A Yellow Flag, a Doctor, and Findability. 

When doing a word search online for information from the Hawaiian language newspapers, if the image of the paper itself is not clear, the resulting OCR (Optical Character Recognition) text will also not be clear.

May Day, 1944. 

With the world and Hawaiʻi in the middle of World War II, many yearly festivities were canceled, including some celebrating Lei Day.

Record the Old Mele

Newspapers were used to record traditions that were fading from memory. As people left the countryside for the excitement of town, their connections to the older generations and the old ways grew farther.

Hula Resilience

Following the arrival of the missionaries, many traditions including hula were not looked upon favorably.

Unpaid Subscriptions, 1845. 

Stephen Langhern Desha, editor of the Hilo newspaper Hoku o Hawaii appeals to conscience of his readership to try and get them to pay for their subscriptions.

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