telegraph
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During the worst geomagnetic storm on record, in 1859, bright auroras were seen as far south as Panama -- and telegraph operators around the world were given electric shocks.
From Barron's • May 19, 2026
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
Within 10 years, the commercial districts of major cities were festooned with the new telephone wires added to the old telegraph poles.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 26, 2026
But long before that, in 1871, inventor Antonio Meucci received a “caveat,” a precursor to a patent, for his version of a telephone, which he called a speaking telegraph.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026
“Soon as they telegraph me from New York, we go’n drape a big banner acrost the front of the store, tellin’ what train to meet.
From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns
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