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Calling bullshit on this. I never received a telegraph, but I never assumed they were made up for the movies. This kid is either a troll or a moron.
I don’t disagree but in his defence pay phones used to be everywhere and are practically gone today vs relatively few telegraph offices.
True, but it was pretty common in old movies for someone to go down to a hotel lobby and have the clerk say, "Sir, this came for you," then hand them a message where every 3rd word was, "stop." It didn't make much sense to me, but I didn't think it was made up for the movies.
Also, kids today still know what a phone is and what its used for. It doesn't take a genius to realise that phone boxes aren't needed anymore now that everyone has a phone in their pocket.