Sweetwater Daily Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 823, Ed. 1 Monday, April 9, 1917 (open access)

Sweetwater Daily Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 823, Ed. 1 Monday, April 9, 1917

Daily newspaper from Sweetwater, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: April 9, 1917
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oil-Can. (open access)

Oil-Can.

Patent for an oil can that provides a squirt through which oil is ejected with considerable force, illustration included.
Date: April 9, 1918
Creator: Ellis, Water Lloyd
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Postal Cash-Sales Receptacle. (open access)

Postal Cash-Sales Receptacle.

Patent for a postal cash-sales receptacle for putting in rural mailboxes, where the owner can pay for stamps, postcards, or envelopes by placing the correct amount of cash in the holder.
Date: May 9, 1911
Creator: Walker, Emmitt Stone
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History