Daring Canadian Aeronaut Pierre La Londe Relives 19th Century Drop
Professor Pierre La Londe, famed Mont Real balloonist, recalls a perilous 1875 parachute descent over a district fair. He describes securing the life line, the rope slackening, and his shoot finally opening, saving him from a fatal fall as thousands watched from the ground.
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Wanseon
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The Balloons and The Mark Twain Biography Note
A fragment describes balloon ascent misadventure with clouds and gas bag danger, fall rate, and ballast instructions. It ends noting Mark Twain biography inclusion in National Biography Cyclopedia Volume 6.
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Blackwood's Magazine
Mark Twain
Joan of Arc
Harper's Monthly
National Cyclopedia of American Biography
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Summons in Nevadan Case Against Unknown Defendant
A summons issued by the Ninth District Court of Nevada, Churchill County, requires the named defendant to answer or plead within twenty days after service. The complaint seeks thirty thousand two hundred and nineteen dollars plus two thousand four hundred eighty eight dollars and fifty cents, plus costs, alleging unpaid sums for goods and services supplied at the plaintiff's request. The notice commands appearance and response to avert default judgment, with the case filed in the Fourth Judicial District.
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Saat
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Courtroom Snippet Reflects Juror Discord Across Years
A fragment from Dourton's Weekly hints at a tense trial moment where a lawyer reassures the prisoner and anticipates juror disagreement. Two jurors, a man and wife, appear in the scene as the case unfolds.
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