Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about the federal trade commission which says that it' s expanding its investigation of grocery prices.

Letter from R. B. Smallwood to Mr. I. H. Kempner discussing the opening of the new Galveston plant of Thomas J. Lipton, Inc., inviting Kempner to the tape-cutting ceremony and to meet prior to the Chamber of Commerce dinner.

Letter from Harris Leon Kempner to Ira Jackson discussing a few personal and business affairs which include updates on Sandy, appreciation for Shrub and Ruth, Harris' plans for the next year, and the recovery of his parents.

Invoice for items sold to Daniel Webster Kempner by Missouri Kansas Texas Railroad Company, including information on three different packages.

Letter from R. B. Smallword to Daniel W. Kempner inviting him to the opening ceremony of the Galveston plant of Thomas J. Lipton, Inc.

Invoice for items sold to Daniel W. Kempner by Peter Henderson, Stumpp and Walter Co., including two pounds of garlic sets for $1.50.

Letter from T. W. Dolan to discussing a miscommunication during the cancelling of an order of garlic sets.

Letter from Thos. L. James to D. W. Kempner discussing procuring a dealer discount for a weed burner and closing a file on a road maintainer.

Patent for a method of removing sulfur from Beaumont petroleum and converting it into sulfuric acid.

Patent for a core-holding mechanism for cotton-baling machines that provides "new and improved means for engaging and disengaging the core, so that it is guided vertically, and the bale is susceptible of being conveniently and rapidly removed from the machine and a core introduced for the formation of another bale" (lines 19-24).

Patent for an effective cotton-baling machine that improves on how cotton is compressed and fed into the rotary, that stretches the cotton to its thinnest, that improves on how the core is carried, that raises and lowers the compressor roller, that improves on the rack-and pinion mechanism, that improves on how the ends of the cotton roll are pressed, and that quickly and easily finishes each bale.

Patent for stylographic fountain pens to improve them by allowing the "ink to flow freely from the point of the pen" (line 35) and allowing easy, pressurized ink refills.