Unusual Theft.
On Sunday, the 28 of Mar., the money of the Customs House [Hale Dute] of Honolulu, eight thousand or more, was stolen. The theft was like this. Continue reading
Customs House theft, 1858.
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Famous safe bought at auction, 1897.
PORTUGUESE BUY A RELIC
STORY OF AN OLD BURGLARY REVIVED.
Safe That Was Once Robbed of $800 in Gold Coin—At Custom House Sale Yesterday—Society Pick Up a Curio.
The Portuguese Mutual Benefit Society of Honolulu had carried to its meeting hall today a large iron safe which has a romance connected with it that is very interesting indeed. The safe was purchased by the President of the society at an auction sale at Morgan’s for the small sum of $35. There was no demand for the safe and the auctioneer congratulate himself upon securing the sum he did. Continue reading
New Chinese church in Waimea, 1891.
[Found under: “NA MEA HOU O WAIMEA, KAUAI.”]
A new church for the Chinese has recently been completed under the direction of F. Gay & A. Robinson, and the church will be entered on the 28th of March, 1891.
(Leo o ka Lahui, 4/7/1891, p. 3)
Ka Leo o ka Lahui, Buke II, Helu 166, Aoao 3. Aperila 7, 1891.
Earthquake, eruption, and tsunami, 151 years ago, 1868.
New letters from Kau, Hawaii.
O Kuokoa Newspaper; Aloha oe:
Along with our ohana from Hawaii to Niihau; I am your friend living in distress, as my feet stand precariously at the edge of the pit of calamity. Continue reading
More on the death of Agnes Nunehiwalani Kalua, 1899.
A Sad Death.
The Island mail yesterday brought the sad news of the death of Agnes Kalua [Akeneki Nunehiwalani Kalua], only daughter of Judge and Mrs. J. W. Kalua, which occured at Wailuku on the 12th inst. Continue reading
Death of Akeneki Nunehiwalani Kalua, 1899.
Passed on from this World.
We received sad news of the death of Akeneki Nunehiwalani Kalua, daughter of Judge J. W. Kalua and Mrs. Kalua. This youth left this life at 2 in the morning, on Tuesday the 12th of this month, at the residence of her parents, “Halaulani Home,” Wailuku, Maui. Continue reading
Earthquake, 1860.
Earthquake on Hawaii.
On the 26th of March past, the island of Hawaii shook tremendously and swayed because of a large earthquake; this was the first of this sort of earthquake. The strongest was in Kohala and Kona.
(Hae Hawaii, April 18, 1860, p. 10)
Ka Hae Hawaii, Buke 5, Ano Hou,—-Helu 3, Aoao 10. Aperila 18, 1860.
Kalanianaole Day proposed by John W. Kalua, 1923.
Another Holiday For Hawaii
Would Observe Kalanianaole Day
Maui Man Introduces A Bill
HAWAII will have another legal holiday if a bill, H. B. 20, introduced yesterday in the house of representatives by Judge John W. Kalua of Maui, becomes law. The proposed holiday is to be March 26, which is to be known as Kalanianaole day. March 26 is the birthday anniversary of the late Prince Jonah Kuhio Kalanianaole, who was Hawaii’s delegate to congress 20 years ago. Continue reading
A name song for Kalanianaole by Rosalie Puea Blaisdell, 1923.
A MELE INOA FOR KALANIANAOLE—HOAKAKAILILANI
The Commission [Hawaiian Homes] has a great debt to the generosity of these Ladies, the ones whose names are below, for their composing this mele that is being published, that is Mrs. Rosalie Puea Blaisdell and Mary Kalopi Keahi. Continue reading
Mikololou and Kaahupahau reach far away New York, 1905.
The Battle of the Shark Gods
A Story of the Hawaiian Islands
ONE day Kaahupahau and her brother Kahiuka wandered away from their grass-thatched cottage, on the banks of the beautiful Ewa Lagoon, on the Hawaiian Island of Maui. The long afternoon passed without causing any worry to their father or mother. But when dusk fell on the long swells of the Pacific ocean and neither of the children had returned for their evening meal of poi and plantains, the parents became alarmed. Continue reading
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