Word: telegraph
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...stockings to match, he created quite a sensation. His clean things, in comparison with the rough boating jerseys and dirty football trousers, made him conspicuous. In fact, Ferdy wished he were not quite so conspicuous, for it was n't pleasant to hear whispered remarks about "Freshy's telegraph poles," and "Freshy's leg is as big at the ankle as it is at the hip," and one fellow wanted to know which was his back and which was his chest. This last witticism almost brought the tears to Ferdy's eyes, and he had to bite...
Ferdy began to feel better when they started, his long legs taking him along with the head men across the Common. "Ah," thought Ferdy, "now they'll see 'the telegraph poles' ain't so bad," and Ferdy "hitted 'er up" across the fences, and was soon at the head of the line, and the "whipper in" crying to him not to go so blankety fast or he'll tire out the crowd. As they run up the street Ferdy begins to have, oh, such a pain in his side, and you can hear his heart go thumpety-thump against...
...these students must be making a rich harvest this year, for at our table alone three hats and four umbrellas have been lost, - I should say stolen. I presume that these students are in training for the position of bank-defaulters after graduation, and that they served as telegraph-boys before their entrance here, - they certainly must have had some Fagan to teach them the trade. I should recommend to the Class Day Committee to put placards on the trees, for the benefit of those who are unacquainted with the kleptomania of some of us, reading as follows: "Beware...
...election returns were announced on Tuesday evening at 3 Stoughton, by means of telephone communication with the Boston telegraph offices...
...this age of steam, the telegraph, and telephone, affairs move faster than they did a century ago, and there is no time to be spared on the proser; certainly not in busy Cambridge, though here the species is not yet extinct, as the experience of many students will attest...