Western Union Telegraph: End of an Era

"Western Union inaugurated telegram service in 1861 and it continued without interruption, bringing everything from glad tidings to terrible news, until 2006, when the company posted this terse notice on its website: "Effective January 27, 2006, Western Union will discontinue...

Telegram calls for the impeachment of President Bush

"The Superior Daily Telegram has called for the impeachment of President Bush. The Telegram is the first area paper to do that, and one of the first in Wisconsin. Jay Stephenson reports. Telegram Editor in Chief Ron Brochu wrote the editorial to impeach the President and to...

NYT Co. cuts 125 jobs

"The New York Times Co. laid off 125 staffers from The Boston Globe and the Worcester Telegram & Gazette. The company will extend buyout packages to eligible employees. “You know as well as anyone that we are in the middle of one of the most challenging periods in...

NASCAR slows it down (Worcester Telegram & Gazette)

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Fair workers polish off the last-minute details (Fort Worth Star-Telegram)

" By JOHN AUSTIN STAR-TELEGRAM STAFF WRITER SPECIAL TO THE STAR-TELEGRAM/BRANDON WADE Sharon BuMann is sculpting Marilyn Monroe out of butter for this year's State Fair of Texas. DALLAS -- Marilyn Monroe may have been hot, but as of Friday, she was too cold to mold. "I have...

Workers tend to details for the fair (Fort Worth Star-Telegram)

" By JOHN AUSTIN STAR-TELEGRAM STAFF WRITER SPECIAL TO THE STAR-TELEGRAM/BRANDON WADE Sharon BuMann is using Marilyn Monroe's famous scene from The Seven Year Itch for this year's butter sculpture. BuMann is not the only one working hard to get the details finished for...

Treated Like Mushrooms, Kept In The Dark, And Fed On...

From September 24, 1941, the Japanese Consul General in Hawaii sent a special series of messages back to Japan. This series of messages made it obvious that Pearl Harbor was a target. Included were details of the disposition of warships in the harbor. On October 9, 1941,...