See Yup the Chinaman and the Californian Mine Tale
An American schoolmaster recalls his patient Chinese washer See Yup in a frontier mining town. Through small gifts and language lessons See Yup wins sympathy, outsmarts locals, and aids a tax dodge while sharing quiet humor about cultural misperception and “the Chinese smell.”
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee Yup
Commodore
Cody
Jost
Little Frontier School
Yop
See Yup
Ms Fellows
Descent into Dyspepsia Follows Mining Camp Ills
In a frontier mining camp the men gather around the central stove amid a mood of gloom. They blame poor meals and heavy tobacco use for widespread indigestion while chasing patent medicines. Cyrus Parker regales the circle with a tale about a Chinaman, sparking a strange remedy idea before a shift to dry goods market notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Imigantain
Cyrus Parker
Parker
Xuo
Herald
New York
Fall River
Providence
Merrimack
Simpson
Garner & Co
Radiants
Summit
Harmony Fancies
Mercury Srays
Exeter
Fortuna
Harmony
Almos
Wheelwright, Eldedge & Co
Low Rent Winter Tenements in Prime Locations
T H Elliott offers vacated first class tenements at unusually low rents with examples including a one room at 4 50 per month and a five room unit at 6 50. The notice urges savings by reducing housing costs and invites inspection at 64 Central Street. A separate note promotes Carter's Cough Balsam and Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil as household remedies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. H. Elliott
Central Street
T. Hi
Ellott
Prices Current Lowell Retail Market December 15 1898
Prices from Luttrick & Co. grocers and partners cover flour grain hay vegetables fruit and seafood. Entries list Haxal flour Pastry grain hay vegetables Evans buyers and various prices per bushel, ton, or dozen with items like onions cabbage apples pears bananas and cod fish. Includes Hood's Pills advertisement and old market figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowell
Luttrick & Co
E. S.sherman & Co
Nour
E. A. Wilson
Killpartrick Bros
F. E. Putnam
Prescott Street
Bexley
Also Mentioned on This Page
See
Mr. Barry
Shabbee
Meilikan
James Barry
Barry
DRY Goods Market
Carter
Carter & Sherburne
Corner Bridge Street
Dr. Thomas
Niagara
Malaga
Dougues
Hood
Japan
Java
Rio
Lehigh
Nui Cumberland
Varnum Venue
Varnum Avenue
Shea
Near
Pawtuc School
Neer Pawtucket School
Cowtucket Street
Gorain Stre
Varney Etram
Stevens’ Street
Bridge Street
Ueen Street
Soto
Ck Street
Cood
Cushing -Treet
Franklin Street
God Tenements
Noom 6
Centra
New Hampshire
T. H. El-liott
Thomas F. Burgess
So. Hastings, Shaw, Burgess, Grace, Spaulding and
E Streets
M. L. Hambler
E.anitf
M. H
Citizen Office
U. S. N. Marine
Billings, King & Co
Pearl Street
Envil
Ripans Chemical Co
N. Y
Pur Sale
Weatford
Aqurlands
Whitewood
Boyce
Centraivilie
Tucker
Bagain
F. B. Russell
Bi Central
Billerica
Billerica Centre
H. A. King
Moody Street
Race Streect
Chelmsford
EH. Dodge
Heal Estate and Fire Insurance
Central St
J.T. Rhodes & Sons
Arthur Rhodes
Merrimack Sirest
Courier-Citizen Building
Lowell Mutual
Lowell Rendering Co
Tao
Hammond
Washington Street
Boston
Mass
Merrimack Street
Sewall G. Mack
Jacob Rogers
Same E. Raymond
Levi Sprague
Alexander G. Cumnock
George
Motley
Edward M. Tuacke
James Francis
Merimack
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