Patent for a new and improved newspaper file. This design "is adapted and designed to be laid upon a table or placed in the usual rack or suspended by a hook, and . . . it may be held in one hand by means of its handle at the base while perusing the paper" (lines 17-22). It consists, "with a standard formed at or near its upper and lower ends . . . with a suitable perforation extending through the same from the back to the front thereof, of springs arranged upon the back of the standard, one near each end thereof and each formed at its free end with an eye" (lines 22-28).

Patent for a shoe tongue with a backing support to keep it from slipping down or sideways, which is held in place by the shoelaces.

Patent for recording instruments to use in connection with automobiles to record the speed of conveyance during the period of travel.

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Waggoner Carr, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: May the State Highway Commission, under authority of Article 6673a, V.C.S., sell surplus land improvements to the County of Maverick for the established value without requesting sealed bids from the general public, when the intended use to be made of the property by the County of Maverick is for another public use viz, county roads warehouse.