Show BOTTLES LONG VOYAGE drifts miles from the north pacific to north atlantic philadelphia when frank L bur nett was on board the united states steamship marblehead four years ago and while at callao peru he threw overboard a bottle with a piece of paper bearing his name address and the date august 19 1904 mr bur nett recently received the following letter island of flores azores oct 24 1907 frank blumett kansas city mo dear sir the paper that you threw from the U S S marble head oft callao peru was washed ashore at the island of corvo azores on the day of september 1907 and it had the date of august 19 1904 JAMES MARKAY mr burnett says the kansas city star received a letter a few days ago from the hydrographic lc office of the navy department telling him that the finder of the bottle and the paper had sent them to that office the hydrographic lc office informed mr burnett that it Is the most re drift of a bottle 20 miles from the alorth to the north atlantic ocean that has been recorded |