Millennium of Union Sparks Global Brotherhood
A praised vision of the Union of Nations and the submarine cable as mankind’s greatest achievement. The piece lauds universal brotherhood, closer contact between nations, and thought transmission via electricity, foreseeing a future where parliaments, presses, and minds unite across oceans. It credits Franklin Morse Field in foundational work on telegraphing the ocean and envisions widespread collaboration.
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Jong
Earth
Parliament
Lord Napier
Congress
Lady Dallas
Franklin
Morse
Field
Chaucer
Land Sales Clash With Settlers Amid Septembers Proposals
The notice warns that the land sale authorized by the President will begin on September 6 and many settlers who have improved land may be unable to pre-empt in time. It argues for protecting settlers rights, urges a meeting to plan action, and recommends a respected committee to handle water at Omaha.
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Omaha
As. Lurrey & Co
People’s Press
Nebraska City
United States
Bealf
Nebraska
Well Sunk at Columbus Deepens Geology Interest
An Artesian well project at Columbus Ohio has stirred geology interest as the bore reaches 1705 feet with over a thousand feet in solid rock. Workers push ahead despite challenges as science and local curiosity converge.
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Columbus
Ohio
The Atlantic Telegraph Queen's Message Reception Details
The log from Taisiey Bay on August 7 records Ningare and subsequent Atlantic relay ships Gorgon Valorous and Agamemnon arriving at rendezvous. It notes signal continuity issues, varying depths and distances paid out, and eventual landfall near Trinity Bay with arrival signals and prayers by Captain Madson.
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Taisiey Bay
Sac
Ward Room
Lower End
Agamemon
Agamemnon
Niagar
Trinity Bay
Sefeloek
Calle Craded
Atlantic
Capt
Madson
Wade
Gorgon
Valentia
Cable Laying Progress Report From Atlantic Telegraph
Cyrus Field reports to the Associated Press about telegraph cable laying efforts from Valentia to the Niagara. Superintendent McKay works day and night to prepare receiving facilities as faith in the cable grows slowly. The Atlantic cable began at the Irish shore August 1857 and rejoined after trials in 1858 with the Niagara involved in both ends. The initial attempt failed June 29 and a successful splice occurred July 28.
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Trsiy Bay
Aus
Associated Press of
New York
McKay
New York and
Niafoundland
Trish
Valentia
Plymouth
Agamemnon
Ocean
Cyrus W. Field
Cable left aboard Niagra to be shipped to England
In St. Joan New Brunswick Aug 11 1858 reports more than eighty miles of cable remain on the Niagara to be reshipped to England. All paying out machinery remains as when in use, with C C Fixon noted among details.
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St. Joan
N F
Niagara
New York
England
Cc. W. Fixon
Royal cable greeting from the Queen to the President
The Queen greets the President from Vatenia Bay via Taixery Bay expressing delight at the completed international project. She hopes the electric cable linking Great Brian and the United States strengthens friendship and mutual esteem between nations and wishes prosperity for the United States.
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Vatenia Bay
Taixery Bay
United Salas
Iler
Great Brian
United States
Atlantic Telegraph Bond Of Peace Celebrated
From Wasiiseroy dated August 16 1858 the President replies to Queen Victoria praising the great enterprise by science and energy of two nations. He hopes the Atlantic Telegraph will unite distant kinds and become a bond of perpetual peace and friendship between the kindred nations under Heaven.
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Wasiiseroy
Victoria
Great Britain
Meaning of Divine Providence in Declaration text
Fragmentary quote featuring James Buchanan discussing religious liberty and the nation’s neutral communications amid hostilities. The text questions how the declaration can remain neutral while delivering messages to distant places during conflicts.
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James Kuchanan
Joint Committee Sets September 1 for Cable Celebration
In New York on August 19 the Joint Committee on the Cable Celebration fixed September 1 as the grand celebration date and decided to dispatch a message to the Lord Mayor and Common Council of London to inform them of the plan.
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New York
London
Great project unites continents and promises peace
The article praises a vast enterprise as a world-changing achievement linking continents and fostering peace and prosperity. It cites Franklin Morse and Field as American masters, notes rapid newspaper delivery from St Louis, and highlights the Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad shortening travel to St. Louis, signaling growing traffic to the West.
M. & M. Bartaoxan Road Progress Near Iowa City
The Davenport Gazette notes iron rails seen en route west, likely for the Muscatine branch of the M. M. Road. Mr Parnaim arrives to arrange construction west of Iowa City as Lyons road advances. Officials expect action soon to contract the M. & M. line westward. The public awaits a decisive announcement.
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M. & M. Bartaoxan
Muscatine
Parnaim
Iuwa City
Lyons
M. & M. Company
Lyons Road
Davenport Gazete
United States Agricultural Society Holds Baltimore Meeting
The Executive Committee gathered in Baltimore on Wednesday evening to complete the renewal list for the next Richmond exhibition on October 21. The list exceeds $10,000 in value. The Maryland Agricultural Society has altered exhibit times to boost visitor attendance.
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Navriowan Acwevatvasa
United States Agricultural Society
Baltimore
Richmond
Maryland Agricultural Society
Bath
Gentleman offers wages for church attendance in England
A factory owner in western England told workers that attend church on a Sunday would be paid as if at work for that day. A deputation requested payment for extra hours if church attendance continued, and the workers planned to attend the Methodist chapel in the evening.
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England
The Dalles Name and Meaning on the Columbia River
The Dalles is a name for a narrow passage on the Columbia river about fifty miles above the Cascades. The feature lies between basalt walls only three hundred feet apart. The name, pronounced dolls, means rahe and was likely given by early French trappers describing the basalt masses resembling flag stones set up and cemented together.
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Oregon
Columbia River
Cascades
Land sales and county club meeting in Sarpy County
Local notice calls residents to the Bellevue House for a meeting on the 80th of August to organize a Sarpy County Club and discusses protections for sealers against speculators at land sales in Omaha on September 6.
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Omaha
Bellevue House
County Commissioners Meet At Cook's Office
A notice announces a meeting of the County Commissioners at Cook's Office on Thursday, September 2d, to discuss matters related to squatters.
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Cook
Deeds Unrecorded and Egyptan Wheat Sample Shown
The city and Sarpy County report many deeds not on record and urge immediate recording for validity. Judge Hall presents Egyptan Wheat grown near the city with six foot stalks and one foot heads, praised for feed and flour-like uses. A spate of town crime follows a drunken altercation injuring Wm. Byers. three men, including a German, are jailed as investigation continues.
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Sarpy
Joseph
Egypt
England
Nebraska
Iatan Trishman
George Niebel
Ryan
Byers
Tap
Niebel
Brigus
Mr. Byers
Omaha
Mysterious disappearance of Mr. Sarvis near Columbus
The Omaha Republican reports Thomas Sarvis a 23-year-old Columbus-area printer and candidate for the Legislature left Omaha July 28 en route to Columbus via Fontenelle. His friends fear an accident as Rawhide Creek rose. last heard from him four days before the election. Comments note his Ohio birth and hoped return. Gov Richardson resigns as Nebraska governor effective January.
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Thomas Sarvis
Omaha
Bellevue
Columbuus
Platte County
Columbus
Sarva
House of the Fox Brothers
Fremont
Fontnelle
Maple Creek
Rawhide
Sarvis
Fontenelle
Platte Valley
Ohio
Cleveland
Nebraska
Legislators Elected in Sarpy and Washington Burl Counties
A complete list of the members elected to the Legislature is given. In Sarpy County with the Council L. L. Bowen MOUSE B. P. Rankin Matthew J. Shields Charles C. Norwood Stephen H. Wattles. In Washington Serpy and Burl Counties Council George W. Doane.
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Teerstonian Leerstarear
B. P. Rankin
Matthew J. Shields
Charles C. Norwood
Stephen H. Wattles
Washington, Serpy, and
Burl Counties
Council
Local Council and House Members Named in Douglas County
Douglas County lists council members George L. Miller Omaha William E Moore John R Porter and house members William A Gwyer Omaha George Clayes John Stemberger Elkhorn R W Steele Florence James Stewart Omaha Clinton Briggs James H Seymour Augustus Roeder among others.
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George L. Miller
Omaha
William E. Moore
John R. Porter
William A. Gwyer
George Clayes
John Stemberger
Elkhorn
R. W. Steele
Florence
James Stewart
Clinton Briggs
James H. Seymour
Augustus Roeder
Local Council Names and Officials Listed in Burt County
In Burt County records the council and several named officials appear including Thomas L. Collier associated with Nemaha and Johnson counties along with R. W. Formas and others such as G. Daily Jesse Noel Milton Clark Richards and Puaence E. Dandy A. D. Dean and J. B. Ramsey noted in November.
Illiam P. Bennett and Other Names Listed in Mills 5S
A list of individuals including Reeves, Taylor, William JH, Illiam P. Bennett, William B. Hall, Oliver P. Mason, John Cassel, James J. Wasson, Geo F. Lee appears in the Mills 5S notice. The fragment outlines participants or persons named in the item.
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Mills
Reeves, William JH. Taylor
Illiam P. Bennett
William B. Hall
Oliver P. Mason
John Cassel
James J. Wasson
Geo
F. Lee
Contested Claim Noted in Dakota County Roster
Washington County lists residents including George E. Scott and Charles Davis with other names from Cass Dodge Platte and surrounding counties. Contested by Silas A. Strickland. officials include John Taffe Wm J Young and William G Crawford with Henry W Dupuy mentioned in county notices.
Navigation gains projected at Lake Erie port this year
The Lake Erie region anticipates an unprecedented season with navigation closing to reveal flour and grain receipts at least a third higher than any prior year. The Emperor of Austria has granted a life pension of 600 florins to the wife of the marine intendant, noted for several important discoveries and the first inventor of the errey.
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Lake Erie
Neason
Austra
Ee Intendant of Marine
Set
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News and Soag
Union of Nations
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Lawrence American
Qui. Osborne
St. Louis
St Louis
Hannibal and St. Joseph
Lambal
St. Lewis
Missouri
Kansas
Vaizens of
St. Joseph
St Joseph Gazelle
Local & Terriorial
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Glenwood
Platford
Mr. C
Pat
Justice Hall
Judge Kinney
Pacific City Herald
L. B. Kinney
W. A. Richardson
Sarpy County
L. L. Bowen
George W. Doane
Douglas County
Burt County
Nnooousk
Thomas L. Collier
Nemaha and Johnson Cownties
R. W. Formas
HOWSE
G. Daily
Jesse Noel
Milton F. Clark
Dandy
A. D. Dean
W. . Fleming
J. B. Ramsey
Novsr
Otoe County
Washington County
George E. Scott
Charles Davis
L. M. Kline
J. G. Cooper
Dodge, Platte, and Munroe Counties
Nouebe
Henry W. Dupuy
Ofoe, Cass, Dodge, and
Platte Counties
John H. Cheever
Cass County
F. A. Donelan
T. M. Marquette
R. G. Doom
R. Davis
Wm. J. Young
Dakota County
William G. Crawford
D. T. Bramble
John Taffe
Silas A. Strickland
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