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The average length of a telegram in the 1900s in the US was 11.93 words; more than half of the messages were 10 words or fewer. [5] According to another study, the mean length of the telegrams sent in the UK before 1950 was 14.6 words or 78.8 characters. [6] For German telegrams, the mean length is 11.5 words or 72.4 characters. [6]
The Babylonians invented the actual [clarification needed] seven-day week in 600 BCE, with Emperor Constantine making the Day of the Sun (dies Solis, "Sunday") a legal holiday centuries later. [2] In the international standard ISO 8601, Monday is treated as the first day of the week, but in many countries it is counted as the second day of the ...
In many English-speaking countries, a telegram messenger, more often known as a telegram delivery boy, telegraph boy or telegram boy was a young man employed to deliver telegrams, usually on bicycle. In the United Kingdom , they were employed by the General Post Office ; in the United States , they worked for Western Union or other telegraph ...
The planetary hours are an ancient system in which one of the seven classical planets is given rulership over each day and various parts of the day. Developed in Hellenistic astrology, it has possible roots in older Babylonian astrology, and it is the origin of the names of the days of the week as used in English and numerous other languages.
Voting in the latest Telegram & Gazette Student of the Week poll is underway. There are three nominees this week, all sophomores. ... He is in the Chapter 74 Diesel Automotive program, where he ...
The tradition of fortune telling by days of birth is much older. Thomas Nashe recalled stories told to children in Suffolk in the 1570s which included "what luck eurie [every] one should have by the day of the weeke he was borne on". [5] There was also considerable variation and debate about the exact attributes of each day and even over the days.
Last week Congrats to Michelle Annancy of Oxford High, T&G Student of the Week This article originally appeared on Telegram & Gazette: Telegram & Gazette Student of the Week: Recognizing high ...
[13] At the same time, the paper switched from the old hot type printing method to cold type. [14] The Telegram was a six-day-a-week paper for its first 98 years, publishing Monday through Saturday. A Sunday edition was launched in April 1990. The paper was sold to the Illinois-based chain Independent Media Group in 1997. [15]