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
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 Spencer, M. Lyle (Matthew Lyle)
His carriage was quickly ordered, but before he set out he despatched a short telegraphic message to Hankes.
From Davenport Dunn, Volume 2 (of 2) A Man Of Our Day by Lever, Charles James
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 Mitford, Bertram
Even then she almost felt her courage fail as she tore it apart and took out a strip of paper that appeared to be a telegraphic message addressed to Jordan.
From Thrice Armed by Bindloss, Harold
