True stories of great American men : for young Americans (1898)
Brooks, Elbridge Streeter, 1846-1902 · Chicago ; Philadelphia ; Toronto : J.C. Winston · leaf 208
red and fifty, where he had before sold only one dozen papers. When he came to Port Huron, the town being a mile fromthe station, he shouldered a bundle of papers and started forthe town. About half-way there he met a great crowd hurry-ing toward the station, and, knowing they were after his… … everybody was reading his paper, and he had his pocketsloaded with silver and not a paper left. Edison now hadconsiderable money of his own, and he went back to the cityof Detroit and walked gpin with a smiling faceto pay for his papersat two and one-halfcents each, which hehad sold at an averageof…
