Box Elder News Journal | 1909-08-12 | Page 2 | "Dime Novel Days"

dime novel days marathon mad when a mere child I 1 read a story I 1 think it was a dime novel about an indian runner probably a ten tent beadle among the first of the ten centers and far more wholesome than the salacious ten cent ers of the present day of of eroticism the winning of the west was duo largely to the dime novel I 1 ne never v er red read one that did not tend to enlarge a boys love of outdoor sport and clean adventure there was nothing that could not be read at the family fireside yet some one started a crusade against the dime novel and after 20 20 years ic it was partly eradicated that is it was forced to give way to the cheap cheap tales of city dens and dives new york press