Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 262, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 November 1912 — REMINGTONIANS WERE MYSTIFIED [ARTICLE]

REMINGTONIANS WERE MYSTIFIED

Heard Voices But Could Hec No Sponsors Until Balloon Was Sighted 200 Feet in Air. i Remington Press. Early risers . Sunday morning and some who were not risers at all were greatly mystified by a voice in cold, terrible tones shouting “what town is this?” three times in succession, coming from apparently nowhere. Some of the evil doers about Remington mistook the voice for that of the Angel Gabriel, who they thought was about to blow his trumpet and wanted to be sure of his location, and they hid -themselves more securely under the covers. George Foos is probably the only person who saw the heavenly visitor and solved the mystery. He spotted the voice as coming from the clouds and soon got his eye on a large gray balloon floating slowiy over the town about 200 feet above the -earth. At first he thought it might be she missing balloon man of the horse show, just getting in to fill his appointment. Not so, however. It was just 'the Coon balloon, which left Indianapolis Saturday at 4 n. mv, and in the course of its flight covered over 500 miles, making almost a complete circuit of the state, and landed at Lynn, Pandolph county, at 10:52 Sunday morning.