Great Airship Flap of 1897 Returns to Texas Headlines
A rush of 1897 newspaper clippings recounted Texas sightings of a cigar shaped airship. Reports from Merkel and Aurora describe rope drops, anchors displayed as curios, and a Martian pilot rumor. The era's vivid detail captures a renewed airship craze across the state.
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Houston
Houston (Ap
Texas
Smith
Adhda
Seth
San
Venus
Abelerra
Etias
Isun
Wyatt
Atlanta Dispatch
Sammie
South African bank note collector owns world’s rarest paper currency
A Johannesburg collector, Jimmie Lawrence, houses about 50 000 notes worth around 245 000 dollars from across the world. His holdings include medieval and 14th century specimens, with African notes a specialty. He co founded a bank note collectors association in 1959 and helped form the International Bank Note Society in 1960. Lawrence displays notes in varied materials including paper silk cotton and leather. The collection features a 1368 Chinese mulberry bark note insured at 7500 dollars and a 1946 Hungarian inflation note with 100 followed by 18 zeros. He prizes a besieged Mafeking note signed by Baden-Powell. He hopes to someday donate the collection to be permanently displayed rather than kept in a vault.
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Bank
International Bank Note Society
Port Elizabeth
South Africa
Jimmie Lawrence
Johanneshure
Britain
America
France
Germany
Lawrence
Europe
Upington
Cape Province
Mafeking
Baden-Powell
Frontier Forces
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Flouston Daily Post
Merkel
Elliott & Miller
Mars
Dallas Morning News
Aurora
Wise County
Judge Proctor
T.J Weems
U.S
Louisville
Louisville Orchestra
Juanita B. Sharp
Athiala
Pursiip
Eadogim
Greece
Ae Ea
Pen yaLué
Philco
Fof, Kien
Stereo Records
Rockers
Wing
Empire
Wen
Follier Furniture & Appliances West Second
London
Lara Haki
Arkansas
Arkansas Republican Party
Judy
Fulton
McNab
Saratoga
Earnest Cox
Blevins
McCaskill
Deaney Bingen
Jaka Jones
Shdship
Elmer Wage
McCaskie
Hope
Hemp County
Republican State Committee
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!