In another sign of the times, Western Union won't be sending telegrams for the first time since 1851. It's not much of a surprise given the wide spread of easily available and cheap long distance---not to mention that cell phones let us do the same thing from just about anywhere. Now that Internet access and email is just about as widely available, it doesn't make much sense to drive to a WU office to have them do the same thing for you. Even though they're stopping the telegraph service, WU is going to stay in business to keep doing money orders.
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