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                  | Springfield, 
                    Illinois, STATE JOURNAL, 24 February 1916, page  
                      ZEPP FLEET MAY FLY TO AMERICA Berlin, 
                      Feb. 23. - A great fleet of Zeppelins, flying to America, 
                      and bringing food back to Germany is a possibility if this 
                      war lasts several years longer, an authority on aeronautics 
                      declared today. "Seems 
                      like a dream," he said. "But a war that has seen 
                      submarines go from Wilhelmshaven to Constantinople, and 
                      Zeppelins and aeroplanes play unexpected roles, may see 
                      some even more startling developments in say three or five 
                      years."  |   
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                  | Springfield, 
                    Illinois, STATE JOURNAL, 27 February 1916, page 1  
                      MYSTERIOUS BIPLANE OVER ELEVATORS CIRCLES 
                      AROUND GRAIN HELD IN WISCONSIN FOR ENTENTE ALLIES. Duluth, 
                      Minn., Feb. 26 - The mysterious biplane which circled over 
                      Superior, Wis., elevators holding grain to be shipped to 
                      England, France and Russia for nearly an hour and a half 
                      today, and then disappeared inthe direction of the United 
                      States Steel plant, west of Duluth, was being sought tonight 
                      by Superior and Duluth people. Half 
                      a dozen employes of the Great Northern railway working in 
                      the shops near Allouez, described the aeroplane at length. Several 
                      nights ago people in this city claimed to have seen moving 
                      lights in the sky and heard the explosions of a motor. There 
                      is no aeroplane known to be owned or operated in this district 
                      or on this side of the Canadian line. One 
                      theory here is that these flights may be the operations 
                      of some amateur aviator who is trying out his machine, but 
                      who he is or where he is from, is not known here. But that 
                      an aeroplane flew over St. Louis Bay early today has been 
                      vouched for by many people. |   
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                  | Springfield, 
                    Illinois, STATE JOURNAL, 2 March 1916, page 1  
                      CAPTURE OF TOY BALLOON ENDS FEAR OF AIR RAID Duluth, 
                      Minn., March 1. - With the capture of a toy balloon carrying 
                      three lights, Duluth's worry over being bombed from the 
                      air became less severe today. There's a faint chuckle running 
                      through the city today because it is thought a gigantic 
                      hoax has been worked. It 
                      was learned a shipment of toy balloons was sent to Iron 
                      River, Wis., probably accounting for the sighting of aeroplanes 
                      over Ashland's munition plants. There are still several 
                      who still insist they heard the purring of the aeroplane's 
                      engines they originally reported over the city. |   
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