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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.]

Sweet mele aloha, 1919.

KUU PILI I KA UA NAULU.

Hooheno keia no kuu pili,
Kuu leimomi o ka ua naulu;
I ulu a kupu i ka la hiki,
A mohala i ke kai malino o Kona.
O Kona i Kailua ua kaulana,
O ke onehanau o kuu aloha;
No Kona ka opua kukilakila,
Hooipo i ka luna o Maunaloa.
He aloha na kuahiwi ekolu,
A Hawaii a e haaheo nei;
Haaheo ka opua i haliia mai,
Noho i ka luna a o Kaaliwai.
Ilaila hui kino me ka inuwai,
Ka makani aloha o kuu aina;
Aina Niihau i ka la weli,
E loku ia nei e ka ua naulu.
Hooulu ia e ke konalani,
A mohala i ka ua kualau;
Ua kini ua mano lau ke aloha,
I lei kahiko no kuu kino.
E lei no au i ke aloha,
Me a’u mau lei ponimoi;
O oe kuu lei a i poniia,
A kau ka inoa M. W. K.
Hoohihi ka manao me ka makemake,
Ina uluhua noho i ka hapapa;
He aloha Kamalino i ka ehukai,
I ka home kakela o kuu aloha.
O oe a owau kau i ka hano,
Me na lei eiwa a kaua;
Ua hele mai nei loko a liua,
A poluluhi au i ko aloha.
Kuu hoa i ke one o ke awaiki,
A he iki ko aloha eha nei kino;
O oe kuu lei i lei a lei,
I lei rose na’u no ka ua naulu.
Uilani na hana a kuu aloha,
I ka moe hooipo me Niolopua;
Hea aku no au o mai oe,
Ekolu no pua lawa kuu lei.
Haina ka puana no kuu aloha,
He hapa Hawaii hapa Niihau;
Haina ka puana no kuu inoa,
Milimili na ka la welo i Lehua;
Haina ia mai ana ka puana,
Kuu home kamalino i ka ehukai.

(Kuokoa, 10/3/1919, p. 8)

KUU PILI I KA UA NAULU.

Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Buke LVII, Helu 40, Aoao 8. Okatoba 3, 1919.

22 (122) years from the overthrow, 1915 (2015).

Amazing! Hawaii Has Not Been Americanized?

By our understanding, it has been nearly 22 whole years from when Hawaii was transferred under the administration of various governments until today, through the Kingdom of Queen Liliuokalani being stolen. It is a fact that the American flag did not wave from the flagpoles of Iolani during all of those years, being that during the first two years or perhaps three, the mountains, the ridges, the rivers, and the shores of Hawaii (but not the people of the land) were under the administration of the P. G. (P. I. G. in actuality), and for two or three years after that, under the name of the Republic of Hawaii, and for 16 years until today under the Territory of Hawaii. After the Kingdom of Hawaii was turned into the P. (I.) G. of Hawaii and thereafter, the Republic of Hawaii, and finally to the Territory of Hawaii, there is but only one good thing that we see during these many changes, that is the name HAWAII, and we believe that should the government in Hawaii nei change every year, for a 100 years, Hawaii will live on in its name.

During these years of changing of the political administration of this beloved land of Hawaii nei, America was the only foreign nation that posited itself greatly into Hawaii nei, and because of its support did these changes occur, being that it was Americans who instigated these actions; and during all of these changes, there was but one motivation, that being the annexation of this land to the United States of America. We do not forget the big-talking deceitful words of those people, “Should Hawaii be annexed to America, it will be with shovels that the people of this land will be scooping up silver and gold, and work will be had by all who ask.” These were the benefits that were projected upon the walls of Hawaii nei, but that is not the truth of what is being seen today.  It is not silver and gold that the people of the land are scooping with shovels. It is only in the pockets of the few that silver and gold flows. There are no jobs that “Uncle Sam” is just giving away, unless you have a starched collar, some gloves, and skin like that of an angel, and speak the words of the Cherubim; that is what the people of this land need to get ready so that they can acquire food and other necessities of life. Continue reading

Honolulu on the big screen, 1915.

Movie of Honolulu Town.

Midday this past Monday, just as was announced some days ago, people crowded Hotel, Fort, King, and Bishop streets hoping to get their images in a movie of Honolulu which will be taken to the coming Panama-Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco.

These places were just full of people and cars, pushing each other in their hope to get into a good place to be filmed; but there were many who were disappointed because they stood on the side of that camera that had no lens. Some chased after from Hotel, Fort, King, until Bishop streets. Continue reading

History of Kawaiahao Church, 1885.

KAWAIAHAO CHURCH

The readers of the Kuokoa will probably not be unable to recognize the features of the building pictured above; it is the church of Kawaiahao. It is an old building and one that is greatly beloved by a portion of our people, this mother church of ours. Its predecessor on these grounds was a church of pili grass; and the stone building was completed in 1842, constructed by the loving hands of the alii and makaainana of times gone by. It was Kekuanaoa and Bingham [Binamu] Sr. who selected the area where it was to be built and supervised its construction, however Bingham returned to America before the completion of this building.

There were many renowned events which were done in Kawaiahao such that it is as if the building was the place to carry out grand and fine deeds of the past, of the nation and the people. It was in this building that a number of the Legislative Sessions of the nation were opened, if this writer is not mistaken. It was in this building that Kamehameha V opened the Constitutional Convention [Ahaolelo Hooponopono Kumukanawai] on the 7th of July, 1864. Continue reading

Anyone know who Laulani Koki is? 1890.

HE INOA NO LAULANI KOKI

Hanohano Hanalei i ka ua nui
He pakika i ka limu o Manuakepa
Anu hewa i ka wai o Lumahai
Kalehuamakanoe o Luluupali
Alai e ka noe paa o Naue
E ena Haena i ka ehukai
I maliu i ke ala o ka lauae
A heaha ka hana a Lohiau ipo
O ka li’a i ka wai Kuauhoe
O ka nihi a ke ahi i Makuaiki
Haaheo i ka haka o Nualolo
Ka anohi uakoko i ka moana
Wehiwehi Polihale i ka Pahapaha
I ka lei makahehi a ka malihini
Ua nani Mana i ka liula
Ka anapa ka alohi aiai na ike
Ike i ke one kani o Nohili
Kohu Vaiolina ke hone mai
Haina ia mai ana ka puana
O Halia Laulani ko’u inoa. Continue reading

Tragedy off Kalaupapa, 1888.

DEATH AT SEA.

Because of the kindness of our good friend, Mr. Kaoliko from up in Kauluwela, he showed us a written statement he got from Kalaupapa talking about sad news, and that is what we have below:

At night last Friday, Nov. 9, Kale Kahuakaiula Palohau, the child of Mr. G. B. Palohau of Kauai, tried to escape from Kalaupapa aboard a canoe along with Wailele. There are no witnesses to this escape of the two men. As they tried to leave the harbor of Kalaupapa and got a little ways out, the waa flipped. But they righted it and bailed out the bilge. They got back on and started to make their way but not much later, it flipped again. That is the way it went until they got right outside of Kalaeokailio, which they reached in the morning of Saturday. Palohau said to his partner that they should go ashore because the canoe was getting filled with water and was close to sinking. Then Kahuakaiula jumped into the ocean along with his friend and swam for shore. After getting perhaps a quarter mile from the waa, his friend started getting fatigued. Kahuakaiula told him to climb on him; the friend climbed on, and they started to swim towards the place where the waves break. There, the waves began to pound upon them and they were separated from each other. Kahuakaiula made his way to shore but as for his partner, he was not seen of again.

(Alakai o Hawaii Puka Pule, 11/24/1888, p. 3)

MAKE ILOKO O KE KAI

Ke Alakai o Hawaii Puka Pule, Buke 1, Helu 47, Aoao 3. Novemaba 24, 1888.

Hilo’s Palace Theatre, 1925.

THE PALACE THEATRE

The astonishingly beautiful Theatre was just completed, and it was dedicated [hoau ia] in the evening of this past Monday, and a great crowd filled this very first opening.

A Hawaiian established this beautiful building here in Hilo, and it can accommodate 813 guests. It is divided up into various sections, and there are proper seats located everywhere, and the moviegoers at all times will sit in true comfort. Continue reading

Who is Mary? 1915.

A Letter From California.

San Diego, Jan. 4, 1915.

My Dear Papa:

How are you? I have a few minutes to write some short lines to you that I believe will make you happy.

 We arrived here in the evening of the 27th of December, 1914, and we are now at the Fair proper, in the area that features Hawaii. Our trip here was fine except for the first day after leaving home. Oh my how sick I was, with continuous nausea! But after that, it was a beautiful voyage by the seafaring steed, the “Sierra.”

We landed in San Francisco in the afternoon of Christmas day, and went touring about for two hours, then we boarded the steamship “Congress” for San Pedro, and spent the night there. We went into the movie houses and went to Long Beach to see the swimming beaches. We are all doing well, and the nights are pretty cold.

The Fair¹ opened on the night before the new year, and it is progressing nicely. I haven’t had time to go and see my cousins because I am always busy with work, and cannot just leave without permission.

O Papa, I can’t write a long letter, because I have only a little time; with hope that you are doing well, and I am happy to hear from you.

Goodbye, dear Papa, with much aloha.

Your daughter,

MARY.

¹This is a reference to the Panama-California Exposition.

(Aloha Aina, 1/23/1915, p. 1)

Ke Aloha Aina, Buke XIX, Helu 69, Aoao 1. Ianuari 23, 1915.

Ke Aloha Aina, Buke XIX, Helu 69, Aoao 1. Ianuari 23, 1915.

More on the wax cylinder of Kalakaua, 1891.

A VOICE FROM THE DEAD.

Just before the last call of the reaper whose powerful scythe severed the connections of King Kalakaua with mundane matters, His Majesty was visited by Mr. Louis Glass, agent of the Edison Phonograph Co., and by request spoke into a cylinder of the machine. His Majesty spoke the following, as an experimental trial, having intended, when in better health to speak more at length. The Editor of the Paradise of the Pacific obtained the following carefully prepared translation of His Majesty’s words, the rendition being made by Mr. James I Dowsett, Jr., of Honolulu, at his request:

“Aloha kaua—Aloha kaua. Ke hoi nei no paha makou ma keia hope aku i Hawaii, i Honolulu. A ilaila oe e hai aku ai oe i ka lehulehu i kau mea e lohe ai ianei.”

[Translation.]

“We greet each other—We greet each other. We will very likely hereafter go to Hawaii, to Honolulu. There you will tell my people, what you have heard me say Here.”

(Paradise of the Pacific, 2/1891, p. 2)

A VOICE FROM THE DEAD.

Paradise of the Pacific, Volume IV, Number 2. February 1891.