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Union County Courier
Elk Point, Union County, South Dakota
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Fourteen-year-old William Ayres arrives in Aberdeen, S.D., this week to take the position of telegraph operator in the Milwaukee yard office, making him one of the youngest professional operators in the world after prior work at Western Union in Redfield, S.D.
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Aberdeen, S. D., July 14.—In the person of William Ayres, who came to Aberdeen this week to take the position of operator in the Milwaukee yard office, Aberdeen now possesses one of the youngest professional telegraph operators in the world. Young Ayres is but 14 years of age, but he has been holding down a man's job as Western Union telegraph operator at Redfield, S. D., for some time before coming to Aberdeen to take the yard office trick for the Milwaukee.
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Aberdeen, S. D.
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July 14
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ayres, aged 14, appointed as telegraph operator in milwaukee yard office after prior role at western union in redfield, s. d.
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William Ayres came to Aberdeen this week to take the position of operator in the Milwaukee yard office; he is 14 years old and previously worked as a Western Union telegraph operator in Redfield, S. D.