Chimney-Cowl. (open access)

Chimney-Cowl.

Patent for improvements in chimney-cowls by providing a “self-operating smoke-conductor especially adapted for use in all windy climates, to be placed over the discharge-opening of the flues.” (Lines 10-13) So that a “smoke-conductor can be automatically reversed or turned by the wind in any and all directions” (15-18) to carry the smoke away. Illustration is included.
Date: September 1, 1891
Creator: Gardner, Perris W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
A Memorial and Biographical History of Navarro, Henderson, Anderson, Limestone, Freestone and Leon Counties, Texas (open access)

A Memorial and Biographical History of Navarro, Henderson, Anderson, Limestone, Freestone and Leon Counties, Texas

This book gives an overview of each of the six counties including history, important statistics and facts, and biographies of central figures. According to the title page, it contains "a History of this Important Section of the Great State of Texas, from the Earliest Period of its Occupancy to the Present Time, together with Glimpses of its Prospects; also Biographical Mention of Many of the Pioneers and Prominent Citizens of the Present Time, and Full-page Portraits of the most Eminent Men of this Section."
Date: 1893
Creator: Lewis Publishing Company
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Corsicana Observer. (Corsicana, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 23, Ed. 1 Friday, March 28, 1890 (open access)

Corsicana Observer. (Corsicana, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 23, Ed. 1 Friday, March 28, 1890

Weekly newspaper from Corsicana, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: March 28, 1890
Creator: Miller, G. P.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Corsicana Observer. (Corsicana, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 21, Ed. 1 Friday, March 14, 1890 (open access)

Corsicana Observer. (Corsicana, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 21, Ed. 1 Friday, March 14, 1890

Weekly newspaper from Corsicana, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: March 14, 1890
Creator: Miller, G. P.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Corsicana Observer. (Corsicana, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 22, Ed. 1 Friday, March 21, 1890 (open access)

Corsicana Observer. (Corsicana, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 22, Ed. 1 Friday, March 21, 1890

Weekly newspaper from Corsicana, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: March 21, 1890
Creator: Miller, G. P.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Corsicana Observer. (Corsicana, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 17, Ed. 1 Friday, February 14, 1890 (open access)

Corsicana Observer. (Corsicana, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 17, Ed. 1 Friday, February 14, 1890

Weekly newspaper from Corsicana, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: February 14, 1890
Creator: Miller, G. P.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Corsicana Observer. (Corsicana, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 20, Ed. 1 Friday, March 7, 1890 (open access)

Corsicana Observer. (Corsicana, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 20, Ed. 1 Friday, March 7, 1890

Weekly newspaper from Corsicana, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: March 7, 1890
Creator: Miller, G. P.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Corsicana Observer. (Corsicana, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 14, Ed. 1 Friday, January 24, 1890 (open access)

Corsicana Observer. (Corsicana, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 14, Ed. 1 Friday, January 24, 1890

Weekly newspaper from Corsicana, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 24, 1890
Creator: Miller, G. P.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History