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 ā Oct. 25, 2022
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 Harold Bindloss
He had desired that the reply to his telegraphic message should be addressed to him at the post-office of Neuwied, and thither he was now bent.
From Davenport Dunn, Volume 2 (of 2) A Man Of Our Day by Charles James Lever
Jacinta tore it open, and Muriel saw the blood surge to her face as she spread out the telegraphic message.
From For Jacinta by Harold Bindloss
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
