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  The Telegram - St. John’s, NL: Newfoundland, Canada's Oldest City
Newfoundland and Labrador:The Telegram (St. John’s); The Western Star (Corner Brook).
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www.thetelegram.com   (683 words)

  
  Educators and Students - The Zimmermann Telegram
In January of 1917, British cryptographers deciphered a telegram from German Foreign Minister Arthur Zimmermann to the German Minister to Mexico, von Eckhardt, offering United States territory to Mexico in return for joining the German cause.
The American press published news of the telegram on March 1.
The coded telegram is from Decimal File 862.20212/82A (1910-1929), and the decoded telegram below is from Decimal File 862.20212/69 (1910-1929), General Records of the Department of State, Record Group 59.
www.archives.gov /education/lessons/zimmermann   (317 words)

  
  Retro-Gram™ presents a brief history of the telegram.
People sent telegrams by calling a telegraph office and dictating a message over the phone to an operator: the cost of the service was added to the customer’s phone bill.
Telegram rates varied depending on the distance the message had to be sent, the speed with which it needed to be delivered, and its length.
There’s a story of a woman in Prussia in 1870 who appeared at her local telegraph office with a dish of food, and asked that it be telegraphed to her son who was a soldier fighting in the war against France.
www.retro-gram.com /telegramhistory.html   (2051 words)

  
 First World War.com - Primary Documents - Ems Telegram, 1870
The Ems Telegram was ostensibly a telegram from the Prussian Kaiser, Wilhelm I, to his Prime Minister Otto von Bismarck which, when published (and as anticipated by Bismarck) precipitated the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-71.
The telegram’s contents outlined the details of a disagreement between Wilhelm and the French ambassador concerning the succession to the Spanish throne.
A "creeping barrage" is an artillery bombardment in which a 'curtain' of artillery fire moves toward the enemy ahead of the advancing troops and at the same speed as the troops.
www.firstworldwar.com /source/emstelegram.htm   (306 words)

  
 TCS Daily - 'You Have a Telegram'   (Site not responding. Last check: )
I had never received a telegram before and there was still a bit of cachet, a whiff of romance and importance to the thing back in December 1963.
Telegrams were still the stuff of drama back in my youth.
We demanded the privacy of the mail, but with the telegram we came to terms with having critical, personal, even intimate matters trusted to an outside technology, conveyed before the eyes of third parties.
www.tcsdaily.com /article.aspx?id=021006E   (860 words)

  
 Telegrams Canada - Help and Information
Sometimes the telegram cannot be left at the door, for example, in a lock-out apartment building or if you have required a delivery signature.
Telegrams Canada is the only licensed telegraph service provider in Canada, and operates Unitel's international cablegram system in Canada.
Telegrams Canada holds a Class B license issued by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC).
www.telegrams.ca /info.php   (1388 words)

  
 The Telegram - New York Times
In fact, the telegram was just a piece of paper that looked a little down at the heels, as if it had been a ragged night for the telegraphers.
But knowing that the last telegram has now been delivered is somehow a little like knowing that the last martini has been drunk or the last dinner jacket worn.
I would like to believe that there will always be a world where telegrams come directly to the door, throwing a note of suspense into the air.
www.nytimes.com /2006/02/08/opinion/08wed3.html?ex=1297054800&en=b71554f3dd89930d&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss   (352 words)

  
 Telegrams Online > History of the Telegram
Telegram, telegraph, cablegram, radio telegram: evocative names which signal significant news for the recipient.
From the news of gold found in California to the discovery of a disguised Dr Crippen aboard the SS Montrose, the key witness was always the telegram.
Even today in a world saturated with instant technological exchanges, the impact made by the telegram is no less.
www.telegramsonline.co.uk /history.asp   (168 words)

  
 All about telegrams and telegram forms
In 1910, a telegram was transmitted by the master of the Atlantic liner Montrose which led to the hanging of Dr. Hawley Crippen after trying to flee to Canada for the murder of his wife by poisoning, dismembering and burying her in their Holloway, London cellar.
Greetings telegram forms and colourful envelopes were designed to catch the eye of the addressee; it was well known for the recipient of such a greetings telegram to be more likely to preserve that telegram for a keepsake - but less inclined to do likewise with a greetings card after the occasion.
The telegram messenger boys were replaced by 200 venerable elderly gentlemen re-titled couriers whose major worry was not the bombs dropping all around them but the state of their feet.
home.iprimus.com.au /oseagram/tgram.html   (1466 words)

  
 Mayborn/Telegram History
Temple and the Telegram were always his base of operations and he worked tirelessly for the betterment and benefit of the city and the region.
The “routine” for the Telegram is to report actions of city councils and school boards and other governmental entities which impact the daily lives of Telegram readers.
The winners are selected from nominations made by Telegram readers who are asked to nominate either current teachers or teachers who had a profound effect on them sometime during their education.
www.temple-telegram.com /humanitarian/mayborn.php   (1382 words)

  
 björk:albums:DEBUT
Recorded for artistic creativity as opposed to commerciality, "Telegram" is nine guest treatments of songs from this period and range from the lush string textures of
"Telegram" was commissioned personally by Björk to include artists she highly reveres and the brief remained for them to remix the tracks with total freedom.
A collection of songs that have grown and developed fresh meaning, Björk's natural instinct to veer from the original blueprint of her songs is proved right with "Telegram." This album finishes Björk's POST period - and maybe shows you the course she will take on her third album.
unit.bjork.com /specials/albums/post/telegram.htm   (247 words)

  
 The Telegram: Our History   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The Evening Telegram did so well that by May of 1880 Herder was seeing 2,000 copies of his year-old venture hitting the streets of St. John's.
In 1880, The Evening Telegram was housed in its new building with a new printing unit and also received, by accident, a new look.
The Evening Telegram changed its name in 1998 when it became what it is today, The Telegram, to reflect its single copy distribution in the morning.
www.thetelegram.com /index.cfm?pid=1193   (1610 words)

  
 First World War.com - Primary Documents - Zimmermann Telegram, 19 January 1917
Between 1914 and the spring of 1917, the European nations engaged in a conflict that became known as World War I. While armies moved across the face of Europe, the United States remained neutral.
Zimmermann himself dispelled initial suspicions regarding the telegram's authenticity by giving a speech in which he confirmed its existence.
It is his opinion that "never before or since has so much turned upon the solution of a secret message." In an effort to protect their intelligence from detection and to capitalize on growing anti-German sentiment in the United States, the British waited until February 24 to present the telegram to Woodrow Wilson.
www.firstworldwar.com /source/zimmermann.htm   (467 words)

  
 CD Baby: TELEGRAM: All The World Asleep Tonight
Telegram's swaggering come-hither rave-ups and arresting jazz-influenced torch songs are all about deep grooves on an upright bass, stone-sober heartaches, smokey voiced longings, and artfully inventive rock that draw comparisons to the likes of Jeff Buck
Telegram is one of those bands that you want to keep to yourself.
Like other groups before them who have made incredible music well beneath the mainstream radar, Telegram cultivates that rare paradox of a band who belongs to a very devoted group of fans that don't want to see them on MTV, but will insist on playing their music for anyone they come in contact with.
www.cdbaby.com /cd/telegram   (865 words)

  
 Telegrams Online > All Telegram Products
Standard telegrams to non-UK destinations are charged on a per word basis i.e.
The floral bouquet telegram is ideal for weddings, anniversaries, congratulations or simply to carry your kind thoughts and best wishes.
The Broderie Anglaise style Baby Gown telegram provides a stunning memento, it can be personalised with babies initials to celebrate a new birth or naming day.
www.telegramsonline.co.uk /products.asp   (529 words)

  
 NPR : Western Union Sends Its Last Telegram
The telegram the Wright brothers sent to their father informing him of their successful first flight at Kitty Hawk, N.C., Dec. 17, 1903.
All Things Considered, February 2, 2006 · The era of the telegram, an icon of communication dating back 150 years, came to a quiet end last week.
The fact that one final telegram was sent last Friday is a tribute not to the telegram's endurance, but to the glacial tediousness of extinction itself.
www.npr.org /templates/story/story.php?storyId=5186113   (305 words)

  
 Documents 231 through 252
Telegram 220328 transmitted to Tel Aviv an account of the August 9 meeting between Eban and Jarring in London, as conveyed to Sisco by the Israeli Embassy.
In telegram 6368, August 28, Symmes reported that Prince Mohammad, acting as Viceroy in his father's absence from the country, had told him that Jordan planned to seek the support of other Arab countries in its efforts to control the Fedayeen.
Telegram 6426, August 31, reported on Symmes' meeting with Foreign Minister Rifai prior to Rifai's departure for the Arab League Council meeting in Cairo.
www.state.gov /r/pa/ho/frus/johnsonlb/xx/2671.htm   (11382 words)

  
 ► » Western Union Telegram Online / Send Telegram With Western Union
Now you can send a telegram anywhere in the United States from the comfort of your home.
History: The first telegram was sent on May 24, 1844 by Samuel Morse.
Now, over 150 years later, Western Union is the leading telegram service in the world, with over 220,000 locations.
www.sendmoneytransfer.com /telegram.html   (150 words)

  
 Amazon.com: The Zimmermann Telegram: Books: Barbara W. Tuchman   (Site not responding. Last check: )
In essence the Telegram was an attempt to make Mexico a German ally in the event of the US entering World War I on the Allied side, with the bait being the possibility of Mexico reclaiming the states of Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona.
While the Zimmerman Telegram is one of the most important documents in history, and is perhaps the greatest result of code breaking in history, it is nonetheless frequently overlooked.
When a copy of the telegram was delivered to President Woodrow Wilson, it shook him from his studied neutrality and brought about the American entry into the war, essentially turning a European struggle into a global one.
www.amazon.com /Zimmermann-Telegram-Barbara-W-Tuchman/dp/0345324250   (2622 words)

  
 Era Ends: Western Union Stops Sending Telegrams | LiveScience
The decline of telegram use goes back at least to the 1980s, when long-distance telephone service became cheap enough to offer a viable alternative in many if not most cases.
The world's first telegram was sent on May 24, 1844 by inventor Samuel Morse.
On Jan. 26, the last day you could send a telegram, First Data announced it would spin Western Union off as an independent, publicly traded company.
www.livescience.com /technology/060131_western_union.html   (494 words)

  
 Dot-Dot-Dot, Dash-Dash-Dash, No More - New York Times
The telegram was soon embedded in American popular culture; it showed up at critical moments in plays and movies.
A longish telegram was sent in 1950 to President Harry Truman from Senator Joseph McCarthy, repeating his assertions that "I have in my possession the names of 57 communists who are in the state department at present" and challenging Truman to account to Congress.
The shortest telegram is attributed to both Oscar Wilde and Victor Hugo.
www.nytimes.com /2006/02/12/weekinreview/12word.html?ex=1297400400&en=880efbcdfb77da7e&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss   (747 words)

  
 STOP — Western Union sends last telegram - U.S. Business - MSNBC.com
Telegrams reached their peak popularity in the 1920s and 1930s when it was cheaper to send a telegram than to place a long-distance telephone call.
Last week, the last 10 telegrams included birthday wishes, condolences on the death of a loved one, notification of an emergency, and several people trying to be the last to send a telegram.
Samuel Morse, inventor of the Morse Code, sent the first telegram from Washington to Baltimore on May 26, 1844, to his partner Alfred Vail to usher in the telegram era that displaced the Pony Express.
www.msnbc.msn.com /id/11147506   (627 words)

  
 Documents 253 through 275
/2/In telegram 6653 from Amman, September 17, Symmes reported on a conversation that day with King Hussein in which Hussein described the upcoming UN General Assembly session as perhaps the last chance to achieve a peaceful settlement in the Middle East.
Paragraph 5 of the telegram detailed Jarring's conviction that the crux of the problem lay in promoting an agreement between Israel and the UAR, not between Israel and Jordan as the Israelis seemed to believe.
/2/In telegram 6562 from USUN, September 19, Buffum followed up a telephone conversation with Department officials the previous day to warn that Israel's circulation at the UN of a compendium of cease-fire complaints against Jordan should be seen as presaging major military operations against Jordan in light of past experience with similar Israeli diplomatic initiatives.
www.state.gov /r/pa/ho/frus/johnsonlb/xx/2672.htm   (10947 words)

  
 Zimmerman Telegram   (Site not responding. Last check: )
This telegram, written by German Foreign Secretary Arthur Zimmermann, is a coded message sent to Mexico, proposing a military alliance against the United States.
On February 24 Britain released the Zimmerman telegram to Wilson, and news of the telegram was published widely in the American press on March 1.
The Zimmerman telegram clearly had helped draw the United States into the war and thus changed the course of history.
www.classbrain.com /artteenst/publish/article_100.shtml   (465 words)

  
 The Columbus Online Community - Columbus Telegram
More than 11,000 copies of the Telegram are read in Boone, Butler, Colfax, Merrick, Nance, Platte and Polk counties every Monday through Friday afternoon and every Sunday morning.
The Telegram Advantage, a supplement published by the Telegram, is delivered to both subscribers and non-subscribers in the same area every Tuesday.
Together, the Columbus Telegram and the Telegram Advantage reach 24,000 households and offer a range of products tailored to meet your marketing and advertising needs.
www.columbustelegram.com /expert/coladvertising   (787 words)

  
 Björk / TELEGRAM
Recorded for artistic creativity as opposed to commerciality "Telegram" is nine guest treatments of songs from this period and range from the lush string textures of The Brodsky Quartet on "Hyperballad" through Dillinja's jagged drum n'bass version of "Cover Me" to Deodato's warm spin on "Isobel."
Mixing duties were also split with Markus Dravs on the wonderfully rich, "You've Been Flirting Again." Despite her involvement vocally, she has also allowed her songs to be completely deconstructed as LFO proved with their spacey version of "Possibly Maybe" as did Dobie with a hip hop excursion through "I Miss You".
The album artwork of 'TELEGRAM' is a booklet of photographs of Björk by the (in)famous Japanese photographer Nobuyoshi Araki.
unit.bjork.com /websense/post/telegram.htm   (291 words)

  
 Telegram — FactMonster.com
A telegram is said to be “milked” when the message sent to a specific party is surreptitiously made use of by others.
A telegram is said to be “milked” when the message sent to...
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