Patent for an apparatus for treating knee ankylosis that is ready to use at a moments notice "without unnecessary or nervous shock to the invalid to apply the requisite heat, extension, and flexion to an afflicted part to render it supple and restore to its natural functions". (lines 11-15).

This picture, dated September 19, 1907, shows the Carlsbad Well at 415 NW 1st Avenue, and west of the Crazy Well drinking pavilion. It was one of the first drinking pavilions in Mineral Wells, and boasted that the water "Makes a man love HIS [sic] wife, makes a wife love HER [sic] husband/ Robs the divorce court of its business/ Takes the temper out of red-headed people/ Puts ginger into ginks/ and pepper into plodders."

Weekly newspaper from Palo Pinto, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.

Letter to the First National Bank instructing the bank to deposit the enclosed check to the author's account.

Daily newspaper from Mineral Wells, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.

The Carlsbad (also known as the Texas Carlsbad Well), one of the early drinking pavilions in Mineral Wells, was located at 415 NW 1st Avenue, directly across the street and west of the first Crazy Well pavilion. It was openled in 1901 by Lycurgus Smith, one of the people who claimed improvement of his health by drinking the mineral water. . The Carlsbad slogan was: "Makes a man love HIS [sic] wife/ Makes a wife love HER [sic] husband/ Robs the divorce court of its business/ Takes the temper out of red-headed people/ Puts ginger into ginks/ And pepper into plodders." The pavilion was prominent in several pictures around the turn of the century; this picture--labeled "Sept. 19/07" in ink--was from an advertisement by the Yeager Drug Company. This early pavilion had been demolished by 1911, and replaced by a larger brick structure.

Weekly newspaper from Palo Pinto, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.

Weekly newspaper from Palo Pinto, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.

Daily newspaper from Mineral Wells, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.

Weekly newspaper from Mineral Wells, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.

Weekly newspaper from Palo Pinto, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.

Daily newspaper from Mineral Wells, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.

Patent for improvements in the construction, arrangement, and combination of parts used in building articulated toy snakes that mimic the animal's movement. The patent and illustrations describe the shapes of the toy's sections and the manner of their hinged connection to one another.