Corrections
Cover Image: Masthead of Ko Hawaii Ponoi published on May 20, 1874.
Aloha Nūhou Monday!
Dear Reader,
It was much easier for a newspaper to correct errors published within its pages than for a book. Here is an example from 1874. If Mere Kaohe’s claims were published in a book, it would have been impossible to fix it. The newspaper on the other hand was able to announce the error in a week’s time to its readership.
Image: “Olelo Hoolaha” Ko Hawaii Ponoi, May 13, 1874, p. 2.
ANNOUNCEMENT.
Let all those possessing property see this and heed. I forbid you to extend credit to J. KEAU, my dear husband, lest you lose out. Not using real property or personal property, nor the crops from our kuleana lands. None of this will be put against his debts unless I agree and sign the promissory note or bill of sale. One more thing; my husband is carried away in mischievous act of adultery, and squandered our property, and has not cared well for my life; most of his thoughts are taken up by his affair.
This J. Keau is a luna at Kawaiahaʻo Church
MERE KAOHE,
Wife.
Kūnāwai, Honolulu, May 11, 1874.
Image: “Kapae ia.” Ko Hawaii Ponoi, May 20, 1874, p. 2.
Discarded.—We threw out Mere Kaohe’s announcement that appeared the week before, pertaining to her husband. Because the things which the woman announced, they in no way represented the truth. Therefore, everything published of that sort must be corrected, and only truthful things should be printed.
This post is part of He Aupuni Palapala: Preserving and Digitizing the Hawaiian Language Newspapers, a partnership between Bishop Museum and Awaiaulu with assistance from Kamehameha Schools. Mahalo nui loa to Hawaii Tourism Authority for their support. Learn more about this project here.
