telegraphic message
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“What hath God wrought?” was the first telegraphic message sent by Samuel F. B. Morse, dispatched from D.C. to an assistant in Baltimore in 1844, according to the Library of Congress.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 25, 2022
At this crisis a telegraphic message arrived from Lawless himself.
From Grit Lawless by F.E. Mills Young
Bulletin.—A brief telegraphic message giving the barest results of an event, often an accident, unaccompanied by details.
From News Writing The Gathering , Handling and Writing of News Stories by M. Lyle (Matthew Lyle) Spencer
She braced her knees under the table, and sent forth a telegraphic message of support.
From Lady Cassandra by Mrs. George de Horne Vaizey
The news would flash from tribe to tribe, from kraal to kraal, quicker than a telegraphic message.
From 'Tween Snow and Fire A Tale of the Last Kafir War by Bertram Mitford
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