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

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

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

Patent for a new type of electrical conduit connector made for railway coach wiring and other similar uses, designed to be adaptable and reliable.

Handwritten letter from R. S. Dilworth to I. H. Kempner discussing Dilworth coming to Galveston and asking Kempner for information on the Dry Dock Company in Galveston and who and when they will be hiring the welders for the company.

Patent for a seed-cotton cleaner that has an adapted cleaner attached to it. The cleaner allows the operator to choose whether or not to pass cotton through the cleaner on its way to a cotton gin.

Patent for a new and improved coupling for railroad cars. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the draw-head, of the transverse pivot-pin in the top of the draw-head, the coupling-pin provided with a longitudinal slot engaging said pivot-pin, and the weights mounted on said pivot-pin and adapted to bear on the end of the link" (lines 76-81).

Patent for a spittoon that does not spill the contents "in case the article is upset when moved by the foot or when struck in a way to cause the same to overturn".

Patent for a railroad tie made of sand and cement and threaded with barbed wire.

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

Letter from I. H. Kempner to R. S. Dilworth informing Dilworth that Kempner is unaware of who is in charge of the Todd Drydock in Galveston and explaining that if Dilworth wants information, then he will have to write directly towards the company.

Patent for a signal lock for mail boxes. This "invention relates to devices for locking the signals used on house letter-boxes, and has for its object the provision of a signal lock secured to the inside of the mail-box" (lines 9-13). Illustrations included.

Patent for a new and improved plow. This design consists "[i]n the combination, with the double mold-board, of the recessed plow-blade, constructed in two parts secured to the mold-board, the said part having flat points, which are provided with cutting edges and raised portions extending from the crotch of the cutting-blades to the rear, in order to turn the soil to each side" (lines 84-91).

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Patent for a new and improved coupling for railroad cars. This design "is to make a car-coupler in which the link shall cause the pin to drop within it, which can be coupled or uncoupled from the side or top of cars without danger to the brake[people], and which is provided with means for lifting the link of cars with lower draw-heads" (lines 11-17).