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His name was Almon Brown Strowger, not Stronger... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Almon_Brown_Strowger
And there is no source for this story on wiki, it cites another wiki, where there isn't any more source either. So it's possible that this story is made up, or at least not exactly how it happened.
There is actually a link to the patent in the article you linked:
https://patents.google.com/patent/US447918
I didn't question that part, but the tale about the wife of the other undertaker, seems like it was only his imagination: https://lemm.ee/comment/7360184
What source are you referring to? One of the first citations is to this paper clipping https://www.newspapers.com/article/sioux-city-journal-originator-sought-rev/111684147/
Have you read this? It tells a different story. Strowger didn't get the calls because some tin plate shorted the phoneline, it was his imagination that the phone girls were the culprit. So yeah, the story is not exactly the same, as I expected, it tells it from Stowgers point of view.
And where is this linked on wiki? I can't find it.
I did read - I agree its not the exact same story
Also, apologies. I had actually clicked into https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strowger_switch from the originally linked page
"Stronger" is probably an autocorrect mistake