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May 29, 1906
The Fairmont West Virginian
Fairmont, Marion County, West Virginia
What is this article about?
In 1906, amid anti-miscegenation laws, 23-year-old Dolly Trescott and 25-year-old Chinese scholar Sin Shen Yu, who met through English lessons in San Francisco, eloped to Ogden, Utah, to marry despite California's ban on interracial unions.
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FELL IN LOVE WITH
CHINESE SCHOLAR.
Miss Trescott and the Son of a
Former Governor of Canton
to Marry.
BERKELEY, Cal., May 29. - Forbidden
by laws of California to marry a
white girl, Sin Shen Yu, the editor of
the Chinese newspaper published in
San Francisco before the fire, and the
son of a former governor of Canton,
and Miss Dolly Trescott, a graduate
of the San Francisco High School,
who has coached him in English, left
for Ogden, where they hope to become
man and wife. Sin Shen Yu is 25,
while Miss Trescott is 23.
Two years ago Sin, who graduated
from the Imperial University at Waseda, Japan, came to San Francisco, to
edit the leading
Chinese daily in
America. He took lessons in English
last summer of Miss Trescott. Sin
proved to be an apt scholar, but the
fair teacher and the Chinese student
soon became more interested in each
other than in English.
CHINESE SCHOLAR.
Miss Trescott and the Son of a
Former Governor of Canton
to Marry.
BERKELEY, Cal., May 29. - Forbidden
by laws of California to marry a
white girl, Sin Shen Yu, the editor of
the Chinese newspaper published in
San Francisco before the fire, and the
son of a former governor of Canton,
and Miss Dolly Trescott, a graduate
of the San Francisco High School,
who has coached him in English, left
for Ogden, where they hope to become
man and wife. Sin Shen Yu is 25,
while Miss Trescott is 23.
Two years ago Sin, who graduated
from the Imperial University at Waseda, Japan, came to San Francisco, to
edit the leading
Chinese daily in
America. He took lessons in English
last summer of Miss Trescott. Sin
proved to be an apt scholar, but the
fair teacher and the Chinese student
soon became more interested in each
other than in English.
What sub-type of article is it?
Romance
What themes does it cover?
Love
What keywords are associated?
Interracial Romance
Forbidden Marriage
Chinese Editor
Elopement
English Lessons
What entities or persons were involved?
Miss Dolly Trescott
Sin Shen Yu
Where did it happen?
San Francisco, California
Story Details
Key Persons
Miss Dolly Trescott
Sin Shen Yu
Location
San Francisco, California
Event Date
May 29
Story Details
Miss Dolly Trescott, a San Francisco High School graduate, and Sin Shen Yu, son of a former Canton governor and editor of a Chinese newspaper, fell in love while she taught him English. Forbidden by California law to marry, the 23-year-old woman and 25-year-old man left for Ogden to wed.