Patent for an apparatus for treating lint cotton as it passes from the gin for bleaching. Illustration included.

Patent for a new and useful bank-protecting device.

Patent for a new and improved band stretcher. This design "relates to improvements in band-stretchers in which a windlass, crank, and ratchets operate in conjunction with a sliding clamp; and the object of [the] improvement is to provide a device with which the ends of a band may be drawn together and held for the purpose of lacing" (lines 15-21).

Patent for an automatic steam damper-regulator that is simply constructed, and can quickly close and open its damper in the flue of the boiler or furnace.

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, John L. Hill, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Under present law, can the Grayson County Commissioners Court legally amend the 9173 County Budget and allow a blanket increase in salaries of county employees, effective January 1, 1973.

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, John Ben Shepperd, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Authority of tax assessor and collector to maintain an office in Whitesboro.

This Report presents quantitative and qualitative information concerning ground water of Texas, from observations in wells of 20 county areas in Northeast Texas by Texas Water Development Board and U.S Geological Survey.

Map of the Eisenhower State Park outlining hiking trails and highlighting activities, facilities, and other features such as bathrooms, lodgings, water/electric, etc. It also contains general information for the park and for the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department.

A map of the Eisenhower State Park created by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Program. The map details where the Red River meets the shore of the park as well as the two types of bass found in the river: the striped bass and the largemouth bass. The map also details bathroom and shower locations, camping areas, the park boundary, etc.

This is an illustrated map for the Eisenhower State Park located near Denison in Grayson County, Texas. The map provides access routes in the park, arrangement of the hiking and biking trails, and a legend shows the locations of the parks amenities. There is information in the lower left quadrant of the map for visitors to note, boat launch protocol, water activities, and fires.

Patent for a wrench. Illustration included.

Patent for a new and improved wagon brake. This design consists "[i]n the brake-beams pivoted in the clamp, in combination with the bent rods, castings, brake-blocks, and lever" (lines 87-89).

Patent for an improvement of the churn that is, "within a square wooden box, of a rotating dasher or paddle, and the mechanism for driving the same, that various parts being constructed, arranged, and operated" (lines 20-24). Illustrations included.

Patent for a train-marker and engine signal-lamp meant to "provide a lamp in which the light may be differently colored and the change of color may be effected in an expeditious and convenient manner without the necessity of opening the lamp" (lines 10-14). It also provides "a guard or slide, whereby the opening through which the adjusting device passes may be closed, so as to prevent the wind from entering the body of the lamp and interfering with the flame" (lines 15-20). The lamp is meant for railroads and has two or more lenses, and is durably and inexpensively constructed. One color of light can be shown from the front and back and another from the sides.

Patent for machine that cuts meat.

Patent for a new construction for wooden columns that were previously produced by joining strips of wood together.

Patent for an envelop stamping machine. This machine is designed to process sheets of stamps for the application of one stamp per envelope. Illustrations Included.

Patent for a new and improved reciprocating churn. This design "consists in a perforated open-ended flangeless shell, adapted for application to the common vertical dash-churn, and having at its sides vertical tubes or pipes extending through the cover or lid for the reception of hot or cold water, which thus modifies the temperature of the cream as required without mixing therewith" (lines 8-15).

Patent for a railway switch.

Patent for an improved design for reed cells and pipe cells as related to a reed organ. Includes illustrations.

Patent for a skiving device. This invention is adapted to skive leather straps with intent for use as harness and belting. Illustration included.

Patent for a new and improved quilting frame. This design "is a quilting-frame for use with sewing machines, consisting of rollers adapted to stretch the quilt or cloth in customary manner and running in bearings in a frame which is mounted on a suitable stand, which adapts it for lateral movement to follow the feed of the sewing machine" (lines 8-15).

Patent for improved pulverizer that according to the inventor, can achieve "the same amount of work as four ordinary eight-inch plows".

Patent for a quilting frame for sewing machines in which the frame would support the quilt in desired position, the frame is designed to move freely in any direction so that any pattern can be quilted on the article held by the frame. This frame can be easily adapted to the feed of any sewing machine. Illustration is included.