Re: [DL] News propagation

["John" <JNOVO@prodigy.net>]

http://encarta.msn.com/find/concise.asp?761571562&sid=2#s2

http://encarta.msn.com/find/Concise.asp?61564117&cid=28#p28

Here are a couple links for more information on the telegraph.  Hope this
helps.


>>How quickly would news of noteworthy events (presidential
>>elections, major battles, the second coming) propogate from coast
>>to coast?  News could conceivably travel within hours through the
>>telegraph.  As far as I know the modern "wire service" didn't
>>exist yet, so I'm not  who would have incentive to send articles
>>out to other cities. Given that the news would need to make it's
>>way through multiple nations, things might take a bit longer.
>>
>>My best guess is a few days, and that the information travels
>>by a mix of hand delivery and wire.  Does anyone else have an
>>opinion, or even better, some facts?
>>
>>--
>>Alan De Smet  -  chaos@highprogrammer.com  -
>http://highprogrammer.com/alan
>>
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