The Killer Ah Quong in Chinatown Tale
An opium den tale follows Ah Quong as he plots to murder Wong Tan Foo for blood money amid tong feuds See Yup vs Sam Yup. He is urged by debt to his family and the See Yup’s edict orders punishment for kin, culminating in Ah Quong seeking the payoff to redeem his loved ones.
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Wang
Ah Quong
See Yup Society
Wong Tan Foo
Sam Yup Society
See Yup
Washington
See
Tong
Sam
Lee
Coroners Office
Trator
Rimeel
Honorable Ten
Firat of the Ten
Tam Ah Quong
Ten
Leong Tong
Tongs
Lee Wink
Lee Wing
Pipe Mender
Pretty frock for dancing with sheer yoke lace design
A detailed description of a dancing dress features a fancy shaped yoke of sheer muslin or batiste with embroidered daisies. The back mirrors the front with lace along the shoulder line and a curved lace line around the neck, finished with insertion at the neckline. The passage ends mid description.
Sewing and dressmaking directions with fragrance notes
Instructions describe constructing a yoked dress with pattern tracing and finishing touches plus a recipe for a Cologne toilet water. It covers joining the skirt, laying the yolk line, hemming, and sleeve embroidery. It also notes non crushable velvete, velvets and velveteens in autumn winter fashion.
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Anne Weight
Plaited skirts face defeat by new gores fashion
Anne Rittenhouse of the Philadelphia Ledger warns against recutting a plaited skirt to plain gores. She notes plain gores are in style but argues against altering usable cloth. If a garment can be worn, keep it. if not, sell or give away rather than waste time and money.
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Anne Rittenhouse
Philadelphia Ledger
The New Directoire Belts for Christmas Prizes
The woman with an eye for Christmas prizes may invent directoire belts seen as 80 smart items. Belts come in soft pastel shades black white and dark colors and can match any suit. They are three or four inches wide and long enough to tie at the left side hanging to the knees. Styles include satin tucked in the middle edged with ball fringe satin ribbon round cord woven five strands pointed ends finished with a silk tassel. When worn with ordinary suits they knot at the waist line and with Empire skirts sit at the top fastened by a flat slide with a hook under a skirt catch.
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Directoire
Formula for Javelie Water
Javelie water for mildew and rust stains is made by dissolving four pounds of bicarbonate of soda in four quarts of hot water in a large lined can. Add a pound of chloride of lime, stir until dissolved, then cool and strain into bottles. The sediment can be bottled for cleaning sinks and kitchen tables.
Falling tale hair care tip uses ammonia and glycerine
Ammonia serves as an effective stimulant for falling hair. Wash the scalp in soft water containing ammonia, two spoonfuls to a large basin, and add a teaspoonful of glycerine to soften the hair. Trim the hair tips monthly by carefully assessing and removing the dead or split ends.
To Preserve Patent Leather
A short note advising care for patent leather shoes. It suggests steps to keep them looking sharp, including cleaning and polishing, and warns against practices that could dull or damage the finish. The guidance emphasizes gentle handling and proper products.
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No coherent news item can be derived from the provided fragment. The text describes an apartment corner and a sunlit effect, lacking clear event, people, or date to form a proper news teaser.
Seeming Trifles That Help Cut Household Bills
Water kept in bottles on the ice reduces ice bills. A kitchen window garden of parsley sage and other herbs saves money on seasoning. Drying okra for storage preserves flavor. Cheap meat cuts suit stews and croquettes, cheese can substitute meat, and two vegetables at dinner are economical and stylish. Olive oil bought by the gallon cuts costs.
Wild Apple Jelly And Household Tips From The Post
Wild sour apples make a beautiful jelly. Quarter apples with skin and seeds, cook, drain overnight, measure juice, use sugar at a 1:1 ratio, add lemon juice, boil twenty minutes. Also notes on keeping honey dark, pan prep, fabric care, silver cleaning, and a permanganate floor stain.
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Boaton Post
Brain Cutlets From A Historic Recipe
Brain cutlets prepared by dicing brains and mixing with boiled rice. Butter and flour cooked to brown, milk added to thicken. Brains and rice folded in, egg beaten in, seasoned with salt and pepper, then heated and cooled before shaping into cutlets, breaded and fried until crisp.
Remove Black Grease From Fabrics
Instructions describe removing black grease or oil by saturating with lard and rubbing to spread the stain. Let dried grease soften in the lard, then soap with common laundry soap and wash in cold water. Do not use warm water until the oil is fully removed. Follow directions closely.
Pepper Relish Recipe Prompt and Instructions
A fragmented recipe note describes making pepper relish with a peck of green tomatoes eight onions twelve peppers salt and horseradish notes. It mentions chopping finely mixing with salt letting stand overnight draining and adding cold vinegar for preservation. The text combines garbled phrases and OCR artifacts.
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Ep Betster
Joy and teaching in Samaria and wealth of the Word
The article reflects on Jesus message in Samaria, noting initial rejection and later acceptance after Philip’s preaching. It links joy to obedience to God’s word, wealth in biblical teaching, and fellowship, illustrated by a merchant’s near-murity with a queen’s coronet in a truth about wealth and humility.
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Samaria
Jesus
Jésus
Calvary
Philip
Lelative
Mar Rubbigh
Queen of
Earth
Christ
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Hortstory Pub. Co
Fook Chow
Lee Sing
Judge Devil
Devil
Confucius
Bow Leong Tong
China
Lghter
Iatron
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