More on the A. A. Montano picture of Queen Emma, 1880.

Mr. Montano has presented us with a handsome photograph of Her Majesty the Queen Dowager. The portrait is a full length and represents Her Majesty in a commanding position, standing, with her dress train sweeping into the foreground; the features and figure are admirably clear; Continue reading

Queen Emma portrait offered for 1881 subscription of Kuokoa, 1880.

THE

KUOKOA NEWSPAPER

FOR 1881!

“While the rain is still in the sky, clear the fields below.”

“Time and tide wait for no man; we need to be prepared.”

Therefore, O Friends of

“The Greatest Prize of the Hawaiian Nation.”

Make ready for the benefits of the

KUOKOA

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Na olelo a ka moi hou, Kamehameha IV, 1855.

OLELO A KE ALII.

Hawaii o Keawe, Maui o Kama, Oahu o Kuihewa, Kauai o Mano. Ma lokomaikai o ke Akua, ua kahea ia mai au e noho ma keia wahi kiekie, a e lalau hoi i keia hana nui, oia hoi ka lilo i makua no oukou, a me ka noho ma ka noho Alii, o keia Aupuni. Ua ike no au he hana nui keia i waiho ia mai ma ko’u lima, aka, ma ka hana ana e mama iki ana paha, ma ka hahai pololei mamuli o ke Kumukanawai a’u i hoohiki iho nei e malama imua o ke Akua mana loa a me oukou, aole hiki ia kakou ke ike i ka kakou mau hana ma keia hope aku, aka, e hooikaika kakou, i mea e like ai ko kakou mahaloia mahope o ko kakou haalele ana i keia ao, e like me ke aloha ia o ka poe i hala, ke aloha ia hoi o na milimili a oukou, eke aloha ia hoi o ko’u haku, ihi o Manokalanipo. Continue reading

Rev. Ella Wise Harrison visits Niihau, 1946.

Rebuttal.

Due to what was spread some time ago about Niihau people, like the Committee selected to watch Niihau. Those committees returned and submitted their report.

Rev. Ella Wise Harrison, the kahu of the Akua Ola Church, left for Niihau and spent three weeks there with family and friends.

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Suggests back a suggestion to Maui News, 1903.

We do not need any of your sarcasm, Mr. Man of the Maui News. It may have been well meant, yet we fail to see it in that light, for “scholarly” we do not claim to be, but surely, we are “scholarly” as far as our own mother tongue is concerned, which is something that you, aged malihini, cannot touch nor express yourself upon.

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