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Nice mele for famed cowboy Ikua Purdy by a woman living in the Mormon colony,...
HE WEHI NO IUKA PURDY [IKUA PURDY]. Kamaaina au no Kohala-loko, No na pali ku’i o Honokane; He kupa mai au no Kohala-waho Aina kaulana he Nailima. Keiki mai au no Ihuanu, O ke koa kaulana o Hinakahua....
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Joseph Fern for Mayor, 1914.
Vote for Joseph J. Fern For Mayor (Holomua, 10/3/1914, p. 1)Filed under: Election, Government, Illustration Tagged: Joseph J. Fern
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Stephen Parker Waipa for Sheriff, 1928.
Stephen Parker Waipa FOR YOUR SHERIFF I am the son of Captain Robert Parker Waipa. I served in the police force in various positions under A. M. Brown for 19 years and under Colonel Curtis Piehu Iaukea...
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Mark A. Robinson runs for senator, 1928.
MARK A. ROBINSON (MAKA LOPIKANA) The candidate for senator for the good of Hawaii and Hawaiians. I was born in our beloved land, and aloha for my homeland and her makaainana, my fellow people, lives...
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Bernice Dwight Spitz for representative, 1928.
VOTE FOR BERNICE DWIGHT SPITZ (KAAIAKAWAHA KUAIKA KAPIKA) DAUGHTER OF ELENA AND KALE KUAIKA For Representative for the Fourth District. Born and educated in beloved Hawaii. There are just men running...
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Strong winds on Niihau, 1868.
[Found under: "NU HOU KULOKO."] Kauai. Strong Winds.—M. W. Keale of Niihau told us that on the 3rd of this month, toppled over were nine buildings on Niihau, for there were two in Kamalino; two in...
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John J. Pavao for mayor, 1928.
JOHN J. PAVAO Mayoral Candidate for the County of Honolulu WHO IS YOUR MAYOR There are three of us running as Republicans. One of us is attached to sugar, and the sugar owners will ever more be his...
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Nawahi paints Hilo Town, 1868.
[Found under: "NU HOU KULOKO."—"Oahu."] Painting of the Hilo Town.—We saw the beautiful painting of the town of Hilo of the Kanilehua rain, in the drug store of G. P. Judd [G. P. Kauka] here in...
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David Paoo Jellings for Sheriff, 1928.
DAVID PAOO JELLINGS Candidate for Sheriff For the peace of our county. I am a native of this island. I was born on Desha Street, Palama, and I wad educated at Saint Louis College [kula nui o Sana Lui]....
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Henry Lincoln Holstein for Representative, 1928.
HON. H. L. HOLSTEIN REPRESENTATIVE You, my fellow makaainana, will perhaps not fault the many years which I was in the revered walls of the house of representatives as one of the tireless servants...
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Alapaki Smith for auditor, 1928.
ALAPAKAI SMITH [ALAPAKI SMITH] SON OF HENRY SMITH, FOR AUDITOR [LUNAHOOIA] An expert in all types of books; he can care for all the finances of the county being that this is the office which watches...
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Patients sent to Kalaupapa, 1919.
There were 60 leprosy patients sent to the colony of Kalaupapa on this past Saturday aboard the ship the Mikahala. (Kuokoa, 7/4/1919, p. 1)Filed under: Kalaupapa, Leprosy Tagged: Mikahala (ship)
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Mikahala collides into the Mary E. Foster, 1894.
A SCHOONER WRECKED AT SEA. The Steamer Mikahala Cuts Off the Stern of an Island Vessel. THE MARY E. FOSTER OUT OF SIGHT. The Vessels Meet At Midnight In the Channel—The Disaster Is Said to be Due to a...
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The new steamship, the Mikahala, 1887.
The New Steamship. This Wednesday, the new steamer of Foster [Poka] and company arrived; 8 days from San Francisco. “Mikahala” is its name, and it was named after the name of Mrs. J. Robinson, the wife...
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The Mikahala arrives in Honolulu, 1887.
THE NEW STEAMSHIP ‘MIKAHALA.’ At 10 o’clock a.m. of Wednesday, January 12, the steamer replacing the Paeli, which ran aground off Niihau, of the Inter-Island Steam Navigation Company [Hui Hooholo...
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Rose-colored Kalakaua stamps bought out, 1893.
[Found under: "NU HOU HAWAII."] $3,000 was given by Mr. J. J. Egan to the main Post Office in Honolulu this past Saturday, purchasing all of the rose-colored Kalakaua 2 cent stamps. And Mr. Egan will...
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The USS Boston leaves Hawaii, 1893.
That Wicked Eel Has Left. On this day, the American warship Boston left the harbor and the land of which it assisted in persecuting and stealing its independence with the missionary descendants from...
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Section of a sweet mele aloha aina by Gabriel K. Keawehaku, 1919.
[From the mele: "OIA ANEI? OIA NO."] Me he lena-alani la o ka Mamo, Me he ula-weo la o ka Iiwi, Me he ula-uli la o ka Apapane, Me he omaomao la o ka O-u, Me he lelo-lena la o ka O-o, Me he ele-uli la a...
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More from the mele aloha aina by G. K. Keawehaku, 1919.
[From the mele: "OIA ANEI? OIA NO."] Me he punohu ula la, No Alenuihaha oluna ae; Me he onohi ahiahi la, No Alalakeiki oluna ae; Me he ua nonoula la, No Naeheehe oluna ae; Me he leikoko-ula la, No...
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What’s in a name? 2014.
In the recent posts there were examples of many names and variants thereof. If you are doing any sort of research into Hawaii’s past, whether it be genealogical, political, or what have you, it is...
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