Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 59, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 March 1919 — Welcome News. [ARTICLE]

Welcome News.

Mayor Woodman was speaking about the results that have accrued from the merging of the ttV’o telephone systems. “It’s a wonderful improvement," he remarked. “and 1 laugh when I think of the old days. > It reminds me of the man who was called out of bed at three o’clock In the morning to answer a phone call. “ ‘Hello, hello,’ he yelled, all wrought up. “ ‘There is nobody on the line now/ said central sweetly. 7 ‘Glad you woke me up and told me about it,’ retorted the man, ‘lt’s the first time I ever knew this line to be Idle.’ ”—Los Angeles Times.