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Naniloa Hotel opens, 1940.
ANNOUNCEMENT A Warm Invitation Is Extended To All To Come And Tour The Naniloa Hotel, The New Most Beautiful Home And Most Modern, Anytime Until Friday, February 23, From 1 P. M. Until 9 P. M. Daily....
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Naniloa Hotel in Hilo opens, 1940.
Naniloa Hotel In the evening of this past Saturday, the New Hotel of Hilo nei, the “Naniloa Hotel” [Hokele Naniloa] opened officially. During that time, the musical group of Ray Kinney performed the...
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William Charles Achi, Jr. composer of many college anthems, 1940.
Judge Achi is a Composer of Music There are many of our readers who do not know that our good friend, Judge William Charles Achi, Attorney, is the composer of three famous mele that are being sung by...
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Annabelle Koomeauluokalani Todd to wed Everette Wayne Evans, 1941.
TO BE MARRIED: Miss Annabelle Todd, the daughter of Mrs. Eliza Todd and Albert Walter Todd who passed earlier, of Hilo; it was just announced that she was engaged to Everette Wayne Evans of Honolulu....
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George Kainapau, singer from Hilo, 1944.
Arrived Here in Hilo Last week, a youth from the Kanilehua rains arrived, that being George Kainapau to Hilo nei, to spend some days here in the land of his birth, and in the afternoon of the following...
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A song extolling the beauty of Kilauea by Hattie Linohaupuaokekoolau Saffery,...
MAHALO I KA NANI O KILAUEA. Hanohano Kilauea, I ke ahi a ka wahine, Kameha’i ke nana Na maka o ke kamahele. Chorus. Mahalo i ka nani, O Halemaumau, Me ka uwahi noe o Kilauea, O Uwekahuna ka’u i anoi, I...
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Hattie L. S. Reinhardt runs for representative as a Democrat, 1944.
APPRECIATION O MY CONSTITUENTS [HAKU MAKAAINANA], ALOHA NUI KAKOU I give my thanks once again for your votes and support to elect me as the Woman Representative Candidate for the district of East...
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Naniloa Hotel to be sold? 1945.
[Found under: “NA MEAHOU O KE AO NEI”] Misconstrued It was announced by a newspaper in Honolulu that the Naniloa Hotel was just sold off for a sum of $300,000, being bought by someone from Honolulu...
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New Year 2015.
Here is a small makana to everyone who checks in on this blog every once in a while. Just like last year, this is a calendar fashioned after one given by the newspaper Aloha Aina in 1906 to its...
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New flag of Queen Kapiolani, 1885.
[Found under: “LOCAL & GENERAL NEWS.”] This morning, precisely at eight o’clock, a very interesting ceremony took place at the Palace. A few minutes before the hour a detachment of soldiers marched...
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Queen Kapiolani, 52nd birtday, 1886.
THE QUEEN’S BIRTHDAY. Falling among the great Christian and universal holidays, the birthday of Queen Kapiolani comes opportunely for its celebration. Fifty-two years ago this day Queen Kapiolani was...
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Queen Emma, 25th birthday, 1861.
Birthday of the Queen. This past 2nd of January was the birthday of the Queen, and she made twenty-five years old that day. The town and ships at port were decorated with many flags of all sorts and...
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A mysterious story from Keaukaha, 1915.
A MYSTERIOUS RESTRAINT Written in the English-language newspaper, Hawaii Herald of Hilo, was a truly strange story about some Hawaiian women here in Keaukaha, and here are some of what we translated....
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Story of Kawelo, 1908–1909.
THE STORY OF KAWELO THE FIERCE FIGHTER OF KAUAI AND THE OPPONENT OF KAUAHOA The Handsome Youthful Hero of Hanalei “E Kawelo-lei-makua, e pae, E Kamahana a ka lapa o Puna, Na maka o Halona iluna, Kuu...
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Kawelo story, 1909 / 2009.
The Great Story OF KAWELO The Foremost and the Powerful, the One Who Put Down the Strength of Kauahoa, the Youthful Hero of Hanalei; TO WHOM BELONGED THE FAMOUS CLUB KUIKAA, AND HIS WAS THE TRIPPING...
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Kawelo story by S. K. Kawailiula, 1861.
Story of Kawelo. Maihuna was the kane and Malaiakalani his wahine; the two of them lived in Hanamaulu on Kauai. Malaiakalani was with child and gave birth to a son, and they called their first born,...
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S. K. Kawailiula is the same person as S. K. Kuapuu. 1860s.
Because of problems faced by S. K. Kuapuu in his work, the stories of Kawelo and Keaniniulaokalani will not appear in this Issue. [This small comment by the editor of the Hoku o ka Pakipika reveals...
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Papakilo Database is back up! 2015.
If you were not able to get in to Papakilo Database this weekend, it is back up again this morning (Monday, 1/5/2015)!!Filed under: commentary from this blog
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Flushing Oil and Zerolene advertisement, 1922.
WE USE Flushing Oil and ZEROLENE LOOK FOR THE SIGN Modern Crankcase Cleaning Service helps to keep your engine in prime condition. Safe—Thorough—Correct. STANDARD OIL COMPANY (California) MODERN...
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Government Proclamation, 1874.
Na ke Aupuni. Ua oluolu i ke Alii ka Moi e koho i ka His Ex. R. H. Stanley, he Komisina no na Aina Lei Alii, ma kahi o ka Hon. H. A. Widemann i haalele mai. Honolulu, Iune 2, 1874. ——— Ma ka la 28 o...
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