telegraph

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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

Patla compared the situation to communication before the telegraph, when handwritten letters crossed oceans by ship and replies took weeks or months to return.

From Science Daily • Dec. 30, 2025

The most powerful solar storm ever recorded was the Carrington Event in 1859, which knocked out telegraph lines across the globe.

From BBC • Nov. 30, 2025

The famed Pony Express, which rushed the news of Abraham Lincoln’s election to California in November 1860, went out of business less than a year later, after the telegraph made coast-to-coast communications infinitely faster.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 20, 2025

And in a few hours, I’m going to telegraph my report on the spectacle of the inauguration—did you know Mr. Lincoln has grown a beard along his chin for this occasion, but no mustache?

From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan