This is teetering on-topic, but I found it interesting nevertheless. We've all heard stories about two distant telephone operators romancing each other over their inward 121's or whatnot. Here's a story about an online romance between two telegraph operators that was written in 1879:
"In 1879, a telegraph operator named Ella Cheever Thayer wrote a novel about an online romance between two telegraph operators, titled (appropriately enough) Wired Love. Writer Paul Collins, who publishes lost and forgotten books as editor of the McSweeney's Collins Library imprint, researched the novel and its author. He introduces several excerpts, which are performed here by actress Eliza Foss. Produced by Julie Subrin."
Listen to this here:
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