[Newspaper]
Publication: The Muncie News
Muncie, IN, United States
vol. 15, no. 216, p. 1, col. 3
"MAGIC MUNCIE"
Recognized as the Leading
City of the Gas Belt.
The Indianapolis News Gives Us a Four
Column Write-Up
The Indianapolis News last evening gave Muncie a four column write-up, to which they give the following preface:
"'Magic Muncie' is the name which the inhabitants of the county seat of Delaware county have given to their city. The aptness of the title is appreciated by those who knew the Muncie of five years ago and who know the Muncie of today. There is so little resemblance between the two that old citizens who have lately returned to the place after an absence of a few years have gone about in perplexity, seeking familiar landmarks.
Muncie has been fortunate in attracting the favorable attention of eastern capitalists who have been seeking a location for the investment of money. The result has been that a vast amount of wealth from the East has been transferred to the Indiana town, and with it have come men of energy and resources, and the ability to handle large affairs. In the solidity and extent of the town’s development it has no superior in the gas field.”
The article was a meritorous one, and the factory review a truthful statement of matters as they exist today.
