Restoration Day.—The public has heard that the people of Honolulu are putting on a banquet for the day that the Hawaiian Flag was returned, and the alii of the land are kindly assisting in this endeavor taken up by their people. All friends should look and understand the Announcement published in today’s paper; Continue reading
Monthly Archives: July 2020
Restoration Day celebration announcement, 1863.
ANNOUNCEMENT!
THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE SELECTED BY THE MAKAAINANA of Honolulu at the meeting at Kaumakapili to plan and to provide for the activities to celebrate the day Continue reading
Mistreatment of mahu a hundred years ago, 1920.
This is a picture of Mr. and Mrs. Florincio Loriozo, Filipinos who were recently married; but Mrs. Loirozo who was believed to be a woman is a man, but who has being wearing women’s clothing and other women’s accessories for a number of years.
In the history of marriages seen here in Hawaii, there is none like the story of a Filipino couple who were arrested by the police on the morning of this past Tuesday, that being the marriage of Florincio Lorioza, a Filipino, to Benito Ocho, a Filipino man, a short time ago.
Malama pono! 2020
Take good care of each other!
Time for a change? 2020.
I have been seeing a lot of posts about who not to vote for. Are there any candidates who you believe in so much that you would compose a mele for them today? Or at least vote for in confidence?
Passing of David Paradise Keawehaku, 1932.
OBITUARIES
D. P. KEAWEHAKU
David Paradise Keawehaku, 513 Keauhou street, Kakaako, died Monday morning. Services will be held at 2:30 o’clock this afternoon at Silva’s mortuary. Burial will take place in Kawaiahao church cemetery. Keawehaku, who was unmarried, was a native of Hawaii and 65 years old. He was well known as a searcher of land titles.
(Advertiser, 5/24/1932, p. 2)

Honolulu Advertiser, 76th Year, Number 16,269, Page 2. May 24, 1932.
Political mele composed by David P. Keawehaku for Curtis P. Iaukea, 1904.
He Inoa No Iaukea.
He inoa nou e Iaukea
Ka Elele hiwahiwa a ka lahui
Nau i hoohui na Ailana
Hookahi puuwai o ka lokahi Continue reading
Be safe everybody, 2020.
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Take care of each other!
Olivia K. Nakea performs on KGU, 1930.
Quartet Sings Old Hymns of Hawaii For Leper Colony
A program of sacred Hawaiian music will be heard through KGU this evening from 6:10 to 6:30. A mixed quartet under direction of Olivia Nakea will present the first of a series of songs for “shut-ins” throughout the territory. Continue reading
Passing of Olivia K. Nakea, 1955.
Nakea Rites Set Tuesday
Funeral services for Mrs. Olivia Kanoho Kaululaau Nakea, 56, who died Friday at a local hospital, will be held at 1 p. m. Tuesday in Borthwick Funeral Parlors chapel. Burial at Puea cemetery will follow. Continue reading