World War carrier pigeons and famed birds in history
Smithsonian adds a mounted World War I carrier pigeon named President Wilson to its war collection. The piece tells how the bird carried a crucial L5 message from Grand Pre to Rampont, narrowly surviving injuries and serving at Fort Monmouth afterward. It also recounts Old Abe the Civil War eagle and a 1814 Lake Champlain game cock that inspired troops, illustrating how birds have boosted morale and aided battles.
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Elmo Scott Watson
National Museum
Smithsonian Instituton
Washington
President Wilson
Grand Pre
Wilson
Rampont
Army Pigeon
Fort Monmouth
N. J
Army
Signal Corps
Smithsonian Institution
Red Bank
Long Branch
France
Spike
Mocker
Whittlesey
Seventy-seventh Division
Argonne
Three Hundred and Eighth Intry
Hunth
Hamden
Division
Abe
Wisconsin
Chief Sky
Flambeau River
Eau Claire
Eighth Wisconsin Regiment
Madison
Perkins
Old Abe
Olid Abe
Battle of
Corinth
Price
Mower
Thomas MacDonough
Lake Champlain
New York
Plattsburgh Bay
Downie
Confiance
Saratoga
MacDonough
Tragic Newark tale ends in double heartbreak and murder suicide
Henry Keller a Marine veteran and husband to Florence Wolfert Keller killed himself after learning his wife loved his brother Edward. He documented plans and feelings in a diary and letters, then died from gas in his Newark home, while Florence and Edward faced the aftermath of a doomed arrangement.
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Newark
N. J
Henry Keller
Florence Wolfert Keller
Edward
Henry
Florence
Marine Corps
Philadelphia
Wurra
Sienry Keller
Sign of NEW YORK LIGHTS and its harsh contract clause
A recently deceased show girl highlights a standard contract used by music show producers. It tightly caps weight and measurements with a one week notice right to cancel. The piece also notes wireless radio basics, a Schenectady joke, city crime comparisons, jewelry smuggling tales, and theatergoer health fears.
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Java
Madagascar
South Africa
Germany
Sydney
Australia
McDonald
Schenectady
Paris
United States
New York
Taxi Drivers Protest “Four-Flush” Customers
London taxi drivers plan a petition to traffic authorities over the twelve-cent fare dispute. They say theatergoing couples ride to a bus stop, pay 12 cents, and return home by bus, avoiding higher taxi costs.
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London
Kansas University Wars on Cheating Students
Lawrence Kan Cheating in examinations at the University of Kansas has become so prevalent that the college faculty has recommended to Dean J G Brandt that he appoint a faculty committee to meet with student representatives to seek possible solutions to eliminate crib bing
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Lawrence, Kan
University of Kansas
J. G. Brandt
Couple Divorced After 51 Years of Marriage in Liverpool
The divorce court granted a decree to Mrs Maud Mary Imlach aged seventy for the dissolution of her marriage with Charles Imlach aged seventy five. They wed in May 1879 and had five children. Imlach did not defend the suit.
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Liverpool
Maud Mary Imlach
Charles Imlach
Imlach
Typhoid victims sue city over epidemic damages
The city faces 11 damage suits totaling $100,000 from residents who contracted typhoid during last fall's epidemic. Plaintiffs claim municipal negligence caused the outbreak.
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Flolenu
Mount
California Syrup Relief Promotes Regular Bowels
Seven year old Emma Lee Lee weighs 68 pounds and is described as perfect after using California in Syrup to ease constipation. The ad claims the product helps cleansing, appetite, digestion and overall health with the genuine pure vegetable formula named California.
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Emmas Lee
E. E. Stepp
Box 326
Jenks
Oklahoma
California
Emma Lee
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Farmington
Cyrus Townsend Brady
Spears
Usarmy
Girona
Cones
Picromuar
Plattsburgh
Lights ” Sign of
Whalen
Los Angeles
Chicago
Detroit
Cleveland
Fifth Avenue
Bell Syndicate
Texi
Kansas University
Windsor
Ont
Abyssinia
Frumentius
Ethiopia
Bayer
Sver
Forby
Hanford
Lydia E. Pinkham
Mrs
Lena Young
Ellsworth
Maine
Eas
Aem Hutt
Med
Lyon
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!