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[[preprinted]] Form 1204 [[boxed]] Class of Service | Symbol Telegram | Day Letter | Blue Night Message | Nite Night Letter | N L [[line]] If none of these three symbols appears after the check (number of words) this is a telegram. Otherwise its character is indicated by the symbol appearing after the check. [[/boxed]] WESTERN UNION TELEGRAM [[image - Western Union in center of round logo. Telegraph and Cable]] Newcomb Carlton, President George W. E. Atkins, First Vice-President [[boxed]] Class of Service | Symbol Telegram | Day Letter | Blue Night Message | Nite Night Letter | N L [[line]] If none of these three symbols appears after the check (number of words) this is a telegram. Otherwise its character is indicated by the symbol appearing after the check. [[/boxed]] [[double line]] RECEIVED AT ^[[1142 AM]] ^[[ANS 9/12/18.]] 191 [[boxed]] Number | Received by | Check^[[18 Govt]] [[/boxed]] DATED ^[[A Washington DC 128 PM 9/11]] TO ^[[Alex Westmore,]] ^[[Live Oak, Cal.]] ^[[Do not fail to visit as soon as possible W D'egilbert Willows California Nelson]] [[/preprinted]] Original copied by Smithsonian Archives