By: Ardis E. Parshall - November 04, 2013 From the Improvement Era, August 1925 – Speaking of Telephones By Fred McLaughlin “North 3062, please.” I find that it pays to be courteous, even to telephone girls. “Busy.” “Main three eleven.” “The line is busy” – with accent on the antepenult. It was during a coal shortage. No coal in town and every dealer “busy.” “Number, please?” I rather liked the rich young voic...
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