Salted cod drives Catholic markets and Newfoundland trade
The article notes salted cod as the key fish in commerce, driven by Catholic fast days and demand in Italy Spain Portugal Brazil. It contrasts Protestant and Catholic consumption, detailing how fresh versus salt cod moves through Newfoundland and European ports, with Italy and Spain among top buyers and Canada exporting mainly fish to Italy in 1896.
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Newfoundland
America
Europe
Secarcely
Norway
Sweden
France
Great Britain
Italy
Spain
Portugal
Brazil
Canada
Spanish West Indies
Chinese Women in China Compared to United States Roles
Wu Ting Fang notes Chinese women share many occupations and amusements with American women yet enjoy less social freedom. They mingle with male friends, husbands accept familiar men, and household duties are valued. Well to do classes rely on servants, often seven or eight per household, with nurses for children and embroidery common.
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Wu-Ting-Fang
Washington
China
United States
Turkey
Life and amusements of women in traditional China
The excerpt contrasts Chinese and American female life, noting confined roles for Chinese women, limited independent work, and social freedoms. It describes venues like boxes and galleries in theaters, arranged marriages by age sixteen, and the general expectation that women remain wives and mothers with few self-supporting career options beyond governess or companion roles.
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China
United States
Greek Church fasting boosts Russian fish trade
The article notes that Europe Russia consumes vast fish due to strict Greek Orthodox fast days. It cites Ainslee's Magazine claiming fish supplies for about 96,000,000 people and highlights reliance on home fisheries across rivers lakes and seas to meet demand. It contrasts with Western Catholic practices and mentions exports to Brazil and Spain.
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Brazil
Spain
Russia
Ainslee
The Mystery of Winking and Its Timings
The article reviews why humans wink and how long a wink lasts. S. Garten measured the phases with a camera and white mark, finding downward movement about 0.075 to 0.091 seconds, rest around 0.15 to 0.17 seconds, and upward lift about 0.17 seconds, totaling roughly 0.40 seconds. Different people wink at different frequencies and speeds influenced by attention.
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S. Garten
V. Henri
L’annee Psychologique
Metric System in Russia Approved for Adoption
The finance minister has drafted a bill to introduce the metric system in Russia with state council approval. Universities and scientific societies will aid in verifying weights and measures for commerce. Since 1896 the army medical service has used metric formulas.
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Russia
State Council
Gold standard spread among nations explains currency shift
The article argues that from 1870 onward nations including Japan Russia and India have moved toward a single gold standard. It cites rising gold production since 1847 and population growth as key factors behind abandoning the double standard and adopting gold.
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England
Mexico
China
Korea
Siam
Persia
Central
South America
Japan
Russia
India
California
Australia
Colorado
South Africa
Alaska
Tooke
Newmarch
Munhall
Mulhall
Economic prospects as markets in Cuba and Pacific islands
A French official report notes Cuba Porto Rico the Philippines and other Pacific islands have growing consuming power for US farm and factory goods. It cites 1894 to 1899 US exports mainly agricultural and manufactured items and highlights Spain as the old supplier while the US supplies most imports to Cuba and Porto Rico and trade with the Philippines links to Hong Kong Shanghai Yokohama Calcutta and Australian ports.
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Cuba
Porto Rico
Samoan
United States
Moniteur Officiel du Commerce
United States To the ‘Pearl of the Antilles
Spain
Philippines
Philippine Islands
Islands
Hongkong
Shanghai
Yokohama
Calcutta
Australian
United States and The Hague Conference Arbitration
The United States joined The Hague Peace Conference after the Spanish American War, backing a plan for international arbitration. The treaty, signed by twenty two states, reaffirmed the Monroe Doctrine and established a framework for peaceful settlement of disputes. State Department efforts show growing use of arbitration to resolve conflicts.
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Hague
United States
Europe
Department of State
Oil Exports and Foreign Shipping Costs Highlight Trade Balance
The article notes the United States exports about one billion gallons of oil annually and that foreign ship owners receive large payments abroad for carrying imports and exports. It argues Americans underestimate the gold value equivalent sent overseas to balance trade, stressing oil’s significance in exports and the burden of foreign carriage.
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United States
Lone pauper at the Iansas State poor farm laments solitude
A terse note from the Little Rock Arkansas Republican reports a lone pauper at the Iansas State poor farm who spends his days on the front porch bewailing loneliness and denouncing prosperity for depopulating his circle of companions.
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Iansas
Little Rock
Ark
Beet sugar rise shifts global supply with tariff debate
The article traces beet sugar growth from 4.35 percent in 1840 to two thirds of world production now, boosting temperate-zone farmers. It argues Republican protection aided beet sugar, contrasts with cane sugar, and notes Pacific imports totaling over 1.18 billion pounds from East Indies and islands as U S policy aims to cut reliance on foreign sugar.
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Tropics
United States
Republican Party
Cuba
Democratic Party
Porto Rico
Islands
Pacific
East Indies
Hawaiian Islands
Philippine Islands
Foreign commerce under gold standard hurts silver prospects
The report notes a foreign commerce total of 2.244 billion dollars under the gold standard, arguing this path cannot be regarded as a partner to prosperity and thus weakens silver’s electoral appeal.
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