Iowa
Old Press
Washington Press
Washington, Washington co. Iowa
December 17, 1879
Britton and the new bus boy are getting a telephone put up
between the Bryson house and the depot. This will keep them
posted on the trains, number of passengers, etc.
John Chilcote's telephone between his house and store works like
a charm. At work he hears his piano and his folks hear him sneeze
in the store, and ask him if he is taking a cold. Wayne Simmons
is putting up one between his house and Bank and the press office
will soon be wired to a house on gospel ridges.
[transcribed by N.J., Dec. 2012]