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May 4, 1900
Waterbury Evening Democrat
Waterbury, New Haven County, Connecticut
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Jules Verne, Amiens town councilor, honored as prophet for foreseeing submarines, airships, and cars in his novels; views autos as solution to urban overcrowding by promoting rural life. (Boston Herald)
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PROPHET NOT WITHOUT HONOR.
Jules Verne is now a town councilor of Amiens, in France, and he reckons himself a prophet not undeserving of honor everywhere. His cigar-shaped submarine boat, which figured in one of his scientific romances of a generation ago, is now a concrete fact in the Holland boat, just purchased by our navy department, and in a similar vessel now being constructed for the French navy. His flying machine is a reality in the dirigible balloons which may be seen maneuvering in various parts of the world. He foretold the automobile, too, and this he reckons the most precious of modern inventions, because its destiny will be to combat the great danger of the future-the tendency of population to desert the country for the town. He thinks the intelligent and the rich will seek the country more and more, while the poor and ignorant, losing their misguided desire for the excitements of city life, will crowd more and more into the country, and thus the denizens of the slums and sweat shops will be taken to the green fields and enabled or induced to make a living there. - Boston Herald.
Jules Verne is now a town councilor of Amiens, in France, and he reckons himself a prophet not undeserving of honor everywhere. His cigar-shaped submarine boat, which figured in one of his scientific romances of a generation ago, is now a concrete fact in the Holland boat, just purchased by our navy department, and in a similar vessel now being constructed for the French navy. His flying machine is a reality in the dirigible balloons which may be seen maneuvering in various parts of the world. He foretold the automobile, too, and this he reckons the most precious of modern inventions, because its destiny will be to combat the great danger of the future-the tendency of population to desert the country for the town. He thinks the intelligent and the rich will seek the country more and more, while the poor and ignorant, losing their misguided desire for the excitements of city life, will crowd more and more into the country, and thus the denizens of the slums and sweat shops will be taken to the green fields and enabled or induced to make a living there. - Boston Herald.
What sub-type of article is it?
Biography
Curiosity
Prodigy
What themes does it cover?
Triumph
What keywords are associated?
Jules Verne
Submarine Boat
Flying Machine
Automobile
Prophet
Urbanization
What entities or persons were involved?
Jules Verne
Where did it happen?
Amiens, France
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Key Persons
Jules Verne
Location
Amiens, France
Story Details
Jules Verne, town councilor of Amiens, France, regards himself as a prophet honored for his scientific romances predicting submarine boats, flying machines, and automobiles, now realized in naval vessels, dirigible balloons, and modern cars, with the automobile seen as combating urbanization by drawing people to the country.