12 Apr
2010
12 Apr
'10
11:57 p.m.
At 4:42 PM -0700 4/12/10, David Griffith wrote:
I just discovered that Western Union's old telegram
service isn't
really dead -- just sold to an outfit called "iTelegram". Never
having really looked at telegram services until now, I was wondering
if anyone had any information on what a same-day telegram cost way
back when. Nowadays, iTelegram does it for $45 + 88 cents a word.
According to a book I have that lists stuff like that prices were
roughly in the following range.
1890's
12 words = 12 cents
each additional word = 1 cent
International per word $1
1920's
12 words = 25 cents
each additional word = 2 cents
International per word $1.25
Zane
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