Citizens' Advocate (Coppell, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 1, Ed. 1 Friday, January 7, 2005 (open access)

Citizens' Advocate (Coppell, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 1, Ed. 1 Friday, January 7, 2005

Weekly newspaper from Coppell, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 7, 2005
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from I. H. Kempner to E. S. Holliday, January 7, 1955] (open access)

[Letter from I. H. Kempner to E. S. Holliday, January 7, 1955]

Letter from I. H. Kempner to E. S. Holliday discussing logistical arrangements for a meeting with Dr. Wooten, preferring that he visit Galveston for full committee participation. It proposes a $500 contribution to Dr. Wooten's fund if $2500 is raised and addresses the composition of the Texas State Hospitals and Special Schools board, highlighting the advantage of including residents from key cities while emphasizing the strategic importance of Galveston due to the University of Texas Medical School.
Date: January 7, 1955
Creator: Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Adding Machine (open access)

Attachment for Adding Machine

Patent for new and useful improvements in attachments for adding machines which both add and list the sums accumulated by the adding machine.
Date: January 7, 1919
Creator: Walker, Jack L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Protecting Electrical Circuits. (open access)

Apparatus for Protecting Electrical Circuits.

Patent for an apparatus for protecting electrical circuits, and is an improvement on a previous patent (No. 537,932) issued to the inventor. This patent consists of "an electrical circuit, an alarm or indicator, a continuously-operating signal-transmitter at the protected structure operating to affect or influence the alarm or indicator, and a second or duplicate continuously-operating signal-transmitter located at the watchman's station, operating in unison with the first-named signal-transmitter to affect the alarm or indicator equally and oppositely as regards the first-named transmitter, whereby a signal is sounded or an alarm given only when the two transmitters are out of unison or when one is changed, varied, or interfered with in an unauthorized manner" (lines 72-86).
Date: January 7, 1896
Creator: Oram, John M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History