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  • Title: Telegram from William F. Cody to George T. Beck
  • Date: March 23, 1895
  • Author: Cody, William Frederick, 1846-1917
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Form No. 1.
The Western Union Telegraph Company.
Incorporated
21,000 Offices In America.
Cable Service to All The World.

This Company Transmits and Delivers messages only on conditions limiting its liability, which have been assented to by the sender of the following message.
Errors can be guarded against only by repeating a message back to the sending station for comparison, and the Company will not hold itself liable for errors or delays in transmission or delivery of Unrepeated Messages, beyond the amount of tolls paid thereon, nor in any case where the claim is not presented in writing with in sixty days after the message is filed with the Company for transmission.
This is an Unrepeated Message, and is delivered by request of the sender, under the conditions named above.
Thos. T. Eckert, President and General Manager.

am 10 05 [1]

Number 2

Sent By Cher.

Rec'd by WK

Check 23 Collect

Received at Auditorium Hotel Annex. 3/2 3 1895

Dated Plattsmouth Neb 2 2

To Geo R T Beck.

Auditorium Annex Chgo

Telegram from Albany signed Cody Says hymer on way omaha. important meeting please join him & go to Omaha wire you there.

C.

Note 1: Telegram is handwritten by a clerk or William F. Cody assignee. [back]

Note 2: Cody was pitching the irrigation project and hoping to find financial backing among the wealthy businessmen of Omaha, including William A. Paxton and John A. Creighton (1831-1907), pioneer businessman, philanthropist, and founder of Creighton University. [back]

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