Birds of the City Roofs Race Homing Pigeons for Sport
In New York pigeons are trained on rooftop columbariums between Duane Street and the Battery. Fanciers, including Lewis M. Spangehl, describe training methods, federation oversight, and release procedures. Birds travel hundreds of miles, with current speeds reaching 700 miles in a day, and competitions involve official bands, timing, and shore-to-home routes.
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New York City
Duane Street
The
Battery
West Broadway
Belgium
Brooklyn
Pottsville
Penn
Jim
Seventy Eighth Street
Newark
Reade Street
Lewis M. Spangehl
Spangehl
Duffer
Spangelo
Manhattan Homing Pigeon Club
National Federation of American Homing Pigeon Fanciers
Wilmington
Ldel
Magnolia
Washington
Charlottesville
Salesville
N. C
Greenville
Peté Witzel
America
Mark
Shipping Committee
Jersey
Lonely Pine Graveyard In New Jersey Mystery
A traveler 발견 five unmarked graves in a lonely New Jersey pine woods near Brown's Mill to Manahawkin. One stone bears Sacred to the Memory of Mary Louise Atkerson Born July 19 1872 Died Nov 18 1872 with a verse about dresses and the golden stair. No relatives known. origin and purpose remain unknown.
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New Jersey Pines
Brown’s Mill
Manahawkin
Virgin Wilds
Mary Louise Atkerson
Atkerson
New York Times
The Greatest Wave Known Seismic Wave Tops World Record
A Peru earthquake in 1868 spawned the largest solitary wave, fifty feet at Arica Peru. The wave carried two warships ashore beyond the railway, then circled the globe visiting Sant Pedro Yokohama and New Zealand before fading in the South Atlantic.
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Arica
Peru
Ita
Sant Pedro
Cal
Sandwich Islands
Yokohama
Japan
New Zealand
South Atlantic
A Budding Romance in the Park
Two tots walk in the sunlit park as squirrels frolic and one tot urges the other to kiss. They exchange a gentle kiss like bouncing rubber balls before continuing their stroll.
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New York Commercial Advertiser
The Joker's Budget and Mildred's Contradictions
A collage of humorous vignettes and poems showing Mildred's tender heart, satire on cruelty, and witty social quips. The pieces feature diarylike captions, knobby wordplay, and character sketches including Katharine Nancy and Miss Topnot, with jests about doctors, books, and neighbors.
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New York
Fanny Men
Mildred
Katharine
Nancy
Miss Topnot
Miss Panhandle
Pittsburg
Belle
Dolly
Miss Polly
Howson
Colonies
Howe
Effie
Sister Maud
King of Reference
Werner
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Encyclopædia Britannica
Coles
Knauss & Dewey
Fremont
Indiana
Fremont Eagle
Warren D. Wells
Stephen A. Fowrer
Alphonsec Wood
Powers & Wood
Attorneys At Law
WIN
Reeves Jewelry Store
Angola
Ind
Bank of Fremont
Susan Bar
Mawr
G. Ball
Emory G. Melendy
Httorney
Yotary Public and
Bakr
John G. Yeagley
D. N. Young
D. H. Patchen
Laan
Ogsia Comymanis Sc. Ae
Aketes
NN & Co
Iit
Caidal
Abe Uakes Balen
Chicaga
M. S
AIR Line
Watealoog
Eolig Wee
LEA
Vehi
Ance
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