Remarkable machine aids Georgia primary returns tabulation
The Constitution credits a Remington-Wehr adding and subtracting typewriter for speed and accuracy in tabulating Georgia primary results. The machine handled twelve columns simultaneously, with totals up to 999 999, producing a unique itemized state table used by many papers. The paper’s 400 plus correspondents gathered returns from all 145 counties, some via cross state telegraph routes.
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Remington-Wehr
Georgia
Remington
Slaenhers
Papera
Duitman County
Alabama
Atlanta
Towns County
North Carolina
Constitution
Fulton
Official Returns Of Tennessee Election Aug 4 Judiciary
Nashville Aug 27 Official vote totals for Tennessee judiciary election list Supreme court totals for Independents Green Bhielda Noi Lapipden and others with varying counts. Civil appeals court results show lighter totals and machine vote notes, indicating shifts since the Supreme Court results.
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Official Returns OF
Tennessee
Nashville
Tenn
Supreme Court
Green
Bhielda
Noi
Lapipden
Rarhee
Fender Ponties
Sata
Barton
A A McAlister
Cocke
Beil
Te Han Wee
Maiden
Court of Civil Appeals
Perjury case headlines and fort sheridan arrest mix in Dawson
In Dawson Georgia a white man Homer Hodge was found guilty of perjury and sentenced to six years after a prior four year term. In Chicago a captain named Benjamin J Tillman of Company G Twenty seventh Infantry was arrested in Eau Claire Wisconsin for forgery with Fort Sheridan connections. Authorities note no confirmed link between the two incidents.
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Lodge
Homer Hodge
Chicago
Benjamin J Tilman
Twenty
United States Infantry
Fort Sheridan
Eau Claire
Wis
Madison
Tillman
Sparta
H E Comatock
Comstock
Governor Comer Backs O Neal In Alabama Campaign
Mobile August 21 Governor B B Comer informs that while not fully aligned with the state platform he will support the ticket and stamp the state for O Neil He emphasizes national issues tariff trusts and special privileges and stresses eliminating special privileges as the meat concern urging firm democratic adherence.
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Mobile
Ala
B B
Jeter
Jesse Btallings
O'Neil
Nelsons Mill Barbecue Draws Large Crowd in Macon
A large crowd attended the Nelsons Mill Oating Club barbecue at Nelson's Mill in Macon at noon on August 27. Members and many invited friends enjoyed a delightful event as the grounds transform into a club grounds amid a picturesque site.
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Nelson’s Mill
Macon
Nelson's Mill
Hose
Nelson Mill
Uniform Laws Committee Hears Report on Child Labor
Commission on Uniform Laws debated a committee report urging a uniform child labor law. Owen Lovejoy of New York addressed the meeting in Chattanooga noting rapid state progress, including new inspection departments and altered age limits and school-bour restrictions. The panel deferred further action and turned to marriage laws then to wills and corporations. Japanese ships to Aveches port carried Chinese cargo as some passengers remained aboard.
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Commission On Uniform Laws
Owen Lovejoy
Chatanooga
Tenn
Commission On
Hare
Committee On Child Labor
Owen R Lovejoy
New York
National Child Labor Committee
District of Columbia
Alabama
Louimjeng
Oklahoma
Caroline
Texas
Tennessee
Virginia
Illinois
Ohio
Arkansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Missouri
South Carolina
Nevan
Commission On Uniform Law
Woman Survives Severe Self Destruction Attempt
Memphis Tenn August 37 After cutting her throat stabbing her breast swallowing glass and bottle tops and eating matches heads Mrs W N Kilpatrick of Germantown Tenn is alive but likely to die Doctors say she showed mental instability earlier she had prior self harm with throat slashing and knife wounds but was saved by prompt surgery and was reportedly improving after a second attempt.
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Memphis
Tenn
W .N. Kilpatrick
Germantown
Many Suits Won by the Government in 1910
Washington August 27 The fiscal year 1910 marks a high point for the Department of Justice in Supreme Court activity. More than half the cases in which the government had an interest were decided in its favor. The government won 38 of 44 appeals after losses in lower courts and saw four Court of Claims wins become three for the United States. There are 600 undecided cases before the Supreme Court involving government interests.
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Washington
Department of Justice
Supreme Court
United States
Court of Claims
High Cost of Living Hits New York Hard
New York City faces a sharp rise in poverty costs as the department of charities cites the high cost of living. The 1911 budget estimate climbs to 41,240,102 above the current year, totaling 1,922,714.17 in expenses. The department cares daily for more than ten thousand dependent individuals, equating to about one dollar per person.
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New York
New York City
Quartermaster Moses Gets Five Year Sentence
Beavanneh August 27 Special Quartermaster Sergeant Alvin W Moses of the One Hundred Twenty first Coast Artillery was tried at Fort Screven for wholesale theft from stores he kept. Convicted after letters to a Savannah sweetheart admitted guilt. Sentenced today to five years in Leavenworth and to begin serving there.
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Beavanneh
Alvin W Mosel
Coast Artillery
Fort Screvan
Big Saweetheart
Savannah
Atlante
Leavenworth
English Polo Team Trims Americans in Open Final
Narragansett Pier August 27 Rans lagh the English polo team today won the open championship caphers defeating the Perroquets 7 to 3 Bankers on Columbus Strike Columbus Ohio August 27 The twenty four banks of Columbus today issued resolutions in regard to the street car strike passed at a meeting in the association rooms yesterday The resolutions declare for law and order for the right of many men to accept employment at his will again at the boycott and the right of any citizens to use the street cars without intimidation or molestation
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Narragansett Pier
Ranslagh
Perroquets
Columbus
Ohio
Unloading Machinery Planned for Candler Warehouse
The Candler Warehouse Company plans to install a modern unloading and storage plant to handle flour, grain, and hay. The system will speed unloading, allow brokers to move large quantities through the warehouse, and increase capacity beyond prior limits with equipment designed for direct car unloads.
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Candler Warehouts Co
Atlanta
Candler Warehouse Company
Uni
Totiare
Roth
Howe
Alfred
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Kimberly Consolidated Advances
Kimberly
Respels & Company
Remington-Wall
Terrell
Homer
Hodge
U. S
Dawson
Terrell Superior Court
Warrill Thia
Worrill
O’neil
Aveches Potte
Quartermaster Moses
Candler Warehouse
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