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Here we read about a generation so ghostly-gone that their departed souls were being summoned in seances of the 1940's. In N.Y.City, suicides among prominent people seem epidemic. There is a wide spread belief that Mars has canals and an advanced civilization: a dizzying, new, accepted 'fact of life' that immured people from any more "future shock". There are cars, suddenly, but few traffic laws. There is 'wireless' and "musical sparks' may fly through the air someday...
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Right Wing Bob led me here and I am happy to see what you are up to. A few months ago I happened upon an archived NYT article that fits in with what you are sharing.
ReplyDeletePlease Google the words "Perfume Concert Fails", it is the third item on the right in the full page linked at the result you will get from Google. It was published on Dec 1, 1902, but I am sure will enjoy it even if it is a bit older than your target year.
All the best,
Steve Barton
Dunwoody, Georgia