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Just another place that posts random articles from the Hawaiian Newspapers! It would be awesome if this should become a space where open discussions happen on all topics written about in those papers!! And please note that these are definitely not polished translations, but are just drafts!!! [This blog is not affiliated with any organization and receives no funding. Statements made here should in now way be seen as a reflection on other organizations or people. All errors in interpretation are my own.]

Death of a Mr. Longe, 1881.

[Found under: “NA NU HOU HAWAII.”]

A haole died quickly at Makawao, Maui, on the 3rd of May; his name was Mr. Longe. He lived as a kamaaina to Hawaii nei for six years.

(Ko Hawaii Pae Aina, 5/14/1881, p. 3)

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Ko Hawaii Pae Aina, Buke IV, Helu 20, Aoao 3. Mei 14, 1881.

R. W. Wood appointed acting commissioner of the US, 1849.

OFFICE U. S. COMMISSION,
Honolulu, Sandwich Islands, May 4, 1849.

ALL PERSONS having any official business with this office, are hereby notified that ROBERT W. WOOD, M. D., has been duly appointed by me to perform the duties of Acting Commissioner of the United States, Continue reading

Death of Abela Kekamakahi in Coloma, California, 1860.

Death in California.

O Hae Hawaii:—Aloha oe:

A friend of ours has died on the 1st of Mei, 1860; that is Abela Kekamakahi, someone loved by everyone.

This is why he died; he had a distended stomach [opu ohao], which he had for four months. He was treated by a haole man, and received comfort, thereafter he relapsed, and a Hawaiian kahuna appeared named Keahilele, and with his treatment, his body received no comfort. Continue reading