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connected pocket - carrying plates arranged
vertically in contact with the sides of the
base, and cards for the pockets, substantially
as specified.
5 5. A game apparatus having side walls pro-
vided with pockets for the reception of play-
ing-cards, said pockets being designated, re-
spectively, by distinguishable characters,and
cards adapted to be arranged respectively in
to the pockets and divided into groups desig-
nated by characters corresponding with those
of the pockets, substantially as specified.
6. A game apparatus having a base, up-
right walls provided with a plurality of dis-
x5 tinguishably-designated pockets or recepta-
cles, and a plurality of distinguishable cards,
of greater number than the pockets or recep-
tacles, adapted to be arranged in groups or
books for insertion in said pockets, the sev-
20 eral cards belonging to each group being dis-
tinguishably designated from the cards of the
other groups by a character or characters cor-
responding with or having reference to thedesignating characters of the pockets or re-
ceptacles, substantially as specified. 25
7. The herein - described game apparatus
comprising a hollow base or receptacle having
rectangular walls and a bottom pivotally
mounted upon a support, an inner rectangu-
lar structure consisting of hinged sections fit- 30
ting within the base, extending above it, and
provided with a cover, and a series of named
or designated pockets formed in a continuous
strip arranged upon the outside of each sec-
tion, and a number of groups of cards, each 35
card of any group having a designation cor-
responding to that of the pockets and adapted
for insertion therein, substantially as de-
scribed.
In testimony that I claim the foregoing as 40
my own I have hereto affixed my signature in
the presence of two witnesses.
WILL S. JAMES.
Witnesses:
W. E. JONES,
W. T. LUCE.3
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James, Will S. Biblical Game Apparatus, patent, December 14, 1897; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth509584/m1/4/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 2, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.