Two recent arrivals - A Norman and a Howard. They both are from New York and both mystery pens.
What can we discover.
The Howard is clearly noted on the clip and lever. The nib is generic and marked Silver Palladium Alloy - a poor mans substitute for gold supposedly with the rust resistance of stainless steel. The cap band offers a clue - marked 14K GOLD FILLED - WATERSON. Could Howard be related to Waterson?
On the Leadheads pencil blog Jon Veley provides an outstanding discussion of Watertson. Go here for the details: https://leadheadpencils.blogspot.com/search/label/Waterson. You'll need to scroll down some.
Could the Howard be another promotional pen by James Kelley when he wasn't being chased about Waterman?. The obviously sold a few Howard pens. The Duluth newspaper (Duluth? Yeah, I know. But it was all that my search engine could find in a hurry.) It's advertised in Red Rubber as the Reddipen. Same HOWARD script written vertically on the clip and on the lever. Very similar if not the same.
Looking closely at the pen and construction the gold fill on the clip looked a bit rough as if more fill was applied to cover something. Looking at the fill every which way to discern what the impressions were I saw there was writing on the underside. Who would think that? I've never ever seen that before and it made me look at the clips of almost every pen in the collection. 
The Billboard, September 1, 1928
Our second pen is the Norman that seems only identifiable by the name and location on the barrel.
It reads EMPIRE.
What's an Empire Pen? Did whoever made this pen recycle clips made for Empire? Never heard of that before. Maybe there was a mistake in the sheet metal stamping process and Empire was stamped on the wrong side before the sheet metal was formed to a clip. Why would they even think of putting it on another brand of pen? No clues yet.
This is an above average quality pen for its type and era. Black ends are well done - nicely shaped and not flat pieces glued to the cap and barrel. The lever is longer than other similar pens in the collection suggesting an increase expense. The clip is strong and tight - often clips are displaced. The nib is a 14K FINE that is slightly scratchy due to misalignment. This was not a giveaway pen.
The Empire Pen Company in New York did exist. A great resource is the Manhattan Pen Makers Project on Richard Binder's website that notes the company was run by Louis Parkovitz, Henry Weinstein, Abel Helbrecht at the 65 East 9th Street Address.
Both nibs and sections together.
Let me know if you have more information on these and any associated makers.