Chop Suey : A Cultural History of Chinese Food in the United States (34 page)

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Boston Daily Globe
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New York Times
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14
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Lincoln (NE) Evening News
, July 18, 1904, 6.

15
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Alton
(
IL
)
Evening Telegraph
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1
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Washington Post
, April 27, 1958, C9.

2
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Mad
1, October 1954, 1–6.

3
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New York Times
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