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History of Peoples Telephone Co in Aurelia Iowa
History of the Aurelia Telephone Co describes early toll lines to Cherokee from 1883, local service by Northern Telephone Co., and the 1909 formation of Peoples Cooperative Telephone Co. with officers including Fred Kohlhagen and A L McKinnon. It notes franchise grant in July 1909, plant construction costs, shareholder telephones, and first manager R O Woodhouse earning 100 dollars a month.
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Aurelia Telephone Co
Aurelia
Cherokee
Ben Old’s
Iowa Telephone Co
Northwestern Bell Telephone Co
Northern Telephone Co
Peoples Cooperative Telephone Co
Iowa
Cherokee County
Fred Kohlhagen
A. L. McKinnon
W. H. Bischel
M. Parrott
W. Cockburn
Gus Peterson
Ed Matzdorff
August Nelson
First Trust & Savings Bank
H. H. Deyloff
Vernon Peterson
Frank Kenyon
R. O. Woodhouse