~ Dictaphone advertisement, 1933
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![~ Sears, Roebuck and Company. Catalogue of electrical goods, [not before 1906]via Harvard University Library(click to enlarge)“…affords great amusement as well as instruction. The current can be so regulated that it will make a strong man tremble, or so mild as not to injure a child.”](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lt0fk5xjg91qbl0k8o1_500.jpg)
~ Sears, Roebuck and Company. Catalogue of electrical goods, [not before 1906]
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“…affords great amusement as well as instruction. The current can be so regulated that it will make a strong man tremble, or so mild as not to injure a child.”
~ Bell Telephone Magazine, 1966
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~ Homecraft, The Aladdin Company Catalog, Bay City, Michigan; 191?
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“LIGHT YOUR HOME BY ELECTRICITY
You will want electric lights in your house as they are just as much a necessity as modern plumbing. They are safe, clean and cheerful and will give you a pride in your home and the same distinction you feel in owning a good automobile.”
~ The Spirit of Progress: Electricity the Modern Way, September 1932
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~ Suggestions to the Housewife; Department of Weights and Measures, District of Columbia; 1911
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Almost 100 years later similar advice would be given advising people not to shop online. Remember to shun the new technology! Shun it, I say!
~ The Chicago Blue Book of Selected Names of Chicago and Suburban Towns: Containing the Names and Addresses of Prominent Residents, arranged Alphabetically and Numerically by Streets, Membership List of the Leading Clubs, and other Valuable Information. For the Year Ending 1914., The Chicago Directory Company.
~ Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company, August 8th, 1911
“In the daily use of the telephone a man travels all over town by wire in a few minutes”
“In the daily use of the telephone a man travels all over town by wire in a few minutes”
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~ Ottawa Citizen - January 17, 1900
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“We have among our collection, clocks that do not require winding. They run by electricity. … They are the acme of perfection.”
~ The Young Gentleman and Lady’s Monitor, and English Teacher’s Assistant: Being a Collection of Select Pieces From our Best Modern Writers; Calculated to eradicate Vulgar Prejudices and Rusticity of Manners; Improve the Understanding; Rectify the Will; Purify the Passions; Direct the Minds of Youth to the Pursuit of proper Objects; and to facilitate their Reading, Writing, and Speaking the English language, with Elegance and Propriety, John Hamilton Moore, 1802.
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~ The Elementary School Teacher and the Course of Study, 1903
”The Paper for Printing by Gaslight”
