WUN–TOO–TH-R-R-EE…Using The Phone In North Carolina, Ca. 1923

I love flipping through old phone books in the NC Collection; I’m always amazed at what I find. While looking at a Red Springs and Maxton, North Carolina, phone book from 1923 (Cp971.78 R31c 1923), I found the following list of instructions.

[Be sure to read the sections on “Always Call By Number–Not By Name,” “Unauthorized Use of the Telephone,” and “Attachments to Telephone.”]

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