“The third annual meeting of the Independent Telephone Association of Michigan was held at Lansing, Michigan, February 6.  The meeting was president over by the president, Mr. J.B. Ware, of Grand Rapids.  Mr. Ware delivered the opening address, in which he said, ‘Not one independent company has failed in the past four year and one-half years, and most of them are paying quarterly or semi-annual dividends.’  The officers were elected for the ensuing year as follows: President, James B. Ware, Grand Rapids;…”

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Telephone Magazine, Vol. 17, by De Land, McMynn, Perrine and Kammeyer, 1901, page 167