telegrapher
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From his first teenage days as a railroad telegrapher and newspaper publisher, Edison exhibited “the traits that distinguished him as an inventor — contrary thinking, obstinate repetition, daydreaming, delight in difficulty,” Morris writes.
From Washington Post • Nov. 27, 2019
Booksh earned a living as a telegrapher for the railroad system - a job he had since he was 17 and maintained throughout his various tenures as Addis’ mayor for 42 years.
From Washington Times • Sep. 12, 2015
When she was a baby, her family moved to Washington, where her mother worked in a dress shop, her father as a railway telegrapher.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 7, 2014
He left school at 15, worked as a reporter for a dog-racing journal and joined the Royal Navy as a telegrapher aboard destroyers in World War II.
From New York Times • Mar. 27, 2010
After the burial he drew up and personally submitted to the president of the republic a violent telegram, which the telegrapher refused to send.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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