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1907 June 13. Thursday at Baddeck  [[strikethrough]]78[[/strikethrough]] 88
Enquirer Cincinnati . O . 14 Apr 1907

DARING BALLOON TRIPS BY SOCIETY

[[image]] 
[[image]] Hon. Mrs. Harbord Party Ready to Start

thing has ever been done by any one - much less a woman.
"On the first trip we left between 10 and 11 at night. Our object in going up at night was in order to reach the continent in time to see the beautiful landscape of France under the glamor of early daylight. You see, if we started in the daytime we would have to come down at night. In foreign countries this is sometimes awkward.
"The sight beheld from a balloon at night is simply weird. Of course, you can distinguish nothing but the lights of the various towns, the rest of the landscape being absolutely black. London from a balloon at night is a marvelous spectacle, and so is Paris. There was a full moon when we started. The weather conditions were good, and we reached the neighborhood of [[?]] in about three hours.

est railway station, and 
ere soon on our way back to England, 
ing through Brussels.
"I arrived home the foll
day - Saturday, and, at first, never d
ed of going off again; but, as weather conditions seemed ideal, I decided to take another trip almost immediately. "I left again on Sunday, going in about 1 p. m. We again crossed the [[?]] land

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[[image: Hot air balloon, picture of a woman's face on the balloon itself.]] [[image: A group of people in a balloon, captioned: "HON. Mrs. Harbord [[?]] Party Ready to Start"]]