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June 29, 1861 – Union Envelopes
Some very tastefully printed envelopes with the American Eagle and coat of arms in gold, blue and red, with the motto underneath of "The Union, it must and shall be…
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Fair of the Royal Hawaiian Agricultural Society
We are requested to call attention to the following regulation of the Board of Managers, in regard to the Fair to be had on the 14th inst. The Society will meet on Tuesday; the annual address will be delivered on the evening of that day, at the Supreme Court Room, at half past seven o’clock; the Fair will be held on Wednesday, the 14th, opening at 12 o’clock noon, in the Court room.
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Wire Trolley — The Progress on the Haiku Sugar Plantation
HAMAKUAPOKO, Maui, May 4. — Haiku Sugar Co. are putting in a wire trolley to transport their cane from the upper fields to the mill, and expect to have the same in working order within a month. This has been found necessary owing to the scarcity of water, coming just when most needed, and will leave them a greater supply for irrigation on the maufka fields.
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A Large Fish
A large fish, called Hapuu, attracted the attention of a crowd at the Fish Market this morning. It was caught by a native named Kaihe, off Diamond Head during the…
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Many Juvenile Cases
The police have been paying a great deal of attention to the juvenile cases according to the report which is being made up by Sheriff Iaukea for submission to the…
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Basketball News
The Maui News, Wailuku, HI, April 8, 1921 Brother Elmer’s Saints, interscholastic champions, proved too fast for the Hilo basketball tossers last week, winning two out of three games played…
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Honolulu Daguerrean Gallery
The Subscriber begs leave to inform the citizens of Honolulu and vicinity, that, having returned from his tour to the windward islands, he has reopened the above establishment, where he…
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Naval Notes
Three-fourths of the warships that are now under construction for the United States Navy are anywhere from six months to two years behind the degree of completion called for in…
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The Great Rain Storm
The Hawaiian Gazette, Honolulu, HI, January 29, 1879 The severest storm of wind and heavy tall of rain which has visited these Islands for many years has just past. The…
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January 26, 1861 – Later Foreign News
By the arrival, on Monday last, of the clipper ship Fair Wind, Capt. Crowell, in 8 days 17 hours from San Francisco, we have received that city’s journal to the 12th inst., containing telegraphed news from the East, to December 23 from St. Louis, and December 16 from Queenstown, Ireland, and Australian papers to October 12th.
The passage of the Fair Winds the quickest ever put on record between this place and San Francisco. By it we are in receipt of European news only 30 days old, and 24 days from the Eastern States.