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Apparatus for Controlling Trolley Poles (open access)

Apparatus for Controlling Trolley Poles

Patent for an apparatus for controlling trolley poles. "This invention relates to an apparatus for controlling trolley poles employed for effecting electrical connection between a trolley wire and a motor on a car, and has for its object to provide improved means for automatically throwing the trolley into position to be placed in engagement with the trolley wire" (line 9-15). Illustrations included.
Date: November 10, 1903
Creator: Bogue, Judson L. & Jennings, David M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Sunday Gazetteer. (Denison, Tex.), Vol. 22, No. 4, Ed. 1 Sunday, May 10, 1903 (open access)

The Sunday Gazetteer. (Denison, Tex.), Vol. 22, No. 4, Ed. 1 Sunday, May 10, 1903

Weekly newspaper from Denison, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: May 10, 1903
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Draft-Equalizer. (open access)

Draft-Equalizer.

Patent for improvement in draft-equalizers in which the draft-equalizer will “first, take away the side draft; second, to enable the plow to follow the furrow; third, to work three, four, or five horses to the same bars by simply adjusting the bars; fourth, to enable all horses except one to walk on solid ground, the one to walk in furrow; fifth, to enable the operator to place load on any point of the bars he chooses and still have a straight pull.” (Lines 25-34) Illustration is included.
Date: February 10, 1903
Creator: Lawrence, David & Vincent, John
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History