There were at that time five enterprising newspapers, four frankly partizan and one independent.

Personalities entered freely into the editorials, which often abounded in wit and scholarship.

There were three theaters, and many churches of many denominations; religion and amusement, to thrive, must have variety.

There were great steel shops, machine-shops, factories and breweries.

And there were a few people who got in touch with one another, and invented society.
Herculaneum has its counterpart in every state; each city is a composite of all the others.