
The build quality of the early typewriters was sometimes janky. The type bars needed regular adjusting and slugs would sometimes just fly off.
The Topeka Daily Capital (Topeka, Kansas), February 13, 1880 –

The following day, the newspaper was able to report:
The Topeka Daily Capital (Topeka, Kansas), February 14, 1880 –

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