telegraph
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The possibility for national markets was brought about by the railroad, which by the 1870s had connected all major U.S. cities and many minor ones, and the telegraph that ran beside it.
From Barron's • May 2, 2026
Undersea telegraph cables soon crossed the English Channel and other narrow waters, and in 1866, American businessman Cyrus Field laid a cable across the Atlantic Ocean.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 26, 2026
By the 1880s, a cat’s cradle of submerged telegraph lines wound around the globe.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 26, 2026
The strike took place in a now-forgotten farming village, at which Garza’s archival research revealed through telegraph conversations that activist-turned-influential Mexican novelist José Revueltas had in fact been present.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 3, 2026
“That’s not my fault either. I didn’t invent it; I just bought a little of it while under the impression that the telegraph company would keep me informed as to what it was doing.”
From "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner
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