Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 June 1896 — Homeseekers’ Excursions South. [ARTICLE]

Homeseekers’ Excursions South.

On the loth and 18th of June, also July 6,7, 20 and 21, and several dates during August, September and October, the Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad will sell first-class round-trip tickets, good 31 days from date- at sale, for one fare, plus $2.00, sos the round trip, to all points in Florida and the South. Tracks, trains, time all the best. For further information address C. W. Humphrey, N. P. A., St. Paul, Minn. City ticket office, 182 Clark street, or Q, L. Stone, G. P. & T. A.. Chicago. Dr. Chapman shows that the bobolinks which nest west of the Rocky Mountains da not migrate southward with the birds of that region, but retrace 'their' steps, and leave the United States by way of Florida, thus furnishing evidence of the gradual extension of range westward, and of the stability of the routes of migration.