Question

how did people communicate when there were no mobile and telephone

Answer 1

The telephone came about becausethey were trying to improve the capabilities of the telegraph. After thetelephone was invented, wealthy individuals and large corporations primarily used it as a means ofcommunications between specific locations. ... Many phones would go to a doctor's office, police station or to a bank.

Answer 2

People used to communicate by sending letters through pigeon or by any other means.Eventually letter was the only alternative choice to communicate through long distances.