Love in a Balloon and a Flight of Fate at Sea
A tale of romance aboard a balloon ride turns comic as Tom Jenkins wooing Fanny uses sandbags to coerce a marriage proposal high above the ground. Fanny resists then promises after a perilous ascent, ending with a public engagement and a humorous denouement. Also notes Earth to Earth burial advocacy and assorted vignettes from frogs to dogs and local anecdotes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fanny
Sir George
Tom
Papa
Walked After an Wilness of Twenty Years
Mrs. W. W. Barron of Whitestown Mass, long an invalid, unexpectedly walked several feet after twenty years of bed and chair confinement. Her husband carried her, morphine and whisky given, then she stood and walked around the bed as astonished family watched a remarkable recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. W. Barron
Wiitertown
Mass
Tam
Blind Man’s Sight Restored in New Haven
William Broneman of New Haven Connecticut, long blind for five years, suddenly regains vision while walking on Chapel street. His sight improves rapidly from dim recognition to seeing clearly within hours. Previously under an eye specialist, the family had given up hope of recovery. The item mentions hotel advertising in Philadelphia and a proprietor named Joseph M. Feerr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frogpie
Philadelphia
Foxcroft
Chicago
Paris
William Broneman
New Haven
Conn
Chapel Street
Also Mentioned on This Page
Dren
H-A-Ts
Walter H. Buch
Lititz, Pa
Brandt & CO
Shultz
North Queen Street
Lancaster
A.R. Bomberger
Lititz
Horse and Cattle
H. Regennas
Lilitz
PRI
True &Co
Augusta
Maine
Litits
Mylety
J. F. Bomberger
Obacco
J. Gan
Sll
Love IN A Balloon
Sir George Flasher
Foulisa
Urea
Pye
Saul
Mr. Jenkins
Mercury
Adam
England
Earth To Earth Society
Toarth Society
Ophelia
Demares?’s
New Jerusalem
Delaware River
New Jersey
Phila
Gov. Gaston
Massachusetts
Flipkins
Miss Coshannigan
Plinkins
Texas Siftings
Oberseerers
Huntsville
Col. Yerger
University of Texas
Betsey
Jones Roach
Iowa
Express
Owen P. Brickhr
Hay
Tancaster
Hast King Street
Gettysburg
Port Royal
Juniata County
Cleveland
John W. Clark
Webster
Westmoreland County
George Sickles
Williams Township
Northampton County
Kraty’s Dam
Nor‘Tistown
Emma F. Smith
Creen Lane
Ned Buntline
Buffalo Bill
Edward Minturn
Crew Garnet
Reckless Ralph
Sherwood Stanley
Julia Edwards
West
Julia
Colorado
Here
Henderson
The
Traction Railroad Company
James J. Deviine
Fairmount Avenue
Devlin
Little Brass Gang
Jake Walters
A. B. Leonard
I. P. Bard
Dayton
Carrie II
Edgar
Scranton
Drs. O' Malley
Heebner
Pattagonia
Dr. O'Malley
Woodchuck
Sleebner
City
Q O’ Malley
Wyoming House
St. Elmo Hoton
Arch Street
Dudt
Cty
Jospeim M. Feerr
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