Popular electricity magazine in plain English (1913) (14578389529)

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Title: Popular electricity magazine in plain English

Year: 1912 (1910s)

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Subjects: Electricity

Publisher: Chicago, Ill. : Popular Electricity Pub. Co.

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ay, I heard him tellin pa some-time ago, at if pa didnt pay his old bill hedmake trouble for him. I got a funny one myself to-day, said thetreasurer of the theater. A kind of a fidgetygirl frisked up, pushed a five-dollar bill across theshelf and said, I want a seat. Where do you want it, madam? I asked her. She shoved her whole arm through thewindow, waved her glove under my nose, andhollered, I want it right here in my hand! Wheredid you think 1 wanted it? * * * A physician visited a certain school buildingto examine the eyes of the children. Theteacher next day sent a note to the mother ofone pupil saying that he was not perfeeloptically. The following day Johnny broughtback a reply from his mother which read:The old man whaled Johnny last nighl and Itook a hand at him this morning and we thinkhell be all right from now on. The smallest, boy in the class read haltingly:I see—a man—flyin. Dont forget the -g.Danny, reminded the teacher: so Danm read again: Gee, I see a man flyin.

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■MMI POPULAR ELECTRICITY MAGAZINE In Plain English HENRY WALTER YOUNG, Editor Vol. VI August, 1913 No. 4 CONTENTS Submarine Signaling 358 How the Deaf are Taught Tone Values 359 Roller Skating Under Power 360 How We Waste Our Coal. Synthetic Diamonds ... 367 A New Telephone Transmitter 368 Flower Carnival Opens Coney Island 368 AnaStheiics Administered in a New Way 369 The Prison Ship •Success 370 The Mysterious Dollar 371 Ironing Architects Drawings 371 The Mystery ol She Chamber of Death 372 Whenee the Source of Light 374 Speed Counter Starts and Stops Watch 374 Wired Up for Life 374 Cold Electric Light. itapia Blue Printing a/o The Funeral fais of Mexico City 376 An Electric Ship for Canada 377 Electric Steering Ccar for U. S. Warships 377 Minister Exhibits the Death Chair as a Warning 378 Telegraphy and Telephony in Slam 379 Circus Electricians 380 Electrical Work— A Treatment for Obesity 381 Silverware Cleaned Electrically , 382 Remodeling ! he old Kin place :i\2 i■hen i

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