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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1928
Page
16
A new automatic dialing method eliminates the old operator role and reduces errors. It promises fewer frustrations for callers though some may miss human interaction, with machines handling misdials and busy signals, and the central office bearing the blame for faults.
A Long Beach Press Telegram feature argues the telephone is a vital business tool building goodwill or tearing it down. It stresses courteous speech matters since callers judge you by voice alone and cannot see your smile.
Fragmentary lines mention a phone firm tied to Webb in 1900 with four men present. References include individuals such as David L and a note about father-in-law. a Castor and J Q A Vale merchant appears periphery.
Fragment mentions Vale Witls and a 7 7899 purchase and a system once called Dare t tephone system linked to Athens telephone company history. Text is garbled and lacks coherent facts or dates.
Fragmented biographical notes describe a figure tied to Athens Home Temple with ties to Western Meigs County near Wales and later roles in education and public service. The text mentions Dr C Li and associates, Dr A F Holmes, W E Moch, and the late W Diuffes, with references to a 1908 correspondence and appointments in Ohio including a school superintendent role and a position with the Public Service Commission.
The Bell Telephone System will spend over 400 million dollars in 1928 to create its largest construction program. It plans 950000 poles enough for 22 000 miles of line and over 19 million feet of conduit for underground lines. More than 17 400 tons of copper wire and 4000 tons of galvanized iron wire will be used.
Dr. Alderman, resident and director of the Athens Home Telephone Company, was elected to his present position after taking over the stock of Mr. S. Moore Goodrich, who died. The expansion plan calls for long-distance circuits across the country and improvements by Bell Telephone affiliates, with Alderman praising a new building as the last word in telephony and a modern, joint undertaking.
The article notes that the first commercial telephone switchboard in New Haven had eight lines for 21 subscribers and a card directory of about 50 names. It asserts Connecticut now has 18 phones per 100 residents and that complex switchboards exist nationwide, with advances like transatlantic telephony and the emergence of commercial television.
The new telephone building was finished by Mr Way with a single contract held by Charles Phitclcon tractor. Three years ago Mr Way worked in Sherida and plastered other structures including the Athens Messenger building the Bank of Athens and the Perry Tel building.
The Ohio Bell Telephone company completed new telephones and ornamental plastering for the Athens Home at the start of 1928. Clarence Way, long engaged in plastering and stucco work in Athens, notes that by 1952 more than 400 000 dial telephones and extensive plastering had been done over twenty years, with the work now in service.
A fragmented report describes a shift to automatic telephone service with 2815 phones converted to desk sets and 2867 wall phones. It notes gradual changes, central operator reliance fading, and shocks of the transition during war era communications.
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