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    From The Hawaiian Gazette, Honolulu, Hawai, Jan. 2, 1917.
    A hundred years ago, an ad states:

    "Whooping cough, diphtheria, scarlet fever, and consumption [tuberculosis] diseases that are often contracted when the child has a cold".
    Sometimes it is interesting to step back in time, and see what sort of things were of concern 100 years ago that we don't really think much about today. Today, with inoculations and other health advances, we don't have daily concerns about our children catching many of the dreaded diseases that were a part of life back then.
    Now run along and play, but don’t get into trouble.

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    Feb. 3, 1917 (Honolulu Star-Bulletin, pg.6):
    For Sale, an exceptional value in a two story, 9 room house on Beretania Street opposite the home of B.F. Dillingham. Price $7500.00
    A residence on Wilder Avenue in the Makiki district. $4250.00
    Bergstrom Music Company ad (pg.13)
    Grands from $800 to $2500.
    King Motor Car Company (pg19)
    King 8-cylindar automobile, four passenger $1585.00, order through your local bank or shipping house.
    Charles S. Desky, Pg. 21
    Woodlawn, Honolulu's beautiful homesite.
    Full acre $1000.00 to 1250.00
    Half acre for $500.00 and $600.00
    Seems that owning vacant land was not as expensive as buying an automobile, and what topped them all was a Grand Piano.
    If you wanted a house, you could have One house in Makiki, instead of Two Grand Pianos.
    Now run along and play, but don’t get into trouble.

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    • #3
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      Honolulu Star-Bulletin, 15 Sept 1917, pg. 6:
      If the Waipahu slums had been wiped out nine or ten years ago, when they were the focus of the bubonic plague, they would not be the source of typhoid cases to menace the city today.
      Bubonic plague, typhoid, wiping out of slums (AKA burn it) .....
      Now run along and play, but don’t get into trouble.

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      • #4
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        The Garden Island (Lihue), 29 Feb 1916, pg.2
        Solar Water Heater - Let That Sun Heat Your Water
        We recently installed a solar heater on the residence of Mr. Vincent at the Wireless Station.
        A hundred years ago there were commercial solar water heaters. We have come full circle.
        Now run along and play, but don’t get into trouble.

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        • #5
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          Justice 165 years ago in Hawaii, the crime of aggravated burglary carried a stiff sentence:
          Polynesian (Honolulu), 20 July 1850, pg.1
          Whoever commits a burglary, armed with a dangerous weapon at the time of the breaking, or entering, or at any time while he is with the house, where any person, not a party to the burglary, is then resident within the dwelling house, is guilty of aggravated burglary, and shall be punished of imprisonment at hard labor, in the discretion of the court, for life or any number of years.
          Break into a house while tutu is sleeping, and get caught, and the thief spends the rest of his life a hard labor. No wonder folks didn't need to lock their doors.
          Now run along and play, but don’t get into trouble.

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          • #6
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            Polynesian (Honolulu), 13 July 1850. pg.2
            The passage of the Act legalizing the holding of lands in fee-simple by foreigners in this kingdom, will be hailed by the advocates of that measure with peculiar satisfaction; and is certainly indicative of a great stride in the legislation of the country towards the removing of all restrictions that might tend to hold back the development of the agricultural resources of the measure.
            By 1850, the claiming of land title by "foreigners" had already begun.
            Now run along and play, but don’t get into trouble.

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            • #7
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              The Hawaiian Gazette (Honolulu), 25 April 1916, pg.7
              WELFARE STATION FOR CITY BABIES AIM OF WORKERS
              Would Establish Systematic Campaign Against Fearful Infant Mortality Here
              HAWAIIAN DEATHS NOW THIRTY-THREE PER CENT
              Examination of Youngsters Will Open At Palama Settlement This Afternoon

              The real object of Baby Week is to establish a permanent baby welfare statio, where the present death rate among the youngsters of Honolulu can be beaten down to normal proportions. As it is now, among the Hawaiian population the rate is almost thirty-three percent per thousand.
              Can you imagine the fear of parents knowing that statistically one in three babies died? The article said the areas of Moiliili and Palama were where the most babies died. Palama Settlement ... over a hundred years of service towards the health of Hawaii!
              Now run along and play, but don’t get into trouble.

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              • #8
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                Ever wonder what uses were considered for Punchbowl before it became a National cemetery? How about making it into a reservoir?

                Evening Bulletin (Honolulu), 24 Nov. 1908, pg5
                PUNCHBOWL MAY BE RESERVOIR SITE
                Beautiful City Park Could Also Be Started
                Surveyors from the Department of Pubic Works are at present working up data in Punchbowl crater, which will be presented to the Legislature with the proposition that the crater be made into a reservoir site. The idea will be to have enough of the crater cemented to hold a supply of water sufficient for the need of the city, the water to be lifted there by pumps run by Nuuanu dam power.
                Besides the idea of a reservoir, it mentions "Nuuanu dam power". Wonder whatever happened to dam power in Hawaii?
                Now run along and play, but don’t get into trouble.

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                • #9
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                  Anyone else been on range land in Hawaii that was overgrown with lantana? About a decade ago I was on ranch land that was covered with lantana bushes that were massive, taller than a person and about as big around as they were tall. Up until then, I'd only seen the plant in home gardens, and had not understood why it was considered such a noxious and invasive plant. So now, I've come upon an article from 110 years ago that discusses the lantana plant, and the problems it presented even that long ago. They were using a type of scale to kill the lantana.

                  Evening Bulletin (Honolulu), 25 May 1904, pg.4
                  There is no doubt in my mind but the scale is the solution to the lantana question. There are, I should say, about ten thousand acres of land more or less at Makaka and its vicinity which are at present so overgrown with lantana that they are perfectly useless. Now the scale is getting in its work.
                  10,000 acres, that's a who lotta land, about the size needed for Chin Ho to develop a beautiful valley resort and golf course?
                  Now run along and play, but don’t get into trouble.

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                  • #10
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                    Did you know that at the turn of the century in 1903, surfing was "a sight that has seldom been seen here for many years"? That's how it was, according to an article about how the "Ex-Queen Liliuokalani celebrates her sixty-fifth birthday with an exhibition of surf board riding in which Papaheenalu stands on his surf board as it comes rushing in."

                    The Hawaiian Star (Honolulu), 3 Sept 1903, pg.1
                    "The masterpiece of exhibition was the riding of the surf board just before the crest of the wave, the rider standing up erect on his surf board. The artist who displayed this feat was a young native named Papaheenalu. Time and time again he went out where the breakers were rolling in high crests, started forward on his board, rose first on his knee, as the board rushed forward, then rising higher and higher, but always carefully until he stood erect, he came like a statue to the shore with his feet in the foam. Papaheenalu was cheered to the echo, and many strangers and others besides the guests of the Queen were attracted to the beach by the unusual sight, and enjoyed the rarely seen spectacle."
                    In the Hilo Tribune (Hawaii), 20 Dec 1904 pg.3, is a reprint of a Aug 1873 Harper's Magazine article. It says:
                    "Occasionally a man would stand erect upon his surf-board, balancing himself in the boiling water without apparent difficulty. The surf-board play is one of the ancient sports of Hawaii. I am told that few of the younger generation are capable of it, and that it is thought to require great nerve and coolness even among these admirable swimmers, and to be not without danger".
                    What a change in the past century, from a sport that seemed to be dying out to what is now a popular sport which highlights fantastic physical ability and skill combined with modern surf board capabilities.
                    Now run along and play, but don’t get into trouble.

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                    • #11
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                      I'm not sure WHAT to think about THIS ad from a hundred years ago, The Honolulu Advertiser, Feb 11, 1917, pg 13:

                      Wanted
                      GIRLS
                      Four more nice appearing girls
                      wanted immediately. Address Miss
                      Hall 245 S. King Street for information.
                      Four "more" girls? How many has Miss Hall already ....used for whatever it is she needs four more for.
                      Just what does she want them for, anyway? Hummm.....
                      Now run along and play, but don’t get into trouble.

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                      • #12
                        Re: It happened in the past.....

                        Originally posted by Amati View Post
                        The Hawaiian Gazette (Honolulu), 25 April 1916, pg.7
                        Can you imagine the fear of parents knowing that statistically one in three babies died? The article said the areas of Moiliili and Palama were where the most babies died. Palama Settlement ... over a hundred years of service towards the health of Hawaii!

                        Thank you for all these historical reminders. I should return to Hawaii Threads, periodically, to expand my knowledge.

                        333 in 1,000 infants died? So sad.
                        Born in Hawaii, too - Truss me

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