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Old 10-17-2014, 07:59 AM
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Two longs and a short. You would crank the magneto and when "central" answered you would tell her who you wanted to call and she would plug you into the right party on her switchboard. It was a party line as well, with several neighboring families on nearby farms. When the system was upgraded in the mid fifties it was AXminister 6-3887.
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