please insert the words above into the body of our...
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Pele challenges Kahawali to a holua race, 1930.
THE WOMAN OF THE PIT. One day when Pele was in her home in the pit, she heard a rumbling. She took the regular attire of women and stood atop of a hill to look, and she saw a chief gliding upon his...
View ArticleMrs. Kala of Honuakaha, composer of many patriotic mele, 1893.
Does anyone know who Mrs. Kala was? “He Wehi no Liliulani” “He Wehi no ka Lahui” “He Wehi no Hawaii” “He Lei no Kaiulani” “He Wehi no Ailuene Buki’ “He Ohu no Kaiulani” “He Wehi no ka Lahui” “He Lei...
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Honolulu seen through the eyes of a malihini, 1856.
NOT PONO! I came from the countryside, and stayed a for a bit in Honolulu. I witnessed some things that are not right: Pigs should not travel in droves on the streets of town. People should not raise...
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Queen Liliuokalani recording of 1891
AMAZING TALKING GOURD, THE PHONOGRAPH. On Monday of this week, the Alii, the Queen went to where the amazing talking gourd, the ponogarapa was being shown to listen to the speaking of the Hawaiian...
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Saint Louis band makes recording, 1891.
[Found under: “NUHOU KULOKO”] This past Monday night, the Saint Louis band played a number of tunes, and they were recorded on records of the wondrous box, the Phonograph. (Leo o ka Lahui, 12/23/1891,...
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Translations of Manini, Francisco de Paula Marin, 1838.
SOME OLD THINGS. Here are some things translated from the writings of Francisco de Paula Marin [Manini], the Spanish haole who died the previous year. The writing was done in Spanish, and they were...
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Have you seen an issue of this newspaper? Ka Leialii o Hawaii, 1892.
A new newspaper called, Ka Leialii o Hawaii was raised from the grave of the Nupepa Elele which died from lack of greenery needed to survive. A writer of that Leialii says because of the very little...
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Hotele Hawaii, 1882.
“The 116,000 Devil” That Hawaiian Hotel, the building and grounds, which costed the government $116,000 which was squandered by a number of Ministers of King Kamehameha V. It stands in front of our...
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The new Iolani Palace, 1882.
The sum of the people’s money spent to build Aliiolani Hale as well as for purchasing parcels of land for its foundation, reached $135,000! The losses from the Hawaiian Hotel and its foundation was...
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Hanged, 1893.
The Newspaper, “The Bee.” The writer of this American newspaper strongly stated, “Should Stevens (American Consul) and Wiltse (Captain of the Boston), be hanged from a Coconut tree by the Hawaiians,...
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