A prominent neurologist claims telegraphs cause nervousness and anxiety. Is he right?
All Our Telegraphs Are…a Mistake?
Telegraph Laughter
Telegraph operators get creative to break up boredom at the job.
Wired on Crime: Soapy Smith’s Telegraph Con
A sly Skagway swindler's sneaky strategy to steal succeeds.
Crime on the Wire: How the Telegraph was Used to Send the First Spam Mail
A muckraker exposes a crime ring and their phony gambling scheme.
P.T. Barnum was an Early Adopter of the Telegraph- So he Could Prank his Co-Workers
Of course the humbug-in-chief would use the telegraph for tomfoolery. Do we approve?
Messengers of a Cruel Society: Lewis Hine’s Photographs of Child Telegraph Messengers
Photographs put faces on the weary child messengers of the telegraph industry.
When Telegraph Lines Connect Pennsylvania
The telegraph: advancing communication and aiding pranksters since 1846.
Another Century 