Correspondents urged to file by Tuesday morning
Editors request all correspondents land in communications on or before Tuesday morning to avoid postponement till the following week.
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Newspaper
Bellevue Gazette
Location
Bellevue, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1857
Page
3
Editors request all correspondents land in communications on or before Tuesday morning to avoid postponement till the following week.
At a Bellevue and Platte Valley Claim Association meeting, members were urged to map their several claims showing connections with Government Surveys and streams roads for an association map, with plats to the Secretary. The article also criticizes post office practices, outlines expected duties, and reports on territorial political changes and Governor Grany in Kansas.
The Printers of the Gazette urge readers to send ink based communications and fix pencil marks. They highlight a note about a paragraph on page three and apologize for potential errors in legislative reports due to delayed copy. Also promotes Railway's Doltture Monthly January issue for poetry and stories.
A prospectus announces a new Nebraska publication devoted to farmers in the Territory and invites a warm reception for the Mariner as it debuts.
A letter urges Congress to divide duties of Surveyor General for Kansas and Nebraska and establish a Nebraska office. The writer nominates Col. Coannes A. Mane wens as a candidate, calling for integrity, ability, and Democratic steadiness, and asks for public input on the nomination. More anon.
Died in St Louis on the 3d instant of congestion of the brain. Mrs Maaia Sunmipan, in the fourth year of her age, was mother of our friend Mr Thomas Sheridan, a young man of promise now resident in Bellevue. She had left a large circle of friends and was remembered at home.
The document lists the Bellevue area railroad meeting held Sunday December 27 and outlines the standing committees of the council. It notes discussions on surveying a railroad route up the Papillion valley to the Edkhori river and reports by delegates, with minutes read by Win Rowles and President Jas Allan.
Bellevue markets list prices for produce and staples. Items include wheat rye corn oats lard potatoes peaches apples hay and other locally traded goods with per unit or per ton rates noted. This brief reflects regional commodity rates and merchant quotes from the Bellevue area.
The Nebraska Territory announces a planned monthly issue titled the Farmer beginning March 1 1857. It promises practical farming and horticulture content with engravings and a Ladies Department led by experienced women reporters. Subscriptions include single copies from $1 to a club deal, with postmasters and farmers urged to act as agents and forward names to the publisher in Brownville Nemaha County Nebraska.
Advertisement lists pricing for single and multiple year subscriptions to magazines including Godeys Lady's Hook Harper's Harper's and Arthur's Tome. It notes special clubbing with other magazines and a required one time payment with extra postage for certain regions.
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