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Sauce For the Gander and Nabobs at a Town Meeting
A humorous slice includes a San Francisco tale of a Chinese cook named Wane Hang Ho nicknamed John and a memory test for names, a Harvard nabob quip at a town meeting, and a devotional minister’s encounter with a cheerful parishioner. The piece blends wordplay and social satiric vignettes.
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San Francisco
Hang Ho
John
Melville Landon
Membul
London
Tommy
Pierce
Harvard
Harvard College