Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 116, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 May 1918 — Machine Signs Five Checks at Once [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Machine Signs Five Checks at Once

The tremendous clerical burden of the war has multiplied the number of lahoraavinq devices employed by the United States government. The checksigning machine, operated In this picture by J. L. Summers, disbursing clerk ©f the treasury, is used extensively In bureaus where the writing of five signa■tures by one operation is saving time and money.