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Muscatine Weekly Journal
Muscatine, Muscatine County, Iowa
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Prof. Allen of Rhode Island brought a large balloon to Washington, inflated it using street gas, transported it to the Rhode Island camp on Caton's Farm, and performed an experimental ascension to 5000 feet with a long cord. The balloon is for war reconnoitering, with an aerial voyage planned for early tomorrow morning.
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Prof. Allen of Rhode Island this afternoon brought into the city a large balloon, which he inflated from the street gas pipe at the corner of Massachusetts avenue and Fourth street, and afterward loaded it down with sand bags for more convenient transportation to the Rhode Island camp, on Caton's Farm, at which place a cord 5000 feet long was attached to the basket and an experimental ascension made to that height. The balloon is for immediate reconnoitering purposes, and it is said that he will start on his aerial voyage early to-morrow morning.
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Washington
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Saturday
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Prof. Allen brought a large balloon into the city, inflated it from the street gas pipe at Massachusetts avenue and Fourth street, loaded it with sand bags, transported it to the Rhode Island camp on Caton's Farm, attached a 5000-foot cord to the basket, and made an experimental ascension to that height. The balloon is for immediate reconnoitering purposes in the war, with an aerial voyage planned early tomorrow morning.