The ''Telegraf'' was a local weekly newspaper published in

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. The newspaper ran for 42 years, from February 20, 1909, until 1951. It was directed at the

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community in Baltimore and was published in

. The newspaper was founded and first published by Vaclav Joseph Shimek, who also founded the Grand Lodge Č.S.P.S. of Baltimore. After 1929, the newspaper was edited by the Rev. Frank Novak and published by August Klecka. Baltimore's

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maintains a partial archive of the ''Telegraf'' on

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in its Periodicals Department Collection. The ''Telegraf'' is also available on microfilm at the

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Newsletter with clipping of ''Telegraf'' article
Newsletter clipping from Sokoletter
Czech and Slovak Press in America
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