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[Clipping: Notice]

Description: Newspaper clipping providing notice that Mrs. Bobbie Terry, guardian of the estate of Norma Terry, Leone Terry, Shuler Terry, Eunice Terry, and Lee Edwin Terry, is seeking the court's permission to lease the oil and gas interests of her minor wards to L. G. Tinsley. There are some notes written on the clipping reading, "52 acre tract," 52/ 26000 (500 [..]) 260/ 00," and "R. [..] R[..]"
Date: [..1918-12-18]
Creator: McEntire & Jones
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Denton Traction Company transfer ticket]

Description: Transfer ticket for the Denton Traction Company, a system of streetcars. Instructions on the ticket say "Good only for continuous passage at transfer point - Northwest Corner of Public Square - on first connecting car after time and on date punched in margin."
Date: [..1918]
Creator: Denton Arts Council
Partner: Denton Public Library

Travis County Clerk Records: Equalization Record No. 1

Description: Record of the Travis County Commissioners Court sitting as a board of equalization for the purpose of raising or lowering assessed value of property, dating from an undetermined date to 1918. Volume No. 1 shows abstract number, number of acres, lot or lots, block number, outlot, division, name of owner, assessed value, amount raised, and final value. Arranged alphabetically by name of owner and thereunder chronologically by year evaluated. Not indexed.
Date: unknown/1918
Creator: Travis County (Tex.). Clerk's Office.
Partner: Travis County Clerk’s Office

Adjustable Window Shade and Curtain Hanger.

Description: Patent for an adjustable window shade frame that can be mounted on an existing window to allow curtains or shades to be adjusted from the top or the bottom, and secured at any desired level for privacy and/or ventilation.
Date: December 31, 1918
Creator: Edens, Myrtle J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Artificial Hand-Grip.

Description: Patent for an improvement to artificial hand-grips that includes a pair of jaws that attaches to an artificial arm and allows wearers to perform various activities.
Date: December 31, 1918
Creator: Corley, Quentin D.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Building Tile.

Description: Patent for "hollow blocks" or "tile and hollow corner blocks" that "prevent moisture from passing through walls" (lines 10-14).
Date: December 31, 1918
Creator: Bennett, Walter R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Driving-Box.

Description: Patent for improvements in locomotive driving-boxes aimed at eliminating the need to hold locomotives (trains) out of service for significant periods of time in order to repair solid driving boxes. Increased functionality is achieved by means of removable hub liner, deliverability of lubricant to various surfaces of the box and sections having slidable engagement with the hub face.
Date: December 31, 1918
Creator: Simmons, Arthur W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Flying-Machine.

Description: Patent for a flying machine that is designed to carry heavy weight such as for multiple passengers or cargo. It is also designed to be used for military purposes such as for carrying weaponry and soldiers.
Date: December 31, 1918
Creator: Torres, Frank
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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