telegraphing

What we meant by the term telegraphing was sending a messenger as fast as he could ride, as there were no other means of transmitting messages quickly.

Thirty-One Years on the Plains and In the Mountains Drannan, William F 1899

What we meant by the term telegraphing was sending a messenger as fast as he could ride, as there were no other means of transmitting messages quickly.

Thirty-One Years on the Plains and in the Mountains, Or, the Last Voice from the Plains William F. Drannan 1872

I am not a big believer in telegraphing your punches.

Breitbart to Eric Holder: Investigate ACORN, or else. - Moe_Lane’s blog - RedState 2009

But after his safe return, and the triumph of our arms, which he took so much pleasure in telegraphing to the people, we had almost dismissed from our minds any fears for the safety of his life.

Memorial Sermons 1865

It kills people so rapidly, Aunt Sarah, that there will be no use in telegraphing for Arthur; he could not arrive in time.

The Semi-Detached House 1859

Bed by bed, unit by unit, they rapidly run through the multiple complex conditions each patient faces, each word telegraphing just how critical the patients are and how long they are likely to need ICU care.

Critical (Re)thinking Melinda Beck 2011

I then conceived the idea of telegraphing the news ahead, went to the operator in the depot, and by giving him Harper's Weekly and some other papers for three months, he agreed to telegraph to all the stations the matter on the bulletin-board.

Edison, His Life and Inventions, vol. 1 1910

It would provide a double means of telegraphing, that is to say, easterly as well as westerly, by a national line, at low uniform charges, between any one British State and all the other self-governing States.

Our Empire Cables 1904

I then conceived the idea of telegraphing the news ahead, went to the operator in the depot, and by giving him Harper's Weekly and some other papers for three months, he agreed to telegraph to all the stations the matter on the bulletin-board.

Edison, His Life and Inventions Frank Lewis Dyer 1905

Both doubtless had considered and rejected the idea of telegraphing Pendleton to wait for us at the Junction.

Aladdin & Co. A Romance of Yankee Magic Herbert Quick 1893