Boll-Weevil-Destroying Machine. (open access)

Boll-Weevil-Destroying Machine.

Patent for "a machine for destroying boll weevil and other pests which frequent and infect agricultural products" (lines 14-16) using "suction nozzles correlated with a common suction system adaptable to sweep a plurality of rows at a time" (lines 27-30) including illustrations.
Date: April 16, 1918
Creator: Diserens, Thomas H. & McKay, Frank C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from J. A. Waight to A. P. Mills, September 3, 1918] (open access)

[Letter from J. A. Waight to A. P. Mills, September 3, 1918]

Letter from J. A. Waight to A. P. Mills discussing wages owed for time worked by Mills in January 1918.
Date: September 3, 1918
Creator: Waight, J. A.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History