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he fell into a grain elevator
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his father foun him squatting on some ducks eggs in a cold barn
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he set upa chemestry lab in the basement in his home
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he go to earn money to pay the chemicals for his experiments, he wents to a business selling candy and newspaper to the local train and worked on his experiments
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he was given the chance to learn how to be a telegraph operantor, and he then became as fascinated by electricity as he had been with chemistry