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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1873
Page
6
A column argues that the next generation of societal leaders will come from industrious, ambitious working men rather than the wealthy. It laments fashionable indifference to virtuous country lads who transfer to urban life, noting these men will shape the nation socially politically and financially in twenty years.
A firsthand travel piece details a rider's perilous ascent beside a locomotive. The narrator describes the tremors speed and danger as the train hurtles toward curves and cliffs, praising the driver’s skill and noting the near miss at Kittatinny and Bridgeport on the way to Harrisburg.
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