Cases of the flu, 1920.

THE CASES OF THE FLU KEEP INCREASING.

There were 41 more cases of the flu reported in town reported to the Board of Health until 4 in the afternoon on this past Sunday; that totals to 157 cases in the first seven days of February. In the month of January there were 88 cases and if the number of sick from the 1st of this month in Honolulu, the total is 245. Continue reading

Death announcement for three daughters of Mrs. Keaupuni Pawai and Charles Pawai, 1920.

THE VICTIMS OF THE FLU FROM THE SAME FAMILY

MISS ESTHER PAWAI.

MRS. ELIZABETH KELEKOLIO.

MRS. ANNIE KAMEKONA.

THREE LOVED ONES ON THE SAME PATH.

To the Editor of the Kuokoa Newspaper, Sol. Hanohano, Aloha oe:—Please allow me an open space of our favorite to place the story of the words above, so that our relatives, intimates, and friends may know about our three loved ones who have gone on the same path, and have left this life, and it is we, their parents who grieve on this side with pained hearts, distraught and sad with aloha and regret for our children. Continue reading

Influenza and pneumonia deaths in January, 1920.

45 DEAD FROM PNEUMONIA AND THE FLU IN JANUARY

In the past month of January, there were 163 cases of the flu reported to the Board of Health on Oahu: Honolulu, 88; from the ships which docked here, 62; from the country districts, 13. There were 19 who died in January of the flu and 26 of pneumonia. [??? In January, 32 people died of the flu and 16 from pneumonia.] Continue reading

Smallpox—Mai Puupuu Liilii—Hebela, 1862.

Small Pox [Mai Puupuu Liilii],
AT IRISH CREEK, CALIFORNIA.

On the 25th of April, was the day I arrived here, and Small Pox [Hebela] had spread amongst the people here. Four people were cured, and one person named Kipouno Mangsia died. And when I arrived, there were three sick at that time.

By the loving request of the people here, I felt pleased and my heart was happy to stay for awhile with them here. After staying here for one week, there were many sick; seven new cases, totaling ten. Continue reading

Death of J. W. Nakuina, 1905.

J. W. NAKUINA HAS PASSED ON.

On Sunday, the 16th of April, at Kakaako, Honolulu nei, the angel of death came and took away the last breath of J. W. Nakuina, at seventeen years old. He was born here in Honolulu on August 20, 1888, from the loins of Mr. David Himeni and Kalani Himeni, and returned to Pelekunu, Molokai. Continue reading

Emma Ahuena Taylor remembers Princess Ruth Keelikolani, 1935.

PRINCESS RUTH KEELIKOLANI, HAUGHTY BUT KIND, BELOVED ALII OF OLD DAYS

Her Highness Princess Ruth Keelikolani seemed to have always been in my life.

When she came to stay at Wailuakio (Palama), she would always spend the night in my mother’s home. For her retinue was large and my mother’s home was a convenient place to entertain them all. Continue reading