EDISON TO POUND KEY AS OF YORE Electric Wizard Will Vie With Others in Sending Telegraph Messages
At the lunch hour a modern telegraph set will be placed in the dining car, and the veterans will vie in sending messages, with accuracy counting in the awarding of the prizes.
NEW YORK, Nov. 7. (Exclusive) - Thomas A. Edison, who in his early teens worked as a telegraph operator at various places in the United States and Canada, will have an opportunity on Armistice Day to try his hand at "pounding the key" with other veterans of the craft, some of whom have been away from the work nearly as long as he has. On that day the inventor will be the guest of J. M. Davis, president On that day the inventor will be the guest of J. M. Davis, president of the Lackawanna Railroad, on a trip in he president's private car to New Village, N. J., to inspect the cement plant there owned by Charles Edison, his son. Among those making the trip will be E. M. Rine, senior vice-president of the Lackawanna, who operated a telegraph instrument twenty years ago; P. J. Flynn, traffic vice-presitelegraph instrument twenty years ago; P. J. Flynn, traffic vice-president, wh began as a telegrapher about forty years ago, and Supt. L. D. Foley, who did the same fifty years ago. During the lunch hour a modern telegraph set will be placed in the dining car and the veterans will vie in sending messages. Speed and accuracy will be considSpeed and accuracy will be considered in awarding the prizes.
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EDISON TO POUND KEY AS OF YORE Electric Wizard Will Vie With Others in Sending Telegraph Messages
At the lunch hour a modern telegraph set will be placed in the dining car, and the veterans will vie in sending messages, with accuracy counting in the awarding of the prizes.
NEW YORK, Nov. 7. (Exclusive) - Thomas A. Edison, who in his early teens worked as a telegraph operator at various places in the United States and Canada, will have an opportunity on Armistice Day to try his hand at "pounding the key" with other veterans of the craft, some of whom have been away from the work nearly as long as he has. On that day the inventor will be the guest of J. M. Davis, president On that day the inventor will be the guest of J. M. Davis, president of the Lackawanna Railroad, on a trip in he president's private car to New Village, N. J., to inspect the cement plant there owned by Charles Edison, his son. Among those making the trip will be E. M. Rine, senior vice-president of the Lackawanna, who operated a telegraph instrument twenty years ago; P. J. Flynn, traffic vice-presitelegraph instrument twenty years ago; P. J. Flynn, traffic vice-president, wh began as a telegrapher about forty years ago, and Supt. L. D. Foley, who did the same fifty years ago. During the lunch hour a modern telegraph set will be placed in the dining car and the veterans will vie in sending messages. Speed and accuracy will be considSpeed and accuracy will be considered in awarding the prizes.
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EDISON TO POUND KEY AS OF YORE Electric Wizard Will Vie With Others in Sending Telegraph Messages
At the lunch hour a modern telegraph set will be placed in the dining car, and the veterans will vie in sending messages, with accuracy counting in the awarding of the prizes.
NEW YORK, Nov. 7. (Exclusive) - Thomas A. Edison, who in his early teens worked as a telegraph operator at various places in the United States and Canada, will have an opportunity on Armistice Day to try his hand at "pounding the key" with other veterans of the craft, some of whom have been away from the work nearly as long as he has. On that day the inventor will be the guest of J. M. Davis, president On that day the inventor will be the guest of J. M. Davis, president of the Lackawanna Railroad, on a trip in he president's private car to New Village, N. J., to inspect the cement plant there owned by Charles Edison, his son. Among those making the trip will be E. M. Rine, senior vice-president of the Lackawanna, who operated a telegraph instrument twenty years ago; P. J. Flynn, traffic vice-presitelegraph instrument twenty years ago; P. J. Flynn, traffic vice-president, wh began as a telegrapher about forty years ago, and Supt. L. D. Foley, who did the same fifty years ago. During the lunch hour a modern telegraph set will be placed in the dining car and the veterans will vie in sending messages. Speed and accuracy will be considSpeed and accuracy will be considered in awarding the prizes.
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EDISON TO POUND KEY AS OF YORE Electric Wizard Will Vie With Others in Sending Telegraph Messages
At the lunch hour a modern telegraph set will be placed in the dining car, and the veterans will vie in sending messages, with accuracy counting in the awarding of the prizes.
NEW YORK, Nov. 7. (Exclusive) - Thomas A. Edison, who in his early teens worked as a telegraph operator at various places in the United States and Canada, will have an opportunity on Armistice Day to try his hand at "pounding the key" with other veterans of the craft, some of whom have been away from the work nearly as long as he has. On that day the inventor will be the guest of J. M. Davis, president On that day the inventor will be the guest of J. M. Davis, president of the Lackawanna Railroad, on a trip in he president's private car to New Village, N. J., to inspect the cement plant there owned by Charles Edison, his son. Among those making the trip will be E. M. Rine, senior vice-president of the Lackawanna, who operated a telegraph instrument twenty years ago; P. J. Flynn, traffic vice-presitelegraph instrument twenty years ago; P. J. Flynn, traffic vice-president, wh began as a telegrapher about forty years ago, and Supt. L. D. Foley, who did the same fifty years ago. During the lunch hour a modern telegraph set will be placed in the dining car and the veterans will vie in sending messages. Speed and accuracy will be considSpeed and accuracy will be considered in awarding the prizes.
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EDISON TO POUND KEY AS OF YORE Electric Wizard Will Vie With Others in Sending Telegraph Messages
At the lunch hour a modern telegraph set will be placed in the dining car, and the veterans will vie in sending messages, with accuracy counting in the awarding of the prizes.
NEW YORK, Nov. 7. (Exclusive) - Thomas A. Edison, who in his early teens worked as a telegraph operator at various places in the United States and Canada, will have an opportunity on Armistice Day to try his hand at "pounding the key" with other veterans of the craft, some of whom have been away from the work nearly as long as he has. On that day the inventor will be the guest of J. M. Davis, president On that day the inventor will be the guest of J. M. Davis, president of the Lackawanna Railroad, on a trip in he president's private car to New Village, N. J., to inspect the cement plant there owned by Charles Edison, his son. Among those making the trip will be E. M. Rine, senior vice-president of the Lackawanna, who operated a telegraph instrument twenty years ago; P. J. Flynn, traffic vice-presitelegraph instrument twenty years ago; P. J. Flynn, traffic vice-president, wh began as a telegrapher about forty years ago, and Supt. L. D. Foley, who did the same fifty years ago. During the lunch hour a modern telegraph set will be placed in the dining car and the veterans will vie in sending messages. Speed and accuracy will be considSpeed and accuracy will be considered in awarding the prizes.
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