Word: penciled
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...sleeves, tied to a chair by a rope of which the knots were sealed with wax, concealing no instruments, he was placed behind a curtain. In front of the curtain was a table on which were placed a pail of hot paraffin, a bucket of water, a pencil and a sheet of paper with three names for identification. When the room was darkened, Conjurer Dunninger caused the paper to be snatched away and returned it with this phrase inscribed upon it: "A word from Houdini." Then there protruded from the curtain a "spirit hand" which the magician later admitted...
Among the Turner's are the "Devonport", and "Sunplon Pass", besides a number of his delicate pencil drawings...
Died. Louis J. Reckford, 62, president since 1886 of the American Lead Pencil Co. (plants in Hoboken, N. J., London & Paris); following a minor operation; in Manhattan...
Then came another jolt for slippery Will H. Hays. In the mass of testimony, the Committee came upon a memorandum bearing minute pencil notations. A microscope revealed four names: "Weeks," "Andy," du Pont," "Butler." Two of these names the Committee could understand. In his testimony Mr. Hays had mentioned sending $25,000 of Sinclair's Liberty Bonds to the late John W. Weeks, at that time Secretary of War. Another $75,000 had gone to U. S. Senator Thomas Coleman du Pont, to meet a note due in Manhattan. Mr. Hays had not mentioned "Andy" or "Butler...
Since Lewis E. Waterman pioneered, and notably since his basic patent rights expired about 15 years ago, other makers of good fountain pens have come into the U. S. market? Sheaffer, Conklin, Parker, Wahl, Ingersoll and a dozen others. Most of them, make in addition to pens, mechanical pencils. And so well have they presented reasons for owning pen & pencil that now to carry both in purse or pocket is almost as general as to carry a clean handkerchief...