Telegrams bite the dust
For those of us old enough to remember them, here's notice of another passing, from Associated Press via Iwon ...For more than 150 years, messages of joy, sorrow and success came in signature yellow envelopes hand delivered by a courier. Now the Western Union telegram is officially a thing of the past.The company formed in April 1856 to exploit the hot technology of the telegraph to send cross-country messages in less than a day. It is now focusing its attention on money transfers and other financial services, and delivered its final telegram on Friday. ...
posted by Paul Wilczynski @ 10:04 AM
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