True stories of great American men : for young Americans (1898)
Brooks, Elbridge Streeter, 1846-1902 · Chicago ; Philadelphia ; Toronto : J.C. Winston · leaf 212
nd offer Edison THOMAS A. EDISON 213 accepted, and in five months he was so proficient that hegot a position in a Port Huron telegraph office at twenty-fivedollars per month. He was now sixteen years of age, and he learned so fast thathe was soon the best operator on the line. The newspaperswere at… … SHOP IN WHICH THE FIRST MORSE INSTRUMENT WAS CONSTRUCTED FOREXHIBITION BEFORE CONGRESS. to do the work, and promised him twenty dollars out of thesixty if he got it. Edison did the work easily and well, andthe sixty dollars were paid over to the manager; but the meanman refused to give Edison the…
