Monthly Archives: January 2018

Early story from Joseph Nawahi, 1861.

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An amazing thief!

In a certain town there lived three blind men, and they were seen often by the people of the place. What they did was walk the streets asking for money, food, and other things they needed for their livelihood there. Doing so, they received a lot of money from help given them by the wealthy and due to the aloha from others. They took the money they made everyday and put it in a strong box, and when they left the money, they left the bags as well. One day, they went and came back with bags full of money; the amazing thief saw all that money of the blind men, that there was so much, and he followed them thinking that he would steal it, because he thought they were blind and would not see him steal it, so he approached the blind men when they were entering their house, and when they got to the door, one of the blind men unlocked the door and it opened, and they went in without seeing him, and they immediately locked the door. The blind men opened the money box to count, for they always counted what they had made previously and what they made anew. Continue reading →

Kaahumanu Society on Kauai, 1918.

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COMMEMORATION OF THE FIRST YEAR OF THE KAAHUMANU SOCIETY ON KAUAI OF MANOKALANIPO.

At the Hawaiian Church of Lihue, on Saturday, December 8, at 10 a.m., the one year meeting of the Society of the Kaahumanu Mothers, with the opening with the 2nd hymn of Leo Hoonani [“All the Way my Savior Leads me”], and the prayer from the mother, Mrs. Kaoo Kolohaiole, the preacher of the Society, (the prayer of the preacher was so very filled with reverence).

The proceedings of the society began with the calling of the president, Mrs. Mileka Kahele, and the head secretary of the society, Mrs. Eliza K. C. Holt. Continue reading →

Cost of advertising, 1908.

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ADVERTISING COSTS
Print Times 1
Week		 2
Weeks		 3
Weeks		 1
Month		 2
Months		 3
Months		 1
Year
1 inch $1.50 $2.00 $2.50 $3.00 $5.00 $6.75 $12.00
2 inches 2.00 2.75 3.50 4.00 7.00 9.00 18.00
3 inches 2.50 3.50 4.50 5.00 9.00 12.00 24.00
4 inches 3.00 4.00 5.00 6.00 11.00 13.00 30.00
5 inches 3.50 4.75 6.00 7.00 12.00 15.00 36.00
6 inches 4.00 5.50 7.00 8.00 13.00 16.00

42.00

(Na’i Aupuni, 4/20/1908, p. 4)

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Ka Na’i Aupuni, Buke V, Helu 78, Aoao 4. Aperila 20, 1908.

 

 

Celebration of the birthday of Queen Emma at the Queen’s Hospital, 1945.

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Our Day

THE CALM SEAS OF KONA

KAHALA, Honolulu, January 5, 1945—The nurses and all the employees of The Queen’s Hospital gave a luau in the memory of the birthday of Queen Emma Kaleleonalani, on the grounds of the hospital. There were many people who were invited, and there were many who attended. We two [Evelyn Desha and Stephen Desha Jr.] were among the invited, and my companion [Mr. Desha] was invited to speak on the life of Queen Emma. There were many who entertained at that luau. Singing groups with their hula girls. Something that really made the two of us happy was our meeting and shaking hands with Admiral Nimitz, General Smith, and Governor Stainback. The ideas below are some that were spoken of by my friend on that afternoon.

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Donations, 2020 and beyond.

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E na makamaka heluhelu,

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Me ka oiaio no,

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