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Aperila Eepa, 1885.
This is Aperila eepa to us Hawaiians, and to the haole, April fool. [This is one of the earliest mention of April fool in the Hawaiian-Language Newspapers.] (Ko Hawaii Pae Aina, 4/4/1885, p. 4)Filed...
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Hawaiian-language versus English historical documents, 2014 and beyond.
When researching anything relating to Hawaii nei, it goes without saying that it is imperative that we look at the Hawaiian-language documents left by the people of old. However, it is important to...
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Devastating earthquake and tsunami, 1868.
Terrifyingly Powerful Earthquake Please place this in some open area of your columns; the story of this huge earthquake mentioned above, in the District of Puna, and perhaps other places as well. When...
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Farming in Hawaii, 1913.
ENCOURAGING SMALL FARMER. Beginning January 5, The Advertiser will publish a weekly list of wholesale prices for Island produce in Honolulu markets while A. T. Longley, superintendent of the home...
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Mary Mahiai passes away, 1913.
AGED HAWAIIAN PASSES BEYOND Believed by many of the Hawaiians to be at least 110 years old, and having figured in a history which has been recounted from the Atlantic coast to the far east, Mary Mahiai...
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Beginnings of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, 1886.
Museum of Antiquities. A special meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Queen’s Hospital was held yesterday. It was called to consider the question of conveying the Hawaiian antiquities and curios,...
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Queen’s Hospital trustees and the Bishop Museum, 1886.
DECISION OF QUEEN’S HOSPITAL TRUSTEES. A special meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Queen’s Hospital was held this morning in the Chamber of Commerce room. The object of the meeting was to...
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Construction of the Bishop Museum, 1889.
SLABS FROM A HEIAU. The Kinau brought this morning two slabs from a heathen temple or heiau at Kapoho, Puna, Hawaii. They are to be placed in the Bishop Museum now in course of erection at the...
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Mary Mahiai, the original story, in English, 1901.
ROMANTIC HISTORY OF MARY MAHIAI PROBABLY the most interesting woman in all Hawaii is the white-haired old wahine of four-score and ten, or thereabouts, who answers to the name of Mary Mahiai. Last week...
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Aperila Fulu! 1902.
Pertaining to the First Day of Aperila IT IS A DAY OF SHARED MISCHIEF AND CALLED “APRIL FOOL” BY THE HAOLE. The first day of April is a day of mischief for the haole; a day to lie back and forth in...
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Aperila Eepa, 1885.
This is Aperila eepa to us Hawaiians, and to the haole, April fool. [This is one of the earliest mention of April fool in the Hawaiian-Language Newspapers.] (Ko Hawaii Pae Aina, 4/4/1885, p. 4)Filed...
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Hawaiian-language versus English historical documents, 2014 and beyond.
When researching anything relating to Hawaii nei, it goes without saying that it is imperative that we look at the Hawaiian-language documents left by the people of old. However, it is important to...
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Devastating earthquake and tsunami, 1868.
Terrifyingly Powerful Earthquake Please place this in some open area of your columns; the story of this huge earthquake mentioned above, in the District of Puna, and perhaps other places as well. When...
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Farming in Hawaii, 1913.
ENCOURAGING SMALL FARMER. Beginning January 5, The Advertiser will publish a weekly list of wholesale prices for Island produce in Honolulu markets while A. T. Longley, superintendent of the home...
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On the death of Beniamina Kaiminaauao Poepoe, and so much more, 1909.
BENIAMINA KAIMINAAUAO POEPOE HAS DEPARTED THIS LIFE. In the afternoon of this Monday, July 11, the life of Beniamina Kaiminaauao Poepoe returned once more to He who first gave him to us in the year...
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Story of Kamapuaa by G. W. Kahiolo, 1861.
HE MOOLELO NO KAMAPUAA. Helu.—1. Ma ka mookuauhau no Kamapuaa a loaa mai oia; oia keia e hoikeia aku nei, i mea e ikeia ai kona ano kupanaha, a me kona ikaika ma ke kaua ana, a me ke ano e o kona kino,...
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G. W. Kahiolo is G. W. Poepoe, the father of Joseph Mokuohai Poepoe, 1861.
Death announcements are not only death announcements, they are often histories and genealogical records and more! From the last post for instance, we discover G. W. Kahiolo, the mysterious writer who...
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G. W. Kahiolo / G. W. Poepoe, feminist of his day, 1864.
The Value of Girls SEEKING KNOWLEDGE EARNESTLY. O Kuokoa Newspaper; Aloha oe.—We see the words placed proudly above, “the value of girls seeking knowledge earnestly.” Teaching girls knowledge is...
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Bilingual law announcements in English-language newspapers, 1902.
BY AUTHORITY. REGULATIONS FOR HACK AND FOR PASSENGER VEHICLES AND RATES OF FARE. By virtue of the authority in me vested and under the provisions of Section 794 of Chapter 55, of the Penal Laws of...
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More Hawaiian-Language in English newspapers, 1922.
HE MELE NO JOHN WISE A he ohohia nui no Keoni Waika Ka elele hiwahiwa a ka lahui Hui like mai kakou E koho me ka lokahi. Hookahi mea nui i anoi ia O ka pono kaulike o ka lehulehu Mai Hawaii o Keawe A...
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