Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 November 1901 — FASTEST LINOTYPE OPERATOR. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

FASTEST LINOTYPE OPERATOR.

Daniel D. Tew, the Des Moines (la.) operator, who has just broken the

world’s record for fast typesetting on the linotype machine, is a native of Taylor county and learned the printer’s trade in the office of the Decatur County Journal at Leon. He moved to Des Moines twelve years ago, and was employed as compositor on the Leader. Six years ago he learned the linotype machine, and two years ago transferred his services to the Des Moines Capital. It was in the office of that newspaper that, he made the record of 3,344 nonpareil type lines, representing 86,964 ems and requiring 217,400 touches of the keyboard. The work was done in eight hours, on a machine making nine revolutions per minute and operated by steam.

DANIEL D. TEW.