telegram
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A telegram from King George VI was read aloud:
From BBC • Jun. 21, 2025
A British businessman fast running out of cash, William Knox D'Arcy, is said to have uttered those words when he received a telegram from Persia, 113 years ago.
From BBC • Jun. 21, 2025
His family had to wait almost two weeks before a telegram arrived, addressed to his mother.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 8, 2024
Mr. Wright kept the telegram framed in his home.
From New York Times • Apr. 13, 2024
The commander of the front himself sent a telegram to the regiment, congratulating the two pilots on their fearlessness and airmanship: they had turned away forty-two enemy bombers, and shot down four of them.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
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