Looking forward : $b a dream of the United States of the Americas in 1999Bird, Arthur
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Looking forward : $b a dream of the United States of the Americas in 1999
Bird, Arthur
Twentieth century -- Forecasts; United States -- Civilization
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DON'T GO TO CHURCH--Have one of our kinetophones placed in your
house; connects with all leading churches; you can shut off sermon
whenever you wish. LONG DISTANCE RELIGIOUS COMPANY; factories in
Denver and Brooklyn.
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GENTLEMEN--Buy our Breath Deodorizer; fumes of Bourbon, old
rye and lager removed instantaneously: splendid thing for those
contemplating attending evening parties or the theater.
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LADIES, READ THIS--Cinderella Shoes will make a No. 6 foot that
requires an E last look like a narrow No. 1; comfortable and
durable; each pair has a patent hypnotizing attachment that
deceives even the most envious and spiteful women who catch a
glimpse of the shoes when worn.
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NO HOUSEHOLD COMPLETE WITHOUT ONE--We absolutely guarantee that our
Electric Equalizer will dissipate any domestic storm and insure
harmony in families; so simple that a child can operate one;
so delicate in adjustment that the first angry word sets free a
soothing magnetic current; for sale by every drug store and dry
goods shop. Manufactured by the Anti-Divorce Mercantile Company.
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It is not to be supposed that farming, the greatest of all American
industries, had not [Farm Hands at a Discount.] made any progress
during the twentieth century. Probably in no other field of labor was
electricity employed to better advantage. Farm hands in the nineteenth
century were as unreliable in some cases as balky horses. The farm
owner's distress and nightmare in 1899 was the farm laborer. But
in 1999 the "farm hand" was practically done away with. Horses and
farm laborers were no longer employed in the cultivation of the
land. Electricity was on tap in every part of the farm. Even the
milking and stable cleaning was done by mechanical means. In 1899 a
farmer who hired all his work done and lived along comfortably on
the proceeds [The Dignity of Labor.] of the property, was called
by the absurd title of a "gentleman farmer." The farmer who rolls
up his sleeves and toils is none the less a gentleman. A gentleman
is not always the one who spends a life of leisure and lives on the
toil of others. The hard working farmer in many cases proves to be
the real gentleman; he dignifies labor and commands the respect of
his neighbors.
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