How could a newspaper in the Britain report on something that happened in the Americas?
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>”Eventually telegraph lines spanned the entire globe, making the world a smaller place, and it transformed the news-gathering business, which, up to that point, confined itself mostly to hyperlocal coverage. Newspapers that did run national or foreign news did so days or even weeks after the events happened. According to Standage papers actually held stories, rather than print them, because they wanted to ensure they had enough material to fill the news hole the following week.”
https://www.thetilt.com/content/telegraph-newspapers-19th-century-disruption
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