Newspapers

("Inu Uala", Ka Hae Hawaii, May 5, 1858) Dear Hae Hawaii: This is a very serious problem in recent times in these districts of Kaupo and Kipahulu. On January 2, a person named Waiwaiole made a great deal of sweet potato liquor and invited a large group of people to a drinking party. They got...

("Na Hana Aloha Ole a na Makai Hou o Hana", Ka Elele Poakolu, August 31, 1881) On Saturday, Aug. 20, the Hana sheriff sought the arrest of Keeia, a person suffering from the "disease that separates families".  On that day, officers came with false words meant to placate the afflicted one. On their return, the...

("Na Mea Hou o Nuu, Kaupo", Ke Aloha Aina, November 21, 1903) Greetings:-Please publish the following in the columns of the newspaper. A woman has been murdered. On the morning of Friday, November 6 between 8 and 9, the woman Hailani, a native of Nuu about 40 years old, departed this life. Here is what...

("Na Mea Hoolele Hauli o ka Ua Peepapohaku", Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, August 7, 1924) In the second week of June, an accident occurred at the home of Henry K. Gibson when his 2-year-old toddler fell into their well. The well is roughly 12 feet deep, but the water was only about 6 feet deep at...

("Ke Alanui o Kipahulu", Ke Alakai o Hawaii, January 18, 1934) From the pen of Lincoln Holstein of the County of Maui“For Ke Alakai”  Greetings.— The entire island of Maui is encircled by a road on which a car may drive from one side of the land to the other. Except, that is, for the...

("Na Anoai o ka La Koho Baloka ma Kaupo", Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, November 19, 1920) Mr. Editor of the Prize of the Nation, greetings:—If you have room in the treasure of the nation, I ask that you entertain the topic above to inform all who live from where the sun rises at Kumukahi to where...