The Yankees of the Eastern World review in the Sun
An American observer surveys Japan noting labor, farming, marriage, and social issues. Curtis praises originality via selective imitation, examines wages in Yokohama, farming methods, rice culture, and the yoeshiwara sex trade as Japan's social system and gender roles are explored.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Chamberlain
Iiss Scidmore
Griff
Mr. Curtis
de. J. J. Rein
Alice Bacon
Sir Edwin Arnold
Tokio
Asia
Omori
Lafcadio Hearn
Sir Edwin
Mr. Hearn
United States
Cincinnati
New Orleans
Kobe
Yokohama
Curtis
Switzerland
Sweden
England
Germany
France
Patent Office
China
Middleton & Co
Empire
Connecticut
Canada
Trousseau
Komishima
Utah
Eghe
Careseos
Husbard
Face Ten
Me Crrila
Paris
Edward Arnold
Chicago
New York
Curtle
Yoriwara
Dramatic notes of stars and productions across Europe
Emily Riel to star next season. Fuller fully recovered. Lout In New York to be staged in London. Maishall to star in Tennessee Pardner. The Schrodes to appear in Superba. Bellew and Mrs. Potter to act in London in September. new plays by Alice B Ives and James W Regan. Arthur born in Indiana. Moorish operas and stage innovations noted. Willard to possibly perform Cymbeline in America. Hammerstein to debut aluminium stage in a new operatic work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emily Riel
Ile Fuller
Lout
New York
London
Harry Maishall
Schrodes
Venice
Kyrle Bellew
Mrs. Potter
Lavarre
Aliee B. Ives
James W. Regan
Senson
Clara Morris
Sonsen
Robert Downing
Robert Mantell
Paris
Neil Warner
W. A. Brady
Joseph Arthur
Indiana
Arthur Pourchier
Westland Marston
Donna Diana
Lill Lehmann
Mossie, Canary & Lederer
Philadelphia
Boston
Chicago
Patrick Campbell
Heerbohm
Australia
Hammerstein
Georges Ohnet
Colonel de Roqueburne
Augustus van Biene
Cellest
Monsieur Jacques
Willard
Vienna
Ole Skinner
Grand Opera House
Nirtingham
John Sebastian Bach
Berlin
William 1
Avenue Des Victoires
Thiergarten
William TE
Frederick TL
Leipsic
Chilean Experience in Free Coinage and Silver Decline
The article reviews Chile’s attempt at equal gold and silver coinage starting in 1851, detailing how gold and silver values diverged, the impact on wages and exchanges, and the eventual suspension of silver coinage as silver prices fell. It notes France and Chile’s similarities and the broader monetary crises that followed, including bank-note issuance and political strains after 1874.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chili
New York Herald
France
Chile Moves Toward Gold Specie Payments in 19th Century Reform
The Chilean government undertakes a revised plan to resume specie payments in gold at an exchange reflecting paper money value. A table from the U S consul in Antofagasta shows wage trends across 1875 1885 and 1895, revealing real wage declines despite nominal gains. Minister Strobel notes wages did not keep pace with monetary depreciation and urges expectations of wage growth in development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chillan
United States
Antofagasta
Strobel
Mother Goose on Wheels and a Frugal Royal Family
The Toledo Blade reports a whimsical scene where the king quits the counting-house to spend freely, the queen and he ride bicycles forgetting bread and honey, and the maid buys a wheel leaving her clothes hanging. The verse hints at a playful social comment.
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Yankees
Ian
Ries
Europe
America
Ufe
Godfather
Yang
Earth
Atehammedan
Sellom
Flo
Imperial Palace
Yoshiwara
Jizu
Hengaiten
Spain
National Bank of Chill
Balmaceda
Congressional Party
Mother Goose On Wheels
Toledo
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