Mistreatment of mahu a hundred years ago, 1920.

This is a picture of Mr. and Mrs. Florincio Loriozo, Filipinos who were recently married; but Mrs. Loirozo who was believed to be a woman is a man, but who has being wearing women’s clothing and other women’s accessories for a number of years.

In the history of marriages seen here in Hawaii, there is none like the story of a Filipino couple who were arrested by the police on the morning of this past Tuesday, that being the marriage of Florincio Lorioza, a Filipino, to Benito Ocho, a Filipino man, a short time ago.

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Passing of David Paradise Keawehaku, 1932.

OBITUARIES

D. P. KEAWEHAKU

David Paradise Keawehaku, 513 Keauhou street, Kakaako, died Monday morning. Services will be held at 2:30 o’clock this afternoon at Silva’s mortuary. Burial will take place in Kawaiahao church cemetery. Keawehaku, who was unmarried, was a native of Hawaii and 65 years old. He was well known as a searcher of land titles.

(Advertiser, 5/24/1932, p. 2)

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Honolulu Advertiser, 76th Year, Number 16,269, Page 2. May 24, 1932.

Olivia K. Nakea performs on KGU, 1930.

Quartet Sings Old Hymns of Hawaii For Leper Colony

A  program of sacred Hawaiian music will be heard through KGU this evening from 6:10 to 6:30. A mixed quartet under direction of Olivia Nakea will present the first of a series of  songs for “shut-ins” throughout the territory. Continue reading

Passing of Olivia K. Nakea, 1955.

Nakea Rites Set Tuesday

Funeral services for Mrs. Olivia Kanoho Kaululaau Nakea, 56, who died Friday at a local hospital, will be held at 1 p. m. Tuesday in Borthwick Funeral Parlors chapel. Burial at Puea cemetery will follow. Continue reading