Night Letter

Haviland Hicks, Sr., in a night-letter, had wired back: ❋ J. Raymond Elderdice (N/A)

T.at night, T. Haviland Hicks, Jr., having crossed the Rubicon, and committed himself to Coach Corridan and Captain Brewster, had dispatched a telegraphic night-letter to his beloved Dad. ❋ J. Raymond Elderdice (N/A)

Promptness of response and thoroughness of diagnosis were, of course, the keynotes of the service: where the cases were urgent, the special delivery post and, later, the night-letter telegraph service were used. ❋ Unknown (1921)

Nevertheless, when I once put it into a night-letter a Western Union office refused to accept it, the rules requiring all night-letters to be in “plain English. ❋ Henry Louis (1921)

He had sent her a night-letter saying that he had passed his examinations for an officers 'training-camp, and expected to leave for ❋ Unknown (1918)

"Jimmy can send him a night-letter," compromised Aggie, "that way Alfred won't get the news until morning." ❋ Margaret Mayo (1916)

And in case I should be worrying about his welfare Uncle Chandler would send me a weekly night-letter "describing the condition and the activities of the child," as the letter expresses it. ❋ Arthur Stringer (1912)

Privately I spent a dollar and a half sending a night-letter to Richard all about it and asking him if the Commissioners would be willing to stand for this feminist plank in the barbecue deal. ❋ Maria Thompson Daviess (1898)

The Canadian military decided to wage its own version of a night-letter campaign last year - a testament to how successful the Taliban tactic has been. ❋ Stephanie Levitz (2011)

He had sent her a night-letter saying that he had passed his examinations for an officers’ training-camp, and expected to leave for Georgia shortly. ❋ Unknown (2003)