221 - Complete Edition of 1891 Hawaiian Gazette

This is a complete edition of the newspaper, Hawaiian Gazette, dated January 20, 1891. The articles, ads, and statistics present give us a snapshot of daily life in Hawaiʻi.

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The four-to-eight page general circulation Hawaiian Gazette was published in Honolulu in English and some Hawaiian on a weekly basis from 1865 to 1893 and semi-weekly from 1894 to 1918. Over its 53-year existence, the paper reported on four Hawaiian monarchs, the overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom, the annexation of Hawai‘i to the United States, and the establishment of the Territory of Hawai‘i. In addition to local and international news, it featured shipping schedules, import and export statistics, figures for worldwide sugar consumption, and a wide array of commercial advertisements.