Wild Pigeons Vanish From East After Great Flight
The New York Sun recounts the last wild pigeon roost in New York and Pennsylvania, describing a vast spring flight in 1876 from Beaverkill country through Sullivan, Delaware, Ulster, Wayne, Luzerne, and Monroe counties. Hunters slaughtered thousands, but the flocks fled westward. the birds have since vanished from the East and are deemed extinct locally.
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Beaverkill
Sullivan County
Barnum
Sullivan
Delaware
Ulster
Clint Waters
Isaac Bennett
Pocono Beach
Pike
Wayne
Luzerne
Monroe
Pennsylvania
Beaverkill County
Pennsylvania Woods
New York State
Walters
Bennett
United States
Michigan
Indian Territory
New York Sun
Value of the microphone and strange natural wonders
A St Petersburg report tests the microphone to detect faint sounds in a death case where resuscitation succeeded. Other notes describe the needle and thread tree of Mexico and its fiber thread yield. Earthquake theory debates internal heat and a German shaft study, with Newcomb offering a fluid-below-prime theory. Color symbolism and royal hues traced across cultures and flags.
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St. Petersburg
Loukhmanov
Schladebach
Reading
Newcomb
Naval Observatory
Washington
Dog Finds Muricidae on Sea Shore Teaches Owner Lesson
A dog belonging to Hercules Tyrius found and ate a murker shellfish along the sea shore. Returning to his master, the dog’s lips turned color signaling the danger or toxin exposure observed by Tyrius.
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Hercules Tyrius
The Coming Billionaire William Waldorf Astor
A profile of William Waldorf Astor tracing how real estate and ground leases around Broadway could push him to billionaire status. It notes his inherited New York holdings, Astor family fortune, political service, and the family wealth tied to Manhattan properties and railroads.
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William Waldorf Astor
Manhattan Island
John Jacob Astor
Holland
King’s Highway
Broadway
New York
Astors
Astor
Roswell P. Flower
Italy
Garfield
Twenty-sixth Street
William Astor
Atlanta Constitution
A Magnificent Spectacle at the Exposition Court
Mr Van Brunt describes the Columbian Exhibition vestibule and court as a vast harmonious display. Rich facades, basins, bridges, and fountains frame a grand allegorical pageant led by Columbia and Fame, with modern electric barges and a lake vista beyond.
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van Brunt
France
Spain
Columbia
Frederic MacMonnies
Republic
Daniel C. French
Bernini
St. Peter’s
States of the Union
Pharos
The Thief Had the Drop In Wyoming War
Smith trailed a horse-thief for two weeks into Dawson County. In a saloon the thief drew on the inspector and invited a drink. Smith then captured him two days later. the rustler fled to Deer Lodge. The Wyoming conflict between professions persists.
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Smith
Dawson County
Stewards
Deer Lodge
Wyoming
Helena
Genuine Sky Signs Threaten Londoners with Sky Advertisements
A scientific paper claims genuine sky signs can be created for advertisers using mirrors, glass, and lights to project giant lettering on clouds. The system could display a pill or product names hundreds of feet tall across many counties, even glow all night. The discussion references Heine and a dramatic poetic image of writing Agnes in fire on the skies.
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Horatio
Worthy
Heine
Norway
Agnes
Mother
Weil
Paris Encourages Marriages for Servants to Settle Duty
A Paris policy praises male domestic servants as more settled and dutiful when married, claiming they are steadier than bachelors. In contrast London discourages such marriages arguing they shift focus toward their own families, reducing attention to masters.
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Paris
London
Catarrh Cure Claim From F J Causey Co
A historical notice advertises F J Causey Co offering one hundred dollars for any deafness case caused by catarrh they cannot cure. It warns that deafness comes from chronic mucous inflammation of the Eustachian tube and outlines a constitutional treatment approach.
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F. J. Causey & Co. Toleas
Druggiate
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