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[[preprinted]]
Form 1204
[[boxed]]
CLASS OF SERVICE | SYMBOL
Day Message | [[blank]]
Day Letter | Blue
Night Message | Nite
Night Letter | NL
If none of these symbols appears after the check (number of words) this is a day message. Otherwise its character is indicated by the symbol appearing after the check.
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WESTERN UNION TELEGRAM
[[image - logo of Western Union Telegraph and Cable]]
NEWCOMB CARLTON, PRESIDENT
GEORGE W. E. ATKINS, FIRST VICE-PRESIDENT
[[boxed]]
CLASS OF SERVICE | SYMBOL
Day Message | [[blank]]
Day Letter | Blue
Night Message | Nite
Night Letter | NL
If none of these symbols appears after the check (number of words) this is a day message. Otherwise its character is indicated by the symbol appearing after the check.
[[/boxed]]
[[double line]]
[[/preprinted]]

RECEIVED AT
12 SF OA 21 GOVT
WASHINGTON DC 1232PM AUG 14 1918
ALEX WETMORE
HAYWARD CALIF
RICE DAMAGED BY DUCKS MOST IMPORTANT WORK SEE LETTER AUGUST FIFTH AND ONE SENT SACRAMENTO TODAY
NELSON
1041AM

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