Democratic Sentinel, Volume 19, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 October 1895 — A CONVENIENT BOOK-HOLDER. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

A CONVENIENT BOOK-HOLDER.

The Inventor Intended It Especially for a Telephone Directory. By the use of this invention a telephone directory may be held In open position at the place desired, leaving both hands free for making notes, hold-

ing the receiver, etc. It may also bo used for holding any book or magazine, as may serve one's convenience at any

time, the holder being adjustable to any angle or any desired inclination. The standard, of heavy wire, may be either screwed into the bffse bt- Into a wall, as shown in the separate views, and has a flattened outer portion against which is held by a thumb screw a V-shaped clamp, the inner ends of the arms of which are turned inward tc form jaws to grasp the back of the book. Movable with but slight friction through holes in the ciamp are wire rods, having bent-over outer ends,

adapted to lie out flat to support the book in open position, or to be bent over the edges of the open leaves, as shown, holding the book spread out open at the desired place.

THE BOOK-HOLDER.

SCREWED INTO THE WALL.