[Clemenza]

This is sad news STOP Western Union is an American institution STOP I have never received a telegram STOP I guess I never will STOP

[weegee]

You could still get a singing telegram. A good program as that puts liberals with college degrees to work. Same with pizza delivery.

[lewislynn]

I have never received a telegram STOP I guess I never will STOP

I remember when my parents received a telegram from the War Department in 1955 or 56 notifying them of the death of their (Active duty Air Force, non-combat) son.

I (much) later worked as a lineman for Western Union taking down copper wire for smelting when copper was at a high premium...we'd fill boxcars with coiled bare copper wire weighing 100 to 150 LBS per roll.