Business
AT&T; Stops Offering Telegraphs: American Telephone & Telegraph Co. said it has stopped offering telegraph service because of low demand for the low-tech communication--but it has no plans to change its name.
Dec. 18, 1991
Books
Michael Chabon on ‘Telegraph Avenue,’ pon farr and other passions
Sept. 10, 2012
California
Since its radical heyday in the 1960s, Berkeley has been linked in the public mind with permissiveness.
Sept. 20, 1992
Michael Chabon joined us for a video interview to talk about “Telegraph Avenue,” his creative process, reaching a point of despair, whether it’s risky to write across gender and race, and “really really really long sentences.”
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July 26, 2011
THE VICTORIAN INTERNET: The Remarkable Story of the Telegraph and the Nineteenth Century’s On-line Pioneers; By Tom Standage; (Walker and Co.: 228 pp., $22)
May 23, 1999
Daily Dish
Sept. 15, 2009
Archives
A member of the sunflower family, telegraph weed is a tall, hairy herb that blooms year-round along roadsides and in other open spaces in Southern California.
Oct. 8, 1989
World & Nation
Media: Three publications go head-to-head in Nebraska town of 6,000. But for how long?
Sept. 28, 1997
In orbit high above Earth, a multibillion-dollar formation of communications satellites stands ready to instantly connect military leaders in Washington with every American warship and military base in the world.
Nov. 4, 1988