Moritz Becker

Moritz Nathan Becker (February 2, 1827 - ?) was an American produce dealer from Milwaukee, Wisconsin who served as a self-proclaimed "Progressive Democratic", then "Liberal Democratic", member of the Wisconsin State Assembly.

Background

Becker was born in Gaugrehweiler, Kingdom of Bavaria on February 2, 1827. He received an academic education, and became a first lieutenant of cavalry in the Bavarian Army, and fought in Schleswig-Holstein during the First Schleswig War. He came to the United States in 1850, lived in New York for two years, then moved to Milwaukee in 1852.

In 1859, he became a member of the Milwaukee synagogue B'ne Jeshurun when his own Congregation Ansche Emmeth merged with it. He became an active member of the Democratic Party. In 1863 he married Minnie Gutman, a native of Württemberg; by 1881, they would have five children.

Public office

For two years Becker was a police justice in Milwaukee. In 1871 he was elected unopposed to the Assembly's 9th Milwaukee County district (the 9th Ward of the City of Milwaukee) as a "Progressive Democrat", succeeding Democrat John L. Semmann. He was assigned to the standing committee on assessment and collection of taxes.

Becker

Becker is one of the German-language surnames, along with Bäcker and Baecker, that derive from the [baːk]~[bɛk] root, which refers to baking. The surname began as a name for a baker (and thus his family). Notable people with the surname include:

Becker (disambiguation)

Becker is a German surname.

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Inland Type Foundry

The Inland Type Foundry was an American type foundry established in 1894 in Saint Louis, Missouri and later with branch offices in Chicago and New York City. Although it was founded to compete directly with the "type trust" (American Type Founders), and was consistently profitable, it was eventually sold to A.T.F,.

History

Inland was founded by the three sons of Carl Schraubstadter, one of the owners of the Central Type Foundry which had shut down upon being sold to A.T.F. in 1892. William A. Schraubstadter had been superintendent of the old foundry and, not being offered a similar position in the consolidation, founded Inland with his two brothers, Oswald and Carl Jr. At first the foundry sold type made by the Keystone Type Foundry and the Great Western Type Foundry, but soon enough was cutting and casting faces of their own. All three brothers were familiar with the foundry business and quite soon the firm began making type that was "state of the art," being point-set and having a common base-line for all faces of the same body size. This last feature was a recent innovation and, as Inland had no back stock of non-linging faces, they advertised this heavily as "Standard Line Type."

Moritz

Moritz is the German equivalent of the name Maurice. It may refer to:

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Moritz (beer)

Moritz is a brand of Catalan beer, with its headquarters on the Ronda Sant Antoni in Barcelona. Unlike its crosstown rival Damm, Moritz markets itself as the only beer brand in the world whose labeling is entirely in the Catalan language. The company was founded in 1856 by an Alsatian immigrant, Louis Moritz Trautmann. After ceasing production in 1978 due to the energy crises, the brand was relaunched in 2004 by Trautmann's descendents.

Products

The Moritz brewery manufactures three beers:

In addition, the Fàbrica Moritz Barcelona, on the Ronda Sant Antoni, sells "Moritz Fresca,", unpasteurized beer brewed on the premises.

History

Louis Moritz Trautmann, the company's founder, emigrated to Barcelona from Pfaffenhofen, Alsace, in 1851. By 1856, he was brewing his own beer, and three years later, he bought the brewery of Joan Maurer. Initially, Trautmann used Maurer's brewery, located in the Raval district of Barcelona, on the Carrer del Portal de Santa Madrona. By 1864, the company moved to a larger facility at the nearby Ronda de Sant Antoni, outside the city's walls, which eventually included the "Cervecería Moritz" beer-hall. This factory was in use for a century and was closed in 1966 when production was moved to Parets del Vallès.

Moritz, Germany

Moritz is a village and a former municipality in the district of Anhalt-Bitterfeld, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Since 1 January 2010, it is part of the town Zerbst.