I forgot that I had the masthead of the Hoku Loa up at top. The subtitle reads, “He mana ka oiaio, a e lanakila auanei ia.” In this world where leaders spin stories for their own benefit at the cost of the people at large, I hope the truth triumphs soon.
On the Lehua of Sunday [Poahiku], Continue reading
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Ke ku nei au e hele e
A noho e na wahine o ka lua
O ka poe ino o lakou nei
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E. K. Fernandez is a man whose life has been jam-packed with “firsts.”
At the turn of the century he promoted the “first” giveaway, offering a camera a week to attract customers to his photo supply business.
He brought to Hawaii the “first” English motion picture camera and showed the “first” talkies in the Islands.
He pushed through the Legislature a measure allowing, for the “first” time, motion pictures on Sundays (providing they were educational and Biblical in nature).
His “first” Sunday motion picture? Something with Charlie Chaplin titled “Tillie’s Punctured Romance.”
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The Starving Ones in the Upland are Saved, a Strange Fish was Landed.
O Kuokoa Newspaper
Aloha to you and your metal type setting boys, and your Editor.
Please take around those words placed above.
On Monday, the 4th of this month, a large strange fish was landed in Ewa; a fish of the deep sea.
And this is the story on that early morning of that day mentioned above. Continue reading
The Deeds of Madame Pele, the Woman of the Pit, are Wondrous
Rocks and Ash are Thrown into the Sky When the Lava Exploded This Past Tuesday
HILO, May 13.—Many lives were spared this afternoon, because Thomas E. Boles, the superintendent of Hawaii national park, foresaw the trouble and forbade people from going to see the crater of Halemaumau, just minutes before the powerful explosion of lava, throwing huge rocks to a distance of 2000 feet. Volcanic ash was shot 1800 feet in the sky above the crater. Continue reading
Before proofs of Mrs. Montano’s story of old times in Honolulu could be corrected for historical accuracy, the instalment was published in the magazine section of yesterday’s issue of The Advertiser. Continue reading
Ike ia Kaukini he lawaia manu
He upena kuu i ka noe o Pokahi
I hoopuni ia e ka ohu kakikepa
Ke na’i la i ka luna o ka Auwana Continue reading
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