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A Terrible Leap

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Parent Issue
Day
16
Month
June
Year
1887
Copyright
Public Domain
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QriscT, in., June 13.- The Fourth of July Committee has closed a contract with Prof. T. S. Baldwin, the terms of which require him to jump írom a balloon held captive 2,000 feet f rom the ground, and descend by means of a parachute. Baldwin made a similar jump at San Francisco last winter, and descended safely, but the distance was only 1,000 feet. The jump will take place at the fair-grounds in this city on July 4. The price paid Baldwin for making this jump is said to be f6,000.

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Old News
Ann Arbor Register