Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 39, Number 100, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 August 1907 — Futile. [ARTICLE]

Futile.

After many years of experimenting the people of the earth had succeeded in establishing communication with Mars. But the signals received were utterly unintelligible. Many years more were spent in vain in trying to decipher them. They did not bear the slightest resemblance to any language known on this earth. Efforts then were made to communicate with some planet whose learned men could interpret the signals. The only responses received appeared to be couched in even worse gibberish fhan the written dialects of Mars. Finding it impossible to secure the services of any planet as an interpreter, the effort was abandoned. “Go to Jupiter!” recklessly signaled the earth —and tore down its signa] stations.