Neat little story that appeared in our electric co-op's magazine..

[AMCer]

 ...about the early days of telephone in Texas.

http://www.texascooppower.com/texas-stories/history/wired-for-sound

[Mr. Bones]

Very interesting, and ingenious. Thanks for sharing!

Best regards!

[Greg G.]

Very interesting!  Reminds me of when my older brother rigged an alligator clip to the plug end of a transistor radio earphone in the early 60s.  We were on a party line, and by attaching the alligator clip to our wall phone's metal finger-stop, you could hear conversations on the party line w/o lifting the receiver.  The novelty quickly wore off because the conversations were boring.