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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.]

More mele, 1919.

HE MAU MELE HAWAII.

(That this generation do not possess.)

Maikai ke kuahiwi nani na mauna,
Ka aula wai o Namolokama;
E o ana ia Mamalahoa,
I hoohoa i hoa Kupakoili.
Ka lihau wai anu o Maunahina,
Ua aunei i ka la’i me he polope a la.
Ka-kakaha me he lupe la i ka malie.
Oiaio oia paha e! Continue reading

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