The Story of the Telegraph Key and Its Work
W B Holly explains telegraph basics from key to sounder, dot and dash signals, and the wiring circuit. He surveys advances like quadruplex phantomplex and explains how messages traverse a national relay system through Helena and Chicago, highlighting press networks and dispatches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wnitor
United States
Chicago
Butte
Helena
Montana
Great Falls
Lewistown
Billings
Missoula
Great Press Association
The Anaconda Standard’s Early Printing Era in Missoula
In 1889 itinerant printers gathered at the Florence hotel in Missoula to discuss a new Montana paper. The Anaconda Standard, backed by a copper magnate, began amid a lively crew of typesetters and pressrooms, with early winters filled with subs, boxing in the pressroom, and stories of brave journeymen like Kid Sloane and Hop Loy.
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Florence
Missoula
Montana
Tammany
Anaconda
Standard
M Soulh
John Walkup
J. B. Catlin
Catlin
The
Eddie Stevens
New York
Dim" Boston
International ‘Ypographical Union
New Sastaren
St. Patrick's Day
Big George
Pet
Doxike
Hop Loy
Kid
Hop
Tarkington in New York Talks Debt With Friend
Booth Tarkington, while in New York spending proceeds of Seventeen, discussed debt with a friend noted for impecuniousness. The playwright quipped that about $1,200 would clear his debt, then warned he would never fall so far behind again and would aim for $12,000 if necessary.
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Booth Tarkington
New York
Tark
Husband and Wife Argue Over Economy In Fitful Chat
A quarrel about thrift exposes tension between a husband and wife. The wife defends saving her wedding dress for a potential second marriage, challenging the husband's view of economy in a sharp exchange. The dialogue reveals strain over financial priorities and marital expectations.
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W. B. Holly
Amtor
Mse
Docs
Eve
dPeant
Bomesoory
Aker
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