The plaque for Queen Kapiolani’s casket, 1899.

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THE SILVER PLATE FOR THE CASKET OF KAPIOLANI.

John F. Colburn [Keoni Kolopana] recently received the Silver name plate for the casket of Kapiolani. This are the Words Inscribed upon it:

KAPIOLANI NAPELAKAPU.

Wahine a ka Moi Kalakaua.

Hanau ma Hilo, Hawaii, i ka la 31 o Dekemaba, M. H., 1834.

Make ma Honolulu, Oahu, i ka la 24 o Iune, M. H., 1899.

64 Makahiki, 5 Malama ame 23 La.

O ka moto e hoopuni ana i ke karaunu, oia o “Kulia i ka Nuu.”

[KAPIOLANI NAPELAKAPU.
Wife of King Kalakaua.
Born at Hilo, Hawaii, on the 31st of December, 1834.
Died at Honolulu, Oahu, on the 24th of June, 1899.
64 Years, 5 Months, and 23 Days.
The motto encircling the crown is “Strive for the Summit.”]

[Queen Kapiolani did not proclaim, “Kulia i kahi hiki,” she said, “Kulia i ka nuu.”]

(Kuokoa, 11/27/1899, p. 5)

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Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Buke XXXVIII, Helu 43, Aoao 5. Okatoba 27, 1899.

Explanation of abbreviations, 1906.

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ANNOUNCEMENTS OF DOCUMENTS RECORDED IN THE RECORDER’S  OFFICE.

ABBREVIATIONS [HUA HOAILONA].

We publish in this column announcements of documents submitted for recording at the Recorder’s Office [Keena Kakau Kope] here in Honolulu, as well as the documents recorded there. However, in order for those who read this column to understand it, they will need to know first the abbreviations shown below: Continue reading →

Stationery edged in black, 1863.

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Mourning Stationery

THERE IS MUCH MOURNING STATIONERY at the Book Shop. If some of you want it, you can get it at the place mentioned above.  H. M. WHITNEY [H. M. WINI].

[In the olden days, letters composed while the writer was in mourning were often written on stationery edged in black.]

(Kuokoa, 12/26/1863, p. 4)

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Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Buke II, Helu 52, Aoao 4. Dekemaba 26, 1863.

Bound years of the Kuokoa for sale, 1865.

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BOUND KUOKOA.

THREE BOOKS—VOLUMES 1, 2 AND 3.

Ten Dollars

is the price for the three books. For one book is $3.50. Inquire at the Book store of H. M. WHITNEY [H. M. WINI].

[For a fee, you could take your year of newspapers to be bound at the end of the year, or they would be sold bound like these Kuokoa. Thanks the this binding, we are left with many full sets of newspapers! However, when they microfilmed the bound newspapers years ago, many were so tightly sewn that the bound side of the pages are illegible because they fall in a shadow. Hopefully funding can be found to have these newspapers unbound by an expert so the pages can be photographed clearly!]

(Kuokoa, 3/16/1865, p. 3)

KUOKOA HUMUHUMUIA. Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Buke IV, Helu 11, Aoao 3. Maraki 16, 1865.

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