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Telephone plaything by Boston inventor sparks bank chief view
In a humorous anecdote from a Boston history of the telephone, T Holmes recalls placing an early phone in the Revere bank. The bank president questioned the device, but Holmes explained its use for signaling and calls between offices, before the bank disconnected the "plaything."
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