Patent for a new and improved multi-tool. This design "consists in a combination-tool embodying in a single implement a nail and staple-puller, pinchers, nail-straightener, and wire-cutters, the device being more particularly designed for use in constructing, taking down, and resetting wire fencing" (lines 7-12).

Patent for "a game-board having a trough at its head and squared apertures near said head, and numbered cubical blocks adapted to be revolved in said apertures" (lines 18-21) and "has relation to games to be played on bowling-alleys or boards with balls" (lines 16-17) including illustrations.

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

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

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

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

Letter from Paul Osterhout to his sister, Gertrude Osterhout, with news of what he intended to do next. He planned to take a commercial class to learn book-keeping in New York and received a Valentine from an unknown suitor in Independence, Texas. He also wrote about his work and other gossip.

Patent for "...a novel means for connecting a check-line to the main line..." (lines 11-12) including illustrations.

Patent for a new and improved truss for relieving or supporting hernia, including instructions and illustrations.

Patent for improvements in safety-stirrups by providing a device to release the rider’s foot safely if the rider accidentally fall from a horse; and means to retain the movable member of the stirrup in its closed or open position. (Lines 10-17) Illustration is included.

Patent for a plow fender, which allows a plow to be operated next to plant rows without injuring them and deflects rocks and other obstacles.

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.

Magazine clipping of the article, "Houston Super Bowl Bid Hits MLK Holiday Snag" in Jet Magazine discussing a potential appeal to the National Football League to boycott Houston as Super Bowl host if the state doesn't approve changing Martin Luther King, Jr. Day as a paid holiday.

A letter addressed to Mr. T. N. Carswell, Chairman, Taylor County Parole Board, from a parolee/inmate in Weldon, Texas, dated August 22, 1954. Subject 108,345 asks after Carswell then describes the hot weather, that he is not much of a cotton picker but that he is improving every day and that he hopes to get on construction after cotton picking. He advises Carswell of a job opportunity that he received from his cousin in Austin. The envelope into which the letter was placed is also included in the record.