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El Paso City Directory, 1921

Description: General directory for El Paso, Texas includes address listings for businesses and individuals as well as advertisements from local businesses. According to the title page, it contains "a general directory of citizens, business and professional firms and corporations; a street directory; a complete record of the state government and its institutions, including members of the legislature; a directory of the city and county governments, churches, educational institutions, secret and benevolent so… more
Date: 1921
Creator: Hudspeth Directory Co.
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Partner: University of Texas at El Paso

[Sam Myres' El Maida Temple Membership Card]

Description: Membership card issued to Sam D. Myres by the El Maida Temple in El Paso, Texas. The card has two bands of green with gold text; in the center, to the left of Myres' name is a round seal for the temple including an image of a star on a pyramid with the temple's name around it.
Date: January 1921
Creator: Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine for North America. El Maida Temple (El Paso, Tex.)
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Partner: Pioneer City County Museum

Irrigator

Description: Patent for an irrigator used to treat piles (hemorrhoids) and similar diseases. A nozzle delivers liquid to wash the surface of the mucus coating of the afflicted area, and then drains the liquid without obstructing the flow of the liquid. Patent includes illustrations.
Date: January 18, 1921
Creator: Phillips, Edwin R.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Snap Fastener

Description: Patent for a snap fastener for fastening snap buttons, hooks, and eyes. Intended to replace the need for sewing fasteners onto garments, particularly women's dresses
Date: January 18, 1921
Creator: Warrington, Samuel W.
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Feed Spout Barrier

Description: Patent for "a feel spout barrier for slime thickeners, settling tanks, separating tanks and the like" (lines 8-10) with instructions and illustrations.
Date: April 12, 1921
Creator: Allen, Charles
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Fiber Extracting Machine

Description: Patent for "new and improved Fiber-Extracting Machine." (6-7). These improvements are specific to equipment used to separate fibers from vegetable and plant matter. The primary function of this equipment is to extract fiber from the agave plant.
Date: September 6, 1921
Creator: Lambert, William O.
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Toupee and Wig Retainer

Description: A patent for a single-sided adhesive that holds a toupee or wig in place on the scalp without causing built-up residue to adhere to the wig.
Date: May 17, 1921
Creator: Tapscott, John Christoper
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Sprinkling Device

Description: Patent for a lawn sprinkling device composed of multiple pipes that are configured into one self-sufficient structure. The discharge nozzle is angular and can be adjusted to point in different lawn areas.
Date: March 29, 1921
Creator: Gomez, Blas
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Treatment of Ores.

Description: Patent for the treatment of ores which has a improvised process of chloridizing ores, concentrates, and other metallurgical products.
Date: April 19, 1921
Creator: Hirt, Jules Hector
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Coin-Wrapping Device.

Description: Patent for a coin wrapper (primarily used in banks) that uses a strip of carbon paper to create an imprint of the coins contained inside, which will remain after the coins are removed. The purpose of this is to create a record of the original number of coins to facilitate their counting and verification.
Date: November 15, 1921
Creator: Mohr, Arthur D.
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Container

Description: Patent for container of heavy fluids and greases able to expel the contents through an opening. This is intended to replace ordinary salve jars, which do not protect contents from contaminants.
Date: June 14, 1921
Creator: Bronson, Arthur S.
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