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[U.S. War Department Bulletin 54]

Description: Bulletin outlining a congressional joint resolution whereby the President can create zones where the sale of liquor is prohibited, congressional authorization for the use of franked labels when returning discharged soldiers' clothing, and orders on proper food preparation.
Date: September 28, 1918
Creator: March, Payton Conway
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Machine for Making Lunch-Rolls.

Description: Patent for a machine that makes lunch rolls. By using the machine, people (particularly street vendors) can make hamburger rolls similar to the Mexican hot tamale.
Date: May 14, 1918
Creator: Wiseman, William E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Milk-Warmer

Description: Patent for Milk-Warmer that heats "milk with the purpose of souring the same in preparation of the milk for churning" (lines 10-12).
Date: September 10, 1918
Creator: Ault, Ella A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Sanitary Cooking Table

Description: Patent for a sanitary cooking table, which has for its primary object the provision of a sanitary cooking table specially adapted for use in cooking schools.
Date: April 23, 1918
Creator: Laursen, Laust K.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Peanut-Roasting Device.

Description: Patent for a peanut roasting device that uniformly roasts peanuts. The peanut roaster is an automatic device that rotates through batches of raw peanuts in pre-determined intervals.
Date: August 6, 1918
Creator: Peckham, Samuel C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Churn.

Description: Patent for working body-churn "which is mounted between springs and is adapted to be worked up and down by the contraction and expansion of the springs so as to thoroughly agitate the cream within the receptacle thereof" (lines 16-20) including illustration.
Date: June 4, 1918
Creator: Payne, Luther Maxie; Thompson, Robert Asbury & Morris, Lute Percy
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Canning Apparatus.

Description: Patent for an apparatus adapted for use in canning operations for steaming and cooking fruit, vegetables, and the like, in the cans.
Date: January 8, 1918
Creator: Mueller, William
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Candy-Wrapping Machine.

Description: Patent for a candy and small object wrapping machine that automatically cuts, feeds, and positions paper, making use of a folding arm. Intended to significantly decrease time taken to wrap small objects by hand.
Date: July 16, 1918
Creator: Greer, John H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Bottle-Closure

Description: Patent for a bottle cap for milk bottles and similar types of glass bottles. This is designed to be easily removed, keep the mouth of the bottle clean, and can be cleansed, sterilized, and reused.
Date: December 10, 1918
Creator: Williams, Lee
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Butter-Mold

Description: Patent for "a butter mold embodying means for cutting and shaping a piece of wrapping paper to conform to the configuration of the mold in which it is adapted to be placed to receive the butter." (lines 9-13).
Date: February 19, 1918
Creator: Higginbotham, John
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Burner

Description: Patent for a "simple and relatively inexpensive burner" (line 9) for use in the kitchen with kerosene or other oil fuel.
Date: August 20, 1918
Creator: Catron, John
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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