Great International Balloon Race Captures St Louis Attention
The event drew competitors from Germany England France and the United States. The Pommern won the long distance flight covering about 50 miles in forty hours landing at Asbury Park New Jersey. The isle de France set the duration record and the crowd at Forest Park counted tens of thousands as the start unfolded.
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St. Louis
Germany
England
France
United States
Asbury Park
N. J
Pommern
Isle de France
Mt. Holly
New Jersey
Herbertsville
Pomrern
Forest Park
Lihm
States Army
Jefferson ’Arracks
Signal Corps
Army
Dusselldorf
Abercorn
J. C. McCoy
C. Def. Chandler
Chandler
Mr. Erbsloeh
Elberfeld
National German Ballooning Society
Holland
Belgium
Dusseldorf
Scrau
Paris
Druze
von Abercron
Brussels
Fort Washington
Ohio
Philadelphia
Massachusetts
Shark River
Europe
Balloon races and landings across midwest and east coast
The report recounts multiple balloon flights from St. Louis to Maryland and Ontario, detailing landings near Annapolis Junction, Prince William County, and Hamilton. Pilots Chandler, McCoy, and others describe currents, ballast, weather, and close calls overhead Lake Michigan, Lake Erie, and along the Atlantic coast.
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Hersey
Illinois
Lake Michigan
Wake St. Clair
Ontario
Lake Erie
Canada
Lake Ontario
Lake Onorio
Lower Ontario
Hamilton
Wagon Escape Quip Sparks Yonkers Courtroom Laughter
The Yonkers Statesman recounts a light courtroom exchange where a judge questions a police account of a prisoner fleeing in a wagon. The constable replies that the wagon was covered by his revolver, drawing a wry moment in court.
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Yonkers Statesman
Chinese Girls Sold Into Slavery In America Report
A San Francisco dispatch exposes a trafficking system where Chinese girls are imported under false pretenses, sold into dens of servitude across the West. It details prices from about 2000 to 3000 dollars, the roles of importers and interpreters, and missions rescuing victims amid legal hurdles.
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Sanrancisco
Chinatown
United States
America
San Francisco
Pacific Coast
Hinkim You
China
Mitc
Chin
California
Joe King
Oakland
Bay
Chicago
Salt Lake City
St. Louis
New York
Philadelphia
Seattle
Mazatlan
Mexico
Chin King You
Ah Loo
Canton
Ah Soo
United States Immigration Service
Baker Court
Lee Yup Tong
Suey Sing Tong
Asia
Immigration Bureau
Immigration’ Service
Chi
Eran Water
Donaldina Ameroni
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Otto Erbsloek
North Atlantic Seaboard
Dallas
Cromwell Dixon
Columbus
McKinley Avenue
King’s Highway
Dixon
Venice
Reveille
Anjou
Reno Gesnier
Charles Levee
Armenus Mines
Louisa County
Virginia
Chandler and McCoy
Patuxent
Annapolis Junction
Abercron
Paul Meckel
Prince William
Manasas County
Westminister
Allan R. Hawley
Augustus Post
Zion City
R. W. L. Healy
Northwestern Railroad
Walker
Healy
Wis
Jack Dallas
Bpuclide Avenue
Brock
Aero Grounds
Yankees
Aero Club of
Associated Press
Bonne Terre
Effingham
Mason, Ill
Feffingham
Taylorville
Ill
Pana
Oscar Ergsloehy
Caticon Pommern
America's
Charles de F. Chandler
Signal Corps of the Army
McCoy
Atlantic Ocean
Allegheny
Blue Ridge Mountains
Missouri
Mississippi
Grafton
Indiana
Marion
Mr. McCoy
Harper's Ferry
Washington
Chesapeake Bay
Maryland
Frisco
Bakercourt
Dupont Street
Bartlett Alley
Second
Harrison Streets
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