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Olelo Noeau from lands afar, 1908.
Don’t jump into fire trying to escape the smoke.—Turkish. [Foreign proverbs like this one were often published in the newspapers. Truths can be found everywhere.] (Kuokoa, 2/7/1908, p. 6)Filed under:...
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Hawaii at the Paris International Exposition, 1867.
[Found under: "KA HOIKEIKE NUI MA PARISA."] Hawaiian things. The government and some of our people have sent some items to display in that building from Hawaii. These are some of the things sent and...
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Maori in Hawaii, 1899.
Speech of the New Zealander. Wheraliko Rawei, a man from New Zealand [Nu Kilani], gave [a speech] in the YMCA building [Hale o ka Hui Opio] of Honolulu nei. The topic of his presentation pertained to...
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Aloha Aina, 1871 / 2014.
“Ka Hae Nani o Hawaii, E mau kona welo ana.” [“The Beautiful Flag of Hawaii Let her wave for all times.”] (Black & Auld Printers, Honolulu, H. I.) E ola ka Moi i ke Akua. Composed by His Highness,...
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Two gifts in one, 2014.
Are you looking for the special gift for someone near or far? When you pick up calendars from the Hawaiian Historical Society, you are giving two gifts in one—a calendar for your loved one, and a...
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Princess Kaiulani returns home, 1897.
PRINCESS KAIULANI. This past Tuesday, the 10th of Nov., with the arrival of the steamship Australia, the “Princess” Kaiulani, and her birth father [luaui makuakane], Hon. A. S. Cleghorn returned. Her...
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Prohibition advertisement, 1910.
VOTE “YES” To Kick Out —THE— DRINKING ESTABLISHMENTS, —AND TO— SAVE HAWAII (Kuokoa, 7/22/1910, p. 5)Filed under: Advertisement, Prohibition
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David K. White, Jr., passes away, 1910.
MY DEAR DAVID K. WHITE HAS GONE. DAVID K. WHITE, JR. To the editor of the Nupepa Kuokoa, The Pride of the Hawaiian Nation, Aloha oe:—Please give me some open space in your greatly cherished newspaper...
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Christmas at Washington Place, 1858.
NOTES OF THE WEEK. Christmas—passed off in the good old fashioned style. The eve was ushered in by the assemblage, about 7 o’clock, of a large number of children and their parents at Washington Place,...
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Mele, translations, and pen names, 1915.
[Found under: “Big Island News”] Miss Ella Paris of Kealakekua is credited with translating fifty-eight of the hymns in the “Leo Hoonani,” the Hawaiian church hymnal. Miss Paris has been modestly...
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A new Hawaiian hymnal at press, 1914.
HAWAIIAN HYMNAL This book is being printed at the office of the “New Freedom,” where “Ke Aloha Aina” is being printed, and if you want to have a copy of this beautiful book, put in your order before...
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The mirage of Limaloa, 1885.
WITNESSED THE VILLAGE OF LIMALOA O Ko Hawaii Pae Aina newspaper, Aloha oe:—Please allow your patience to let me shake hands with your captain and the metal typesetting boys. At dawn, 2 o’clock, on the...
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Queen Emma on Kauai, 1871.
The Queen’s Travels to the Island to the West. O Ke Au Okoa;—Aloha oe: At 3 o’clock yesterday afternoon, Lawai was left by the entourage of “Maikai ka Waikini he nani ke nana, Ka hemolele oia uka me ke...
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The beginnings of the Honolulu Library and Reading Room, 1879.
Library and Reading Room. We are pleased to see that this institution which is designed to meet a real need in this community, is exhibiting a very commendable degree of enterprise in the line of its...
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Queen Emma, Honolulu Library and Reading Room, and the Hawaiian Historical...
[Found under: “LOCAL NEWS”] The library which was left by the will of the late Queen Emma to the Honolulu Library and Reading Room Association has been all catalogued, and is now upon exhibition at the...
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Waikiki Wedding and Bing Crosby, 1936.
A FITTING HAWAIIAN SOUGHT FOR WORKING ON HAWAIIAN STORY FOR A MOVIE HOLLYWOOD, Sept. 1.—Mr. Bing Crosby will be landing in Honolulu next Thursday aboard the steamship Lurline, one of those who are...
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Another good reference online, 1879.
[Found under: “NU HOU KULOKO”] A highly valuable book.—Here amongst us is a malihini, George Bowser is his name, and he has began to prepare information about these islands to publish a Directory...
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Mele found in moolelo, 1920.
[Found in the story: “Ka Moolelo o He’ma, ke Koaie Ku Pali o ka Makani Kaili Aloha o Kipahulu, Maui.”] Halau Lahaina molale malu i ka ulu, Malu mai ka pe’a lauloha a ka makani; Loha punohu maalo ke aka...
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Explosive eruption, 1924.
The Deeds of Madame Pele, the Woman of the Pit, are Mystical. Many Lives Were Spared from the Volcanic Rocks. Rocks and Ash were Spewed into the Air When the Volcanic Explosion Occurred Last Tuesday...
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Marriage of Maud Knudsen and Herbert Garstin, 1892.
[Found under: “NU HOU HAWAII.”] On the evening of the 5th of this December, in the Episcopalian Church [St. Andrew’s Cathedral] at Honolulu, joined in marriage by the Rev. A. Mackintosh were Mr....
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