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Early Telephone Etiquette

Early Telephone Etiquette

The invention of the telephone modified social communication and called for new forms of etiquette. During the years 1916-1919, the Bell Company created newspaper ads to teach their customers how to adapt to the nature of the telephone conversation and how it was different from face-to-face dialogue. Decide if the following points of etiquette appeared in national ads run by the Bell Company.

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