The Southern Mercury. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 18, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 6, 1897 (open access)

The Southern Mercury. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 18, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 6, 1897

Weekly newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: May 6, 1897
Creator: Park, Milton
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Southern Mercury. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 19, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 13, 1897 (open access)

The Southern Mercury. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 19, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 13, 1897

Weekly newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: May 13, 1897
Creator: Park, Milton
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Southern Mercury. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 20, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 20, 1897 (open access)

The Southern Mercury. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 20, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 20, 1897

Weekly newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: May 20, 1897
Creator: Park, Milton
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Southern Mercury. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 21, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 27, 1897 (open access)

The Southern Mercury. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 21, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 27, 1897

Weekly newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: May 27, 1897
Creator: Park, Milton
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dallas County Probate Case 2475: Lemmon, Jas. W. et al (Minors) (open access)

Dallas County Probate Case 2475: Lemmon, Jas. W. et al (Minors)

Dallas County probate record regarding the case of Lemmon, Jas. W. et al (Minors) and R.E.L. Knight (Executor or Guardian)
Date: 1897-05-31/1903-12-29
Creator: Dallas County (Tex.)
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dallas County Probate Case 1929: Carnes, Martha J. et al (Minors) (open access)

Dallas County Probate Case 1929: Carnes, Martha J. et al (Minors)

Dallas County probate record regarding the case of Carnes, Martha J. et al (Minors) and Jas. J. Carnes (Executor or Guardian)
Date: 1897-05-06/1899-07-28
Creator: Dallas County (Tex.)
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dallas County Probate Case 2295: Finch, Annie (Lunacy) (open access)

Dallas County Probate Case 2295: Finch, Annie (Lunacy)

Dallas County probate record regarding the case of Finch, Annie (Lunacy) and Sam T. Watts (Executor or Guardian)
Date: 1897-05-29/1933-08-22
Creator: Dallas County (Tex.)
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Machine for Separating Decorticated Cotton-Seed. (open access)

Machine for Separating Decorticated Cotton-Seed.

Patent for a machine dedicated to "increase the capacity of machines for separating decorticated cotton-seed" (lines 9-10) and to "separate the meal from the husks of the decorticated cotton-seed, whereby perfectly clean meal is collected" (lines 12-15)
Date: May 11, 1897
Creator: Bell, Thomas
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pneumatic Apparatus for Handling Seed-Cotton. (open access)

Pneumatic Apparatus for Handling Seed-Cotton.

Patent for a machine that removes cotton from a "wagon or other vehicle" (line 11), and moving it to a storage facility. It also moves the cotton from the storage facility and into the cotton gin. The cotton is elevated during movement via suction.
Date: May 11, 1897
Creator: Murray, Stephen D.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Primary Battery. (open access)

Primary Battery.

Patent for a simplified primary battery "whereby the parts thereof may be readily removed and replaced without special tools by unprofessional persons, while at the same time providing a construction of primary battery involving new and useful connections for the positive and negative elements thereof." (Lines 10-16) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: May 25, 1897
Creator: Sutton, Henry M. & Steele, Walter L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Design for a Nut Cracker. (open access)

Design for a Nut Cracker.

Patent for a Nut-Cracker.
Date: May 25, 1897
Creator: Collins, Corties
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History