Carrier Pigeons and Belgian Training Practices
The article notes advances in pigeon transport since early society, detailing Belgian training methods for young birds, staged releases to home landmarks, and special Saturday train teams. It cites Belgian societies possessing about a million birds, trains with up to forty wagons, and pigeons flying at roughly 80 miles per hour from cities like Lyons to Brussels. Antwerp is highlighted for long flights to Paris, with London and Rome journeys referenced as well.
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First Society
Prent
Belgium
Lyons
Brussels
Antwerp
Paris
London
Rome
Spiritualist tenets and afterlife beliefs outlined in Debatable Land
Robert Dale Owen cites Spiritualist views on a loving God, life after death, and continuous earthly duties guiding souls. The faith asserts no hell, progress through repentance, and spirits communicating for benevolence, with phenomena offered as proof of immortality and guidance for the living.
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Robert Dale Owen
Mmercy
Earth
Hell
A Mid-Air Compromise at Elmira Female College
A professor at a nearby female college in Elmira student prank tale ends with a rope rescue. Girls coax the principal to climb a basket up to a third story room, threaten to cut the rope, and demand an oath of secrecy in exchange for lowering him safely. Years later the tale amuses the principal and his fellow conspirators.
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Elmira
Female College
Tsay
Terra Fiona
Itime
Jinto
Schuyler Co Democrat
Training of Carrier Pigeons and Their Use in War
The article explains the value of trained carrier pigeons in wartime and peacetime communication. It notes advances in science and tools like the microscope and camera enabling longer, more reliable dispatches. It covers Belgian pigeon societies, rising railways expanding pigeon networks, and widespread amateur to professional clubs across districts.
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Belgium
Wendell Phillips backs Grant against Greeley in Bolster of loyalty
Wendell Phillips writes to Boston colored citizens urging support for General Grant over Horace Greeley, condemning the opposition as a southern secession plot aided by Sumner. He defends Grant's service, insists the Republican path remains the nation’s best, and criticizes Greeley as unprincipled and opportunistic.
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Wendell Phillips
Grant
Greeley
Bostor
Sumner’s
General Grant
Gen Grant
President Grant
Sumner
Mr. Sumner
South
the Tribune
Unnion
Learming
Jeff Davis
Geeeley
Hhis
Lincoln
Horace Greeley
Horace
Lis
Visitation tale shakes Newnan pastor’s faith and fears
In Newnan Georgia Reverend Bineham a respected Methodist preacher recently faced the death of his wife then proclaimed he received a bodily visitation from her as she appeared to him in vision He described hearing heavenly music a full cognitive grasp of events and insisted he is neither insane nor superstitious while acknowledging the extraordinary nature of the experience He said he would rather doubt his own existence than doubt the reality of the visit in a Sunday sermon addressing supernatural manifestations.
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Newnan
BR. W. Bingham
Bineham
Twenty Three Refuse Seats In Drawing Room Car
A Western traveler recounts an August incident on a New York Central train from Utica to Springfield where twenty three men including a lawyer refused to surrender tickets awaiting seats. The conductor offered space in a drawing room car for extra charge, causing stalemate until others moved. Courts have held passengers may refuse fare until proper accommodations are provided.
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Springfield
Mass
New York Central
Utica
N. Y
London surgeon warns high heels cause serious limb fractures
A London surgeon Mr P Hewlett cites cases where extremely high heels deform and injure feet. He recalls examining a young lady whose boots with tall heels caused foot trouble. The patient refused to alter them, claiming concern for appearances before acknowledging the cure required.
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London
Mr. P. Hewlett
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