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Keahu Kealiiaukai, an awesome biography, 1941.

Recalling the Days of Kamehameha V.

KEAHU KEALIIAUKAI

Keahu Kealiiaukai is one of the last Hawaiians left who is not proficient in English. He is a Hawaiian famous for his knowledge of plants, and he is 82 years old. He lives in Lahaina, Maui, the capital of Hawaii in days of yore. Kealiiaukai is now living with his daughter, Mrs. Juliette Pali.

When Kealiiaukai was born in Kaupo, Maui, on the road going to the crater of Haleakala, in the year 1859, this was the fifth year of Kamehameha IV’s reign over Hawaii nei. Kealiiaukai was 4 when that monarch died. He does not recall this.

Remembering the King.

However, Kealiiaukai does in fact remember Kamehameha V, or King Kapuaiwa, his given name; and the last of the Kamehamehas. Kapuaiwa went to Lahaina numerous times, where he was welcomed warmly by his makaainana.

In Kealiiaukai’s eighty and two years of life, he witnessed the passing of the monarchs of his homeland, closing with the overturning of the nation under Queen Liliuokalani’s protection, in 1893. Then the establishing of the provisional government and the Republic of Hawaii, and the joining of the Islands to the United States and the formation of this Territory of America, 40 years ago.

A Religious Man

Kealiiaukai is an important man in Lahaina for the kamaaina there. His wife left this world eight years ago, but she did not however leave behind children. Kealiiaukai is still strong and active. He participates often in works of this Father in Heaven. He spent his life being a member of the Faith of the Latter Day.

Perhaps he is the last medicine man living and practicing from before the times when there was licensing of those in that profession. During his time, it is said that Kealiiaukai practiced healing with plants amongst his own people and healed them due to his expertise in the use of plants growing in the forests of Hawaii, for all types of illnesses.

(Hoku o Hawaii, 3/5/1941, p. 1)

Hoomanao Ina La O Kamehameha V

Hoku o Hawaii, Volume XXXV, Number 45, Page 1. Malaki 5, 1941.

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A hapa haole advertisement, 1912.

No more
problems
when you
smoke

FATIMA

TURKISH
BLEND
CIGARETTES
Cameron & Cameron Co.
RICHMOND, VA
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FATIMA
CIGARETTES

Large package of 20 fine
cigarettes for 15¢

The value of the cigarette is in the tobacco—not in the package. And instead of gold tips you get 10 more cigarettes.

The rich flavor of the tobacco comes in the blending. You’ll discover the tobacco value at once.

[This ad is interesting for so many reasons!]

(Kuokoa 7/5/1912, p. 8)

FATIMA CIGARETTES

Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Buke XLVIII, Helu 27, Aoao 8. Iulai 5, 1912.

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Fancy shoe store advertisement, 1888.

FRANK GERTZ,

103 Fort Street

BOOTS  SHOES

I HAVE RECENTLY UNPACKED EXQUISITE FINERY

Shoes of All Fashion

For Women, Men, and Children; well selected by Mr. Gertz in America.

REASONABLE PRICES BY CASH PAYMENT

Merchandise arriving constantly on every steamship.

(Kuokoa, 3/31/1888, p. 3)

FRANK GERTZ,

Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Buke XXVII, Helu 13, Aoao 3. Maraki 31, 1888.

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More Hawaiians in the military, 1917.

JOHN A. K. K. MILES

WORKING IN THE SERVICE OF AMERICA

The picture above is of a Hawaiian boy who is working in the navy of America at St. Pedro, Los Angeles, as a secretary in the department of the payroll of the military.

The name of this Hawaiian youth is John Adams Kalahanauokalani Kalakaua¹ Miles, a child of Jennie K. Miles and the older brother of Legislator Willie E. Miles of this city.

He was born in Kohala, Hawaii, on the 16th of November, 1885, and therefore he will make 32 on the 16th of next month.

When he was but four years old, he was taken from Hawaii nei, and after working at various jobs, he joined the military of America. And today, we see that he is in the service in Los Angeles, where he resides.

¹One way names were given traditionally was after important events, whether happy or sad. This is a nice and clear example of a commemorative name. John A. K. K. Miles was born on November 16, 1885, on the birthday of King Kalakaua. He was therefore named literally “The birthday of the royal one Kalakaua”.

(Kuokoa, 10/19/1917, p. 4)

JOHN A. K. K. MILES

Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Buke LV, Helu 42, Aoao 4. Okatoba 19, 1917.

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Hawaiian dies at war, 1917.

ALLY PAMA KUA

HAWAIIAN BOY IS TORPEDOED AND DIES.

The picture [above] is of a Hawaiian sailor, named Ally Pama Kua, who just died at sea when the steamship Kansas was sunk by a torpedo from a German submarine. This, according to a telegraph sent to this town from New York, on the 11th of this month.

The Kansas was torpedoed while it was carrying a full load to France from New York. When the steamship was sunk, A. P. Kua drowned, along with him was a American haole, and two others. As for the captain and the rest of the sailors, they all were all saved.

Because of this sad news received in town, it caused the family of Mr. Kua to be heartbroken. However, there is one thing that made it better, and that was the knowledge that the death of this Hawaiian boy was because he sacrificed his life for his country.

Ally Pama Kua was twenty-seven years old when he met with this tragedy at sea. He is the child of Fritz Wilhelm Kua of the corner of Makiki Street and Beritania Avenue. Aside from his father, he has three sisters and two cousins who are left behind grieving for him.

Ally Pama Kua was employed for a long time as a sailor aboard the steamship Kansas, from when it was sailing Hawaiian waters. And when it became a ship transporting food and other goods for France, he continued working aboard it, all the way until he met with his death on the ocean.

The last word that his family here heard from him was when they received his letter from Philadelphia written last February, and within the letter, he spoke of his marriage to a French woman.

(Kuokoa, 7/20/1917, p. 2)

ALLY PAMA KUA

Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Buke LV, Helu 29, Aoao 2. Iulai 20, 1917.

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Hawaiians away at war, 1917.

Some Hawaiian Boys Aboard the Warship St. Louis

The picture above [now cropped and and to the right] is of some boys, who left from Honolulu on the warship St. Louis in the past months for the war. And according to the letter written by Joe Kalaukoa to his father Joseph Kalaukoa, who is in the police force of this city, all of the Hawaiian youths are doing well and are all being well taken care of by the officers.

One of the activities of these Hawaiian boys aboard the warship is playing music to entertain the ship’s captain; everything he wrote to his father was uplifting, because there has been no difficulties faced, and he has no fear for them and is forevermore hopeful that there will come a time that the child will again see his parents.

In the picture, standing to the left is Antone Gomes; to the right is Eddie Ladd, and the one seated is Joe Kalaukoa.

(Kuokoa, 7/13/1917, p. 2)

Kekahi Mau Keiki Hawaii Maluna o ka Mokukaua St. Louis

Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Buke LV, Helu 28, Aoao 2. Iulai 13, 1917.

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“Kaai’s Hawaiians” on TROVE, 1928.

KAAI’S HAWAIIANS.

Kaaiʻs Hawaiians, who will open at the Garden Theatre on March 3, have recently concluded a season of 120 nights in Sydney. They include the Moana Jazz Four, who were specially engaged at the Wembley Exhibition. The head of the company is Ernest Kaai, the composer of   “Aloha oe,” which is virtally the Hawaiiian national anthem. He has written and opera, which was successfully pro…

Miss Tuavivi Greig

…duced in London, and he has his own publishing house and an intsruments factory. The combination has been touring the world since 1906. There are nine men   and six women in the company, and there is every possibility that Queenie and   David Kaili, who are we know here, will join them for the Adelaide season. Tuavivi,   who is a member of the company, is a noted hula dancer.

[This comes from an Adelaide, South Australia newspaper, found on the National Library of Australia webside, TROVE. It seems unclear newspaper images is not something limited to Hawaii nei. However, at least the text on that site is correctable.]

(Advertiser, 2/23/1923, p. 11)

KAAI'S HAWAIIANS.

The Advertiser, Volume LXX, Number 21645, Page 11. February 23, 1928.