Ah Wong the lazy convict who built a forbidden fortune
A Boston to Philadelphia tale recounts Ah Wong a Chinese man who smuggled himself into a nation by deceit. He earned a fortune through a self invented criminal career across prisons and cities before returning to China with a wife awaiting him aboard the Peking bound for Hong Kong.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pacific Mail
Peking
Hongkong
Maine
California
Ah Wong
Canadian
Canton
America
Boston
China
Sam Chin
House of Correction
New York
San Francisco
Denver
Providence
Yee Get
Philadelphia
United States
Early petroleum harvesting and first well at Oil Creek
The article traces initial oil collection methods from water surfaces at Point Creek Kentucky with improvised canals and poles yielding up to 200 barrels yearly. It notes the formation of the Pennsylvania Rock Oil Company in 1854, its failure, and the 1857 Seneca Oil Company guiding Dr. L. Drake to Oil Creek where a well drilled to 69 feet struck oil on August 30 1859 yielding 25 barrels daily for a period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Creek
Johnson County
Kentucky
George
Pennsylvania Rock Ol Company
Seneca Ol! Company
L. Drake
Oil Creek
Pennsylvania
The Wise Raconteur and the Listening Trap
Two men at a club exchange quips about storytelling. One notes that a gleam in a listener’s eye signals not attention but a plan to tell the tale next. The remark frames a light moral on communication and listening.
Modernistic floral silks spark bold bathing wear trends
Julia Bottomley reports silks maker coins “modernistic” to describe vivid printed patterns for bathing suits and negligees. Hats shift to white predominance with small or medium shapes in canton crepe straw and velvet trimmed designs. white felt dominates summer millinery as fashion leans conservative yet bright for mid summer beaches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bangkoks
Copenhagen
Julia Bottomley
Western Newspaper Union
Scottish Plaids of Many Colors
An overview of the Scotch plaid or tartan explaining its Gaelic origins, meaning of plaid, and how patterns signified clan identity. Describes various Stuart plaids, typical color schemes, dye sources, and the persistence of traditional colors in modern plaiding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scotland
Walter Scott
Roderick
Royal
Highlands
Abbey overhauled to reveal unseen treasures drawing criticism
English artist O W R Nevison says Westminster Abbey resembles a department store with crowding memorial statuary until junk is removed. Canon Westlake agrees overcrowding hides beauty and supports clearing space to reveal hidden works without offending sensitivities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westminster Abbey
O. W. R. Nevison
Canon Westlake
Rainmaking ritual in Punjab village triggers downpour
An investigator visits a Punjab village where no rain had fallen for long. Local women urge a rain rite by soaking the official. after initial refusals, he concedes on the third day and twenty pots of water are poured on him. Rain arrives within a day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Punjab
Tracery Skeleton Given to York Museum in England
The famed racehorse Tracery, bred by August Belmont at Lexington, Kentucky, has been presented to the Yorkshire Philosophical Society and is exhibited in its York museum. Tracery earned nearly 100000 in stakes and in 1920 sold for 265000 to Senor Anzus of Buenos Aires, the era's record price for a racehorse. He returned to England in July 1923 and died four months later at Cobham Stud in Surrey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tracery
August Belmont
Lexington
Yorkshire Philosophical Society
York
England
Senor Anzus
Buenos Aires
Cobham Stud
Surrey
Elevation mischief by Little Bobbie Knotty
Indianapol is News reports a child named Little Bobbie Knotty tried to reach a bucket on a cabinet. He placed a newspaper on the floor and stood on it to gain height, explaining he could not reach the bucket.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bobbie Knotty
Indianapolis News
Repair Cracks in Plaster with Plaster and Water Mix
A proper plaster repair uses equal parts plaster of Paris and whiting mixed with water to fill cracks before painting or wallpapering. The note warns against fool questions yielding fool answers and emphasizes careful prep.
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Short Story Pub. Co
Oraily
Mye
Askide
United States Rubber Company
Cook Manufacturing CO
Spring Grove
Ave
Cincinnati
Ohio
Henry Clews
French Riviera
Cannes
Cal
Wash
Champion Spark Plug Co
Toledo, Ohio
Windsor
Ont
London
Paris
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