Volume 18 , Issue 6

NW Okie's Journey

From Carrier pigeons In war time to telegraph, to telephone, to radio communications, we have had some interesting system of communications over the years.

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Walking With Sweet Silly Sadie Dawg

Woof! Woof! This week NW Okie has me researching "Pigeons In War Time." What do I know of pigeons, though. Just another bird that I could chase and try to catch. But ... did you know it was illegal to shot and kill pigeons of war or carrier pigeons?

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1894 Novelties In Warfare

We continue searching thru old newspaper archives with "Pigeons In War." We found this article: "Novelties In Warfare" and how carrier pigeons were trained for Army purposes, in the "Democrat and Chronicle," out of Rochester, New York, dated 3 April 1894, Tuesday, page 7.

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1899 Pigeons In War

It was in The Age, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, dated 16 December 1899, Saturday, page 4, that we found this news story entitled: "Pigeons In War."

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1919 Pigeon In War

We found this 1919 news story in The Monroe Journal, Monroe, North Carolina, dated 21 March 1919, Friday, page 1: The Pigeon In War."

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1887 Carrier Pigeons In War

This is what The People's Press, out of Winston-Salem, North Carolina, dated 29 September 1887, Thursday, page 4, had to report on concerning "Carrier Pigeons In War."

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1918 Salina Police Chief Shot War Pigeon That Stopped For A Visit

If you were back in 1918, Salina, Kansas, you might have read about the "Salina Police Chief That Shot A War Pigeon Stopped For A Visit," as seen in The Topeka Daily Capital, in Topeka, Kansas, dated 16 August 1918, Friday, page 2.

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