Rensselaer Republican, Volume 26, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 June 1894 — The Writing Telephone. [ARTICLE]

The Writing Telephone.

A company is being formed in St. Louis, to introduce the writing telephone machines. It is -proposed to operate them on the telephone system, having a central office connecting with all private or public instruments. Il a business man wants to hold a conver-! sation with a customer or friend, he pulls: a little lever, which rings a bell at the, central office. Ho then writes down on his plate the number he desires, the connection is made, and he proceeds to write down his message, which is immediately reproduced in the same handwriting at the other end. If the party the message is addressed to is in he answers in the same way, and the conversation can be carried on indefnitely. The questions and answers being all in writing, they can be filed away for future reference. When tho party called up is not in the message is ready for him on his return to the office. By the use of this machine a nun in New York can affix to a check, say in Washington, his own signature. I —Ex. .