Thomas F. Anderson predicted a pneumatic tube system would connect every home.http://bos.gl/bi1Eu8Y
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"Through such tubes a householder will undoubtedly receive his letters, his readymade lunches, his laundry, his morning and evening paper, and even the things he may require from the department store," he wrote.http://bos.gl/FLuvsvZ
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"I do not anticipate that the cheapening and extension of the telegraph or telephone service is going to adversely affect the number of letters written and mailed in the future."http://bos.gl/FLuvsvZ
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Anderson seemed to predict the advent of air conditioning, however: ". . .hot and cold air and even liquid air will be possible to turn on an imitation east wind at any time the outside temperature reaches an uncomfortable height."http://bos.gl/FLuvsvZ
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This shitrag of a "newspaper" also got it wrong on what the environment would be like if Trump were elected.
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