Jasper County Democrat, Volume 1, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 September 1898 — Electric Contribution Boxes. [ARTICLE]

Electric Contribution Boxes.

The minister of a progressive church has recently Introduced an electric contribution box. By pressing a button several small silver cars lined with velvet along a minature railway placed at the back of each pew. As they pass along, the members of the congregation drop in their offerings. All the cars concentrate at one point and the collection is taken out.