True stories of great American men : for young Americans (1898)
Brooks, Elbridge Streeter, 1846-1902 · Chicago ; Philadelphia ; Toronto : J.C. Winston · leaf 214
t Huron. One daywhen they could not telegraph to Sarnia across the river—the ice having broken the wires—it was very important that THOMAS A. EDISON 215 a message should be sent over very quickly. So Edisonjumped on a locomotive and tooted the whistle like he wouldtick the telegraph instrument,… … THE TRIUMPHS OF ELECTRIC LIGHTING AS SEEN AT THE PAN-AMERICAN EXPOSITION AT BUFFALO IN 1901. jumping on an an engine, talked back to Edison with the whistle.This cleverness on Edisons part was much appreciated bythe railroad and telegraph people, and they employed him atonce and sent him to several…
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