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Company 1, 4th Texas Infantry

Description: Typed under this picture is the legend: "FIFTY YEARS AGO -- Co. 1, 4th Texas Infantry, was patrolling the Mexican Border. The company's home base was in Mineral Wells. Later it was called into federal service and designated as Co. 144th Infantry, 36th Division, with combat duty in France on the Meuse-Argonne Campaign and the Argonne Forest. In the picture is the company pet donkey, about to consume a copy of the Daily Index, on the left is Bill Cameron and right is Spencer Heath. The pictur… more
Date: 1916
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[A Donkey on 6th Street Mineral Wells, 1916]

Description: Donkeys were still prevalent in 1916, and so were the grass-grown steel tracks of the "Dinky Cars" (Mineral Wells Lakewood Park Scenic Railway which had ceased operations in 1909) on NW 6th Street. The house to the left is probably Colonial Revival--an example of the architecture of this time. The source of the photograph is A. F. Weaver's, "TIME WAS in Mineral Wells..." first edition, 1975, on page 82.
Date: 1916
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Lamp-Burner

Description: Patent for the provision of spring pressed clamps pivotally mounted on a burner and adapted to engage opposite sides of the base of a lamp chimney and thereby securely hold the lamp chimney in place on the burner and yet permit the ready removal of the chimney.
Date: January 4, 1916
Creator: Patterson, Simon H.
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Spring-Wheel.

Description: Patent for improving Spring-Wheels that "prevent the wheel from 'skidding' or slipping upon muddy or soft roads [...] which may be applied without material structural change to wheels of forms and sizes" (lines 9-15), including illustrations.
Date: March 28, 1916
Creator: Mensik, Joseph
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Oil-Well Drill

Description: Patent for an Oil-Well Drill with the "...object of the invention being to provide means to prevent the drill from becoming unscrewed from the drill rod and dropping into the bottom of the well" (lines 12-16).
Date: December 29, 1916
Creator: Parker, Roy B. & Spurlock, Robert C.
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Pistol- Holster

Description: Patent for a pistol holder. The holder will secure the pistol in the position that it should be in, at all times.
Date: January 4, 1916
Creator: Parrish, Byron B.
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Cradle.

Description: Patent for an improved cradle with a hinged locking enclosure for providing protection against an infant falling out, intrusion of insects, excess sun, and inclement weather.
Date: October 31, 1916
Creator: Vanék, Joseph
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Reversing Mechanism For Engines.

Description: Patent for improvements in "reversing mechanism for engines, where the operating lever may be supported in such a manner as to substantially eliminate lost motion, and where the reverse lever may be operated with greater convenience and facility." (lines 11-17).
Date: December 5, 1916
Creator: Wagner, Warren
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