Democratic Sentinel, Volume 19, Number 24, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 June 1895 — Good Idea. [ARTICLE]

Good Idea.

A new use for homing pigeons has been suggested. It is thought that every large steamer should curry a supply of them, to liberate in the event of an accident. Pigeons have a record of 800 and 1,000 miles a day. If the Gascogne had had homing pigeons on board it is believed that news of her would have been received three duys before she was sighted.