A Balloon Flight Over London With Charles Rolls
A vivid diary recounts a noon balloon voyage with Mon. Charles Rolls. The narrator describes takeoff from a tethered basket, exposure to wind, and a dramatic ascent above London toward St. Pauls, Greenwich, and the Thames. Rolls, Mrs Harbord, and Jack Humphreys manage the craft as passengers watch landmarks, feel cold air, and note gas vents, a barograph, and the vast sky.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sondon
C. N. Williamson
Savoy Hotel
Thames
Queens Circus
Battersea Park
Rolls
Ion
England
Gabriel
Mr. Rolls
London
Mr. Humphreys
Merry Mngland
Jook
Arave
Hall's Catarrh Cure Ad Offers 100 Dollar Reward
An old advertisement promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure as a constitutional remedy. It claims catarrh affects the whole body and promises a $100 reward for any case it cannot cure, urging readers to send for a prospectus from F. J. Cheney & Co. of Toledo Ohio, with sale through druggists and a note to take Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
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Schenos
Wilkita
Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
All Drugaiste
Standard Oil Real Estate Raises Valuation in Bayonne
The Standard Oil Company’s Bayonne Nid holdings, home to major eastern refining plants, are valued higher at $13,000,000 for 1914 tax purposes, up from $7,360,000 set in 1908. The company appeals the increase to the Hudson County Board of Equalization.
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Standard Oil
Standard Oil Company
Bayonne
Nid
Hudson County Board of Equalization
Plump. Maud I Recall A Kiss At The Corner
Fragmentary chatter describes Maud noting a kiss between Jack and Belle and mentions a quip about corners and temper. The dialogue style feels like a bygone social page with playful rumor.
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Maud
Jack
Belle
Ethel
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Charles S. Rolls
St. Paul’s Cathedral
Marston Moor
Caesar
Albion
Good Old Earth
House of Parliament
Westminster Abbey
London ‘Bridge
London ‘Tower
Éyil
Greenwich
Uncle Sams
NEW War Balloos
Te Froe
King
Johnny
GRO
Dodds
Abe
DR. D. Jayne
Jayne
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