Testing the Sky Dome balloon experiments released from Davenport
Hydrogen filled balloons launched December 28 with humidity and temperature instruments. Parachutes ensure safe recovery. two sets found 144 miles southeast and 112 miles northeast of Davenport. Expected altitude up to 60 000 feet. Government offers reward for parachute delivery. Eight testing points exist in the United States including Iowa Devonport and Sioux City.
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Sky Dome
Davenport
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Tht City
Mia
Towa
Devonport
Sioux City
Gas Forces Woman To Sleep In Chair
A fragmentary ad style notice describes a woman displaced by gas incidents and a reader recounts stomach pain eased by Adlerika or Adlerike products. The passage cites Mrs Gelnn Butler and H. Hf. Pember praising relief and better sleep after using the remedy.
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Aldevike
Twain Satirizes Entrée and Fame at Kansas City Banquet
The Missouri society tale from Webster Groves relays Mark Twain skirting stern appetite talk before a crowd. He notes a request to introduce Gen. Joseph R. Hawley and asks to keep his banquet share for public charities across states.
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Twain
Mark’ Twain
Missouri
Kansas City
Sedgemoor memorial marks last battle on English soil
A London Answers note recalls Sedgemoor as the site of the final English soil battle nearly 260 years ago. The stone of memory was funded by Miss BD Winter of Chedvoy after a dream urged her to raise a memorial for the fallen. Today RR A I camping and modern planes hover near Monmouth’s men.
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Sedgemoor
Chedvoy
Monmouth
London
Migrations of Sea Fauna Reach Mediterranean Coast
A feature reports that since the Suez Canal opened fishes and crustaceans moved from the Red Sea and Indian Ocean into the Mediterranean. Species crossed after 80 years and rapidly spread along the Syrian coast. The region now lacks tobstera, while senci cala crabs and eight inch shrimps from the Indian Ocean establish colonies there.
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Suez Canal
Red Sea
Indian Ocean
Mediterranean Sea
Syrian
Eanb
Burns Likened to Inspired Muse for Tam O Shanter
The Boston Herald notes Robert Burns wrote many poems when inspired by a familiar goddess of music and sentiment. It cites Tam O Shanter as written at white heat and Beckford’s Vathok as created in a single sitting, calling it a world masterpiece and literary inspiration.
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Burns
Beckford
Boston Herald
Sailors and longshoremen clash over bragging rights
A group of sailors and local longshoremen in San Pedro argue about their physical prowess during shore leave. One sailor boasts a six inch chest expansion while another shows a black chest spot seen as a four masted schooner when he breathes. The exchange ends without reported injuries.
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San Pedro
Gob
Two Famous Fires in History
The Great Fire of London began September 6 1666 and burned four days, scorching 436 acres and destroying 13200 houses along with many public buildings and 90 churches including St Paul’s Cathedral. Property loss was estimated at 5 to 12 million pounds. The Baltimore fire occurred February 9 1904 with an approximate loss of 60 million dollars.
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London
St. Paul's Cathedral
Baltimore
Fog at Sea Tops Storms in Deadly Fog Disasters
Excerpted reflection notes fog as the greatest maritime peril, more deadly than storms. It describes ships moving through thick vapor while passengers restless, then sleeping as the vessel crawls. The paradox highlights fog’s frequent link to disasters.
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Stanley Rogers
The Last Straw Sealed By Wrathful Woman
A wrathful woman urges pursuit to the ends of the earth while a cauler healed friend counsels divorce. A man who runs off with the housemaid is deemed unworthy of emotion as banter and misheard lines unfold.
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Bia
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