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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1872
Page
6
A Columbus Dispatch column argues that destined future leaders will come from poor origins. It praises virtuous, ambitious young men building wealth in offices and shops, and urges fashionable society to embrace them as marriageable partners and future providers.
A vivid travel sketch by James Richardson in Scribner's recounts riding a locomotive from Bridgeport toward Harrisburg. The narrator reports the jolting speed the driver masters with calm skill, the treacherous curves ahead, and the river and hills roaring past. The piece ends with newfound respect for engine drivers and their dangerous craft.
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