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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.]

Drought in upcountry Maui, 1912.

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KULA CRIES OVER THE SCORCHING SUN

We have received word that the district of Kula, Maui is once again faced with humid heat, and they are distressed over water; there is little water flowing through the pipes of Kula both day and night. There is a great need for rain to fall in this district, because the crops are beginning to dry out, and the animals are also suffering. Before, Waihee was known never to have water shortages, but they are starting to see problems due to lack of water because of the length of this period of drought with no rainfall.

(Aloha Aina, 2/3/1912, p. 1)

UWE O KULA I KA WELA A KA LA

Ke Aloha Aina, Buke XVI, Helu 5, Aoao 1. Feberuari 3, 1912.

Death announcement for George W. Lincoln, 1912.

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OUR BELOVED FATHER HAS GONE.

Mr. Editor of the Newspaper Kuokoa Home Rula, we are full of emotion:—Please allow us a space in your columns for the headline written above, and it is for you to send it before our dear readers who live throughout the Territory of Hawaii nei; and that being this below.

Exactly at the hour of  twelve on the night of the first of January, 1912, our dear Papa, George W. Lincoln grew weary of this life, and passed over to the other side of the black river of never-ending death. He was ill for six months and tried medical treatments, but to no avail. It is he who giveth and he who taketh away. Blessed be the Almighty Heavenly Powers, who gives protection on this earth, and aloha to the children of man.

He was born at Keawewai, South Kohala, Hawaii, in the month of December, on the 15th, 1839, and died at Kailua on the night of the 1st of January, 1912. Therefore, our beloved father had 72 years plus seventeen days of life in this world of strife, and then passed on.

He left behind his new wife (Mrs. Kaohe G. W. Lincoln), along with his children with his former wife, Mrs. Rebecca Bell, who previously left on that path taken alone (death); they grieve and lament for him for all times; and he also left behind many grandchildren. Therefore, with this short prayer, we end here, with grief and heavyheartedness for our beloved father who has gone.

We, his own children, who witnessed his last breath.

MR. JOHN G. LINCOLN,

MR. WILLIAM G. LINCOLN,

GEORGE K. LINCOLN,

Kailua, North Kona, Hawaii, Jan. 20, 1912.

[Other than the regular Vital Statistics Column, there were many, many personal announcements, like this one.]

(Kuokoa Home Rula, 2/2/1912, p. 2)

KO MAKOU PAPA ALOHA UA HALA.

Kuokoa Home Rula, Buke X, Helu 5, Aoao 2. Feberuari 2, 1912.

First death notice in a Hawaiian-Language Newspaper? 1834.

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Lahaina March 14.

On the 11th day, the whaler named Orion arrived; from Nantucket. Gifford is the Captain; 13 months voyage, 300 barrels of oil.

The Captain informed us of the death of Captain Swain, Captain of the Averick, the ship that brought the missionaries, Mr. Spaulding and company.

He died at Paita, South America.

(Lama Hawaii, 3/14/1834, p. 2)

Lahaina Maraki 14.

Ka Lama Hawaii, Makahiki 1, Helu 5, Aoao 2. Maraki 14, 1834.

Early encouragement to send in vital statistics information, 1857.

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WORDS OF ENCOURAGEMENT ABOUT THOSE THAT GET MARRIED, GIVE BIRTH, AND DIE.

I request of everyone of Hawaii nei: the Schoolmasters, teachers, school superintendents, and all people in general, to inform us immediately of the names of pe0ple who get married, and give birth, and die, in your area; they will be published together in the Hae Hawaii weekly so that the readers will see. That is how the haole papers work; those kinds of things are printed weekly. This is how to write in.

O Hae Hawaii; P. Kimo and E. Kalama were wed on the 5th of Ap. 1857, Lahaina; they were married by D. B.

Or like this. O H. H. On the 5th of Ap., 1857, Kahale died at Waialua, Oahu, at 35 years of age. He died of fever.

Or like this. O H. H. On the 5th of Ap. 1857, Aka was born, a son, to Kamai and Kahele, at Kaupo, Maui.

That is how they will be printed succinctly, and they will be published all together in the Hae every week; the church members and friends from afar will be happy to read this sort of thing. Therefore, everyone be alert to these things. Let the Schoolmasters and all educated people be encouraged so that this information is given at promptly. Inform us of when a child is born, so too when someone dies, and when people get married. That is how it is done in enlightened lands; and this indeed is an enlightened land; the time of ignorance has passed. Report it all to the Head of the Hae Hawaii, J. Fuller.

ARMSTRONG.

[Extensive listings of vital statistics followed soon after!]

(Hae Hawaii, 4/15/1857, p. 10)

OLELO PAIPAI NO KA POE MARE, KA POE HANAU, A ME KA POE MAKE.

Ka Hae Hawaii, Buke 2, Helu 3, Aoao 10. Aperila 15, 1857.

First birth announcement in a Hawaiian-Language Newspaper? 1834.

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Honolulu March 4.

Kinau just gave birth, on Sunday, Feb. 9th, to a son. Kauikeaouli named him Liholiho for his older brother who died in lands afar, and took this child as his own. The child is living with the King.

[This Liholiho, child of Kinau, is Kamehameha IV.]

Honolulu Maraki 4.

Ka Lama Hawaii, Makahiki 1, Helu 5, Aoao 2. Maraki 14, 1834.

 

Vital Statistics, fifty years earlier, 1862.

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MARRIAGES.

January 20, at Aigupika, Honolulu, Oahu, John L. Kapahi was married to Rose Wahinepio, by E. W. Clark.
January 20, at the same place, Samuela Kalaikoa married Kahuewai (f), E. W. Clark performed the marriage.
January 17, at Kaakopua, Honolulu, Liwai (m) married Elena Mokaulele (f), Halemano performed the marriage.

BIRTHS.

January 12, at Pauoa, Honolulu, Oahu, Lehuanui (m) was born to Palama (m) and Kapuakela (f).
January 14, at Waimea, Koolauloa, Esetena (f) was born to J. M. Kalanipoo and R. Hao (f).
January 7, at Pauoa, Honolulu, Oahu, Kahololio (f) was born to Mahoi (m) and Kenui (f).
January 13, at Pauoa, Oahu, without name (m) was born to Pila and Kapuakela (f).

DEATHS.

January 13, at Leleo, Honolulu, Kaniuhi (m) died suddenly.
January 18, at Kewalo, Honolulu, Keliipiiaina (f) died of syphilis.
January 16, at Kikihale, Honolulu, without name died, a daughter of Kanui (f) of Hilo.
January 18, at the same place, Mokuewai (f) died of fever.
January 16, at Opunaha, Waikiki Kai, Kalua (f) died.
January 4, at Hamohamo, Waikiki Kai, Kukona (m) died.

(Hoku o ka Pakipika, 1/23/1862, p. 3)

MARE. / HANAU. / MAKE.

Ka Hoku o ka Pakipika, Buke I, Helu 18, Aoao 3. Ianuari 23, 1862.

Vital Statistics column, 1912.

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BIRTHS.

To John Frank and Olivia Frank, a girl, Jan. 9.
To K. C. Doo and Edith Kaukau, a boy, Jan. 15.
To Albert Kauwe, Jr. and Matilda Leleo, a boy, Jan. 14.
To Thomas K. Rice and Nina Joe, a girl, Jan. 17.
To Henry Wilson and Hannah Mahuka, a girl, Jan. 18.
To John E. Rice and Lucy Rice, a boy, Jan. 13.
To Lily Keanini, an “illegitimate” girl, Jan. 19.
To Edith Pulei, an “illegitimate” boy, Jan. 6.
To Mr. and Mrs. P. K. Kauahi, a girl, Jan. 22, 1912.

DEATHS.

Kaupe Kepano (f), at the corner of Queen and Richard Streets, Jan. 18.
William Alohikea, on Hustace Avenue, Jan. 18.
Julia Aleleka, on Mokauea Street, Jan. 18.
Henry Kapoonamanu, at 2149 King Street, Jan. 18.
Emily Kalainaina, at 752 Kinau Street, Jan. 19.
Hale Nakaluhi, at 2330 Liliha Street, Jan. 19.
Baby of Lily Keanini, Alapai Lane, Jan. 19.
Baby of Hattie Akana, on Beritania Street, Jan. 19.
Elizabeth Wilson, in Kakaako, Jan. 20.
Joseph Iona, on Alapai Lane, Jan. 20.
Haona Kaeo, at 513 Keauhou Street, Jan. 21.
Baby of Elia Jones and Bela, on Gulick Avenue, Jan. 21.
David Kanakaole, at 934 School Street, Jan. 23.

[For some reason there were no marriage announcements in this issue. Maybe one day, all of the newspapers will be searchable for vital statistics like these (and so much more!). And speaking of searchable texts, hopefully typescripts of the Hawaiian-Language Newspapers are being done as carefully as possible—one letter off on a name may well result in that name being lost in that location…]

(Kuokoa, 1/26/1912, p. 8)

NA HANAU. / NA MAKE.

Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Buke XLVIII, Helu 4, Aoao 8. Ianuari 26, 1912.

Now this is friendship, 1912.

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TRAVELLED THE OCEAN BECAUSE OF ALOHA FOR HER FRIEND

There was the shocking news spread about on the morning of Tuesday last week about the streetcar accident, and then on the night of the following Monday like a flash of lightning there came sad news of the passing of Malie Kamakaea at Queen’s Hospital due to her injuries.

When the news spread across the width and breadth of the land and arrived before a tiny girl, a beloved friend of Malie Kamakaea, who lives on Kauai, the girl just left her home, her family and and everyone, and she travelled across the sea to see the cold body of her friend who left her and their schoolmates in this world behind.

The name of this tiny girl is Alice Charman, and she is only nine years old. When her older sisters told her of the passing of her beloved friend from this world, she immediately prepared herself to leave her home and went to the place to board the Kinau, and travelled across the sea all by herself for Honolulu.

When the steamship Kinau docked at the harbor, and while the crowd of people watching over the cold body of Malie Kamakaea and the family were relaxing at the funeral home of Mr. Silva, the sea-travelling child, Miss Alice Charman, arrived to see the cold body of her friend who she shared aloha with over the many days they attended school together.

In her hand she held a beautiful lei woven with flowers of the Garden Isle, woven over leaves of ama’u fern, and this became something appreciated by all; the circumstances of it’s fashioning was something they’d remember always.

It was the love of a friend that caused the trip over the wide ocean; distance is of no matter when summoned by tears.

(Kuokoa, 1/26/1912, p. 4)

AU MAI I KE KAI NO KE ALOHA I KE AIKANE

Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Buke XLVIII, Helu 4, Aoao 4. Ianuari 26, 1912.

Sisters’ of Hawaii Ponoi celebrating their 5th year, 1912.

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Celebrating Fifth Anniversary

At 3 in the afternoon yesterday, January 25, 1911 [1912], a banquet was held lavished with Hawaiian delicacies of all sorts, by the Heads and members of the organization, The Sisters’ of Hawaii Ponoi, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Reis in Makiki Heights, to celebrate the 5th Anniversary of their existence. Present was our manager, Joseph Kamai Nalulu because of an invitation he received, and he heartily at his fill.

Manager Joseph Kamai Nalulu offers to the Head and Members of the Hui Sisters’ of Hawaii Ponoi, whose names appear bleow, his great unending appreciation and congratulations for the generosity bestowed upon him. And he also gives his prayers that their existence, progress, and good fortune continues for the benefit of your Organization, through the Omnipotent Heavenly Powers, Amen.

OFFICERS OF 1912.

First Honorary President,

—Mrs. Leihulu Keohokalole

Second Honorary President,

—Mrs. E. K. Reis

President—Miss Kamoani

Vice President—Mrs. Malie Auld

Treasurer—Mrs. E. K. Reis

Secretary—Mrs. H. Wm. Aylett

Vice Secretary—Mrs. Punua

Executive Committee

Chairman, Mrs. Geo. Mahe

Mrs. Malie Auld, Miss Kamoani, Mrs. Punua, and Mrs. Kaleikau.

MEMBERS

Mrs. Ema Fern; Miss Hickey, Miss Lizzie Fern; Mrs. Alohikea, Mrs. Luka Norton, Mrs. Rose Kapela, Mrs. Mapu; Mrs. Onuila [Oniula?], Miss Spencer, and Julia Hao

With appreciation,

MRS. H. WILLIAM AYLETT, Jr.

Secretary of the Organization of Sisters of Hawaii Ponoi

[Anyone familiar with this organization?]

(Kuokoa Home Rula, 1/26/1912, p. 4)

Hoomanao no ka piha ana o Elima Makahiki

Kuokoa Home Rula, Buke X, Helu 4, Aoao 4. Ianuari 26, 1912.

Aliiolani School ad, 1907.

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Aliiolani School.

A Boarding and Day School for Boys, in Palolo, Honolulu.

Street cars of Waialae pass by the Front Entrace of the Campus, on 7th Avenue (Alanui Helu 7).

Campus of 4 acres; spacious dorm rooms and buildings; large playground.

The area where the school sits is good for the health; the ocean and the upland valleys are clearly visible.

For Tuition and details about the School, inquire at where the Schoolhouse stands, or write to—

REV. F. FITZ, Head Instructor.

P. O. Box 52o.

(Na’i Aupuni, 1/4/1907, p. 3)

Kula Aliiolani.

Ka Na'i Aupuni, Buke III, Helu 4, Aoao 3. Ianuari 4, 1907.