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Telegram Fades from Use as E-mail, Technology Take Over.
Byline: Rusty Marks
Sep. 27--There was a time when the fastest way to transmit urgent information was by telegram. The death of a soldier, details of a major disaster, vital business instructions or other important news were given to the Western Union office to be transmitted across the globe in a crackle of electricity.
Today, most people rely on e-mail for quick communication, causing some to ponder the future of the historic telegram.
"I can't figure out why anyone would send a telegram," said Dwight Jensen, who teaches a course in mass media history at Marshall University in Huntington.
"The telegraph was the Internet of its day," Jensen said. "For a lot of years it was the email. Technology has just caught up with it."
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