Mai Nānā i Kā Haʻi Nūpepa!
Cover Image: Masthead of Ka Nupepa Kuokoa published on March 3, 1866.
Aloha Nūhou Monday!
Dear Reader,
While the Hawaiian newspapers enjoyed large readerships, this did not necessarily translate to sufficient funds for keeping the papers running. Newspapers tried various means to increase their income, from giving away calendars to those paying their subscriptions in full at the beginning of the year, to praising those who made their payments later in the year, to warning those who do not pay that their newspaper deliveries would end. Subscription costs were dependent on the frequency of publication, the length of the issues, and the duration of the subscription. These examples come from Ke Alaula (1866), Ka Loea Kalaiaina (1898), and Ka Na’i Aupuni (1906).
Image: Newsboy folding copies of the “Honolulu Star-Bulletin” on November 8, 1947. Honolulu, Oʻahu, Hawaiʻi. Bishop Museum Archives, SP 224263
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Image: “Mai Nana i Ka Hai Nupepa.” Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, March 3, 1866, p. 2
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DON’T LOOK OVER THE NEWSPAPERS OF OTHERS
To Ka Nupepa Kuokoa; hello:
Take this bundle in your hand, and it is for you to send it here and there throughout these islands. Here is that bundle: I have seen some people taking the newspaper of others to read, without the consent of the person to whom the newspaper belonged. Here is my thought to you, the one who is stingy with their money, do not grab someone else’s paper and take it for yourself, it is like taking another’s valuables as if it were your own.
Didn’t you hear? The editor of Ka Nupepa Kuokoa called out to you, from Hawaiʻi, Island of Keawe to Kauaʻi of Mano, in search of money for the newspaper;1 and the agents below him, they go to each and every house, saying, “Give me a dollar each for six months, and two dollars for the whole year.” Where could you possibly have been not to have heard?! Were you in the uplands of Ahuaʻumi chasing goats? Were you in South Kona? In Keʻei? Where were you? Up in the air? No? Perhaps in Kahauloa, Kanihomauʻole’s daughter’s place? What’s her name? It is Kanele if I am not mistaken. Think about this, O Friends.
G. H. Kealoha.
North Kona, Hawaii, January 24, 1866
1 See “No ka Pepa,” Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, July 22, 1865, p. 2
Image: “Ke Alaula.” Ke Alaula, May, 1866, pg. 8
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“Ke Alaula”
An Illustrated Newspaper
Published in Honolulu, monthly by the Hawaiian Evangelical Board, for the children of Hawaiʻi.
25 cents is the price for the year for one paper, 20 cents is the price for each copy for orders of 20 or more per bag, payment in advance.
O. H. GULICK, Publisher
Image: “Na Rula o ka Pepa.” Ka Loea Kalaiaina, November 5, 1898, p. 2
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The Rules of The Paper
For One Year,
Payment in advance (Two Dollars) $2.00
For Six Months,
Payment in advance (One Dollar) 1.00
For Three Months,
Payment in advance (half dollar) .50
Image: “AUHAU O KA PEPA.” Ka Na’i Aupuni, August 1, 1906, p. 2
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PRICE OF THE PAPER
One Year $8.00
Six Months $4.00
Three Months $2.00
One Month $0.75
One Week $0.25
One Paper $0.05
BUSINESS OFFICE
Available at the office of the newspaper “KA NA’I AUPUNI” on Kukui Street, between Nuʻuanu Street and River Street.
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.
