First Portuguese Warship to Visit the United States
The cruiser Republica formerly Raisha Dona Amelia spent days in New York Harbor before sailing to Boston. Reported tales say the ship’s African cook was once a king captured in a Portuguese colonial war. Portugal’s modest navy includes seven cruisers and defense ships, with the visit tied to republican milestones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Republica
New York
Boston
Negro Cook
Portuim
Portugal
Republic
Cook
United States
Old Postal Methods and a Satin Bower Bird
A look at historical postal practices shows how letters were once routed via traveling friends and “outdoor” clerks, with rates high before Rowland Hill’s penny post. It also features a New York Sun note on a satin bower bird in the Bronx zoo, praised for its mimicry and music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Rowland Hill
English Post Office Department
England
Philadelphia
London
Eles
Bronx
Australia
New York Sun
A Mistake That Paid and Carborundum Furnaces
A New York merchant narrates a tale of a forged invoice to trap a debtor into admitting a higher claim, then collecting a $100 payment. The piece shifts to Carborundum as a heat resistant coating for furnace interiors, noting its hardness and heat resistance and its use as a brick lining material in furnaces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Sai Aayer
Gailee and Effect Private John Allen in a Miserat request
A garbled excerpt shows Private John Allen of Miserat recounting a visit by a seedy unwashed figure demanding money. The fragment hints at hunger and coercion, with unclear dialogue and a troubling scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Allen
Miserat
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R. C. Peterson
Preston
Roe and Carter, Publishers
Geddes & Larsen
Preston, Idaho
Meer
Yng Spariada
U. S
Dieye
Stoni
Chicago
Setwlac
Ece
Tae
America
American Press Association
Admiral Peary
Museum of Natural History
American Museum of Natural History
Wiliam Cooper
North Pole
Aidgbrel
Alec
Peary
Mae Institution
Camp Morris
Jéaup
Museum of Niturdl
New’ York
Cwill
Robert E. Peary
Lye Home
W. H. Page
Idaho
J. Green Taylor
Nerae Bentlatry
Bank
IDANS
Logan, Uteh
G. W. States, M. D
Hart & Smith Attorneya At
Larson Block
G. Taggert Parkinson
James Barnes
M. W. Fayler
Preston Idaho
Besk
Soreniaon
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