| Telegraphers were organising themselves as an independent profession during the 1870s as well, and Preece was taking a leading role. |
| Stanton for failing to obtain authorization to hire licensed civilian telegraphers for the Signal Corps. |
| An attempt had been made to place army telegraphers in the telegraph offices, but the wires had been cut in every direction. |
| Whimsically, he notes that the Dutch called the volcano Krakatau, and that English telegraphers and journalists misspelled the name for perpetuity. |
| At Saratov, for example, the strike of postal workers and telegraphers lasted a month and a half. |
| Ticker symbols began as telegraphers ' informal shorthand, but today they are registered with the various exchanges. |
