• Tags: Telephones
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List of names of people speaking German on telephone line in Alexander.

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Still speaking German over receivers in Floyd County

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Confusion over what constitutes "public" versus "private" use of German. Here pertaining to a "thrashing crew?"

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Barber notes continued defiance over telephone line.

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Response to letter writer regarding difficulty of enforcing Babel.

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The business angle: owners of telephone exchange ruminate on business consequences were local German speakers not in need of phone lines.

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Foreign languages on the wire in Taintor.

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Telephone operator notes German defiance, as they say they can "speak whatever they want," citing "Predisent [sic] Wilson [saying] that they could talk the german [sic] over the Telephones."

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Switchboard operator calls in, saying she knows of German usage on phone line. How to enforce?

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Paper publishers asks for clarification and notes an elderly German woman unable to speak English.

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