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 com-
parison, and the Company will not hold itself liable for errors or delays in transmission or delivery of
UNREPEATED MESSAGES beyond amount received for sending the same.
Lines to Principal Points in Utah.
Sent by Rec'd by
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READ THE NOTICE AT THE TOP.
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BLANK NO. 1.
DESERET TELEGRAPH CO.
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 amount received for sending the same.
From Manti
Received at 9:20 am.
To Prest John Taylor
or W Woodruff
"Telegram from John Daniel Thompson McAllister, 24 September 1878," p. 1, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed May 12, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/8BR3