From the July 15, 2015, Mid Week (DeKalb, Il.) "Looking Back.'
From July 1915.
The Inter-Township Telephone Company, which had headquarters at Hinckley and exchanges in Hinckley, Waterman, Shabbona, and Lee, has refused to make connections with the DeKalb County Telephone Company which operates in the northern 15 of 18 townships in DeKalb County.
They had damaging thunderstorms back then as well. Much damage was done by one on Saturday night. Telephone and electric wire service were put out of order. Trees and buildings were struck by lightning, especially south of Sycamore. A barn in Cortland was struck and caught fire, but was extinguished with minimal loss. The steeple of the Methodist church in DeKalb was struck and the building badly torn and damaged by water.
--Cooter
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