The Evening Bulletin chimes in, 1897.
Other groups in the Pacific have been taken under the wings of great nations, for their own substantial benefit as has already been proved, within the past ten years. Even Samoa would be no exception...
View ArticleThe Independent speaks out, 1897.
Ed. The Independent:— “The little knot of noisy royalists,” as the Star chooses to call the overwhelming majority of the legal voters of 1892, numbering about 15,000, who in the near future will be...
View ArticleOn ice and challenges and such, 1919 / timeless.
On Assisting Destitute Hawaiians O True Hawaiians, rise, stand, and give a helping hand of aloha, oh to you, Hawaii’s own, the flesh of your flesh, the bone of your bone. Call out in welcome, feed, and...
View ArticleA father at Kalaupapa loses a son far away, 1903.
My Beloved Lei, My Child, Has Passed. Mr. Editor of the newspaper Ke Aloha Aina. Aloha oe:—May it please your honor to allow me some space of our precious “nupepa” for my bundle of sadness for which...
View ArticleKa ma’i hookaawale, “the separating disease”, 1881.
FRIENDS WHO ARE AFFLICTED With fear and sadness, with disgust and grief in my heart, and with the point of my pen, I report those who have caught the “separating disease” [mai hookaawale], through...
View ArticleMore on the “separating disease”, 1889.
Leaving the Bosom of the Parent and the Homeland. I left my parent and the land of my birth in the famed cliffs in the mists of Honokohau, West Maui, and my path turned toward Honolulu, then I was sent...
View ArticleKokua being sent out of Kalaupapa, 1903.
Desire to Live in Kalaupapa According to reports, most of the assistants [kokua] and the people who have been diagnosed not to have leprosy have requested of the Board of Health to remain in Kalaupapa....
View ArticleOne more story from Kalaupapa, 1906.
QUARTERLY HOIKE OF THE SUNDAY SCHOOL OF “KANAANA HOU.” Mr. Editor of the Kuokoa Newspaper, Honolulu, T. H. Please insert the activities of the Hoike of the Sunday School of Kanaana Hou, at 9:30 a. m....
View ArticleMore on Kaulia and Morgan, 1897.
DISAVOWAL. Kaulia Censured for Signing the Request to Senator Morgan. This will certify that Mr. James K. Kaulia, as President of the Hawaiian Patriotic League, had no authority to sign the invitation...
View ArticleKaulia’s invitation to Morgan, 1897.
KAULIA TO HEAR MORGAN ANTI-ANNEXATIONIST LEADER SIGNS INVITATION. Says His People are Anxious to Learn From the Veteran Senator What Annexation Would Mean to Them. Senator Morgan has accepted the...
View ArticleKaimuki! 1908.
¶This is the view from the Lots on 12th Avenue, Kaimuki, I sell on Saturday, Aug. 29, 1908, at 12 o’clock, noon, at my Salesroom. – - Jas. F. Morgan, Auctioneer (Pacific Commercial Advertiser,...
View ArticleCitations, yesterday, today, tomorrow.
Lately, there seems to be more and more people posting information from historical documents, and that is a good thing. However, there is a trend happening that people will do a post without giving any...
View ArticleFishes, Margaret Titcomb, and the Bishop Museum, 1940.
A LETTER May 25, 1940. Mr. J. B. Dixon, Circulation Manager, Ka Hoku O Hawaii, P. O. Box 1004 Hilo, Hawaii, T. H. My Dear Mr. Dixon, I am pleased to hear that you are willing to entertain with aloha my...
View ArticleTitcomb’s list of fishes, 1940.
TO THOSE WHO KNOW THE NAMES OF FISHES AND THEIR DESCRIPTIONS (Written by M. TITCOMB) Here below is a list of names of some fishes of Hawaii nei that are found in the book of names in the Kamehameha...
View ArticleRestoration Day, 1896.
The Independent recalls the fact that to-day is Restoration day. It reprints on its first page Professor Alexander’s description of the incidents attaching to it. If inaccurate in detail, it is worth...
View ArticleW. D. Alexander on Restoration Day, 1896.
A MEMORABLE DAY Admiral Thomas Declines the Provisional Cession of the Islands. Professor Alexander’ Brief But Graphic Description of the Important Events of 1843 On the 10th of February 1843, the...
View ArticleRestoration Day celebration by true patriots, 1894.
LA HOIHOI EA. Fitting Remembrances for that Great Day. This past Tuesday, July 31, was the day that the independence and the beloved flag of this land was restored after being seized and forcefully...
View ArticleVoting advice, 1861 / Timeless.
Voting for Representatives. The time for electing our Representatives is approaching; therefore, let us think carefully about voting for the appropriate and right one before it is time to vote; let’s...
View ArticleThe passing of Mrs. Elizabeth Kaaihue Raupp, 1922.
MRS. ELIZABETH KAAIHUE RAUPP HAS PASSED ON. MRS. ELIZABETH K. RAUPP. Mrs. Elizabeth Kaaihue Raupp of Kalihi, who is well known to some of this town, has passed away at 5 p. m., on the 23rd of December...
View ArticleWaialua news, 1841.
WAIALUA. I was at Waialua today (Sep. 9.) and came back. I measured the border of the ‘farming school’ there, however the acreage is not currently calculated. The school there is good; there are 16...
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