Photograph of the King-Lorenz House in Stockdale, Texas.

Photograph of the King-Lorenz House in Stockdale, Texas.

Photograph of the King-Lorenz House in Stockdale, Texas.

Patent for an adjustable pipe wrench "in which the opposing jaws of the wrench are maintained at an angle to each other, so hat they converge toward their extremities, thus enabling a firmer hold to e obtained upon the pope or other article to be gripped by said jaws." (Lines 15-20) Includes instructions and illustrations.

The objective of the invention is to improve to catching and destroying boll weevils with a device that is easily attached to a cultivator. This device includes "receptacles filled with an insect destroying liquid." (lines 23-24).

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

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

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

Photograph of the exterior of the white clapboard Zion Fair Baptist Church building and the sign in front of it in La Vernia, Texas. Trees are visible in the background.

Photograph of the combining of Birdwood grass on Pat Higgins' farm. Planted on March 15, 1950 on 4X soil. Seed being harvested on June 26, 1950 yield 200# seed per acre. TX-47, 419.

Patent for a new and improved spring-draft attachment. This design "is to do away with the ordinary doubletree . . . which is especially adapted for a two-horse vehicle, which . . . prevents the horses from pulling against one another, [and ] prevents the pole from swaying sidewise" (lines 10-18). It "consist[s] of a frame provided with an eye at one end and with a cross-bar near its center, a draw-bar having one end screw-threaded and provided with an eye at its other end and with a collar at its screw-threaded end, a nut on the draw-bar, and a spring surrounding the draw-bar" (lines 65-71).

Patent for a new self-filling fountain pen with a locking device, designed "to provide a fountain pen by which in use of a piston rod on the principle of a suction pump the pen can be easily, fully and securely filled and easily cleaned, and which being provided with detachable parts may be prepared readily when worn or broken" (lines 10-15), which includes illustrations and instructions.

Patent for a cotton gin breast that applies pressure to the cotton roll and prevents it from bulging.