There is a Western Union office in a shopping center near my house, and every time I go to the grocery store and see the big yellow sign, which is familiar to those who remember the iconic company, I ...

DENVER -- For more than 150 years, messages of joy, sorrow and success came in signature yellow envelopes hand delivered by a courier. Now the Western Union telegram is officially a thing of the past.

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Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! This 1956 Western Union Telegraph Company film depicts the various uses of the telegram. Reel America is an American History TV series featuring 20th ...

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ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — A man who graduated from the University of Michigan in 1969 has finally received a congratulatory telegram from family friends that was sent more than 50 years ago. Robert Fink ...