Pigeon Varieties and Training Notes From a Bygone Era
A historic catalog describes numerous pigeon breeds from Australia and Europe, detailing colors, head crests, and body shapes. It explains carrier pigeon qualities, flight training from shore to long distances, and odd practices like vinegar-bathing feet to cool them. It covers species such as the Pouter, Jonter, Timbler, and Archangel, noting their traits and colors, plus casual remarks on moral faults and human flaws.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Australia
Cartier
An Hatin
Wear Ermine Everyday in Lapland Portraits and Whale Oil Ornaments
A writer recalls encounters with Lapland women showing extreme dress and adornment. One elderly woman, body gleaming with whale oil, studies the narrator with laughter as another chief’s wife appears. The second woman wears a richly sewn dress of reindeer hide and fur, with horned head-knot, intricate top-knot, and moccasins, wolf fur, and eagle feathers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lapland
Ouling
The Busy Man and the Art of Time
A humorous verse contrasts the busy man who acts quickly with the idle planner who delays promises. It ends with assorted notes on national anthems and a fable about a debt collector who realizes one bill a day suffices. The piece mixes poems and anecdotes with archaic spellings and stray phrases.
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Repli
Min
Aaid
Jerusalem
Earliest Electric Launch and Car Propeller Claim
Reported claims state Professor Jacobi of St. Petersburg built the first electric passenger boat in 18%, 98 feet by 7 feet with fourteen aboard on the River Nova powered by 820 Daniell cells. The earliest electric passenger car propeller is attributed to Alexander Davidson of calokures, operating in October 1849.
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Professor Jacobi
St. Petersburg
Russia
Nova
Alexander Davidson
Calokures
Petroleum to be Tried by Russian Navy
A recent Russian order will test petroleum as boiler fuel on two armored cruisers Rostistaff and Russia now under construction. The ships will be the first fitted with petroleum furnaces and a trial of its value will precede broader adoption for the fleet.
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Rostistaff
Russia
Artistic College Diplomas and Boxes
An item notes engraved diploma presentation practices and boxes for storing diplomas. It mentions boxes in silver costing from 960 to 100 dollars, reflecting the period’s academic prestige and accessory costs.
Ad Copy Confusion Itself in Local Ad Text
Fragmentary ad text lists price points and product styles with typos and jumbled phrases. It references Geely Termaine with sixteen different styles and abrasive marketing language. The fragment mentions W. T. Baer & Co of Windsor, Ontario, in a clearly damaged newspaper clipping.
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Lind
Firat
Henry Carey
Portobello
Hell Dirim Flezerkrans
Balthasar Gerhard Schtimacher
Wacht Am Rhein
Karl Wilhelm
Hayds
England
Ant
Franc’ T
G. Gahetti
Boste
Alexis de Luoff
Nicholas I
J. A. Lougheed
Q.C. G
McCarter
Lougheed & McCarter
Bank of Montreal
Calgary
Nwt
R. J. Jephson
D.L
P.L.S
B.C. Dominion
R.j.jephson
P.L
B.C. &Ont
Alba
Leslie C. Hill
Assoc
Mem
C.E
CocuRaxe
Fr. Steele, B
A. Leofred
Laval
McGill
Quinnec
Sherbrooke
d’Armen Hill
Montreal
Samuel S. Fowler, E.M
Manuel Dainard
Hull Bros &, CO
Golden, B. C
J. Smart & CO
Steeghath
Quieras
A. G Neving
Cate
Golden Hospital Society
W. T. Baer & CO
Wit Dsor
Apture
THE
H B. Alexander
H. Connacher
Columbia River
Harry Connacher
B. Cc
STEEL
Hayter & CO
Wand
Front Street
Terentm
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