Balloon peril and a doctor hauled toward Lake Erie
A chaotic scene unfolds as Dr. Kirby, tied to a parachute bar, is overwhelmed by a crowd at a balloon launch. The doctor fights free, climbs to the trapeze, and grabs tangled ropes while the balloon veers toward Lake Erie, amid a dangerous mêlée and speculative seronauts.
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Dr. Kirby
Kirby
Wiewie
Hull
Doctor
Blanchet Brothers
Blanchet
Finas
Yace
Nck
Lake Erie
The Parachute Descent From a Schoolyard Lakefront
A narrator recalls a parachute incident as a friend climbs high above the lake and vanishes into the wind. The speaker races toward the water and slips into despair, fearing the friend is lost and signaling the end of their bond.
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Lake Front
Hit the Road in a Broken Body After Balloon Vanishes
In Chapter XI the narrator recounts being badly injured in a fight and left with three broken ribs and a plaster cast. He heals in a hospital while rumors swirl about Dr. Kirby and the balloon missing. With no leads or funds, he leaves his livery stable duties to the owner and contemplates moving on, wary of staying.
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Kirby
Dr. Kirby
A Hobo’s Ramble Through Towns and Encounters
The narrator recounts a year riding freight trains and dodging work while seeking Dr. Hartley L. Kirby in Atlanta Georgia. He details hoboes and transit life, the aim to prove he is not a bum, and a night ride with Looney Hogan toward Evansville. He reflects on fate, identity, and the rough moral terrain of a drifting existence.
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Ascension
Johnny Yeggs
Veggman
Dlinoise
Hartley L. Kirby
Atlanta
Evansville
Looney Hogan
Looney
Slim
Duluth
Following Slims Trail Through Rail Lines and Towns
The narrator recalls traveling with Looney, who scouted tanks freight depots and switch shanties to keep Slims mark fresh. After Looney left at Evansville, both headed south while the narrator faced delays riding slow local freights across Kentucky. He describes hindered travel east of the Mississippi and south of the Ohio.
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Slim
Looney
Evansville
Kentucky
Ohio River
Mississippi River
Night Riders Rampage in Tennessee Town Square
A vivid first person recounting a nighttime assault by masked riders in a northern Tennessee town near the Kentucky line. The narrative details a freight-train stopover in a lumber yard, a bridge crossing, a chaotic raid on the square with gunfire, burning storefronts, masked riders, and a telegraph exchange witness. The scene captures fear, pursuit, and the callous violence of a mob.
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Tennessee
Kentucky
Officers Ready to Discuss Account Opening Courtesies
Our officers will be glad at any time to talk with you in regard to opening up account and to extend to you any courtesies in their power.
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Ej Danny
Doubleday, Page & Co
First Bridgeport National Bank
Pinella
Foley
J. F. Wallich, Bartlett
F. B. Brill
Stratford Avenue
Sixth St
Harold
Washington Star
THE
Bridgeport Trust Company
Charles G. Sanford
Barnum Seeley
Egbert Marsh
Edmund H. Judson
Ralph H. Mann
J. Percy Bartram
Isaac W. Birdseye
Henry A. Bishop
Nathaniel W. Bishop
George P. Brett Waldon
Bryant
A. W. Burritt
Andrew M. Cooper
Samuel T. Davis, JR
Franklin Farrell, JR
Hobart E. French
Robert 8. Hincks
Charles E. Hoyt
William B. Leigh
William J. Nichols
Charles A. Paul Bradford
D. Pierce, JR
Andrew Radel
Hamilton
Shelton Horace W. Smith DE Ver
H. Warner D. Fairchild Wheeler
Lyric Theatre
TOD
Eleanor Cleveland
Robert Conness
Cleveland
the Deserters
Helen Ware
Poli
Plaza Theatre
Paul Armstrong
Greyhound
James Staples & Co. Bankers and Brokers
Main
John Streets
Ridgeport
Conn
Frms
T. L. Watson & CO
Rebalt, Orr
Southworth’s
Mexico
INTRY
W. Baldwin
Willis H. Lyon
Europe
Bridgeport
Newfield Park
Sundlays
Waterbury
M. Wooster
U. S. Patent Office
Main ST
Security
Sena Postal
George P.rand
G. P. Rand & Co
Iranistan Ave
Kodaks
Tel
Bank ST
East Side
North End
West End
Burr & Knapp
Main Street
F. Lyman
State Street
E. Nadel Dry Goods
Notions
Pembroke Street
Atlantic
Gladstone Narragansett Pier
R. I
A. L. Smith
W. K. Mollan
Fairfield Avenue
Moline Typewriter
RUG Washing CO
East
Washington Ave
Audel
Post Office News
W .A. Miles
Cass
Kelley’s Cigar Store
Fairfield Ave
Wm. Lieberum & Sons
Matin Street
John F. Gallagher
Margaret L. Gallagher
Fairfield AY
Tea Inno
Rourke & Rourke
Tol
M. J. Gannon
Broad St
John
Park Ave
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