In the Announcements Column of the Government’s English newspaper [Hawaiian Gazette] of yesterday, we saw an announcement calling all those who want to celebrate the coming 28th of November, to all come down to the reading room of the Hotel of Kaopuaua to discuss it tomorrow night, Friday. This is what the haole are doing; where are the Hawaiians for whom this day is truly for?
(Au Okoa, 9/26/1867, p. 2)
Ke Au Okoa, Buke III, Helu 23, Aoao 2. Sepatemaba 26, 1867.
Left for Bolabola.—With the departure of the schooner Aorai to Bolabola, on last Sunday, on board was John Sumner (Kapilikea) and his queen, Niniko, from foreign lands, “Palau mai oe e hoa e [“Talk to me O Friend” in Tahitian?].” Kapilikea’s queen is a relative of Pomare, and at her behest, Ninito is returning to see the land of her birth and to be embraced.
(Au Okoa, 9/26/1867, p. 2)
Ke Au Okoa, Buke III, Helu 23, Aoao 2. Sepatemaba 26, 1867.
Leprosy [Mai Pake]—As this is greatly spreading about Town and in the country of this island, the Sheriff [Ilamuku ?] has requested that all of the District Sheriffs [Luna Makai ?] to report the number of people inflicted with this horrible sickness that is spreading in our homeland. We have taken the List showing the number of “Chinese Disease,” as we call it, in each district; and we say here that this is probably not accurate, because there is no one in the country who knows for certain what the symptoms are.
Ke Au Okoa, Buke I, helu 10, Aoao 2. Iune 26, 1865.
[This is a running announcement in the Loea Kalaiaina.]
(Loea Kalaiaina, 12/16/1899, p. 2)
Ka Loea Kalaiaina, Buke III, Helu 49, Aoao 2. Dekemaba 16, 1899.
Auhea wale oe pua Miulana,
E lana malie ko’u manao.
Huli mai ko alo owau ke hoa,
A o wau ko hoa pono ka nohona.
Noho ana kaua puuwai like,
Lokahi ka manao me ka makemake.
Mai puni hei aku oe ilaila,
I ka nani mae o ka Awapuhi.
Huli mai e maliu lono i ka leo.
Na ole i ka nui me ka lehulehu.
A o wau hookahi kau mea nui,
O ka lei hemo ole i ko puuwai.
Hainaia mai ana ka puana,
No ka pua Miulana a e o mai.
[“Don’t be captivated by that over there, At the fading beauty of the Ginger blossom…”
For more on the miulana plant, check out this article by Heidi Bornhorst in the Honolulu Advertiser, 6/10/2001.]
(Kuokoa, 12/19/1913, p. 2)
Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Buke LI, Helu 50, Aoao 2. Dekemaba 19, 1913.
To the Editor of the Aloha Aina Newspaper, Aloha:
Please allow my small parcel a space in your newspaper which is greatly enjoyed, and that is what is down below; let the paper take it proudly around so that our multitudes of friends may see.
Movies come regularly every Wednesday, and are shown on the evenings of Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday; and every Saturday in Honolulu. There has been a building erected for the patients to watch the movies. The patients are thrilled. They donated money to buy a first-class phonograph [pahu olelo]. They are very happy with singing, the sweet sound of the strings and the blare of the brass instruments.
There was an announcement made to the ones without the sickness or those partially afflicted that wanted to be examined by the Doctors who are coming into the settlement.
Some went to sign up, and some just looked on because they did not want to go back to where they came from, being there might be difficulties waiting ahead for them. And because of the small number of those going to sign up, the Superintendent of the settlement ordered someone to go to the houses to sign people up; the total of those people number 58, but I don’t have their names; the only names I have are those who went to sign up, and they number 55, along with their doctor.
THE PEOPLE WHOSE DOCTOR IS DR. WAYSON
[Names difficult to make out.]
THE PEOPLE WHOSE DOCTOR IS DR. GOODHUE.
The Men
[Names difficult to make out.]
The Women
[Names difficult to make out.]
The total number told to the writer is 108. This includes the people chosen by the Legislature [?]
With much aloha for my Lahui.
Sincerely,
S. K. MAIALOHA.
Kalawao, Molokai, Aug. 2, 1909
[Here is just another example of why the original newspapers need to be reshot clearly before the acid in the paper consumes all of the words, leaving us with crumbs…]
(Aloha Aina, 9/4/1909, p. 3)
Ke Aloha Aina, Buke XIV, Helu 36, Aoao 3. Sepatemaba 4, 1909.
Before the Legislature is a bill put forth by the Honorable W. J. Sheldon of Waimea, Kauai, which seeks to perpetuate the mother tongue of this land; but the committee announced that the bill will be tabled; to which the father of the bill asked that they wait for a bit until the following Saturday, April 1.
The intent of the bill is to allow for time in some schools to teach the Hawaiian language. “Here are the Japanese,” said the Honorable One, “they are caring for their mother tongue, and so too of the Chinese; but we, the native children of this land, our native language is disappearing from our own land. It is imperative that we try to perpetuate our beautiful language even just a little longer. I feel remorse in letting the beautiful language of our ancestors go. The government pays for travelling instructors to teach singing and lace making [hana lihilihi ?] in public schools, so why not choose people like that to go and teach for one hour every school day? It will not be a great expense like what is imagined by the committee.”
We believe that these are very wise responses by the Honorable One of Waimea, and if indeed means are not sought to perpetuate the beloved language of our birth land, then it will not be long before the Hawaiian language will disappear completely.
The Hoku gives its mahalo to the Honorable One of the Waiula Iliahi¹ of Waimea for his consideration and aloha for the beautiful language of the Paradise of the Pacific Ocean.
¹Waiula Iliahi is one of the two branches of the Waimea River, and the other being Waikea, and they merge at Kikiaola.
(Hoku o Hawaii, 3/30/1911, p. 2)
Ka Hoku o Hawaii, Buke 5, Helu 47, Aoao 2. Maraki 30, 1911.
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LOS ANGELES, Oct. 4.—The Times Newspaper reported thus:
The sad fate of a woman with leprosy deported secretly from Los Angeles because of an order by the Board of Supervisors [Papa Lunakiai] is what has gotten the heads of the County perturbed. This woman that was sent away is a hapa haole. She arrived with her husband, George Chamberlain, one year ago; her husband left her, and this woman was found with leprosy by the government officials of the County.
She was sent to the hospital and she was kept alone in a laundry room. She was more troubled by being kept in solitary more than by the disease, and she pleaded them to give her a medicine to kill her. This woman’s ailment was something that was problematic for the heads of the County, and so they decided to send Mrs. Chamberlain to Honolulu.
This deportation from the land was kept a strict secret. She was sent blindfolded to San Francisco, where she was to be put aboard a steamship for Honolulu; and that was the last time she was seen, as she stood atop the ship leaving the Golden Gate for Hawaii.
She gave her word that she would present herself to the government officials here when she arrived in her land; however, until this moment, there has been nothing heard from her; and it would seem that Mrs. Chamberlain carried out her thought to die by jumping off the ship into the sea. One thought is that she was murdered when the sailors aboard the ship found out that she was afflicted by leprosy. The town officials said that she escaped, but however they admit that this was done so that the ship company would not find out. They do not want to say what day and the name of the ship which Mrs. Chamberlain was placed upon, because they are afraid of being sued.
(Kuokoa, 10/26/1906, p. 6)
Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Buke XLV, Helu 43, Aoao 6. Okatoba 26, 1906.
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