Anglo-European telephone service expands since 1903
A historical overview notes telephonic links from London to Paris first in 1891, then London Brussels in 1903, growing to fifty seven Anglo-Continental circuits by postwar years. It records multilingual operators and the shift from thirteen lines in 1914 to wide continental connectivity.
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England
Continent
London
Paris
Belgium
United States
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Atlantic
Pacific
Europe
Berlin
Constantinople
Macedonia
Roumania
Rus
France
Italy
Great Britain
Scotland
Amsterdam
Rotterdam
Pinehurst News Briefs From Ellenboro Area
Pinehurst readers note weekend visits to Charlotte and Cramerton relatives. Local births and school term closure mark the week as teachers Layertle Weast and Docia Beam led a successful summer term at Pinehurst School.
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Ellenboro
R-2
W. A. Bridges
L. G. Bailey
G. S. Harrill
Charlotte
W. T. Keeter
Cramerton
Alice Harrill
Palme Spratt
Dorcas Jones
Rutherfordton
C. A. Jones
Layertle Weast
Pinehurst
T. A. Merek
Claude Harrill
Wake Forest College
Ship Harrill
J. D. Well
Henrietta
Billie
Monroe Wells
Malindy’ Wells
Mable Jones
C. M. Watson
C. C. Merck
Walter Bridges
Pinehurst Home
W. W. Jones
Howard
Edgar Price
Joe Allen
Pinehurst School
Docia Beam
Olds Step Saving Record For Nation
Mount Vernon New York leads in home extension telephones among cities with 50 000 population or more in which the Bell System operates. East Orange follows, with Richmond and Washington also showing high development. Other large cities listed include Portland Hartford Albany Syracuse Yonkers Atlantic City Harrisburg Pittsburgh Huntington Oak Park Springfield Cedar Rapids Omaha Duluth Des Moines Dallas Little Rock Houston Oklahoma City St Joseph Topeka Tulsa Wichita Denver San Francisco and Oakland.
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Bell System
Mount Vernon
N. Y
United States
East
Ha’ Sion
New York
Suburbs
Richmond
Washington, D. C
Portland
Hartford
Comn
Albany
N. J
Syracuse
Yonkers
Atlantic City
Harrisburg
Pittsburgh
Huntington
W. Va
Oak Park
Springfield
Cedar Rapids
Omaha
Neb
Duluth
Minn
Des Moines
Dallas
Tex
Little Rock
Ark
Houston
Oklahoma City
Okla
New York City Central Office Rebuild Enables More Service
A major telephone installation project in Manhattan completed in West Thirty sixth Street transitions three existing central offices into five, adding two new ones to serve Broadway's busy district. About 1,000,000 calls daily continued during the upgrade with night work to avoid service interruption. The work involved removing and replacing the incoming switchboard, recabling, and relocating frames to expand capacity.
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New York City
Manhattan
White Light
Raffic
Thirty Sixth Street
New York
Broadway
Manhatten
Poultry Housing Repairs and Blueprints Available
In September the old poultry houses should be repaired or new ones built. Blue prints showing how to build the North Carolina house are available at State College.
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North Carolina
State College
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