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Birmingham the Magic City amid boom town wreckage
A New York Tribune correspondent reviews southern industrial progress, contrasting boom towns and genuine industry. It notes vast, fictitious land sales, inflated coal reports, and speculative ventures that collapsed, with Birmingham portrayed as a true manufacturing center yet dampened by lingering despondency despite rich resources and improved transport.
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