Testing the Sky Dome Balloons at Devonport
Hydrogen balloons released from Devonport post office on December 28 carried instruments for humidity and temperature. Four balloons were launched with parachutes. two instruments recovered, one at 144 miles southeast and another 112 miles northeast of Davenport. Estimated altitude up to 50 000 feet. Government offers $5 for parachute delivery. Eight U S testing points exist including Iowa sites at Devonport and Sioux City. Data to aid aviation guidance.
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Devonport
Earth
Davenport
United States
Towa
Sioux City
Gas Forces Woman To Sleep In Chair As Alderika Claims Relief
A fragment reports a woman affected by gas forced to sleep in a chair. An advertisement for Alderika claims the first spoonful relieves stomach waste and improves sleep and meals, featuring quotes from Mrs Gelun Butler and H. H. Pember.
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Chris
Appetite and Humor Mark Kansas City Speech
A Kansas City Times excerpt notes Ywain using humor to address appetite while introducing Gen. J. Gawley at a political mass meeting. The piece reflects on equitable banquet distribution to public charities across states, urging no political or geographic partiality and stressing shared generosity.
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Ywain
Mark Sq. Society
Eh J. Gawley
Snur
Connecticut
Shitor
Kansas City Times
Sedgemoor Battlefield Memorial Remembered in Dream
A 250 year old English field, Sedgemoor, marks the last battle on English soil. An elderly Seventy three year old Miss Winter of Chedro x urged by a ghostly visitor raised the memorial to the fallen Digory Monmouth followers. Modern RAF camp planes circle as history sits beside a current airfield.
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Sedgemoor
Chedrox
London
Crustacean Migration Reaches Syrian Coast
A lecture on sea fauna describes species moving through the Suez Canal from the Red Sea and Indian Ocean into the Mediterranean. Crabs took 30 years to cross but colonized the Syrian coast, which now lacks lobsters as large crustaceans and eight inch shrimps from the Indian Ocean establish themselves.
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Suez
Indian Ocean
Burns and Beckford Arts Noted as Literary Sparks
The Boston Herald extols Robert Burns for writing when inspired by a muse and notes Beckford with Vathek as a single-sitting masterpiece. It highlights Tam o Shanter as created in a white heat and praises Vathek as a literary inspiration.
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Burns
Beckford
Boston Herald
Champion When the Fleet Entered San Pedro
Gobs marching ashore at San Pedro clashed with longshoremen in a boastful dispute over strength and stature. A burly sailor bragged of a six inch chest expansion, while the other bragged that a breathing moment reveals a Tour-masted schooner as a black chest mark.
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San Pedro
Gob
Two Famous Fires Across History
The Great Fire of London began September 6 1666 and raged four days, burning 436 acres and destroying 18200 houses, many public buildings and 90 churches including St Pauls Cathedral. London property loss was estimated between 1 and 12 million pounds. The Great Baltimore Fire occurred February 9 1903 with an approximate loss of 60 million dollars.
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London
St. Paul's Cathedral
Baltimore
Foggy seas and danger in the sea lore hum
Excerpt from Sea Lore by Stanley Rogers notes that fog makes ships roll toward scuppers and induce fear among nonpassengers while quieting passenger nerves. It asserts paradoxically that fog has caused more disasters at sea than storms.
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Stanley Rogers
The Last Straw Sparks Divorced Fury over Pup Theft
A quarrel erupts as a woman declares she will follow a fleeing partner to the ends of the earth. She urges him to stay home and apply for a divorce while deriding a headstrong friend. The tale notes a man who runs off with a housemaid is hardly worth such emotion as the woman laments the housemaid and kin taking her pup.
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