Name/Title
Telegram, The Western Union, To Mrs. LatourellEntry/Object ID
72.80.6KScope and Content
Telegraph to Mrs. C. H. Latourell from Chas.
Telegraph Reads;
Form 116. The Western Union Telegraph Co. Incorporated. Cable service to all parts of the world. Pay no charge to messenger unless written in Ink in delivery book. No. 3 Mrs. C. H. Latourell. Charges P. Care 10 Hornish 110 3rd St.
Form 1. The Western Union Telegraph Company. Incorporated. 24,000 offices in America. Cable service to all the world. This company transmits and delivers messages only on conditions limiting its liability, which have been assented to by the sender of the following message errors can be guarded against only by repeating a message back to the sending station for comparison, and the company will not hold itself liable for errors or delays in transmission or delivery of unrepeated messages, beyond the amount of tolls paid thereon, nor in any case where the claim is not presented in writing within sixty days after the message is filed with the company for transmission. This is an unrepeated message and is delivered by request of the sender, under the conditions named above. Robert C. Clowry, President and General Manager.
Number RO. Sent by V. M., Rec'd at 3, 190-, Dated Latourell Ore. Nov. 3-4th. 1907. To Mrs. C. H. Latourell, Care H. Hornish, 110 3rd St. The Dalles, Ore. Comne home when ever you wish all getting along fine, Chas. 10-35 am.
See other side of telegram. The Western Union Company.
The largest telegraph company in the world. Over one million miles of wire in the United States and Canada. It has over 24,000 telegraph offices, including branch offices. It has also Direct connection by telegraph or telephone with as many more remote and smaller stations, making a total list of over 50,000 in the United States, Canada and Mexico, and this number is Rapidly increasing.
Seven Atlantic cables, connecting North America with all points in Europe and beyond including Two cables of the American Telegraph Company, and one cable of the Direct United States Cable Co. Direct wires to Galveston Texas, connecting at that place with the cables of the Mexican, the Central and South American Telegraph Companies for all points in Mexico and Central and South America. Direct wires and cables to Havana, Cuba, connecting at the place with the Cuba Submarine and West India and Panama Telegraph Companies for all points in West Indies. Connects at San Francisco with pacific cables to the sandwich Islands Honolulu, Guam, the Philippines, China, Japan, Etc. and at Victoria, B. C., with Pacific cable to Australia and New Zealand. Connects Seattle, Wash., with US Government lines and cable to and in Alaska. Exclusive connection with the Great North Western Telegraph Co. of Canada. Domestic and Foreign Money Orders by Telegraph and Cable. W. U. T. Co. 24,634 Offices. Others Cos' 4,868 Offices. The Two telegraph poles represented the relative size in number of offices of Western Union as compared with all other competeling companies combined.
From the Latourell EstateLexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Primary Object Term
TelegraphNomenclature Sub-Class
Telecommunication DevicesNomenclature Class
Telecommunication T&ENomenclature Category
Category 06: Tools & Equipment for Communication
