The instructions even say that while packages are X-rayed, greeting cards and postcards are not, which is why the journalist chose to embed the tracker in a postcard.
The book-gifting program, part of the nonprofit Dollywood Foundation, mails free, high-quality books to children across the country and around the world once a month from birth to age 5.
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Kristy High,
CNBC,
26 Aug. 2026
Each month, the book gifting program mails free books to children from birth to age 5, regardless of their family’s income.
Commonly used to carry messages, pigeons became less useful to people after World War II as radio, telephone and other electronic communications became reliable.
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KYLE MELNICK THE WASHINGTON POST,
Arkansas Online,
4 Oct. 2026
Residents say Ethiopian federal forces retook Mekelle’s airport from Tigrayan fighters, but communications blackouts and fear of reprisals have left unclear who controls Tigray’s capital city.
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