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Michigan Jackson
THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.
The first line of telegraph was completed to Jackson in January, 1848, and the first message was sent and received on the 12th day of that month. The marvelous results following the introduction of telegraphy can only be realized by understanding the extent of its use in the transaction of all kinds of the business of the county, both public and private. The trains on all important railroads are run by telegraph. Its use enters into the transaction of all important sales between parties at a distance. Daily telegraphic reports are in all cities published of all important markets, of the weather and of the general news from all parts of the world. Business men have lines from their offices to their manufactories, from their houses to their places of business, to the police, hackstands, fire department, messenger boys, and almost every other conceivable purpose of utility or convenience.
Jackson
Section 4
Page 16
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