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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.]

Explanation of abbreviations, 1906.

ANNOUNCEMENTS OF DOCUMENTS RECORDED IN THE RECORDER’S  OFFICE.

ABBREVIATIONS [HUA HOAILONA].

We publish in this column announcements of documents submitted for recording at the Recorder’s Office [Keena Kakau Kope] here in Honolulu, as well as the documents recorded there. However, in order for those who read this column to understand it, they will need to know first the abbreviations shown below: Continue reading

Stationery edged in black, 1863.

Mourning Stationery

THERE IS MUCH MOURNING STATIONERY at the Book Shop. If some of you want it, you can get it at the place mentioned above.  H. M. WHITNEY [H. M. WINI].

[In the olden days, letters composed while the writer was in mourning were often written on stationery edged in black.]

(Kuokoa, 12/26/1863, p. 4)

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Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Buke II, Helu 52, Aoao 4. Dekemaba 26, 1863.

Bound years of the Kuokoa for sale, 1865.

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BOUND KUOKOA.

THREE BOOKS—VOLUMES 1, 2 AND 3.

Ten Dollars

is the price for the three books. For one book is $3.50. Inquire at the Book store of H. M. WHITNEY [H. M. WINI].

[For a fee, you could take your year of newspapers to be bound at the end of the year, or they would be sold bound like these Kuokoa. Thanks the this binding, we are left with many full sets of newspapers! However, when they microfilmed the bound newspapers years ago, many were so tightly sewn that the bound side of the pages are illegible because they fall in a shadow. Hopefully funding can be found to have these newspapers unbound by an expert so the pages can be photographed clearly!]

(Kuokoa, 3/16/1865, p. 3)

KUOKOA HUMUHUMUIA. Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Buke IV, Helu 11, Aoao 3. Maraki 16, 1865.

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Death of Lillian Kamehaokalani Mondon, 1918.

THAT ROYAL OFFSPRING HAS GONE

At Pahoa, Puna, at midday of Thursday, Aug. 1, with her death bed being surrounded by her beloved parents and younger sibling, Miss Lillian Kamehaokalani Mundon left this faint life, and went on the path all living souls must take; after being ill for several months. Continue reading