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July 22, 2015 I'm going to start today to record on a daily basis whatever happens to strike my fancy. So, it is a very cool breezy day. I just posted 5 short book reviews to The Monthly Reading Challenge. I'm suppose to put away some winter wood today from the woodpile outside but I'm playing hookey from work to write so starting this blog will get done. I'm having a daily fight with a flock of English Sparrows that are trying to take over my barn. They are making a terrible mess so they have to go. I have destroyed several nests so far they don't leave but they get out of the barn when I am around. I'm just starting the fight so I guess I don't know how far I have to go to discourage them. I'm trying not to spread myself to thin on WDC because I find so many things that are interesting here and I am trying to work on a new story. I really enjoy sitting at my desk with a cup of tea and reading blogs on WDC. |
On this day in 1876, Alexander Graham Bell made the first successful call with the telephone. How much of a factor has the telephone (in all its forms) had in the difference between society now and 140 years ago? Reference: www.reference.com/history/telephone-changed-improved-lives-7d36a8589b8e02d1# https://www.gilderlehrman.org/history-by-era/essays/rise-industrial-america-1877... One Hundred forty years ago takes us to 1877. Alexander Graham Bell is given credit for inventing the telephone in the USA in 1876. The last part of the 19th century saw large changes in society. It is considered a corrupt era. After the civil war the country was involved with combining the North and South into one country. Political problems involving growth of corporate America, incorporating the black peoples into the society, women's suffrage, immigration and expansion of the country westward were part of the late 19th century. The invention of the telephone changed communication within the country. It was a scientific invention that brought families together. Within business placing orders became easier and more accurate. Before the telephone, communication was by mail or telegrams. Written corespondent of events could change between the time the writing took place and the time the written information was received. The telephone made face to face speaking possible over long distances. As it evolved it drew the West closer to the East and therefore united the country in a better way. Today with the advent of 911 and WiFi society can be connected to help where ever they reside. It started a new era of jobs and inventive ideas.  |
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