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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 Waikane I. Helani, mother of William K. Helani, 1920.

AN EXPRESSION OF ALOHA FOR MRS. WAIKANE I. HELANI.

Mr. Editor of the Kuokoa Newspaper, Aloha oe:—Please allow us some space in the news carrying dove, for my parcel of aloha, and may it quickly take the news among the archipelago of Hawaii, so that the multitudes of may beloved, my mother, may hear.

In the afternoon of Sunday, February 1, 1920, my dearly beloved mother passed on. My dear mother was a fine mother in housekeeping; her heart was full of love and graciousness; her family and friends who visited our home were important to her. She was humble, and did not desire the lavish things of this life. Continue reading

Death of William K. Helani, 1920

MY BELOVED HUSBAND HAS GONE, WM. K. HELANI.

Sol. Hanohano, Editor of the Kuokoa Newspaper, Aloha kaua:—May your honor please allow my sad parcel of aloha, so that the multitudes, the family of my dear husband living from where the sun rises until where it sets in Lehua, will know.

Aloha, aloha my dear husband who has gone afar; my companion in the rain and wind; my parental figure in unfamiliar lands. Aloha, aloha for you fine deeds, for your patience for our well being. Continue reading

Oliver H. Kapau, Clarence J. Olds, and James Akana Ai off to Georgia, 1927.

THREE OF NATIONAL GUARD MEMBERS HERE TO INFANTRY SCHOOL

Three members of the Hawaii national guard (298th Infantry), will go to Fort Benning, Ga., to attend the infantry school which will be held at that post from February 28 to May 28, according to orders received from the secretary of war by Col. Percy M. Smoot, commandant. They are Capt. Oliver H. Kapau, Capt. Clarence J. Olds and Master Sgt. James Akana Ai. Continue reading

More on the death of William A. Kiha, 1899.

HE HAS GONE.

Halawa, Molokai, Aug. 16—At the hour of 2 a.m. of the past 10th, W. A. Kiha died at 63 years old. He was born at Kawaihae Uka, on the 2nd of Feb. 1836 from the loins of Kaipokane (f) and Kauhiokalani; Continue reading