100 years ago... Logan County and Upper Guyan

[NW Mailing List]

--- NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:


> At 08:38 AM 2/18/2007, you wrote:

> 

> >Are we dealing with some typical journalistic

> mis-construing the situation

> >or wishful thinking?

> 

<snip>

> 

> Journalists of the time were happy to trumpet the

> next big proposal. 

> Local excitement over a new railroad would help sell

> papers and 

> shares of the fledging line's stock. Unfortunately

> for us, the lines' 

> demise are not as newsworthy so it becomes more

> difficult to find out 

> what happened.

> 


Were not some of these examples of early 'pump and
dump' scams, with journalists and newspapers (like in
the modern era) occasionally unwitting (and
witting/profiting) vehicles for their promotion?


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