Envelope or Bag Machine (open access)

Envelope or Bag Machine

Patent for a machine "for making envelopes, paper bags, and the like wherein the blank which is to form the envelope or bag is automatically fed into the machine at its receiving end by a suitable feeder and is folded and gummed on its way through the machine, being finally delivered in a marketable condition at the delivery end of the machine" (lines 10-17).
Date: June 24, 1890
Creator: Clarke, George R.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Blank Book. (open access)

Blank Book.

Patent for a new and improved blank book. This design "consists in securing blank sheets to a binding forming the back of the book . . . so that the attachment and detachment of the sheets may be conveniently effected. Thus [the design] produce[s] a blank book which is particularly adapted for use of type-writers and other copyists" (lines 11-18).
Date: June 14, 1892
Creator: Burris, James W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Calipers. (open access)

Calipers.

Patent for calipers that can be adjusted micrometrically to within one five-thousandth of an inch. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: June 29, 1897
Creator: Clarke, George R.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sabinal Weekly Sentinel. (Sabinal, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 13, Ed. 1 Saturday, June 17, 1899 (open access)

Sabinal Weekly Sentinel. (Sabinal, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 13, Ed. 1 Saturday, June 17, 1899

Weekly newspaper from Sabinal, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: June 17, 1899
Creator: Sevier, Hal
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History