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It was however used in print in Roughing It by Mark Twain in 1872 (written between 1870 and 1871), so its first use must have predated the telephone:
"A miner th of Europe. by William Jacob, 1826. page 213 "On this occasion she switched it on to a patient who was awake and who merely said 'Hello Sister,
- "Roughing It". UVa Library.