Bidding farewell
It ran along with the railroad. It was a symbol of the strength of many empires. Binding territory by holding it together with thin wires. It was the telegraph: the communication link between district headquarters, towns and states. When the radio came, a universally accepted combination of dots and dashes became a universally accepted distress signal. Ships used it to communicate with each other on the high seas. "Save Our Souls' became a universally known cry for distress