True stories of great American men : for young Americans (1898)
Brooks, Elbridge Streeter, 1846-1902 · Chicago ; Philadelphia ; Toronto : J.C. Winston · leaf 208
little paper of his own. This idea he playfullyannounced to the editor of the Detroit Free Press. The edi-tor, to encourage him,took him down into thetype-room and showedhim a lot of old typewhich they had ceasedto use, since they hadbought new ones, andsold it to him for avery small price. Edi-son… … EDISON AS A YOUNG TELEGRAPH OPERATOR 2io THOMAS A. EDISON and printed the first edition of a small paper which they calledthe Grand Trunk Herald. It gave the news of the railroadmen and little items of general news. If a man was discharged,or a new man put to work, or an accident occurred on the…
