Before I forget this; this is something to instruct everyone reading Ka Hoku—keep your Hoku newspapers; do not discard of them in the outhouse [lua liilii] or your rubbish cans. Continue reading
On Thursday of last week, perhaps half an hour after his brother-in-law arrived in Napoopoo, the life of Wiliama Kamauoha Kekumano wore out, and at only 45 years old. Continue reading
BY BILL PACHECO
Judge John “Jack” Desha, another of Hawaii’s oldtime greats in sports, attended Kamehameha and Punahou schools in Honolulu, participating in football, baseball, track, soccer and tennis. He has the honor of being elected captain of the Punahou nine for three straight years. He was an outstanding shortstop at Punahou and later at Harvard University.
The Judge attended Harvard from 1908 to 1912 and participated in baseball and played some football also, but wasn’t big enough for the tough Eastern circuits.
He recalled that Harvard won the mythical baseball championship of the…
Bill Pacheco
…East in 1911, playing 31 games of which they won 28. He was a shortstop. Continue reading
At the annual social meeting of the Daughters of Hawaii at Queen Emma home Wednesday afternoon, a story of the life and short reign of King Kamehameha II, usually known as Liholiho Iolani, the latter being his favorite name, and his queen, Kamamalu. The paper was read by Mrs. Flora Wood Jones, historian, who wove the historical facts into an interesting story. It is as follows: Continue reading
Nui Loa.—They know how to do things on a big scale up at Hilo. Capt. Ashley, of the Gov. Troup. has brought us a large sweet potato, sent by Capt. Worth of Hilo, as a specimen from his garden, we presume. Continue reading
1 Hawaii Ponoi
Nana i kou Moi
Ka Lani Alii
Ke ‘Lii.
Hui:—Makua Lani e
KAMEHAMEHA e
Na kaua i pale
Me ka Ihe. Continue reading
Big Potato.—We have seen a sweet potato from Hana, Maui, which weighs 25 pounds and measures 39 inches around.
[Who today has seen this kind of uala?]
(PCA, 9/16/1871, p. 3)
The Pacific Commercial Advertiser, Volume XVI, Number 12, Page 3. September 16, 1871.
Kahiko ka nani i na kuahiwi,
Ka ohu halii i na pali,
He pali kapu kukilakila,
Mapu ke ala me ke onaona.
Hui:—He alii he wohi hoi keia,
A e hiipoi ia nei e ka Hui Nihoa,
Kohu wai mapunapuna,
E pua ae nei i ka puuwai.
Ianei pu mai kaua,
I ke kui lei pua alii,
I wilia pu ia me ke aloha,
Ka hoapili o ke kai Nihoa.
Hui Nihoa.
[A Name Song for Liliuonamoku.
Beauty adorns the mountains,
Mist blanketing the cliffs,
A sacred cliff standing aloft,
Where fragrance and perfume afloat.
Chorus:—’Tis an alii, a wohi,
Held dear by the Nihoa Society,
Like a bubbling spring,
Coming forth from the heart.
Let us be here together,
Stringing lei of royal blossoms,
Entwined with aloha,
The intimates of the sea of Nihoa.
Nihoa Society.]
[The Hui Nihoa, or Nihoa Society, consisted of members from the group which included the then Princess Liliuokalani who went to Nihoa in 1886.]
(Elele, 9/25/1886, p. 1)
Ka Nupepa Elele, Buke VIII, Helu 13, Aoao 1. Sepatemaba 25, 1886.
Some large sweet potatoes.—Two large sweet potatoes grown at Kamalo, Molokai by their uala farmers were sent to us by Rev. A. O. Forbes [Rev. A. O. Porepe]. Continue reading
A large sweet potato from Maui.—Mr. Kiko of the choir of Kaumakapili left on our desk this past Monday, a uala grown at Kula, Continue reading
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