The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-10-23
THOUSANDS
SEE BALLOON
The America Sails Over
Marion.
MESSAGES ARE DROPPED
Az the Aeronauts Passed
Over the City.
Messages Received were seeord
Reported Since the America
Started From St. Louis. 49,

The "America," one Of the balloons
which started in the race from 81.
Louis. Monday afternoon, passed
over Marion at 4.30 o'clock, Tues
day afternoon, and was seen py
thousands Of people in the city and
vicinity. While passing over the
city. Messrs. Mccoy and Chandler,
the aeronauts in charge OF America.
dropped several messages, three OF
which were found.
The messages received In Marion
were the second reported from the
America since It's start, the first hay-
ling been found by people In Mt.
Vernon. Indiana.
One Of the messages. In fact the
lfrst one to be found, was picked up
Iby willard Osborne. the little son OF
Mr. and Mrs. T. j. Osborne. OF
West Center street. who was playing
with a number of children near his
home. The message, weighted with
sand, placed in the envelope, fell at
his feet. It was telegram addressed
to the Associated Press at Chicago,
and read as follows:
Course northeast: will descend
before reaching Lake Erie, Mccoy and
Chandler.
Another package fell in the Hook
ling Valley railway yards about 200
fleet north Of Columbia street, and
was picked up by Edward Trott,
switchman. The envelope contained
a blank that the finder fill 1t out and
forward II at once to the New York
Aero Club. 1t was accompanied by
a stamped and addressed envelope.
The blank, which Trott has filled out,
and sent in. gave information regard
ing the course being taken by the
balloon at this point, the estimated
speed at which It was travelling, and
other information.
A third message is supposed to
have been found by unknown parties
lin the North End.
The telegram to the Associated
Press was filed with the Western
Union telegraph company.
The balloon was making good time
when over Marion and at the highest
point was probably half mile above
earth. At some points It sank con-
'siderably nearer the ground and some
people claim that they we're able TO
read the letters on the side of the
basket
Earnest Paiten. a clerk at the local
'postoffice, was gathering hickory nuts
near Green Camp and the balloon
passed not more than 500 feet over
his head. The men in the basket
called to Patten but he was unable
to make out their words. He was
able to read the name of the balloon
The men dropped message, but Pat
ten, after hunting an hour, was un-
able to fnd 1t.
The America was sighted by peo-
pie living in LaRue, Green Camp,
and other places In the county. The
Western Union office here received a
tip little more than an hour be-
fore the balloon arrived here, stat
ing that 1t had Just passed over Ce-
lima, about 80 miles from here, and
was travelling in this direction. 1t Is
supposed that ~ continued on an
almost direct course. ~, Z. .attt
"A number of people say that an
other balloon. supposed To be the
German racer. 'Pommern" passed ov-
er the city at the south about $3.50
O'Clock. No messages were received
from this balloon. however.
8 The America is the balloon. which
recently broke the worlds record.
Still $50 best seats for the Y. NJ