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

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

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

Weekly student newspaper from Southwest Texas State Normal College in San Marcos, Texas that includes news of interest to students and faculty along with advertising.

Weekly student newspaper from Southwest Texas State Normal in San Marcos, Texas that includes news of interest to students and faculty along with advertising.

Patent for a new and improved ventilating cover. This design "consists in the detailed construction of the same . . . whereby the contents of . . . vessels are protected from dust, insects, and all kinds of impurity, and at the same time are thoroughly ventilated by free communication with the atmosphere, and so that any gases arising from the contents of said vessels will not be confined with the contents, but will pass off through the ventilating-cover into the surrounding air" (lines 16-26).

Patent for improvements in snap-hooks by using just one “single piece of wire, having a stationary arm that bent to form an inwardly-extending shank with its extremity bent in a reverse direction upon itself to form a bearing; the spring-arm and the spring-loop formed by coiling the wire upon itself and crossing, and extending outward at an angle to form shoulders to strengthen the hook immediately in front of the spring-loop.” (Lines 61-70) Illustration is included.