Patent for a new and improved air pump capable of releasing air from the cylindrical casing in one motion. The updated design will also eliminate any lubricating oil from leaking into a tire.

Patent for animal-poke that prevents them from jumping or forcing their way through fences. It consists of a yoke with its ends pointing upward, a brow band, rods that connect the brow band and the ends of the yoke, and bulges at the ends of the rods.

Patent for a new and improved animal power (engine). This design "consists in an animal-power constructed with a small wheel placed loosely upon a stationary upright shaft, and connected by hinges with the inner ends of arms and sweeps attached to the main wheel, which is mounted upon caster-wheels to support the weight of the wheel and its attachments. . . . The object of this invention is to economize power and promote convenience" (lines 16-25).

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Patent for a new and improved coupling for railroad cars. This design consists in "hinged jaws, draw-bars provided with a pin-hole . . . the jaws acting to support the pin until forced apart by the link, a hinged lever, a plate pivoted to said lever, said pin being attached to said plate, and an operating chain or rod connected to said plate for raising said pin" (lines 29-36).

Newspaper clipping reporting on the shrinking number of Texas A&M's first graduating class, listing former senator William John Bryan among one of three surviving members.

Newspaper clipping reporting on the death of George W. Hardy.

Patent for cotton weevil destroyer. Illustration included.

Photographs of Ed Evans and Addie Wilson, "prominent society young people". They wear formal clothes and are seated in a wooden buggy led by a single horse. The buggy is parked in a clearing in front of trees and bushes.

Photograph of the Fort Parker Restoration in Limestone County, Texas.

Photograph of the Fort Parker Restoration in Limestone County, Texas.

Patent for a new method of picking cotton by hand, whereby 3 spindles remove the fibers from the bolls.

Patent for an insect destroyer and fumigator. Illustrations included.

Letter from I. H. Kempner to Henry Sayles stating that Mr. Derden will handle matters with land previously discussed. Kempner states that Sayles' trip to Limestone County will be delayed.

Map of Limestone County, Texas, including the Prairies and Lakes region. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).

Photograph of Limestone County Courthouse in Groesbeck, TX. A white truck in the right side of the photo drives from a red brick road, past a grassy median, and towards the concrete driveway of the courthouse, which curves from the left side of the image towards the right. On either side of the driveway are small patches of grass in the form of a lawn and a median, while a black and white car sits parked in the driveway directly in front of the courthouse. A tall tree and multiple bushes are planed around the base of the building. The courthouse is made of dark red bricks and white stone and faces the right side of the photo, with a small set of stairs leading up to its entrance. The building has two horizontal rows of tall windows across the main section of the building as well as two horizontal rows of smaller windows, one near the roof's edge and one along the bottom edge of the building. The small windows near the edge of the roof have a small, railed balcony in front of them, spanning most of the building's width. For the main two horizontal rows of windows …

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

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