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Ep. 58 Beat the times! [Charles Dickens; All Ages]

Ep. 58 Beat the times! [Charles Dickens; All Ages]

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Before there were hand-held recorders or computers, there were newspapermen who had to carefully write down every single word of a speech or event and then rush back to his office to get their words typeset and into print. People were as anxious to get their news then as they are now! Listen to hear about a particularly exciting adventure of a man who carried an important speech through the rainy streets of London.

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