Bitten by shark…
[Found under: “Nuhou Kuloko”]
Bitten by a shark while it was being carried on a car to take to Honolulu to be sold was Carl Nakuina, a worker at the Kalihi Poi Factory.
(Aloha Aina, 8/24/1917, p. 4)
Bitten by shark…
Bitten by a shark while it was being carried on a car to take to Honolulu to be sold was Carl Nakuina, a worker at the Kalihi Poi Factory.
(Aloha Aina, 8/24/1917, p. 4)
Earlier post on letter by T. P. Kaaeae reporting on bird catching.
Bird catching.—We received a letter from T. P. Kaaeae of Hamakua, Hawaii, telling that the men and women of that place are going up into the wilderness in great numbers to catch birds.
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Pua haaheo o ke Aupuni! 1875.
We are full of joy at being the ones to announce the news that will make all corners of Hawaii elated, that being at 9:15 in the morning of this past Saturday, October 16th, born here in Honolulu nei, was Princess Victoria Kaiulani Cleghorn by
“Like a kahuli snail of changing colors in the sun
Is the sparking [lohi] flats glittering [lohi] in Maukele
How slow [lohi] are you, dallying
Dallying are you, the woman [one with the “canoe”]
It is you, and now they are gone.”—
that being the Royal child of the Alii, C. Kapaakea and A. Keohokalole, who have passed on without holding their grandchild; and the alii wife of the chief, Ake [“Archie.” Archibald Cleghorn] of this town.
The birth of a new alii is something that will fill loyal subjects with boundless joy and happiness, with thoughts that she will procreate and…
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We received word that the Mormons living on Lanai are being made to work, pulling Plow [O-o Palau]. There are ten men who pull the Plow, and if they do not put effort into their pulling, Continue reading
What they were reading 150 years ago.
(COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO.)
CHAPTER I.
O Maisela ma Farani—ke ku ana mai o ka moku Pharaon.
I ka la 25 o Feberuari, o ka M. H. 1815, kau ia mai la ka hailona o ke ku ana mai o ka moku Pharaon maluna o ka hale kiai o ke Notre Dame; he moku kiakolu ia, a o kona hookomo ana mai no ia mai na awaa mai o Samurena, Trieste a me Napela i Italia. E like no hoi me ka mea mau, ua holo aku la ke pailata, a ua halawai aku la me na moku mawaho aku o ka lae o Moragiona a me kahi mokupuni o Riona…
[Alexandre Dumas’ “Count of Monte Cristo” is translated in the newspaper Au Okoa, and ran for two and a half years, from 8/6/1868 to 2/9/1871! This is the opening of the story.
Chapter 1.
Marseilles—The…
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What they were reading 150 years ago.
The wondrous one of the forests of Kawaikini in Wailua, Kauai, and his descendants thereafter.
Published by Samuela Kapohu.
{Because we were asked by the public to print Hawaiian and haole Stories in our newspaper, and being that the newspaper is for the people, therefore, we agreed to print the Hawaiian Kaao below. However, we ask pertaining to the deceitful words and the superstitious words of the olden days, those are not something for us to believe in; it shows the great ignorance of our lahui of that time. As for the sins and obscene words, they are to be deleted by the writer of the Kaao from what he writes.}
NUMBER 1.
A clarification.—This kaao has not been seen before in one of our Newspapers; but it is beginning to be shown amongst the communities of Hawaii nei.
However, if there are deletions or perhaps…
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Announcement of the opening of Kamehameha School, 1887.
THE KAMEHAMEHA SCHOOL FOR BOYS
will be ready for the admission of students on the
First Tuesday of October, 1887
Only a limited number of Students will be received this year, and those desiring to enter the School in the future must apply on the 1st day of September 1887.
Each student will occupy a separate room furnished with bed, table, and chair; and a list of items to be furnished by each student will be sent if asked for in advanced to the teacher.
Each student will be allowed to carry out 12 hours a week of manual labor. For industrial arts, two hours a day, and five days a week. Military drilling and physical education will be a portion of the curriculum everyday.
Arithmetic, English Language, Popular Science [Akeakamai], Elementary Algebra [Anahonua], Free-hand and Mechanical Drawing [Kakau me Kaha Kii], Practical Geometry [Moleanahonua]…
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Opening of Kamehameha School, 1887.
The gates of the Kamehameha School for boys will open in October of this current year. The imperfections of one of the dormitories of 30 x 64 [feet] are almost smoothed out, and another was complete before. These dormitories are two storied, bottom floor and top floor, and each of them have 24 rooms of 8 x 12, and a hallway [keena waena loloa]. One room of each house is furnished with facilities to wash up and clean, and the rest of the rooms are bedrooms, each being supplied with a iron bed, desk, chair, closet, and some other furnishings. The rooms are clean and lighted, and well-furnished for the student.
The dining hall of 29 x 81 feet is a separate building, and it is 18 feet from the bottom to the ceiling, and it will fit two-hundred people. A stone building will be built behind this…
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Some children were riddling, and the first one queried, “My dear bird, know of the waters and droop [kuu wahi manu, ike i ka wai la luhe]?” Continue reading
HATCH’S STATEMENT BEFORE THE COMMITTEE.
Mr. Chairman and gentlemen, I am very glad to have the opportunity to appear before you to make a statement in regard to the claim of the late Queen, especially because I was concerned in the provisional government which carried on the contest with her some twelve years ago. I may state that I have been a resident of the Hawaiian Islands for thirty-one years. I was not in Honolulu at the moment of the overthrow of the throne, being in California attending to some private business. I returned within a few weeks after that event, and from that time to the time of the signing of the treaty of annexation I had something to do, as an advisor and minister of President Dole, with the revolutionary government.
Mr. Graham. And the former sovereigns who had to…
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