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English: Rev. George K. MacDonald exhibits a death chair as a warning, 1913

Identifier: popularelectric619131chic (find matches)
Title: Popular electricity magazine in plain English
Year: 1912 (1910s)
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Subjects: Electricity
Publisher: Chicago, Ill. : Popular Electricity Pub. Co.
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
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he result has been so satisfactorythat it has now been determined to installthe apparatus on all our battleships thatare building, beginning with the super-dreadnaughts Texas and New York.In addition to its military advantages thenew steering gear is favored because ofits economy of space and high efficiency. MINISTER EXHIBITS A DEATH CHAIR AS A WARNING The Rev. George K. MacDonald of New York, a Baptist clergyman, is now appear-ing on the vaudeville stage for the purpose of lecturing against capital punishment.To strengthen his argument he uses a death chair similar to that used at electrocutions,and an assistant appears to be electrocuted- The Rev. MacDonald believes that thechurch si uld encourage the stage in using its acknowledged power to teach greatmoral lessons. He hopes by portraying the actual working of the electric chair to so fixit in the minds of the masses of the people that when they are tempted to commitcrimes the image of the chair wilt rise before them as a warning.
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POPULAR ELECTRICITY MAGAZINE 379 Telegraphy and Telephony inSiam The first telegraph line of any impor-tance which was opened in Siam was thatwhich connects Bangkok with Saigon, thecapital of French Cochin China. Thisline was engineered by the well known M.Pavie, at one time engaged by the SiamGovernment for this work, and sincethen one of the first French authorities

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