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INTERSTATE TELEPHONE COMPANY
INTERSTATE TELEPHONE COMPANY. Interstate Telephone Company was a branch of the DUBUQUE TELEPHONE COMPANY. Standard Telephone Company, which served customers in northeastern Iowa, used the lines of both. In 1901 poles to carry telephone lines were being installed in Potosi, Wisconsin and Filmore, SHAWONDASEE, the NEW MELLERAY MONASTERY, and were headed to LaMotte in Iowa. (1)
In 1901 Interstate displayed their variety of phones to the Davenport city council. One was a desk phone which a newspaper reported was compact and 'contained in itself the receiver, audiophone battery and nells.' Thge other was a 'well instrument' much like the ones already in use, but more compact.' (2) Interstate was credited with bringing lower telephone rates to Dubuque and demand for new phones in October 1902 exceeded supply.
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Source:
1. "Extending the Lines," Dubuque Daily Telegraph, October 2, 1901, p. 8
2. "A Dubuque Concern," Dubuque Herald, November 10, 1901, p. 8