 | Inventors - 1917 - 240 pages
...large crowd. I then yelled. ' Twenty-five cents apiece, gentlemen ! I haven't enough to go round ! ' I sold all out, and made what to me then was an immense sum of money." 1 In spite, however, of all the pleasing results that he achieved, this business of selling newspapers... | |
 | Calvin Noyes Kendall - 1922 - 380 pages
...sand to this point to jump on, and had become quite expert. The little Dutch boy with the horse me^ me at this point. When the wagon approached the outskirts...could be had. In fact, the laboratory on wheels soon became crowded with such equipment, and served as a basis for the ceaseless testing and study which... | |
 | George Sands Bryan - Inventors - 1926 - 376 pages
...this point to jump on, and had become quite expert. The little Dutch boy [Michael Oates, once more] with the horse met me at this point. When the wagon...made what to me then was an immense sum of money." Of Edison's daily takings, one dollar went regularly to his mother, but most of his profits he spent... | |
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Twenty-five cents apiece, gentlemen! I haven't enough to go around!' I sold all out, and made what to me then was an immense sum of money. 