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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. [[/boxed]] 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 Original copied by Smithsonian Archives