Monday, February 06, 2006

"...Western Union delivered its last telegram messages last Friday..."

Technology victim: Western Union ends telegrams
Todd R. Weiss - 06/02/2006 08:06:45
After more than 155 years during which it delivered millions of telegrams around the world, bringing news of births, deaths, weddings, wars and more, Western Union delivered its last telegram messages last Friday, ending a means of communication that began before the U.S. Civil War.

By 2000, Western Union had debuted its Web site, Westernunion.com, allowing customers to transfer money online.

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