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» | ever meeting with any serious acct-*|dont. She was accompanied in -lOlen by the assistant manager of •|the company. Prof. A. W. Marsh,* 1 known throughout the country as The 11 Pine Tree'Arrow/' Prof. Marsh has ? I been making ascensions fq^over sev-Men years, with marked success, his Mhoiue address being 104 Boynton BI street. West Manchester. N. H. For i-1 several years Miss Myers - ad been cI In business for hereeU. but this year[she bad a contract with Prof. T. H. '{ Flowers, the owner and manager of ••Itoe American Balloon Co. She waa* ] known as “The Queen of the a I Clouds/' and was the only woman in Mthe profession doing the triple act k*|of making an ascension and a doubleI parachute drop. While performing r.lher act on Thursday. Miss Myers* 1 sprained one of her wrists and as lshe had to hold on with one handI while she cut loose with the other, the e I injured wrist gave her considerable(trouble. In making Friday's ascension rtlshe used what is termed a life belt, r-j which goes around the waist and is ►f I fastened to the trapeze bar. Thus, in d I case of accident, she could not fall d * from the bar . Before making Friday s a I ascension she was strongly urged by
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Wellsville Allegany County Reporter
Wellsville, New York, US
Tue, Sep 17, 1907
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