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With fanfare of a $10,000,000 advertising campaign, Gillette Safety Razor Co. (oldest, largest) last month announced a new razor, a new blade, promptly proceeded to distribute them. Last week gloating ...

“In 1895, when I, King Camp Gillette, was 40, I first thought of the safety razor.” So, a decade ago, wrote the father of a great company, a great industry. The proud ring in his words was justified.

Editor's note: This story is part of a series celebrating 150 years of daily newspaper service in Fond du Lac County. The series runs in print on the last Sunday of each month. FOND DU LAC - Wisconsin ...

MADISON, Wis. (WMTV) - On this day, Jan. 5, 1855, the man who invented the disposable razor was born in Wisconsin. King C.