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In many English-speaking countries, a telegram delivery boy, telegraph boy or telegram boy was a young man employed to deliver telegrams, usually on bicycle. In the United Kingdom , these messengers were employed by the General Post Office ; in the United States , they worked for Western Union or other telegraph companies.
In July 1889, Police Constable Luke Hanks was investigating a theft from the London Central Telegraph Office. During the investigation, a fifteen-year-old telegraph boy named Charles Thomas Swinscow was discovered to be in possession of fourteen shillings, equivalent to several weeks of his wages. At the time, messenger boys were not permitted ...
A Boy's Fortune; or, The Strange Adventures of Ben Baker: 1898 The Young Bank Messenger: 1898 Online at Gutenberg. Jed the Poorhouse Boy: 1899 Juvenile novel. A poorhouse boy is discovered to be an English baronet. Mark Mason's Victory; or, The Trials and Triumphs of a Telegraph Boy: 1899 Rupert's Ambition: 1899 Silas Snobden's Office Boy: 1899
Saul was one of several professionals working there, but telegraph boys were also recruited for part-time work. In 1889, when one of the boys was questioned at the General Post Office regarding how he obtained a sum of money in his possession, the Cleveland Street scandal broke, creating news stories around the globe.
Copy Boy Phil Rosen: uncredited 1937 That I May Live: Kurt Plivens Allan Dwan: 1937 The Road Back: Boy Leader James Whale: uncredited 1937 Rhythm in the Clouds: Clyde John H. Auer: uncredited 1937 Love in a Bungalow: Telegraph boy Ray McCarey: 1937 Flying Fists: Monk, Tall Kid Robert F. Hill: 1937 A Dangerous Adventure: Blister D. Ross Lederman ...
The word telegraph (from Ancient Greek: τῆλε 'at a distance' and γράφειν 'to write') was coined by the French inventor of the semaphore telegraph, Claude Chappe, who also coined the word semaphore. [2] A telegraph is a device for transmitting and receiving messages over long distances, i.e., for telegraphy.
The Telegraph: A History of Morse's Invention and Its Predecessors in the United States (McFarland, 2003). online; Downey, Greg. "Telegraph messenger boys: crossing the borders between history of technology and human geography." Professional Geographer 55.2 (2003): 134-145. online
Young Telegraph was a weekly section of The Daily Telegraph published as a 14-page supplement in the weekend edition of the newspaper. Young Telegraph featured a mixture of news, features, cartoon strips and product reviews aimed at 8–12-year-olds. It was edited by Damien Kelleher (1993–1997) and Kitty Melrose (1997–1999).