1899 Event San Francisco named as a port of dispatch for Army transports 1878 Event Joseph Pulitzer begins publishing "St. Louis Dispatch" 1878 Event Joseph Pulitzer buys St. Louis Dispatch for $2,500 1877 Event 1st news dispatch by telephone, between Boston and Salem, Mass 1858 Event Richmond "Daily Dispatch" reports 90 blacks arrested for learning 1844 Event 1st telegraphed news dispatch is published in Baltimore Patriot
