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Contrary to Common Sense
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Already the bugs were in it. In the hot summer of 1885, while Mr. Edison rested at home in Woodside Villa, New York, taking perhaps the only self-prescribed vacation of his life, as he was still somewhat debilitated after the death of his first wife, they came buzzing all over the house — for bugs,… Read more
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Hardly One Copy Would Sell Here
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November 6, 18—
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The Great Flood
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October 7, 1849
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September 28
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Not Something I Ever Knew
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Quitting Time
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Today I left the job at which I’ve worked for the last two years, one of the more dysfunctional I’ve held besides the barbecue place boasting a back-of-house fight club, though of course I’d be lying if I pretended the last few weeks at the up-to-present job haven’t been pleasant, though of course I’d be… Read more
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Should He Remember?