99 years ago an Altoona, PA newspaper printed this celebration of a new communications media that would bring the people of America together as one. Worked out great.
@sethcotlar The internet used be portrayed like that too, didn't it?
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odd this was published in 1924, as the first commercial radio station in America was KDKA in 1929
Stan Freberg - "Who Listens to Radio?" Featuring Sarah Vaughan and Quincy Jones

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@sethcotlar That farm-city homogeneity is moving right along, giving farmers "large town ideas", like insurrection. And the indictments and incarceration that follow greatly alleviate tedium.