Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 377
n well known in thefinancial world, if there was any way of get-ting word to Los Angeles before three oclockthis afternoon. Such was the condition of affairs when, onemorning, two enterprising lads in Los Angeleswere discussing the situation. Why not carrier-pigeons ? said one. It was an… … SUGAR LOAF, AVALON, SANTA CATALINA ISLAND, CALIFORNIA. FROM A PHOTOGRAPH BV BEST & CO., LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA. The boys had already been interested in thepigeon industry, and so began at once the sys-tem of training necessary to render a certainnumber of their birds available…
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