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Stephenville Empire-Tribune (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. [108], No. [195], Ed. 1 Thursday, March 31, 1977 (open access)

Stephenville Empire-Tribune (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. [108], No. [195], Ed. 1 Thursday, March 31, 1977

Daily newspaper from Stephenville, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: March 31, 1977
Creator: Nichols, Skip
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of Indiangrass, planted in March 1949, which has been harvested twice for seed. A. W. Shoup, gets early spring grazing, harvests seed on October. He pulls the cattle off about May 1 to make a good seed crop. From five acres of Indiangrass, Shoup took 131 pounds of re-cleaned seed in October, 1949, and 490 pounds in October, 1950. The Indian grass was preseeded for five years by vetch and small grain (oats and rye). From left are Bill Haiser and E.E. McAllester, Soil Conservation Service technicians. III - 5CT. TX-47, 505.
Date: March 28, 1951
Creator: Fox, Lester
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[News Script: Fire] (open access)

[News Script: Fire]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about a newsstand operators and his pregnant wife along with his 10 of his 13 children who were burned to death in a fire that gutted their Dublin home.
Date: March 11, 1974, 6:30 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
Window Shade, Curtain, and Drapery Hanger. (open access)

Window Shade, Curtain, and Drapery Hanger.

Patent for a pair of adjustable and flexible bars and brackets to be modified with additional components (such as strips, screws, and nails) to accommodate any window or hangar length. The bars and brackets combination provide simple construction and removals of window shades, curtains, and drapes.
Date: March 9, 1915
Creator: Rawls, Theophilus M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Valve. (open access)

Valve.

Patent for a new and useful valve, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: March 20, 1900
Creator: Fox, John C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tobacco Substitute. (open access)

Tobacco Substitute.

Patent for an improvement in tobacco substitutes, by using a combination of ingredients that “will completely destroy all desire for tobacco and thus enables them to discontinue its use without any of the inconvenience or suffering,” (lines 18-21) ingredients of the compound are included. No illustration.
Date: March 24, 1891
Creator: Miller, Levi, H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hat Display Rack. (open access)

Hat Display Rack.

Patent for an improved hat display rack that can display a full line of hats. Illustrations and instructions included.
Date: March 21, 1916
Creator: Williams, Martin A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stephenville Empire-Tribune (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 107, No. 37, Ed. 1 Monday, March 1, 1976 (open access)

Stephenville Empire-Tribune (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 107, No. 37, Ed. 1 Monday, March 1, 1976

Daily newspaper from Stephenville, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: March 1, 1976
Creator: Maikell, Elgin
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stephenville Empire-Tribune (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 107, No. 38, Ed. 1 Tuesday, March 2, 1976 (open access)

Stephenville Empire-Tribune (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 107, No. 38, Ed. 1 Tuesday, March 2, 1976

Daily newspaper from Stephenville, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: March 2, 1976
Creator: Maikell, Elgin
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stephenville Empire-Tribune (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 107, No. 39, Ed. 1 Wednesday, March 3, 1976 (open access)

Stephenville Empire-Tribune (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 107, No. 39, Ed. 1 Wednesday, March 3, 1976

Daily newspaper from Stephenville, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: March 3, 1976
Creator: Maikell, Elgin
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stephenville Empire-Tribune (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 107, No. 40, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 4, 1976 (open access)

Stephenville Empire-Tribune (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 107, No. 40, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 4, 1976

Daily newspaper from Stephenville, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: March 4, 1976
Creator: Maikell, Elgin
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stephenville Empire-Tribune (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 107, No. 41, Ed. 1 Friday, March 5, 1976 (open access)

Stephenville Empire-Tribune (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 107, No. 41, Ed. 1 Friday, March 5, 1976

Daily newspaper from Stephenville, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: March 5, 1976
Creator: Maikell, Elgin
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stephenville Empire-Tribune (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 107, No. 42, Ed. 1 Sunday, March 7, 1976 (open access)

Stephenville Empire-Tribune (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 107, No. 42, Ed. 1 Sunday, March 7, 1976

Daily newspaper from Stephenville, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: March 7, 1976
Creator: Maikell, Elgin
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stephenville Empire-Tribune (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 107, No. 43, Ed. 1 Monday, March 8, 1976 (open access)

Stephenville Empire-Tribune (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 107, No. 43, Ed. 1 Monday, March 8, 1976

Daily newspaper from Stephenville, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: March 8, 1976
Creator: Maikell, Elgin
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stephenville Empire-Tribune (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 107, No. 44, Ed. 1 Tuesday, March 9, 1976 (open access)

Stephenville Empire-Tribune (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 107, No. 44, Ed. 1 Tuesday, March 9, 1976

Daily newspaper from Stephenville, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: March 9, 1976
Creator: Maikell, Elgin
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stephenville Empire-Tribune (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 107, No. 45, Ed. 1 Wednesday, March 10, 1976 (open access)

Stephenville Empire-Tribune (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 107, No. 45, Ed. 1 Wednesday, March 10, 1976

Daily newspaper from Stephenville, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: March 10, 1976
Creator: Maikell, Elgin
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Railway-Tie. (open access)

Railway-Tie.

Patent for improvements in railway ties, specifically railway ties in the "metallic" class. The ties in this class are affixed to the rails without the need for spikes.
Date: March 6, 1906
Creator: Rollins, William A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Earth-Auger. (open access)

Earth-Auger.

Patent for an invention that "relates to an implement designed for boring earth, and may be used for well-boring and also for boring post-holes," (lines 11-13) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: November 27, 1891
Creator: Franks, Madison S.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Differential-Speed-Roller Cotton-Seed Huller. (open access)

Differential-Speed-Roller Cotton-Seed Huller.

Patent for a cotton seed huller with a differential speed roller that breaks the hulls off the seeds and prevents choking of the machine.
Date: March 8, 1910
Creator: McDonald, Thomas
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Chimney Holder (open access)

Chimney Holder

Patent for chimney holder. This design is a "means for holding a chimney upon a burner of any kind for the purpose of preventing the accidental tilting of the chimney" (lines 11-13). Illustrations included.
Date: March 7, 1911
Creator: Elkins, Thomas M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Check-Protector. (open access)

Check-Protector.

Patent for check-protectors that prevent unauthorized tampering with perforating rollers with springs and jaws.
Date: March 13, 1917
Creator: McCombs, Charles Cleveland
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Churn. (open access)

Churn.

Patent for a new and improved churn. This design "provide[s] a cheap, durable, and easily-operated motor for dash-churns, and one the length of stroke of which can be varied to suit the size of the churn and the quality of the cream to be churned. [The] invention consists of a dash-lever, connecting-rod, crank and pulley shaft, and large drive-wheel, the dash-lever being made adjustable as to its length of stroke" (lines 7-15).
Date: March 14, 1882
Creator: Blackstock, John Lafayett
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Band Cutter and Feeder for Thrashers. (open access)

Band Cutter and Feeder for Thrashers.

Patent for a new and improved feeder and band cutter for thrashers. This design consists "[i]n a band-cutter for a thrasher, the combination with the main frame, main shaft, platforms, and mechanism adapted and arranged to cut the bands, of the crank, rod, oscillating shaft provided with the crank arms . . . reciprocating rod, and depending rod" (lines 38-44).
Date: March 31, 1885
Creator: Cook, Emmanuel Thomas
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History