Frank Kanae showed off the pushing power of the biceps [i’o uala] of his arms in the afternoon of this past Monday by throwing a shot put weighing 12 pounds, and it flew a distance of 45 feet and 7 inches. So powerful. Who else has that strength?
(Na’i Aupuni, 11/29/1902, p. 3)
Ka Na’i Aupuni, Buke I, Helu 3, Aoao 3. Novemaba 29, 1902.
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Mahalo for this! Much to my surprise, saw an email notification with my great-grandfather’s name. He was mentioned in the papers often given he was an athlete and on the police force.
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Mahalo ia oe. It is always nice to hear back from ohana of people in the papers. You never know what kind of information you can find in those pages!
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Another reader from twitter, Spencer Y Kealamakia, sent another article from the Star-Bulletin (9/30/1916, p. 15) about a wrestling match. It includes a picture of Frank Kanae. He looks built!
https://i0.wp.com/nupepa.files.wordpress.com/2018/08/starbulletin_9_30_1916_15.png?ssl=1&w=450
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Ae, that was one of them. This was the first one I saw with his photo.
https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85047084/1908-04-05/ed-1/seq-7/print/image_681x648_from_708%2C290_to_5071%2C4445/
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https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85047084/1908-04-02/ed-1/seq-3/print/image_681x648_from_548%2C4444_to_4133%2C7858/
This one also has his father, my 2x great-grandfather John Kanae.
The other articles about him was when he was on the Tugo-of-War team and when on the police force some of the actions they did including his father.
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woah
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