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Pigeons Considered for Postal Tasks to Cut Costs
English locals discuss homing pigeons as a solution to rising postage. Plymouth hospitals test pigeon parcel post delivering specimens to central labs. Taxis may still fetch the packages when weather grounds birds. up to 20 hospitals could join, saving taxi fares.
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England
A_ hospital
Plymouth
National Geographics Society
Pliny
Baghdad
Paul Julius Reuter