Overcast warm day. Showers at noon. Arose 5:15 A.M. Breakfast. To city alone with Ford. To work at U.S.A.R.D. 7:30 A.M. to 4:30 P.M. Talked with Merlin on telephone. To country. Some muddy. Helped father. Read paper etc. To bed 9:30 P.M.
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I wonder what a telephone call cost back then? According to one website, in 1920 people were still calling by way of switchboard and operator. Dial service didn't become available until 1921, and it took a strike against the resistant Bell Telephone to persuade the company that it was necessary.
I'll be glad when Stanford gets back to school so there's more to annotate!
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I wonder what a telephone call cost back then? According to one website, in 1920 people were still calling by way of switchboard and operator. Dial service didn't become available until 1921, and it took a strike against the resistant Bell Telephone to persuade the company that it was necessary.
I'll be glad when Stanford gets back to school so there's more to annotate!
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