New York City's Chinatown on New Year Eve Traditions
In New York City's Chinatown three streets around Mott Pell and the Bowery form a vivid New Year scene. The district glows with lanterns and temple rites as men and women visit shrines, shops, and restaurants, seeking fresh thrills and information, while police patrols and bustling crowds define the nocturnal rhythm of the neighborhood.
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Shrine Room
Nmst
Nas
Chuck Connors
St. Pell Street
Harrigan
Auke
Teaple
Dover Street
Mott Street
Kingdon Meee
Esouen Inc
Factories for War Materials Under Government Contracts
The piece reports American firms like American Tubines Company and others in New England expanding wartime production. It notes prewar inventories, new machine shops, and government contracts, with emphasis on gun barrelling, armor, and batteries and the push to self supply for war needs.
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Atlanta
Panbesgen
The Chinese New Year Celebrations in New York
A detailed glimpse of Chinese New Year customs in Manhattan. The piece describes temple offerings, doors decorated with five blessings, and bells, gongs, and dragons. It notes pawnshop activity, temple prayers, and family gatherings as the quarter transitions from night to New Year’s Day commerce.
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York
Feu
China
Wien
Joss House
Sam
Tai
Aid Mission
Wboth
Niall and Joss House
New Years Bay
Cable ship to lay deep sea link among Philippine islands
The Telegraph reports General Greely’s plans to deploy a major cable-laying vessel to connect Luzon, Mindanao, Cebu, and the Visayas with a deep sea cable by May. The ship carries 60-ton gear, will sail via Suez to Manila, and employs skilled labor from the United States.
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General Greely
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Luzon
Masbate
Cebu
Imyte
Atlantic
Greely
Manica
Thlantic Ocean
Cyrus W. Fisid
Aguinaldo
Manila
Suez Canal
Bio
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Chinatown
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Bowery
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Metropolitan Opera House
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Russell
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