Patent for chimney protectors "which can be readily applied and will secure a water-tight joint between the smoke-pipe and the roof." (Lines 11-13) Includes instructions and illustrations.

Daily newspaper from Ardmore, Indian Territory. Coverage includes local, territorial, and United States national news along with advertising.

Daily (except Sunday) newspaper from Brownsville, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.

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

Daily newspaper from Guthrie, Oklahoma that includes local, territorial, and national news along with advertising.

Daily newspaper from Texarkana, Arkansas that includes local, state, and national news along with extensive advertising.

Patent for envelops "used to inclose articles of value, and provision of means and structural conformation whereby any surreptitious handling thereof will be detected." (Lines 11-14) Includes instructions and illustrations.

Patent for fire escapes adapted for "being carried fro one portion of a building to another to effect the escape of persons from any portion of the same and at an elevation thereof." (Lines 16-19) Includes instructions and illustrations.

Patent for "improvements in fishing-nets, and particularly to frames for nets which can be set up in the water in various places where other nets cannot be used and which can be folded up into a small package for convenient carrying." (Lines 8-13) Includes instructions and illustrations.

Daily German-language newspaper from San Antonio, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.

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

Daily newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.

Daily newspaper from Guthrie, Oklahoma. Coverage includes local, territory, and United States news, along with advertising.

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

Patent for "a new and improved kiln for burning brick and other clay ware and arranged to enable the operator to control the heat, so as to insure a uniform and equal heating of the articles set in the kiln, and at the same time requiring a small amount of fuel." (Lines 8-14) Includes instructions and illustrations.

Patent for "an improved knee pad or cushion formed to properly fit and bend with the knee and to keep its proper shape while on the limb, and one that will be adapted for all persons engaged in occupations requiring a kneeling posting on the part of the operator." (Lines 15-21) Includes instructions and illustrations.

Letter from H. J. Bardwell to his cousin, John Patterson Osterhout, regarding their family tree. Bardwell had been spending his time in the library trying to trace the Osterhout family back to the first settler and shared what he had found so far. He asked John for clarification on what he had told Bardwell about the family before and hoped to hear back soon.

Patent for a log-carrier with an improved construction from a previous patent (No. 539,380). Improvements include a change in "the angle of strain of the draft-chain as the lever approaches the horizontal position...when the load is elevated" (lines 34-37). It also maintains "a uniform leverage without the use of guide-rollers or other means" (lines 54-56), and balances the sliding tongue so that "the team is relieved of the weight thereof" (line 62).

Patent for "a musical hoop or wheel which is intended to interest and amuse children." (Lines 12-14) Includes instructions and illustrations.

Daily newspaper from El Paso, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.

Daily newspaper from El Paso, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.

Daily newspaper from Perry, Oklahoma that includes local, territorial, and national news along with advertising.

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