From August 6, 1921 Morning Press

Two town industries of which little is known are bee hives of activity these summer days, and their product is going to the four corners of the earth. There is a mouse trap factory in town that turns out the traps by the hundreds. Hugh O'Blosser is the owner of the shop, and does most of the work. Recently he shipped a large order of mouse trops (sic) to China, and his business is constantly growing. The other industry that has resumed since the war is the suspender factory of Paul E. Wirt near the Wirt pen factory. During the war it was impossible to get the material, and the plant was closed down, but it has been started again and suspenders that once found wide favor are again being turned out. The suspenders are a spring suspender and are made without rubber. "The only trouble with them," a local merchant said yesterday, "is that they seem to wear forever."

This little article helps to show that in the 1920's Paul Wirt was not inactive as his pen company was in decline he just had moved on to other interests. He probably had assessed that the pen market had matured and that other markets were more lucrative.

Thanks to Ann Diseroad for sharing this article.