I believe Queen Kapiolani exhorted: “Kulia i ka nuu! [Strive for the summit!]” and not “Kulia i kahi hiki! [Strive to get to where is possible]”
Random musings… 2012.
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The original newspapers won’t be around forever, 2012.
Today i noticed there is yet another volunteer project trying to get people to type in text from the Hawaiian-Language Newspapers using images that are not clear. This time people are being asked to correct text done by Cambodians. I won’t speak on the ramifications of using Cambodians to OCR Hawaiian newspapers, because that is a whole separate issue in itself.
I will say once again, however, that i believe the information written in the Hawaiian-Language Newspapers is important enough to reproduce accurately so that we can search and find what was originally written within its pages. I don’t know if there is anyone who feels any different.
The example given in the ad calling for volunteers shows precisely why we need to FIRST get good, clean images of the newspapers AND THEN typescript them so they are word-searchable. The highlighted column will never be fully legible using this image, because there is a big fold running down the left side, obscuring two or three letters in each line. There are pages and pages like this (and many are even less legible).
Is getting 70 or 80 or 90% of the words sufficient? What if your kupuna wrote something or was written about; would 90% of it be good enough for you? What if the one time her name was mentioned in the article was a part that was folded over, or was too dark to read…
Volunteer for the inside???
Vital Statistics, 1912.
BIRTHS.
To D. K. Kaluhiokalani and Poepoe Lawelawe, a daughter, August 7.
To Sam Hop and Eleanor Lee, a daughter, August 5.
To William Meyers and Mary K. Kaukaliu, a son, August 17.
DEATHS.
Kala, on Hustace Lane, August 9.
Mrs. Mary Adams, in Nuuanu Valley, August 10.
Kawaiwai, at Kalihi Hospital, August 11.
Sam Wallace, Jr., on Peterson Lane, August 12.
Mrs. Kalawaia, at the Insane Asylum, August 12.
Huli, at Queen’s Hospital, August 14.
Lepoole, on Hustace Lane, August 15.
Ekena K. Kaluna, on Castle Street, August 17.
George Meyers, on Kaimana Hila Street, August 17.
Mary Lovell, on Artesian Street, August 19.
(Kuokoa, 8/23/1912, p. 8)
Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Buke XLVIII, Helu 34, Aoao 8. Augate 23, 1912.
Punchbowl to go to the rich, 1912.
CRYING IN REGRET
Honolulu, Aug. 10—The government has set aside the home lots at Puoina [Punchbowl] to be auctioned off. The prices have gone much higher than their value. What is so sad is that some homes which have been lived in by people for a long time will go to those who have a lot of money.
When these people who have homesteaded on these lands for many years in the past learned that their homes will go to the rich, some sat down in chairs and cried in despair over all the long years spent saving. How sad for those people who will lose their homes!
This is one of the things that Representative Kuhio opposes in the administering of the government by Governor Frear, that being the putting up for open auction lands suitable for Homesteads. It is clear that the poor will be crushed by the wealthy. Listen, oh you poor people, think carefully about your Representative of Honolulu, and choose a Representative who supports Kuhio, the one who is fighting for the rights of the poor Homesteaders [na poe Home Hookuonoono].
[The newspaper in which this article appears, “Ka Hoku o Hawaii,” is only available online from the middle of 1917. Although ulukau.org received funding many years ago to digitize all Hawaiian-Language Newspapers, many inexplicably fell through the crack. All the twelve prior years (which includes the issue from which this article was taken) can at this stage only be seen on microfilm…]
(Hoku o Hawaii, 8/22/1912, p. 1)
Ka Hoku o Hawaii, Buke 7, Helu 12, Aoao 1. Augate 22, 1912.
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Six ideas on how to most effectively use this blog ⑥, 2012.
SELECTING A SINGLE POST
http://www.nupepa-hawaii.com is the easiest way to select a single post (article) to repost on Facebook or Twitter, or to email to a friend, or to simply print out!
When you click on the Heading of a post, only that particular post will appear on the page.
On the bottom will appear buttons that will allow you to repost it on WordPress, Twitter, and Facebook. The next button will make it easy to email that post to someone you think might be interested. And clicking on the next button will let you print it out.
Below that is a space where you can leave comments and questions!
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Six ideas on how to most effectively use this blog ⑤, 2012.
http://www.nupepa-hawaii.com is the easiest way to browse through past posts by Calendar Date.
The next items on the right-hand bar are two ways to browse through posts by Calendar Date.
Below that is where you can sign up to get notices of new posts by Facebook, Twitter, or by Email.
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http://www.nupepa-hawaii.com is the easiest way to browse through recent posts and recent comments.
On the right side of the page, you will see next on the bar RECENT POSTS and RECENT COMMENTS.
Most of the Comments seem to come from me, but once in a while there are great responses from people moved to comment, like this one from Ka’iulani Milham on Queen Liliuokalani’s jewelry being auctioned off to help orphans: https://nupepa-hawaii.com/2012/08/12/liliuokalanis-personal-adornments-sold-1924/#comment-1188
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Six ideas on how to most effectively use this blog ③, 2012.
http://www.nupepa-hawaii.com is the easiest way to look through the tags from all the previously uploaded articles.
The next choice on the bar to the right side of the page is TAGS.
The tags are the next on the right bar. The larger the tag is, the more articles there are related to the tags. Currently it seems there are quite a number of articles dealing with the Bishop Museum, Chronicling America, Hawaiian flag, Kamehameha III, and Kamehameha Schools.
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http://www.nupepa-hawaii.com is the easiest way to look through the categories of all the previously uploaded articles.
The next choice on the bar to the right side of the page is CATEGORIES.
I tried to categorize each of the articles into general categories, and the articles falling under each category can be browsed by selecting it the appropriate category.
If you have thoughts on other categories, please send them over!
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