Pleiades Club—Telegraphers' Paradise on Planet Mars

"Pleiades Club—Telegraphers' Paradise on Planet Mars" by J. W. Hayes is a creative story picturing a unique world where telegraphers have made a new home on Mars, creating a perfect society to celebrate their work. The story shares gatherings and events where famous people from history, like Abraham Lincoln, talk about telegraphy, inventions in communication, and the peaceful life on Mars. The book starts with a spirited get-together at the Pleiades Club for Lincoln's birthday, with many former telegraph operators attending. People like Aaron Hilliker and Biff Cook give fun speeches, play music, and discuss new ideas in telegraphy and the future of how we communicate. The mood is happy and filled with memories, jokes, and a strong sense of community, showing the telegraphers' past lives on Earth and their happy new lives on Mars, exploring ideas such as friendship, invention, and discovering new places, getting ready for the telegraphers' upcoming adventures.