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The Texas Mesquiter. (Mesquite, Tex.), Vol. 35, No. 44, Ed. 1 Friday, May 11, 1917 (open access)

The Texas Mesquiter. (Mesquite, Tex.), Vol. 35, No. 44, Ed. 1 Friday, May 11, 1917

Weekly newspaper from Mesquite, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: May 11, 1917
Creator: Davis, John E.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Texas Mesquiter. (Mesquite, Tex.), Vol. 35, No. 43, Ed. 1 Friday, May 4, 1917 (open access)

The Texas Mesquiter. (Mesquite, Tex.), Vol. 35, No. 43, Ed. 1 Friday, May 4, 1917

Weekly newspaper from Mesquite, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: May 4, 1917
Creator: Davis, John E.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Texas Mesquiter. (Mesquite, Tex.), Vol. 35, No. 45, Ed. 1 Friday, May 18, 1917 (open access)

The Texas Mesquiter. (Mesquite, Tex.), Vol. 35, No. 45, Ed. 1 Friday, May 18, 1917

Weekly newspaper from Mesquite, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: May 18, 1917
Creator: Davis, John E.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Texas Mesquiter. (Mesquite, Tex.), Vol. 35, No. 46, Ed. 1 Friday, May 25, 1917 (open access)

The Texas Mesquiter. (Mesquite, Tex.), Vol. 35, No. 46, Ed. 1 Friday, May 25, 1917

Weekly newspaper from Mesquite, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: May 25, 1917
Creator: Davis, John E.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dallas County Probate Case 1769: Housley, Lisbon (Deceased) (open access)

Dallas County Probate Case 1769: Housley, Lisbon (Deceased)

Dallas County probate record regarding the case of Housley, Lisbon (Deceased) and W.E. Mewshaw (Executor or Guardian).
Date: May 26, 1917
Creator: Dallas County (Tex.)
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Amusement Device. (open access)

Amusement Device.

Patent for an invention relating to the amusement device. Advantages and illustrations of the invention and amusement device are included.
Date: May 15, 1917
Creator: Moore, Charles L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

Rock Island Lines Irving, Texas. Dallas Co.

Track Map of Rock Island Lines from Mile Posts 634.4 to 635.47 in Irving, Texas. Scale 1'':100'.
Date: May 1917
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard from Lizzie to Linnet White, May 2, 1917]

Postcard to Linnet White from Lizzie. She wrote to give Linnet a brief update on what has been happening in life. She mentions that she has been sick, someone that had an operation recently, and hopes to hear from Linnet on how her operation went.
Date: May 2, 1917
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Lancaster Herald. (Lancaster, Tex.), Vol. 31, No. 15, Ed. 1 Friday, May 4, 1917 (open access)

The Lancaster Herald. (Lancaster, Tex.), Vol. 31, No. 15, Ed. 1 Friday, May 4, 1917

Weekly newspaper from Lancaster, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: May 4, 1917
Creator: Tufts, Minnie Wetmore
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Lancaster Herald. (Lancaster, Tex.), Vol. 31, No. 18, Ed. 1 Friday, May 25, 1917 (open access)

The Lancaster Herald. (Lancaster, Tex.), Vol. 31, No. 18, Ed. 1 Friday, May 25, 1917

Weekly newspaper from Lancaster, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: May 25, 1917
Creator: Tufts, Minnie Wetmore
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History

Rock Island I Liggett, Texas. Tarrant Co.

Track Map of Rock Island Lines from Mile Posts 630 to 630.8 in Irving, Texas. Scale 1'':100'.
Date: May 1917
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mill for Grinding or Crushing Cotton-Seed or the Like. (open access)

Mill for Grinding or Crushing Cotton-Seed or the Like.

Patent for improvements to the grinding or crushing of materials in mills by eliminating the hammering action by the use of supported ball bearings. This decreases the amount of power needed to operate the mill and includes illustrations.
Date: May 1, 1917
Creator: Nolen, Robert Rufus
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Method and Apparatus for Generating Motive Fluid (open access)

Method and Apparatus for Generating Motive Fluid

Patent for improvement in methods and apparatus for generating motive fluid "to provide a source of combustion" and dispose of it outside the generator to generate steam (lines 11-12).
Date: May 1, 1917
Creator: Reordan, Charles, E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Money-Changing Machine. (open access)

Money-Changing Machine.

Patent for improvements on money-changing machines to include multiple coin holding tubes and require the user to push only one key lever for change.
Date: May 29, 1917
Creator: Furttinger, Fred P.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Home and State (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 19, No. 1, Ed. 1 Tuesday, May 15, 1917 (open access)

Home and State (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 19, No. 1, Ed. 1 Tuesday, May 15, 1917

Semi-monthly newspaper from Dallas, Texas focused on temperance and prohibition issues along with advertising.
Date: May 15, 1917
Creator: Barton, Arthur J.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Composition of Matter for Treating Concrete Flooring (open access)

Composition of Matter for Treating Concrete Flooring

Patent for improvements to treating concrete flooring. The process described for mixing animal, mineral, and vegetable waxes to produce a treatment which renders already poured concrete floors (or other cement or stone) dustless and waxy to prevent disintegration of the floor's components.
Date: May 12, 1917
Creator: Annan, Alfred H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History