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The Crockett Courier (Crockett, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 20, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 18, 1914 (open access)

The Crockett Courier (Crockett, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 20, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 18, 1914

Weekly newspaper from Crockett, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: June 18, 1914
Creator: Aiken, W. W.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Houston County Times (Crockett, Tex.), Vol. 14, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 18, 1918 (open access)

Houston County Times (Crockett, Tex.), Vol. 14, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 18, 1918

Weekly newspaper from Crockett, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: July 18, 1918
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Script: Funeral] (open access)

[News Script: Funeral]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about funeral services for three Boy Scouts who were killed in Davy Crockett National Forest after high winds blew a tree on top of their tent.
Date: April 18, 1973
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
Improvement in Ditching and Excavating Machines. (open access)

Improvement in Ditching and Excavating Machines.

Patent for "an improved machine for making ditches and other excavations, which shall be so constructed as to separate the slice from the soil, raise it, and deposit it at the side of the cut, which will feed itself forward automatically." (Lines 14-19) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: September 18, 1877
Creator: De Force, Samuel A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Spring Bed Bottom. (open access)

Spring Bed Bottom.

Patent for a new and improved spring bed-bottom. This design utilizes a new method of coiling the wire so that only one wire may be used to make up all of the springs. By moving diagonally from one end of one spring to the end of another, this design eliminates the possibility of losing any individual spring.
Date: October 18, 1881
Creator: Eichelberger, Henry. H. C. & Bruner, Hilary Wentz
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Lloyd Smith to Daniel W. Kempner, November 18, 1953] (open access)

[Letter from Lloyd Smith to Daniel W. Kempner, November 18, 1953]

Letter from Lloyd H. Smith to Daniel W. Kempner accepting his invitation to the annual Kempner family barbecue.
Date: November 18, 1953
Creator: Smith, Lloyd H.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from R. M. Sims to H. Kempner, January 18, 1954] (open access)

[Letter from R. M. Sims to H. Kempner, January 18, 1954]

Letter from R. M. Sims to H. Kempner explaining that he returned from his trip yesterday and does not know when he will be able to call Kempner for an appointment.
Date: January 18, 1954
Creator: Sims, R. M.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator-Plow. (open access)

Cultivator-Plow.

Patent for improvements in cultivator-plow through the positioning and connection of parts. Adjustable plow for different cultivating functions and different crops, especially for cotton. Illustration and materials recommendations included.
Date: March 18, 1902
Creator: Sheffield, James A. D. & Sheffield, John C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History