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Telegraph cable links Hawaii to the mainland...
Telegraph cable links Hawaii to the mainland...
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January 03, 1903
THE PACIFIC COMMERCIAL ADVERTISER -- CABLE EDITION, Honolulu, Hawaii Territory, Jan. 3, 1903
* Commercial Pacific Cable Company
* San Francisco to Honolulu telegraph
* Great title to have in
This issue celebrates the first telegraphic messages to be received in Hawaii with the completion of the trans-Pacific cable. Heads include: "Honolulu Celebrates Cable Day" "Monster Mass Meeting In Honor of Working of the Wires From Pacific Coast to the Island Capital" "Congratulatory Messages Pass Over the Line and Are Read to Cheering Thousands..." "President Roosevelt Sends Greetings To The Hawaiian People".
Noted as a "24 page" issue, this has pages 1-8, apparently being the first of 3 sections. Wear at folds & margins, some archival repairs.
Category: The 20th Century
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