Rensselaer Journal, Volume 10, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 May 1901 — Porto Rico or Puerto Rico. [ARTICLE]

Porto Rico or Puerto Rico.

People keep asking whether it should be spelled Porto Rico or Puerto Rico. The Spaniards spelt it with a “u,” and the board of geographical names, appointed by the United States government to decide disputes in spelling and pronunciation, adopted .the Spanish style, but Senator Foraker’s bill establishing a civil government on that island provides that the offleiaj spelling shall be Porto Rico.