The History and Rise of the Modern Pin
The article traces the pin from bone and horn origins to the modern wire pin. It notes early production in Nuremberg with a guild in 1670 and later English adoption, noting price shifts after the pin making machine reduced costs. It ends with a nod to the broader invention story alongside the sewing machine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lemuel W Wisht
Finland
India
Nuremberg
Aachen
Iserlohn
England
Gloucestershire
Bristol
Birmingham
Social Justice Review
Elmer Lange Completes Naval Air Training School
Elmer Lee Lange seaman second class and son of Mr and Mrs Max Lange of Harper has graduated from the Aviation Fundamentals School at the Naval Air Technical Training Center in Jacksonville Florida Lange entered Naval service in August 1946 and received recruit training at the Naval Training Center in San Diego California
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Lange
Naval Air Training School
Elmer Lee Lange
Seaman
Max Lange
Harper
Naval Air Technical Training Center
Jacksonville
Fla
Lange
Naval Service
Naval Training Center
San Diego
Cal
Ouo
Junction To Get New Telephone System Upgrade
Southwestern States Telephone Co official says Junction will convert to a common battery system. Additional cable work planned to boost local facilities. Mr and Mrs Robert Peril of Wyoming are in town visiting relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southwestern States Telephone Co
Junction Telephone
Robert Peril
Wyoming
Fredercksburg
Blind veteran uses electronic gauge at Timken Canton plant
John Paul Moriarty, blinded in an early Fortress raid over Germany, returns to work at Timken Roller Bearing Co. in Canton. A wartime electronic gauge lets him inspect precise parts as quickly as a sighted worker using sound to judge gauge accuracy. Moriarty and his wife Catherine have three children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
John Paul Moriarty
Timken Roller Bearing Co
Canton
Timken
Moriarty
Catherine
Cecelia Anne
Kathleen
Maureen
District Court Proceedings Highlight Week of Cases
Judge Gray presided as a jury commission of Alvin Stahl, Max Lange and Chester Schmidt selected jurors for the Aug 1947 term. A divorce batch and a partition case with Arnold Kneese as receiver were disposed. Several residents attended court and a local fundraiser doll drawing raised funds for Community Park repairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gray
Otto Schneider Et al
Chester Schneider Et al
Arnold Kneese
Estella Valera Menchaca
Cecil Roderiquez Menchaca
Leola Kunz Weber
Dayton Weber
Ofilla Valera Menchaca
Johnny R. Menchaca
Judge Gray
San Saba
Houston man in Harper visits kin over weekend
C. H. Sheldon of Houston spent Saturday in Harper. Mrs. Sheldon and her son returned home Sunday after visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Porter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. H. Sheldon
Houston
Harper
Visitors at the Duderstadt home Sunday dinner
Mr and Mrs Morris Duderstadt and sons of Fredericksburg visited John Duderstadt's home Sunday along with Mr and Mrs M R Duderstadt and their children and Mrs Warren McDougall with her son.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Duderstadt
Morris Skold Duderstadt
Fredericksburg
M. R. Duderstadt
Warren McDougall
Mrs Stella Duderstadt Attends Presbyterian Church Service
Mrs Stella Duderstadt of Mountain Home and Mr and Mrs Clarence St Clair attended services at the Presbyterian Church Sunday reflecting a community religious observance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stella Duderstadt
Mountain Home
Clarence St. Clair
Presbyterian Church
Miss Joyce Whetstone Visits Miss Inez Whitewood
Miss Joyce Whetstone spent the week end visiting Miss Inez Whitewood, sharing time together and calling on friends during a quiet weekend outing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joyce Whetstone
Inez Whitewood
Church Sunday Sermon Draws Record Crowd
A record crowd attended the church Sunday. Rev. P. B. Hill of Hunt delivered an interesting sermon at 11 o'clock to a very attentive audience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presbyterian
P. B. Hill
Hunt
Lions Club Guest Speaker David Hill Recalls Flying Tigers
David Hill a member of the Flying Tigers spoke at the Lions Club meeting in Harper. He described the war role of the Flying Tigers while Lions chair Lloy Bode presided in Hopf's absence and community leaders discussed Red Cross drives and park projects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Hill
Harper Landscape
Flying Tigers
China
Lions Club
Hill
Lion Pres. E. Dean Hopf
Lion Lloy Bode
Wm. Bruns
Gillespie County
Red Cross
Harper
M. Duderstadt
Carl Oehler
Roy Roberts
Olin Walker
Lee Goff
Frank Staudt
Harper Ball Club
Charles Keller Observes 84th Birthday At Home
Charles Keller celebrated his 84th birthday Sunday March 2 at his home with family. A dinner was served to Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Kuntz, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Hartmann and sons of San Antonio, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Roeder and daughters, Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Fiedler, Mr. and Mrs. Carlos Roeder, Mr. and Mrs. Barry Wood and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Marshall Kuntz, Mrs. E. L. Graft and daughter Emma, all of San Antonio, Mr. and Mrs. Norbert Roeder and sons of White Oak, and 600- Mr. and Mrs. Felix Feuge of Fredericksburg were Harper visitors Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Keller
L. C. Kuntz
Fred Hartmann
San Antonio
Richard Roeder
Oscar Fiedler
Carlos Roeder
Barry Wood
Marshall Kuntz
E. L. Graft
Emma
Norbert Roeder
White Oak
Felix Feuge
Fredericksburg
Harper
Fourteen Million Dollars Cost To Texans Of 1 Cent Tax
Texas motorists would pay about 14.09 million dollars more annually if the state gasoline tax rose by one cent per gallon, the Texas Research Institute reports. The study notes a 1945-46 tax bill of 74.7 million including state and federal levies and outlines a farm-to-market road plan financed from current revenues. It projects adding 2,000 miles yearly to rural roads with a 174 million dollar three-year program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Texas Research Institute
South Texas Chamber of Commerce
Tors
Texmotorists
Institute
The
Southdown Lamb Grand Champion at Gillespie Fat Stock Show
The 15th annual Gillespie County Boys Fat Stock Show at Fredericksburg Fair Grounds drew large crowds. About 85 boys entered nearly 400 animals including sheep hogs calves and capons with grand champion awarded to Robert Kott for a Southdown 120 pound lamb selling to Hotel Nimitz at $2.00 per pound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gillespie County
Fredericksburg Fair Grounds
Robert Kott
Lamb Whch
Hotel Nimitz
J. W. Rothmann & Sons Commission Co
San Antonio
Atlee Lochte
Rena
Capon
Knopp & Metzger
Marvin Itz
Barrow
Clemens Eckhardt
Fredericksburg
Henry Grote
Joe Tatum
F.F. A
Curtis Feller
Birthday gathering honors Mrs. Fred Rahe in Fredericksburg
Mrs. Fred Rahe celebrated her birthday Sunday at home with numerous relatives from Fredericksburg including Hubert Rahe and family Albert Beyer and son Emil Dietrich Hilmar Jung and daughter LP Sultemeier and children Max Sultemeier and daughter Henry Mohr Sr and Max Kuenemann. Visitors from Kerrville and Trickham joined, plus the Duderstadt family at Presbyterian Church services. Roy and Gwendolyn Jones, children of Mrs. Jack Jones, visited and returned home after several days with Mrs. A C Wendel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Rahe
Hubert Rahe
Albert Beyer
Emil Dietrich
Hilmar Jung
LP. Sultemeier
Max Sultemeier
Henry Mohr Sr
Max Kuenemann
Fredericksburg
Jack Jones
Roy
Gwendolyn
A. C. Wendel
Hatley Family Reunion Brings Nine Siblings Together
The Hatley siblings gathered at Robert Lee to mark the first time all nine children of L L Hatley and spouse have convened in thirty years. Attendees included Parks of Amarillo Hughes of Higgins Reiger of Harper and multiple Hatley families from Oklahoma and Arizona plus two visiting nieces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. L. Hatley
Robert Lee
el Hatley
Frank Smith
H Flatley
Jess Keller
Keller
Jimmie
Kh City
Okla
Also Mentioned on This Page
United States
Alice Birney
Phoebe Hearst
Washington
the Music Study Club
Sorantin String Quartet
Eric Sorantin
Strelsa Hearn Burks
Louis Dull
Mildred Froehlich
Palace Theatre
Joseph Haydn
Ludwig von Beethoven
Passepied
Cavatina
Perpetuum Mobile
Leo Delibes
Joachim Raff
Cesar Cui
Peter Tschaikowski
Pat Rogers and Son
Mrs. Watkins Tarr
Charlie Barrett
R. Roberts
Henry Seidermann
Kerrville
el Rancho Theater
Ted Rogers
Uvalde
Henry H. Ahrens
Mrs. Ahrens
Cherry Spring
Herald
R.E.A
Otto Rahe
L.C.R.A
Rahe
Gay Kilman
Southdown Lamb
Fort Worth
Melvin Bonn
Roy Ressmann
Fredericksburg F.P. A
Fat Lamb
Hereford Keifer
Richard Feller
F. PF. A
Delaine Ewe
Ram
Archie Lennon
IFLA
Angera Doe
Billy
Paul Marquart
Frederishburg
Fat Barrow
Morris Dd Duderstadt
Fred Nabers
Harper S*unday
Oto Lange
Albert Smith
Linda
Trickham
Louis Feller
Hatley
Mico
Oliver Topf
Dean Hopf
Austin
Clara Masters
Carlie
Corriedale
J. A. Gray
Texas A&m College Animal Husbandry Dept
Mr. Gray
RK. R. Tipit. V. A
Comfort
Harry Kna
FFA
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