Episode 2 of 4

Request for Formal Authorization

When
2 March 1893
Where
Ministry of Trade
Part of
The Telefon Hírmondó telephone news service begins in Budapest

Puskás requested formal authorization from the Hungarian Minister of Trade in March 1893, following two weeks of operation.

After two weeks of successful operation, Puskás sent a letter to Béla Lukács, the Hungarian Minister of Trade, on 2 March 1893. He requested formal authorization to run his newspaper under specific provisions. Government officials were wary of the service's potential as a tool for spreading strategic, political, and social information quickly.

Sources

  1. Telefon Hírmondó Wikipedia, revision of 2026-10-11

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