Binford, George
GEORGE BINFORD GETS NEW FANGLED PHONE
Source: Crawfordsville Daily Journal 7-21-1881
This week George Binford connected his cigar store with the telegraph office with a new-fangled telephone and vainly talked himself hoarse in an effort to get a message over the wire. He finally received an answer from the other end of the line by sending a boy after it on a velocipede.
Note: the boy probably went on a bicycle - thanks to Jerry T for this cute little diddy