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[Letter from L. H. Williams, Jr. to H. Kempner, September 10, 1953]

Description: Letter from L. H. Williams, Jr. to H. Kempner discussing their response to damage/loss of personal property after a dress of Fannie Kempner Adoue's was not cleaned properly, including contacting B. J. Denihan to determine if some adjustment can be made while stating that payment of this claim was denied because it is excluded under the Personal Property Floater.
Date: September 10, 1953
Creator: Williams, L. H.
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Concrete Construction

Description: Patent for improved concrete construction methods for creating buildings made of or with concrete. These improvements include lighter walls with an air space that prevents dampening.
Date: September 12, 1913
Creator: Howard, Frances H.
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Coin Holder of Package.

Description: Patent for improvements in coin holders or packages by using three metallic strips, A, B, and C; the end of strips A and B are bent at right angles to the body portions of coins of a particular denomination. Strip C is “pivoted at its ends to the ends of the strips A and B at their point of attachment and adapted to be turned upon its pivots, so as to embrace the edges of the coins contained in the holder.” (Lines 85-89) Illustration is included.
Date: September 1, 1891
Creator: Heim, Charles
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Coffee Pot.

Description: Patent for a new and improved coffee pot. This design consists in "tubes having their upper ends bent downward, a bridge or cross-piece connecting their upper ends, the suspending-rods depending from the bridge, the ring on the lower ends of the suspending-rods, the [other] ring, and the separate strainer held removably between the two said rings" (lines 84-90).
Date: September 21, 1886
Creator: Lawrence, Joseph Martin
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[Letter from T. E. Taylor to The National Bank of Commerce of Houston, September 16, 1957]

Description: Letter from T. E. Taylor to the national Bank of Commerce of Houston enclosing certificates of stock of the Tennessee Gas Transmission Company for Harris L. Kempner and requesting that certificates of shares be issued to Harris L. Kempner, Jr. and Marion Lee Kempner and sent to the post office.
Date: September 16, 1957
Creator: Taylor, T. E.
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[Letter from I. H. Kempner to William M. Nathan, September 13, 1945]

Description: Letter from I. H. Kempner to William M. Nathan expressing his intense disappointment that Nathan will be out of town for the meeting of the Texas State Conference. He states that he cannot conceive anything more important in Mississippi for the lodge than the proposed Hillel building at Austin.
Date: September 13, 1945
Creator: Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
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[Copy of letter from Harry L. Kaplan to William M. Nathan, September 11, 1945]

Description: Letter from William M. Nathan to Harry L. Kaplan explaining that he will be unable to attend the Texas State Conference because he had been assigned to attend the Mississippi State Conference. He discusses the importance of motivating the chairmen to continue their fundraising efforts before War Chest and other Jewish drives begin this fall. He requests an update on the outcome of the conference when it is finished.
Date: September 11, 1945
Creator: Nathan, William M.
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Cross-Head

Description: Patent for a cross-head for piston pumps which helps prevent breakage of the other pump parts.
Date: September 14, 1909
Creator: Dubuque, Arthur
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Aerial Projectile

Description: Patent for an aerial projectile for use as an anti-infantry bomb, dropped by planes. Specifically, it is a fragmentation bomb hand dropped from planes that will not only deliver an explosive blast and the subsequent shrapnel, but deliver such a blast as to destroy itself so it cannot be reverse engineered.
Date: September 25, 1918
Creator: Bury, Thomas J. & Bury, Oney
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Amalgamator.

Description: Patent for a new and improved amalgamator. This design "consists in placing in the bottoms of the chambers a number of iron balls or other suitable-shaped pieces of amalgamated iron, which have sufficient room to move freely among themselves, and then forcing up through the balls or pieces of iron, in contradistinction to forcing it down over their tops, the amalgamated ore and water, so as to cause the pieces of iron to vibrate, and thus to grind and break the pieces of quartz passing up throu… more
Date: September 12, 1882
Creator: Schmidt, Erich Franz & Streernwitz, William Henry
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Apparatus for Making Soap.

Description: Patent for a new and improved soap-making machine. This design "consist[s] of grease and soda tanks, the latter tank having a diaphragm . . . a register-tank, pipes leading from said grease and soda tanks to said register-tank, a pivoted converter, a rotary shaft in said converter and blades, a shaft journaled in uprights attached to said converter and provided with a crank and a bevel wheel, the latter gearing with a bevel-wheel on said rotary shaft in the converter, and removable furnaces for… more
Date: September 20, 1887
Creator: Grant, William A.
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Band-Cutter and Feeder

Description: Patent for a band cutter and feeder which cuts the bands that tie bundles of grain and feeds the grain into a threshing machine. Illustrations included.
Date: September 15, 1908
Creator: Richmond, George E.
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[Letter from A. H. Blackshear, Jr. to D. W. Kempner, September 24, 1954]

Description: Letter from A. H. Blackshear, Jr. to D. W. Kempner informing Kempner about Mr. Wise of Hester and Wise's interest in purchasing the Prudential Building and subsequent inspection by Mr. Ferd Sebastian. The letter also mentions an enclosed letter from Mrs. Weston and a newspaper clipping. An invoice error from the St. Regis Hotel and updates on cotton sales and negotiations with Elsa are also discussed. He agrees with Bill's decision to withhold a letter to Elsa until further discussion with Kemp… more
Date: September 24, 1954
Creator: Blackshear, A. H., Jr.
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Apparatus for Stamping Envelopes

Description: Patent for "a means whereby with one motion a stamp will be supplied from the'apparatus, moistened, and placed in position upon a letter, wrapper, or parcel adapted to receive it, and wherein a number of stamps may be consecutively placed when and as desired" (lines 10-15).
Date: September 24, 1889
Creator: Helland, Hans & Matzow, Frantz
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