Canal proposal to link seas would reshape trade routes
The article discusses a vast canal cutting 200 miles long from Acre to the Gulf of Araba, using natural water movement to ease construction. It envisions restoring the Dead Sea as a transit channel between Europe and Asia, potentially submerging 2600 square miles including Tiberias, and argues reopening Selencia Piedia ports as a practical alternative.
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Bay of Acre
Esdraélon
Jordan
Dead Sea
Ghor
Wadi al Araba
Gulf of Araba
Kishon
Europe
Asia
Cape of Good Hope
England
India
Egypt
Tiberas
Selencia Piedia
Tue Pontroiio
Allen
The American Anti Slavery Society on Emancipation
The Liberator discusses Garrison and The Anti-Slavery Advocate to define the society's aims. It emphasizes a unified platform rejecting religious or political tests, permitting members to hold varied views outside the abolition cause, and condemning compromises of principle for numbers or popularity.
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Platrora
Empira
Garrison
American Anti-Slavery Society
Treaty of Paris Gains and Limits Cast in Liberty Tone
The press lauds the Treaty of Paris as matching wartime gains, noting Russia’s dismantling of Nicholaief and Sebastopol forts, and the Black Sea armament limits. It praises the conventions curbing naval arms, privateering ban, and neutral commerce protections, while urging cautious enforcement to curb war excesses.
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Paris
Russia
Black Sea
Nicholaieff
Sebastopol
Ardanelles
Bosphorus
Turkey
England
France
Aland Islands
British America
United States
Congress
Marriage with a Deceased Wife's Sister Rejected in Lords
The Daily News notes the House of Lords again rejects the bill to legalize marriages with a deceased wife's sister. It argues the issue rests on prejudices, theology, and policy, urging that restrictive law harms many and only cites disputed biblical interpretation to justify reform.
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Daily News
House of Lords
Ublic
Russia
St. Germans
London
Llandaff
St. David's
Carlisle
Henry of
Exeter
Dr. Chalmers
England
Poetic fledgeling and early scientific notes
A fragmentary item notes a playful couplet on gleam of eye and gleam of gold. It then cites Dr Toffman from the London Quarterly Review stating a compound with four hydrogen equivalents replaced by radicals. Frederick Tyermsu patents a Vehicle Umbrella Receptacle for public carriage doors to hold wet umbrellas, a simple device improving travel comfort in rain.
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Toffman
London Quarterly Review
Frederick Tyermsu
A Scottish Educational Photograph From the Illustrated London News
The article follows Sandy McDougall a barefaced light-hearted Scotch village boy and his family background to illustrate life in a parochial school. It notes his weekly 3d tuition and the financial strain on the family while hinting at the broader Scotch educational system.
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Jem
Sandy
Euripides
Kirk
Gogne
Exi
Scotland
England
Edinburgh
London
MM Dougall Pere
College of Edinburgh
Illustrated London News
Sandy Mc Dougall
Burns
Cottar
Dougall
Pete
Preent
Live Principle in the Silurian Stratum and Printing Link
A Spectator piece argues against the view that all benefits come from self interest. It notes that great blessings often arise from disinterested labor and chance discoveries. Sir Roderick Murchison links geology to printing, urging moral duty and support for workers, including fines for printers facing adversity.
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Roderick Murchison
Sir Roderick
Roderick
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