Carrier Pigeons Play Key Role In War Efforts And Breeding
The article recounts the vital use of carrier pigeons in World War I, detailing a four day siege where pigeons carried messages that helped save a surrounded French regiment. It explains orientation, training, and loft care, plus innovations like movable lofts and the owl express, and notes pigeons’ continued civilian relevance after the war.
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Bethungourt
No Man's Land
Enderly
Washington
Navy
Dunkirk
Homer
Pigeon Section
Signal Corps
New York City
New York
Egypt
Greece
Belgium
France
Italy
Turkey
England
Gamgle
Butler
Denver
Colo
Springfield
Mass
Pacific Coast
California
Army
Basia
Igeon Pecton
Tha Ja Land
Allyiéian
Ens
Bach
Old Fashioned Good Things For Holiday Baking
The piece presents grandmother era recipes for mince pie fruit cake and plum pudding with notes on standard measures and flavoring. It lists Suet Pudding Prune Pudding Pork Pudding and Foam Sauce directions, then contrasts love and hate with a George Matthew Adams quotation.
Oyster preparations show simple ways to enjoy shellfish
An old guide lists oyster serving ideas including Oyster Toast, Stewed Oysters, Steamed Oysters, Panned Oysters, and Oyster Pie. It instructs to choose large oysters, cook in own liquor, and serve on toasted bread or in pastry with butter, salt, and cream.
Nickname That Will Stick A Wartime Wound Dressing Bipp
A wartime slang piece explains how “Tickler’s artillery” coined for bomb throwers and reveals a new wound dressing named bipp. Invented by Dr Rutherford Morrison the paste uses bismuth sodoform and paraffin to seal wounds after cleansing with alcohol, claimed to work miraculously.
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Tommy
Tickler
Rutherford Morrison
End Indigestion Relief Ad
Lumps of undigested food cause pain as stomach acid and gas cause sour sensations. An instant relief tablet promises quick easing of heartburn and flatulence with a simple swallow.
Pape's Diapepsin Promises Fast Digestion Relief
A vintage ad touts Pape's Diapepsin tablets claiming rapid relief from indigestion and upset stomachs after consuming a tablet or two. It emphasizes pleasant taste, harmless ingredients, and low cost at drug stores with the phrase Adv.
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Pape
Tough Shield Susanne Jack Writes From France
Susanne Jack reports from France that he wears her picture over his heart and notes the gesture could stop a bullet someday, a sentiment highlighted in the Philadelphia Record.
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Susanne
Jack
France
Yvette
Philadelphia Record
Recipe for Gray Hair Treatment Ad Advised
Instructions describe mixing a hair darkening solution using Barbo Compound Baum glycerine and water with a druggist or at home. It claims gradual darkening without scalp coloring or stickiness and notes full directions are in each Barbo Compound box. An unrelated line mentions Gabriel and a mention of a Nat Trump 40 game of life.
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Gabriel
Will
Trump
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