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THINKS IT IS AN AIRSHIP.

Oscar D. Booth's Opinion of the Strange Object Seen by Chicagoans.

CHICAGO, April 12.-Oscar D. Booth of No. 103 South Peoria Street, who himself claims to have solved the problem of aerial navigation, firmly believes the strange object seen by Chicagoans is indeed an air ship. He thinks the mysterious craft was made and is being operated by an inventor named Charles Clinton, residing at Dodge City, Ford County, Kan. The airship theory set forth in Clinton's patent papers on file at Washington is a true though bungling solution of the problem, according to Booth. The fact that the curious object was first seen in Kansas strengthens Booth's belief. The Chicago inventor has not seen the aerial ship. but wants no further proof than the word given by so many citizens.

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