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Kahoohihi Alapa Dies at Iosepa, Utah, 1913.

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Kahoohihi Alapa dies far away in Iosepa, Utah, on this day in 1913.

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MRS. KAHOOHIHI ALAPA HAS GONE.

Mr. Editor:—Please allow me some space for the sentence above, that being that Mrs. Kahoohihi Alapa has grown weary of this life.

On the morning of Monday, at 6 o’clock on the 3rd of March, the Angel of God visited and took the soul from the body of our beloved Mrs. Kahoohihi Alapa. Auwe aloha wale!

She left her her feeble husband and their children and family. They have four daughters from their loins, and she left this life.

She was sick along with her husband for a week, she had lower back pains, and she was also pregnant, she was distressed along with being inflicted by smallpox [hepera], which is a sickness that is quarantined, so no one would enter to help them; they would have been in terrible trouble were it not for that male cousin of Kahoohihi’s [kaikunane hanauna ?], that being…

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The wife of Frank Harvey gives birth to a girl, 1886.

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[Found under: NU HOU HAWAII.”]

In the night of the 28th of February, in Palama uka, Honolulu, the wife of Frank Harvey gave birth to a daughter. From their seven descendants who she gave birth to before, this newcomer is the only one that is living.

(Ko Hawaii Pae Aina, 3/6/1886, p. 3)

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Ko Hawaii Pae Aina, Buke IX, Helu 10, Aoao 3. Maraki 6, 1886.

PCA comment on John Aylett, 1869.

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[Found under: “NOTES OF THE WEEK.”]

We take pleasure in inserting the business cards of Hawaiians. It is an encouraging sign to see them come out and bid for trade and custom in competition with more favored foreigners. We refer particularly to the card of Mr. John Aylett, and ask for him a share of public patronage.

(PCA, 1/9/1869, p. 2)

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Pacific Commercial Advertiser, Volume XIII, Number 28, Page 2. January 9, 1869.

 

John Aylett aka Keoni Tela ad in Hawaiian, 1869.

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TAILOR!!

THE ONE WHOSE NAME APPEARS BELOW ANNOUNCES to the public, that he is prepared to sew and to cut all kinds of men’s clothing, just like the Latest Fashion arriving, as per the wishes of the one who owns the clothes, at my Clothier on Hotel Street, Honolulu. I always have in stock all the Latest Bolts of Cloth of various types.

KEONI TELA (John Aylett)

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[“Keoni Tela” seems to be a nickname “John Tailor”.]

(Kuokoa, 1/23/1869, p. 3)

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Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Buke VIII, Helu 4, Aoao 3. Ianuari 23, 1869.

Year of the boar and some quilting to boot at Hawi Mill, 1899.

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NEWS OF HAWI!

My dear Loea Kalaiaina,

Aloha oe:—

Here at Hawi Mill, some Hawaiian women started up a Quilting Club, and they named it, “Ka Hui Laulima a ke Aloha.” They are now active, headed by Mrs. K. Liwai, and Mrs. A. Kipi, Treasurer. Their work will be followed by progress. Continue reading →