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A Shock from the Wire : The Tale of a Christmas Telegram single work   short story  
Issue Details: First known date: 1894... 1894 A Shock from the Wire : The Tale of a Christmas Telegram
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A telegraphist's plots to ensnare a wealthy former suitor by changing a telegram from his current lady and sending the woman a photograph of herself and the suitor in Central Park. Her schemes are frustrated by his discovery of the telegram. The schemer discovers her loss by telegram too and she remains an unmarried worker. (PB)

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  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon The Australian Journal vol. 30 no. 355 December 1894 Z1080127 1894 periodical issue 1894 pg. 210-212
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  • 1892
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  • Boston, Massachusetts,
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    United States of America (USA),
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    Americas,
  • Washington DC,
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    United States of America (USA),
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    Americas,
  • New York (City), New York (State),
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    United States of America (USA),
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    Americas,
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