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Newspaper
Washington Star
Location
Washington, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1903
Page
10
The county holds an exhibition of the new voting machine at the Town Hall in Washington and Philipsburg. The device, described and demonstrated, is the fall election’s trial model. About forty machines have been produced and prepared for testing, with two allocated to this county for trial use.
A New York trip by Selda of Wren County Almshouse and a director aimed to study servant girl problems. They read metropolitan papers noting thousands of immigrants willing to work, yet were met with shock and fear about travel from home.
A new direct voting machine demonstrates in Phillipsburg offering accurate registration as ballots are cast. It features seven rows of numbers and cardboard candidate list, promising tamper resistance and quick tallies at election close. Demonstrator says use in New York state has proved reliable with many cities adopting the system.
Mr Hoppock of Feehletown trusted neighbourly aid after his pocketbook vanished in an upstate store. Elmer Opdyke later found the wallet and returned the money, while a $50 reward was not claimed. The episode ended with Mr Hoppock thanking the community and Opdyke. Public School Report notes September enrollment of 663 with 602 regular attendees and high attendance quality.
News items from Glen Gardner detail floods along the river forcing residents from cellars, plus community life notes. D K Apgar attends a Philadelphia conven tion for carriage dealers. Miss Queefs Hanna and Charles Deraass marry and depart for Philadelphia. Mentions include local births deaths illnesses and area businesses and rail worker retirement honors.
A Lackawanna fast passenger train struck an open switch at Ana' lomit early Thursday morning. The locomotive and four cars passed the danger safely while the fifth car derailed and bumped another coach from its bogies. A wrecking crew cleared the tracks after four hours with no serious injuries reported.
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