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The telegram12/20/2023 "Recent generations didn't receive telegrams and didn't know you could send them," Chayet said. 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. With long distance rates dropping and different technologies for communicating evolving - including the internet - Western Union phased out couriers in the late 1960s and early 1970s.īy last year, only 20,000 telegrams were sent at about $10 a message, mostly from companies using the service for formal notifications, Chayet said. During World War II, the sight of a Western Union courier was feared because the War Department, the precursor to the Department of Defense, used the company to notify families of the death of their loved ones serving in the military, Chayet said. Telegrams were used to announce the first flight in 1903 and the start of World War I.
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