Rensselaer Journal, Volume 10, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 January 1901 — Faber Dies at Nuremberg. [ARTICLE]

Faber Dies at Nuremberg.

Johann Faber, founder of the famous lead pencil factory, died at Nuremberg, Germany, aged 84 years. When he began business English pencils were in almost universal use in Germany.