Current Literature, August, 1899, page 159:
FACTS AND FIGURES: THE LITTLE ENCYCLOPEDIA
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----Prince Alfred Furst Wrede, of Vienna, has written a communication to the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, in which he proposes, with their permission, to introduce into Washington the "telefon hirmondo," the telephonic news system which enables the subscriber to hear the ordinary news of the day through the telephone instead of reading it from the daily papers, also to hear whatever is sung or played at the opera house or theatre, public speeches, etc. Prince Wrede, in his petition to the Commissioners, called their attention to the fact that the system is in successful operation in Budapest and also in Paris.