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Mindy Weisberger, CNN Money, 6 Oct. 2025
The custom dates back to 1917 when King George V began sending telegrams to centenarians.
—Stephanie Petit, PEOPLE, 23 Sep. 2025
The pontiff had also sent a telegram message offering condolences last month after a shooting at Annunciation Catholic Church in Minnesota, leaving two children dead and 18 others injured, including more than a dozen kids from the school.
—Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 17 Sep. 2025
The next correspondence the Lodges received was a telegram from the War Office.
—Alice Vernon
september 8, Literary Hub, 8 Sep. 2025
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Rather than completing the first overland crossing in Antarctica, Shackleton instead made headlines for leading every one of his men to safety — a feat that also earned him a telegram of personal congratulations from the United Kingdom’s King George V.
—Mindy Weisberger, CNN Money, 6 Oct. 2025
The custom dates back to 1917 when King George V began sending telegrams to centenarians.
—Stephanie Petit, PEOPLE, 23 Sep. 2025
The pontiff had also sent a telegram message offering condolences last month after a shooting at Annunciation Catholic Church in Minnesota, leaving two children dead and 18 others injured, including more than a dozen kids from the school.
—Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 17 Sep. 2025
The next correspondence the Lodges received was a telegram from the War Office.
—Alice Vernon
september 8, Literary Hub, 8 Sep. 2025
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“Telegram.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/telegram. Accessed 14 Oct. 2025.
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