Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 110, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 October 1909 — Ten Balloons Turned Loose At St Louis Monday. [ARTICLE]

Ten Balloons Turned Loose At St Louis Monday.

Ten balloons set sail from St. Louis Monday afternoon, but it is not probable that they will come in this direction as they did two years ago. The light breeze carried the balloons to the southeast and this morning, Tuesday, they should be over Kentucky or Tennessee, unless the wind shifts.. The larger balloons contain 78,000 cubic feet of gas and are expected to stay in the air for 40 hours or more.