The Argosy, October 1906 — page 107: what you’re looking at

Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.

Another New Magazine from the Munsey House. . E are bringing out another new magazine, which will occupy a field hitherto unfilled. It is to be called THE RAILROAD MANS MAGAZINE While this magazine is designed especially for railroad people, it is never- theless a pretty good general magazine. AA railroad story, whether true or the creation of fancy, naturally has a direct interest for the railroad worker, but it is none the less interesting togthe general reader than if the theme were located in some other phase of life. HE railroad, second only to religion, has been the greatest civilizing and enlighten- ing force in the world. It has eliminated space and brought backwoods sections in touch with the polish and alertness of the cities. In conjunction with the telegraph, it has daily placed the news of the world before the farmer and mechanic in the once remote places of the country. It has built up the great West—a region which was a limitless waste when this country was born, and which would still be a vast, unin- habited tract of barren prairie but for the railroad. It has stretched out from the little hamlets along the seaboard and created an empire the like of which does not exist in the Old World. With a population to-day of well-nigh ninety millions, the United States owes. ‘ — = = har ag een ; ee : 3 fe COMMIE OO <S.COME Art Yk: she BAS ak the 9 a et ‘ NW ee a ‘ ¢ Vda Re ake 4 Maem eT kT ek pe vi! aA Bb pM RE ee NY Se ee a ly te 4 Oey Won Ce tr) ie fA AA MN Py x = «