04 Nov 1880
Page 1
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Newspaper
Silver State
Location
Winnemucca, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Nov 04, 1880
Page
1
A Boston Post report describes Mr Washtub waking to a phonograph voiced alarm on a patent bed built by Edison plans. The bed spooked him with shaking, water showers, and slats whacking him after the clerk at the hotel failed to shut off the mechanism, causing him to miss trains.
A tale recalls Artemus Ward’s remote lecture underfoot impatience and a dusting quip that impressed locals as a curtain lift. Another episode finds Ward refusing to disembark a Broadway omnibus after the driver refused to change five dollars, insisting he had ten cents.
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