True stories of great American men : for young Americans (1898)
Brooks, Elbridge Streeter, 1846-1902 · Chicago ; Philadelphia ; Toronto : J.C. Winston · leaf 218
the Grand Trunk Companythat they presented Edisonwith a free pass to Boston,and gave him a position inthe Franklin TelegraphOffice there. But the poorfellow as usual had no money. He had spent everything forbooks and experiments, so he had to leave home in his worn-out clothes, and after spending… … MR. MARCONIS APPARATUS FOR WIRELESSTELEGRAPHY.The latest development in use of electricity for sendingmessages 220 THOMAS A. EDISON finely dressed men, and they laughed at the young fellow,whom they called the jay from the wooly West. He started to work the first evening at six oclock, and…
