("Na Paa Mare Opiopio", Ka Loea Kalaiaina, October 21, 1899) On Saturday, September 30, 1899, at Nuu, Kaupo, Mr. Nalei Kaaihue and Miss Alice Kauakanilehua Kauhane were united by the golden cord that is the holy bond of matrimony by J. K. Piimanu before a crowd of guests. The marriage officiator performed the ceremony with…
Author: Kawika Gregoire
Fell from a pali
(Pacific Commercial Advertiser, June 21, 1897) Lieutenant Needham, of the police force, received a letter Sunday from a relative living in Kaupo, Maui, to the effect that a native woman had fallen from a pali near that place, last week, and was instantly killed. It seems that early in the evening her husband and his…
Kaupo's many stores
Anyone familiar with Kaupo knows of Kaupo Store, a fixture in the community for a century starting in the 1920s, operating as a general store selling food, goods and other items. But what's less familiar is that Kaupo Store was just the last in a long line of general stores in the village. Americans opened…
Albert A. Coe, 45, March 7, 1868
A Beloved Has Died! ("Make i Aloha ia!", Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, March 21, 1868) DEAR NUPEPA KUOKOA E; Greetings: A. A. Coe, Esq., a beloved member of our church, passed away at 8 p.m. on March 7. He was one of the “good fruits” of Christ’s Kingdom in this garden that is the Hawaiian Islands….
Cooperative stores
("Huihalekuai", Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, December 9, 1865) KA NUPEPA KUOKOA; GREETINGS:—Here is the news from Maui: a cooperative store for every district of the island. One thing is largely being heard and discussed among the people at this time, and that is the banding together of all people in this district to build a store….
On the dangers of fishing with explosives
("Giant Powder", The Pacific Commercial Advertiser, August 11, 1877) On Saturday the 4th inst. a native named Kaleo lost his right hand from an explosion of giant powder while fishing in the sea at Kaupo, East Maui. By the Act of 1872, the use of giant powder in fishing is prohibited under a penalty of…
Store destroyed in a fire—a woman dies
("Halekuai pau i ke Ahi—Make kekahi Wahine", Ka Hae Hawaii, February 15, 1860) Dear Hae Hawaii—Greetings: On the night of January 3, the store of Albert E. Coe (Mikekolo) was destroyed in a fire. The origin of the fire is unknown, but it is thought to be arson. Kekuaola was sleeping inside, and in the…
Pililua, 71, 1861
An elegy for Pililua ("He Kanikau no Pililua", Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, January 25, 1862) A loving lament for Pililua,For my mother, who has gone away,Passed on to the road of no return,She has departed all alone.Leaving so very many of us.Has she perhaps reached Kulanihakoi?My mother of the moae wind,From the land where the rain…
Sunday school exhibition in Kaupo
("Hoike Kula Sabati ma Kaupo", Nupepa Kuokoa, July 11, 1919) Mr. Editor of the distinguished paper, greetings:—If you have room in the beloved treasure of the nation, please send like lightning the matter mentioned above. On Sunday, June 8, the Sunday school of Kaupo, Maui held a little family exhibition. There were five family groups:…
Police try to dodge Dr. McGettigan's bill for extra work
(Evening Bulletin, August 4, 1904) At the meeting of the Board of Health held yesterday afternoon an old complaint was sounded again in the following letter from Dr. McGettigan of Hana: Hana, Maui, H. T., July 28, 1904. Hon. L. E. Pinkham, President of Board of Health, Honolulu, H. T. Sir:—On June 30 about noontime…