Japan Opens to Foreign Trade Will Alter Business Etiquette
The article discusses Japan's July treaty openings to foreigners, the six major ports plus restricted others, and a shift in commerce. It notes the need to educate Japanese merchants in European and American methods, and cautions that social forms and patience of the mikado’s people may clash with Western haste and directness. It predicts changes in city life and the emergence of modern warehouses and factories as foreign trade expands.
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New York Tribune
Yokohama
Kobe
Hiogo
Osaka
Nagasaki
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Niigata
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Electric streetcars face Japanese city opposition
A resident notes that while electric lines are being built or planned, many Japanese oppose them as cars disrupt the aesthetic of pretty cities. The jinrikisha remains popular, cheap, and practical with trips at 10 sen for two miles and options at 10 sen per hour, 75 sen per day, or 5 yen per week.
New Animal Found in Brazil by Dr Ameghino
Dr Ameghino explored inland Brazil after reports from natives and Ramon Lista of a tough skinned creature. He shot it thrice before securing a six foot Naomylodon Listal with skin over an inch thick and ossicles set like paving stones. The animal resembles a pangolin in traits and is harmless, nocturnal, and elusive.
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Florentino Ameghino
Ramon Lista
Ameghino
Naomylodon Listal
Ramon Listal
Old World Zoological Gardens
Prince Frederick William of Prussia and Jenny Lind in inn tale
A fanciful night at Rolandseck recounts how a prince and students tailed by a singer breach privacy to meet Jenny Lind. The prince's identity is revealed when Ernst Moritz Arndt introduces him as Frederick William of Prussia, sparking praise for Lind's performance and a playful clash of history and legend.
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Rolandseck
MacMillan’s Magazine
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Hussars
Ernst Moritz Arndt
Welsenburg
Worth
On the Wrong Track and a Truce Flag Exchange
A loquacious Filipino philosopher in a Washington Star excerpt advises caution in speech amid wartime negotiations. The general urges immediate surrender to avoid another whipping, highlighting tension during a flag of truce moment.
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Washington Star
American Pottery Rivalry in Rookwood Glaze Styles
A New York Commercial Advertiser review praises American pottery with Souwelsa and Rookwood as top wares. It notes Souwelsa as a cheaper but similar cousin to Rookwood, offering polished greens and browns with comparable designs but less richness. The article highlights pale tinted wares with misty floral decoration, including a high shouldered jar showing a blue gradient and iris in rose hues.
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Souwelsa
New York Commercial Advertiser
New Camera Designs Use Movable Plate Cartridges
Photographic firms introduce cameras with a dozen plates that can be advanced after exposure and stored in a leather bag attached to the side or top of the device. This meets the need to replace heavy glass plates with film worthy systems while preserving image quality.
Western men urged to join Navy recruiting drive
The Hartford, a former warship, moors at Mare Island and will host a western states recruitment push. Captain Henry Hawley promotes three years at sea under Dewey as ideal, promising a music band, stopovers at notable ports, and incentives to temperate, industrious western youths to enlist, with stronger naval forces easing recruitment.
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Uncle Sam
Hartford
Mare
Cal
Western States
Briny Deep
Dewey
Plains
Henry Hawley
Kansas
Nebraska
Missouri
Illinois
Emersons Wickedness and a New York Girl
The Boston Transcript recounts Julia Ward Howe once warned Ralph Waldo Emerson that the devil roams seeking whom he may devour. Emerson replied that the angel should be stronger than the demon, a remark that cooled Howe’s zeal during a Boston to New York trip fifty nine years ago.
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New York
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Boston Transcript
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Mishaps of a Nervous Man in a Philadelphia House
A Philadelphia real estate broker investigating a vacant house hears a noise and flees to the door. He discovers the figure behind him is his own reflection in a large drawing-room mirror. Police soon calm him as he explains he is not a burglar, just startled.
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