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This Day in Minnesota History

July 18, 1908

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ISBN: 0873514165
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St. Paul's Lexington Park is the site of an international balloon race, sponsored by the Northwest Aero Club. Weather conditions are good, but the showing is poor: the winner is aloft for sixteen hours and forty minutes and travels only seventy-five miles.

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