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A New York Sun View of Domestic Industry and Fashion
A collection of items from the New York Sun and Harper's Weekly touching on future cotton manufacture in England and the United States, banking cash versus checks, a valorous naval moment at Samoa, family life near a church, and reflections on emigration, public notices, and a Valley of Death in Utah. The piece blends commentary, social scenes, and historical anecdotes with portraits of Katherine Birch and Mr. Carson, the rector.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. M. G. Brown
Westnia
United States
Trenton
Samoa
Brown
United States Navy Department
Birch
John
Katherine
St. Mark’s
Ife
Atherine
Kitty
Carson
Mr. Carson
Mamma
Mrs. Birch
Miss Birch
Ikatherine
Catherine
Miltumn
New York
Kittie
Safy
America
Benjamin G. Gleason
California
Trenant House
Java
Tie
Utah
Pacific Coast
Theixy
Kansas Pacific
Chicago Tribune