THE DAILY MEMPHIS AVALANCHE, Tennessee, Dec. 28, 1879  Fully 2 1/2 columns on page 2 are taken up with a great account of Thomas Edison's latest invention: the light bulb. With heads: "THE NEW LIGHT" "The Undoubted Success of the Edison Lamp" "Some Adverse Opinions of A Rival Inventor"
The very lengthy text goes to great detail in explaining the possible value in this invention, balanced by the criticism of another academic, W.E. Sawyer.
A great report on Edison's electric light bulb, an invention which would utterly transform the way we live. Of special interest is the amount of criticism Edison withstood but from other scientists and the gas companies.
Four pages, large folio size, folder size noted is for the issue folded in half. Some wear at the margins.