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[News Script: Telephone]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of full telephone service which has been restored between the Rio Grande Valley and areas north of San Antonio and Corpus Christi.
Date: January 26, 1974, 6:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Aerocompass.

Description: Patent for an aerocompass, which improves upon a compass combined with inclinometers or map-boards. It is intended for use on submarines, airplanes, or in an area when it would be difficult to use a regular compass.
Date: January 8, 1918
Creator: Fischer, Fred Charlie.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

[News Script: Murder Charges]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of murder charges which have been filled against a 33-year old man from Silsbee in connection with the bizarre sex slaying of a Corpus Christi woman.
Date: August 27, 1973, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Lantern.

Description: Patent for a simple and inexpensive oil lantern made to operate in strong winds. It is "easily handled and manipulated for adjusting and fastening the several parts thereof properly in position" (lines 17-19).
Date: November 12, 1895
Creator: Holden, William G.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Insect-Trap.

Description: Patent for a trap for insects such as those that feed upon crops including instructions and illustrations.
Date: May 30, 1911
Creator: Rea, George Thomas
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Lamp-Chimney Holder.

Description: Patent for an "improved lamp chimney holder" (lines 12-13) designed to allow a hinged member to light the wick and extinguish the light "instead of raising or removing the chimney" (lines 19-20), including illustrations.
Date: April 11, 1916
Creator: Emmert, George
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Tire-Armor.

Description: Patent for "a flexible protector adapted to be applied to a tire" (lines 8-9).
Date: September 25, 1917
Creator: Oatman, Duke
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Sanitary Meat-Clamp.

Description: Patent for a clamp to secure large quantities of meat while being cut, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: March 9, 1915
Creator: Rice, William J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Sanitary Soap Dish

Description: Patent for "improvements in sanitary soap dishes, and the object of my invention is to construct a novel means wherein soap may be kept dry after using." (lines 11-14) including instruction and illustration.
Date: August 8, 1916
Creator: Tijou, Lincoln
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Scale Alarm

Description: Patent for an improved scale alarm that automatically alerts the user to scales that are not balanced and is unaffected by temperature changes, including illustrations.
Date: April 8, 1913
Creator: Rice, William Jasper
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Dental Plugger.

Description: Patent for a dental plugger which has a movable cylinder on the interior with a "piston-like mallet working in the cylinder and adapted to strike the same, to impart movement to the dental tool" (lines 93-95).
Date: October 23, 1900
Creator: Blum, Robert
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Combination Safety-Razor and Hair-Trimmer.

Description: Patent for a tool used for shaving or hair trimming. This device has a reversible plate carrying a guard and comb teeth. The plate being reversible to permit the guard to be used in connection with a blade for shaving and to permit the teeth to be used in connection with a blade for hair trimming.
Date: August 20, 1918
Creator: Brasier, William Harry
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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