Here is an article from the "Krag Era" as an author in the National Magazine of 10/1903 looks into the future. He writes of snow mobiles, snow plows in unreachable regions, conveniences, etc.

I always found it interesting what others thought the future would be like that we have lived through. The author has some hits and misses. Of course we have "progressed" much further than the author could imagine.

There are still some phrases that some of us "more mature fellas" use from that era, such as "hang up the phone". We may still use that phrase, but we rarely actually put a phone back on its hanger. We simply push a button, we tell it to end the call, or it will do it all by itself.

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