News Drop, Issue 3, July 2023 (open access)

News Drop, Issue 3, July 2023

Quarterly newsletter of the Edwards Aquifer Authority discussing news and activities of the organization as well as other information related to programs, projects, and topics related to water management and conservation.
Date: July 2023
Creator: Edwards Aquifer Authority (Tex.). Communications and Development Department
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
News Drop, Issue 4, September 2023 (open access)

News Drop, Issue 4, September 2023

Quarterly newsletter of the Edwards Aquifer Authority discussing news and activities of the organization as well as other information related to programs, projects, and topics related to water management and conservation.
Date: September 2023
Creator: Edwards Aquifer Authority (Tex.). Communications and Development Department
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
News Drop, Issue 5, November 2023 (open access)

News Drop, Issue 5, November 2023

Quarterly newsletter of the Edwards Aquifer Authority discussing news and activities of the organization as well as other information related to programs, projects, and topics related to water management and conservation.
Date: November 2023
Creator: Edwards Aquifer Authority (Tex.). Communications and Development Department
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
News Drop, [Summer 2020] (open access)

News Drop, [Summer 2020]

Quarterly newsletter of the Edwards Aquifer Authority discussing news and activities of the organization as well as other information related to programs, projects, and topics related to water management and conservation.
Date: Summer 2020
Creator: Edwards Aquifer Authority (Tex.). Communications and Development Department
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
News Drop, Autumn 2020 (open access)

News Drop, Autumn 2020

Quarterly newsletter of the Edwards Aquifer Authority discussing news and activities of the organization as well as other information related to programs, projects, and topics related to water management and conservation.
Date: Autumn 2020
Creator: Edwards Aquifer Authority (Tex.). Communications and Development Department
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
News Drop, Winter 2020 (open access)

News Drop, Winter 2020

Quarterly newsletter of the Edwards Aquifer Authority discussing news and activities of the organization as well as other information related to programs, projects, and topics related to water management and conservation.
Date: Winter 2020
Creator: Edwards Aquifer Authority (Tex.). Communications and Development Department
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
News Drop, Spring 2021 (open access)

News Drop, Spring 2021

Quarterly newsletter of the Edwards Aquifer Authority discussing news and activities of the organization as well as other information related to programs, projects, and topics related to water management and conservation.
Date: Spring 2021
Creator: Edwards Aquifer Authority (Tex.). Communications and Development Department
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Region, Volume 16, Number 9, September/October 1989 (open access)

Region, Volume 16, Number 9, September/October 1989

Monthly newsletter of the Alamo Area Council of Governments describing news and events of relevance to the agencies.
Date: September 1989
Creator: Alamo Area Council of Governments
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Region, Volume 17, Number 1, January/February 1990 (open access)

Region, Volume 17, Number 1, January/February 1990

Monthly newsletter of the Alamo Area Council of Governments describing news and events of relevance to the agencies.
Date: January 1990
Creator: Alamo Area Council of Governments
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Machines for Destroying Insects. (open access)

Improvement in Machines for Destroying Insects.

Patent for "new and useful improvements in insect destroyers and more particularly to that class especially adapted to the extermination of boll-weevils" (lines 9-12) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: December 29, 1914
Creator: Nail, Louis L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Printing by Lithography (open access)

Printing by Lithography

Patent for improvements in lithography printing that further help reproduce worn or difficult engravings, as well as transfer and make impressions into engravings with slight loss of effect, while also providing a means in which the engraving or stone can be prepared expeditiously and inexpensively. (lines 10-25)
Date: March 2, 1915
Creator: Ray, James
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Package-Tie. (open access)

Package-Tie.

Patent for a package tie for packages of mail, which holds securely and is easily undone by pulling from both ends.
Date: August 18, 1908
Creator: Sharpe, Edmund L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Measuring Wheel. (open access)

Measuring Wheel.

Patent for a new and improved measuring-wheel. This design "relates to the construction of an instrument whereby lineal measurements may be taken and automatically registered where the distance is greater than the circumference of the measuring-wheel. The invention consists of a graduated wheel in the slot of a bifurcated handle, and of an automatic registering attachment" (lines 7-14).
Date: June 29, 1886
Creator: McCaleb, John L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Method of Stretching and Securing Wire. (open access)

Method of Stretching and Securing Wire.

Patent for a "new method of stretching and securing wire" (line 6).
Date: April 27, 1920
Creator: Coulter, Thomas H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Puzzle. (open access)

Puzzle.

Patent for a puzzle made of interlocking blocks that are attached by a cord through holes in the blocks, that, when fully assembled, forms the shape of a Chinese cross.
Date: August 23, 1921
Creator: Hime, Clint T.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Railroad-Switch (open access)

Railroad-Switch

Patent for a railroad switch that is easier to use and more effective than the "common stub switch" (lines 10-11), thereby reducing damage.
Date: December 16, 1919
Creator: Cuellar, Samuel D.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Silo Construction (open access)

Silo Construction

Patent for silo, with walls constructed out of plastic,
Date: January 16, 1917
Creator: Pierson, Ludvig B.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pipe-Cutter (open access)

Pipe-Cutter

Patent for improvements to pipe-cutters that can cut pipes of different sizes.
Date: February 19, 1918
Creator: Hime, Clint T.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Railway Construction. (open access)

Railway Construction.

Patent for "new and useful improvements in Railway Constructions" (lines 6-7) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: December 5, 1916
Creator: Oliver, Lavan; Oliver, Tilden B. & West, Gorge W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mold for Tubular Articles. (open access)

Mold for Tubular Articles.

Patent for an improved mold for making concrete tubular casings for dug wells with opposite grooves so the casings can be connected together when used, with illustrations.
Date: May 8, 1917
Creator: Schuettig, Emil A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Chopper and Cultivator. (open access)

Cotton Chopper and Cultivator.

Patent for improvement in cotton chopper and cultivator in “which the cultivator-blades may be readily adjusted to cultivator-blades may be readily adjusted to any desired distance from the row of plants that is being operated upon, and in which the number of chopping-hoes may be increased or diminished, so as to regulate the distance between the stands of cotton or the extent of each stand.” (Lines 13-19) Illustration is included.
Date: March 24, 1903
Creator: McAda, James Newton
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Seeder (open access)

Seeder

Patent for a seeder. This invention relates to seed dropping mechanisms for corn planters. Illustration included.
Date: January 29, 1907
Creator: Mouser, Robert H., Jr.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Seeder (open access)

Seeder

Patent for an attachment or stand-alone seeding device which is "inexpensive...durable, and easy and effective in operation." (lines 16 & 17) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: January 17, 1906
Creator: Mouser, Robert H., Jr
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
News Drop, 25th Anniversary Summer 2021 (open access)

News Drop, 25th Anniversary Summer 2021

Quarterly newsletter of the Edwards Aquifer Authority discussing news and activities of the organization as well as other information related to programs, projects, and topics related to water management and conservation.
Date: Summer 2021
Creator: Edwards Aquifer Authority (Tex.). Communications and Development Department
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History