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ask travelers the news by speaking
example
What is " by word of mouth"?
What is the context clue? |
because it was expensive
illiterate ppl
Why not many people read the newspaper at the beginning?
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1690
When did the first newspaper in the U.S start?
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a man who shouted out news from the town square
definition
What is a " town crier"
What is the context clue? |
because there were more schools, and after the invention of the printing news newspaper were cheaper
Why more people started reading the newspaper?
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1440
When was the invention of the printing news?
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short
one-page (example)
What is " brief"?
What is the context clue? |
that the news of his death took 12 days to be spread because of the malfunction of the telegraph
What do they say about Abraham Lincoln?
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over 2,000 years ago
When did the Chinese government employed people to write the news?
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people who cannot read or write
definition
What is an " illiterate" person?
What is the context clue? |
that the news of its eruption was spread the same day, four hours later because of the international telegraph.
What do they say about the Krakatoa volcano?
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by 1840s
when did newspapers become cheaper and popular?
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a cable
meaning (or) synonym
What is a "wire" ?
What is the context clue? |
that he put a daily newspaper on the walls of the government buildings for everyone to see, and he also paid people to read the news aloud for illiterate ppl.
What do they say about Julius Caesar, leader of the Roman Empire?
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by the 1850s
When were telegraph cables under the oceans introduced?
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