95: "Several Thousand Things that Won't Work:" Thomas Alva Edison and His Electric Light
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The New York Mogul's Quadruplex Telegraph
Antrpenurial inventor alva forms partnerships, receives several dozens of patents and comes to employ over 100 people in his various enterprises. He is also devastated by the loss of his mother, falls in love with and marries young mary sitwell, becomes a father, and as the still in his twenties, displays a gravitas beyond his years. For all these accomplishments, though he often struggles to make inflowing cash cover costs, he needs some one to buy into his work in a big way. The wily new york mogul J doesn't mince words as he asks alva, how much do you want for the quadruplex telegraph? I will give you 30
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