The Man Scorned

A few weeks ago, I was discussing the "Real Housewives of Minneapolis," and the determination with which Frank J. Vierling patented improvements to his wife Mary’s pencil design, the Dow. The last one of his patents along these lines, which he applied for on August 6, 1927, was the only one that identified an assignee: "Snap Point Pencil, Inc."

The existence of an assignee suggested that the pencil went into production at some point, although I’d never seen one. That changed in DC . . .

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