The Daily Enterprise (Beaumont, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 305, Ed. 1 Tuesday, April 3, 1900 (open access)

The Daily Enterprise (Beaumont, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 305, Ed. 1 Tuesday, April 3, 1900

Daily newspaper from Beaumont, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: April 3, 1900
Creator: Bixler, Mort L.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Daily Enterprise (Beaumont, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 306, Ed. 1 Wednesday, April 4, 1900 (open access)

The Daily Enterprise (Beaumont, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 306, Ed. 1 Wednesday, April 4, 1900

Daily newspaper from Beaumont, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: April 4, 1900
Creator: Bixler, Mort L.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Daily Enterprise (Beaumont, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 326, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 28, 1900 (open access)

The Daily Enterprise (Beaumont, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 326, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 28, 1900

Daily newspaper from Beaumont, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: April 28, 1900
Creator: Bixler, Mort L.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard of a Chick Standing on Basket of Flowers]

Postcard of a baby chicken standing on a basket full of blue flowers tied with a light blue ribbon. "Easter Greetings" is typed in the left bottom corner. The letter on the back of the postcard is illegible. The postcard is addressed to "Miss M. McFaddin 1906 McFaddin Beaumont, Tex."
Date: April 7, 1909
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard of Small Smiling Child]

Postcard of a smiling blonde child wearing a white bonnet with a green bow. "Best greetings" is typed above the child's head, and an illegible letter to the side. The postcard is addressed to "Miss Mamie McFaddin Beaumont, Tex, 1906 McFaddin Ave."
Date: April 8, 1908
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tubular Tank Inspector And Gage (open access)

Tubular Tank Inspector And Gage

Patent for a tubular tank inspector and gage. This invention is designed for the measuring level of fluids in the tank. Illustration included.
Date: April 2, 1907
Creator: Gregson, William
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Trace-Fastener (open access)

Trace-Fastener

Patent for a trace fastener for whippletrees. This is a device that "provide[s] a simple, efficient, reliable fastener which will when in use, at all times and under all circumstances, hold the trace in connection with the end of the whiffletree [sic] and which will prevent undue wear on the cockeye or hole in the end of the trace." (Lines 9-16)
Date: April 2, 1901
Creator: Nichols, Charlie M. & Burnett, Charles M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Process of Producing Briquets (open access)

Process of Producing Briquets

Patent for a process of producing briquets.
Date: April 5, 1904
Creator: Davidson, John Milne
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rail-Joint (open access)

Rail-Joint

Patent for a rail joint.
Date: April 21, 1903
Creator: Hauptmann, Alexis
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Shear-Sharpener. (open access)

Shear-Sharpener.

Patent for an improved shear sharpener which has a "new and novel construction by which shears are quickly and properly sharpened, ... whereby a shear is held at the proper bevel while being moved over an oilstone or the like" (lines 12-16), including illustrations.
Date: April 3, 1906
Creator: Jeffrey, James C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Journal-Bearing (open access)

Journal-Bearing

Patent for a self-lubricating journal bearing that is protected from foreign matter. Illustrations included.
Date: April 13, 1909
Creator: Lanaux, Alfred A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oil Burner (open access)

Oil Burner

Patent for an improvement on Oil Burners.
Date: April 9, 1902
Creator: Robertson, George
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Door Stop and Lock. (open access)

Door Stop and Lock.

Patent for a door lock and door stop that is operated from the doorknob by having a rod with a bolted door stop box on the bottom inserted into the door frame.
Date: April 9, 1907
Creator: Tatum, Cicero James
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History