Atlantic tunnel dream draws engineers and capitalists
The Church Union outlines a submarine railway to link Old and New World via a tunnel under the Atlantic. A report from leading European and American engineers argues feasibility, time, and capital are the main hurdles, with $500000000 and vast funding pledged.
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The
Church Union
Atlantic Ocean
New World
Europe
America
Appea
Dstel
Po Ooente
Shieldi Ag
Stier
Cnrtain
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Deficit and curiosities in early 1800s ports and meals
The excerpt cites deficits in supply up to August 14 1807 affecting United Britain and Liverpool with dated figures. It also recounts a London Medical Times anecdote about Fordyce's daily meals including ale brandy and port, and notes public interest in planting and other economic topics alongside science miscellany.
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United Btnton
Liverpool
Tale of Robbery and Blood in Texan Valley
Fragmentary reminiscence from a San Antonio paper recounts frontier tales of thieves, murder, and a fortresslike Mexican house near Helotes. A clan with a beautiful daughter flees to Mexico after killings, while a later Irish doctor anecdote and clerical writers reflect on storytelling and prose style.
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San Antonio
Texas
Rio Grande
Mexico
Mexisco
Atone
Snake interrupts Kentucky church service and is slain
The Frankfort Commonwealth reports a five foot long snake slithered into a church during Friday night services, striking several gentlemen and resting by the pulpit before being killed and hung from a tree as a warning to disruptors.
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Frankfort
Hierrsma Brown
Dead Broke Man Narrates Life of Misfortune
An interview with a man who calls himself Dead Broke recounts a lifetime of poverty and mischance. He explains how his name shaped his fate, recounts episodes of borrowing trouble and jail, and notes that impostors pretend to be him to collect at creditors.
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Stephens
Wwen
Abernethy
Tim
Abe
Mme
Dave Ball
Clurk
Stanhope
Teather
Pappy
Felix
Jane Tepont
Beliere
Olives
Molly
Scroenne Oorcide
Japan
Stanh
Motapyrins Rumors From an Odd Footnote
A fragmentary text describes two men speaking in a dialect about metaphysics and chemicals, mentioning terms like motapyrins and a Scotch hotel. The garbled lines hint at a dialogue on knowledge, listening, and self reference, with unclear participants and setting.
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Thomas M. Norwood
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Oas
Lathrop & CO
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Savannah
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OLD. Family Grocery
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Georgia
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Latier’ Utvese Hemse Kepler Monde
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Holcombe & CO
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Savannar Cards
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Oborcia
Remshart & Bro
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Patwan
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Wopran
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Drayton
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Champion & Freeman
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Savanwar
Engaam
Southern Importing House
Hone . & Gordon
John Lyons
Wholeeale and Hetail Dealer
Choice Family Groceries
Broughton and
Whitaker Street
Monselle Ace Oma
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Jotin C. Maker & Co
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Ecoups
Corner
Broughton
Whitaker
Aix
Grover & Baker’s
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Germany
United States
Great Britain
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Orléans
New York
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Aadeeny City
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Peter Bayne
Meabody
Foster
Railroad Corporation
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Olney
Johson
Lys
Waraheep
Central Pacific Railroad
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