Telegrams by country
The telegram as it was delivered, on the form of the company or the post office that carried it. The message that sets a campaign going.
Bearer prints it for 3 offices: France, United Kingdom, Western Union. Each is read off a document of the time or reconstructed on the country's law, and says which.
Bearer makes an investigator's papers for Call of Cthulhu and any 1920s or 1930s tabletop campaign: the passport a consul would have filled in, with the visas and frontier stamps a campaign leaves in it, and the permits, certificates and tickets of the period, to print or to share.
An example
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Every office Bearer prints it for
| Office | Offered from | Until | How it is known | Printed in |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| France | 21 October 1920 | reconstructed on the law | French | |
| United Kingdom | 21 October 1920 | reconstructed on the law | English | |
| Western Union | 21 October 1920 | 31 December 1928 | read off a document of the period | English |
| Western Union | 1 January 1929 | read off a document of the period | English |
Each version in full
Sources
- The Western Union Telegraph Company; photographs on Wikimedia Commons (Millsaps College; Bibliothèque nationale de France, Claudel to Casadesus), Western Union telegrams received at Jackson, Mississippi, and at 1414 Sixth Avenue, New York, in 1930, PATRONS ARE REQUESTED TO FAVOR THE COMPANY BY CRITICISM AND SUGGESTION CONCERNING ITS SERVICE; CLASS OF SERVICE (This is a full-rate Telegram or Cablegram unless its deferred character is indicated by a suitable sign above or preceding the address); WESTERN UNION; SIGNS (DL Day Letter, NM Night Message, NL Night Letter, LCO Deferred Cable, NLT Cable Night Letter or Cable Letter, WLT Week-End Letter); Newcomb Carlton President, J. C. Willever First Vice-President; the note on standard time; Received at; the message typed or on pasted tape; THE QUICKEST, SUREST AND SAFEST WAY TO SEND MONEY IS BY TELEGRAPH OR CABLE (read directly)
- The Western Union Telegraph Company; photograph on Wikimedia Commons, Western Union Telegram, received at Savannah, Georgia, on 26 August 1920 (Form 1201), WESTERN UNION TELEGRAM, Newcomb Carlton President, George W. E. Atkins First Vice-President, the class of service boxes on both sides (Telegram, Day Letter Blue, Night Message Nite, Night Letter N L), RECEIVED AT …, the check, the place, time and date of filing, the address, the message and the signature typed (read directly)
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