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Edison aide funds marriage with light of world
A young Edison employee asked for a week off to visit a distant city to get engaged. Edison handed him $5000 to marry quickly, saying the world awaits light, then sent him back to work in three days. The column also tastily tracks rail travel notes, job moves, and tech lore from Amarillo to Charleston.
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Thomas A. Edison
Edison
Georgel. Mclellan
Santa Fe Transportation
Amarillo
Clovis
T. B. Gallaher
Santa Fe
Plainview
Bill Beechler
Bill Lampe
Ambarillo
Gallaher
America
South Carolina Canal and Railroad
Charleston
West Point
New York City
South Carolina Canal and Railroad Company
Hamburg
S. C
Savannah River
Augusta
United States