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The Grand Trunk Railroad operated numerous routes in Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio. The main line ran from Chicago to Port Huron, Michigan, which was a hub for other railroad lines that went to Detroit as well as major cities on the East Coast and Canada.

details could be obtained from newspapers available on the train. By special arrangement with the editor, Edison took 1,000 copies on credit. At the first stop, he sold forty papers instead of the usual two. At the next stop, he doubled the price to ten cents and sold 150 instead of the usual dozen. At Port Huron, he sold the rest to a stampede of customers at twenty-five cents each. His profit for the day was $150. His next venture was the Grand Trunk Herald , a single-sheet weekly newspaper. He wrote, edited, and printed it in the baggage car of the train, using a

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