On the morning of February 28, 1878, workmen completed the wiring between the Western Union and the Beckel hotel, and before noon the telephones were ready for service. The “exhibition” was to take place in the afternoon and long before the appointed hour the two locations were packed with unbelieving citizens. Then the little bell jingled and people stood in line waiting their turn to listen with childish delight to the voice of somebody two blocks away.
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