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Katherine A. Foss, The Conversation, 11 Mar. 2025
Awakened to the peril to the Constitution, Americans protested with 30,000 telegrams streaming into Washington daily.
—Bruce Fein, Baltimore Sun, 3 Mar. 2025
The telegram, dated April 18, 1912, is written on a Marconi International Marine Communication Company Ltd. form and has been documented in the book Titanic: Signals of Disaster by John Booth and Sean Coughlan.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 14 Feb. 2025
The custom dates back to 1917 when King George V began sending telegrams to centenarians.
—Stephanie Petit, People.com, 13 Feb. 2025
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In September, the U.S. Surgeon General and the U.S. Public Health Service attempted to gauge the magnitude and transmission of influenza by sending telegrams to state health officers.
—Katherine A. Foss, The Conversation, 11 Mar. 2025
Awakened to the peril to the Constitution, Americans protested with 30,000 telegrams streaming into Washington daily.
—Bruce Fein, Baltimore Sun, 3 Mar. 2025
The telegram, dated April 18, 1912, is written on a Marconi International Marine Communication Company Ltd. form and has been documented in the book Titanic: Signals of Disaster by John Booth and Sean Coughlan.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 14 Feb. 2025
The custom dates back to 1917 when King George V began sending telegrams to centenarians.
—Stephanie Petit, People.com, 13 Feb. 2025
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“Telegram.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/telegram. Accessed 22 Mar. 2025.
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