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[American Shrews] (open access)

[American Shrews]

Brief summary of three genera of American shrews, including characteristics, habits, habitat, and skull, jaws, and teeth illustrations.
Date: December 31, 1895
Creator: Merriam, C. Hart & Miller, Gerrit S. (Gerrit Smith), 1869-1956
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Apparatus for Removing Cores from Cylindrical Cotton-Bales. (open access)

Apparatus for Removing Cores from Cylindrical Cotton-Bales.

Patent for a "means for removing screw-threaded cores from cylindrical cotton-bales" (lines 12-14). It is made up of a wheeled-truck that is holding the bale, an apparatus that grips the end of the core, a way to revolve the grip, a driven shaft, and a universal joint that connects the shaft with the end of the core.
Date: December 31, 1895
Creator: White, Charles W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Chemical Fire-Extinguisher. (open access)

Chemical Fire-Extinguisher.

Patent for chemical fire extinguishers "in which the acid-bottle consists of two concentric cylinders, the inner one of which is open at top and bottom, and which, when the bottle is placed in the cylinder containing the water and soda, potash, or other material, a compressed-air seal will be formed, preventing the acid and water from commingling; but when the bottle is inverted the seal will be broken, and the water and acid coming together will generate the gas." (Lines 18-28) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: December 31, 1895
Creator: Flatau, Louis Spencer
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator and Harrow. (open access)

Cultivator and Harrow.

Patent for a simple, inexpensive, and efficient cultivator and harrow. The cultivator beam has a v-shaped tooth, arms extending forward.
Date: December 31, 1895
Creator: White, William C. & Stevens, John C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Daily Ardmoreite. (Ardmore, Indian Terr.), Vol. 3, No. 56, Ed. 1 Tuesday, December 31, 1895 (open access)

The Daily Ardmoreite. (Ardmore, Indian Terr.), Vol. 3, No. 56, Ed. 1 Tuesday, December 31, 1895

Daily newspaper from Ardmore, Indian Territory. Coverage includes local, territorial, and United States national news along with advertising.
Date: December 31, 1895
Creator: Wilson, F. E.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Daily Enterprise-Times. (Perry, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 206, Ed. 1 Tuesday, December 31, 1895 (open access)

Daily Enterprise-Times. (Perry, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 206, Ed. 1 Tuesday, December 31, 1895

Daily newspaper from Perry, Oklahoma that includes local, territorial, and national news along with advertising.
Date: December 31, 1895
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Daily Hesperian (Gainesville, Tex.), Vol. 18, No. 24, Ed. 1 Tuesday, December 31, 1895 (open access)

The Daily Hesperian (Gainesville, Tex.), Vol. 18, No. 24, Ed. 1 Tuesday, December 31, 1895

Daily newspaper from Gainesville, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: December 31, 1895
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Daily Oklahoma State Capital. (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 7, No. 214, Ed. 1 Tuesday, December 31, 1895 (open access)

The Daily Oklahoma State Capital. (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 7, No. 214, Ed. 1 Tuesday, December 31, 1895

Daily newspaper from Guthrie, Oklahoma that includes local, territorial, and national news along with advertising.
Date: December 31, 1895
Creator: Greer, Frank H.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Daily Oklahoman (Oklahoma City, Okla.), Vol. 7, No. 279, Ed. 1 Tuesday, December 31, 1895 (open access)

The Daily Oklahoman (Oklahoma City, Okla.), Vol. 7, No. 279, Ed. 1 Tuesday, December 31, 1895

Daily newspaper from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Territory that includes local, territorial, and United States national news along with advertising.
Date: December 31, 1895
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Daily Texarkanian. (Texarkana, Ark.), Vol. 12, No. 122, Ed. 1 Tuesday, December 31, 1895 (open access)

The Daily Texarkanian. (Texarkana, Ark.), Vol. 12, No. 122, Ed. 1 Tuesday, December 31, 1895

Daily newspaper from Texarkana, Arkansas that includes local, state, and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: December 31, 1895
Creator: Gardner, J. W.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Daily Times-Journal. (Oklahoma City, Okla. Terr.), Vol. 7, No. 164, Ed. 1 Tuesday, December 31, 1895 (open access)

The Daily Times-Journal. (Oklahoma City, Okla. Terr.), Vol. 7, No. 164, Ed. 1 Tuesday, December 31, 1895

Daily newspaper from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Territory that includes local, territorial, and national news along with advertising.
Date: December 31, 1895
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Drawer. (open access)

Drawer.

Patent for "drawers, and the object of the same is to provide an improved attachment, whereby the ends of the drawer must move in unison and thus avoid wedging of the drawer, which often occurs when it is moved inward and outward, and a further object is to provide a tension mechanism for the said-drawer controlling device, whereby when the drawer is unlocked there will be sufficient tension upon the same to force it open, and further when the drawer is pulled outward too far the said tension device will exert an inward pull thereon and thus prevent the unconscious entire withdrawal of the drawer from the bureau-case or other article of furniture or device to which it belongs." (Lines 12-27) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: December 31, 1895
Creator: Matthews, James T.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fort Worth Gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 28, Ed. 1, Tuesday, December 31, 1895 (open access)

Fort Worth Gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 28, Ed. 1, Tuesday, December 31, 1895

Daily newspaper from Fort Worth, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: December 31, 1895
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Freie Presse für Texas. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 31, No. 4206, Ed. 1 Tuesday, December 31, 1895 (open access)

Freie Presse für Texas. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 31, No. 4206, Ed. 1 Tuesday, December 31, 1895

Daily German-language newspaper from San Antonio, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: December 31, 1895
Creator: Hanschke, Robert
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Galveston Daily News. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 54, No. 282, Ed. 1 Tuesday, December 31, 1895 (open access)

The Galveston Daily News. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 54, No. 282, Ed. 1 Tuesday, December 31, 1895

Daily newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: December 31, 1895
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Galveston Tribune. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 34, Ed. 1 Tuesday, December 31, 1895 (open access)

Galveston Tribune. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 34, Ed. 1 Tuesday, December 31, 1895

Daily newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: December 31, 1895
Creator: Ousley, Clarence
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Guthrie Daily Leader. (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 7, No. 18, Ed. 1, Tuesday, December 31, 1895 (open access)

The Guthrie Daily Leader. (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 7, No. 18, Ed. 1, Tuesday, December 31, 1895

Daily newspaper from Guthrie, Oklahoma. Coverage includes local, territory, and United States news, along with advertising.
Date: December 31, 1895
Creator: Niblack, Leslie G.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Houston Daily Post (Houston, Tex.), Vol. ELEVENTH YEAR, No. 271, Ed. 1, Tuesday, December 31, 1895 (open access)

The Houston Daily Post (Houston, Tex.), Vol. ELEVENTH YEAR, No. 271, Ed. 1, Tuesday, December 31, 1895

Daily newspaper from Houston, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: December 31, 1895
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
El Paso International Daily Times (El Paso, Tex.), Vol. Fifteenth Year, No. 310, Ed. 1 Tuesday, December 31, 1895 (open access)

El Paso International Daily Times (El Paso, Tex.), Vol. Fifteenth Year, No. 310, Ed. 1 Tuesday, December 31, 1895

Daily newspaper from El Paso, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: December 31, 1895
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Piano Guard and Rest. (open access)

Piano Guard and Rest.

Patent for "an attachment for pianos designed for use as a guard to protect the instrument from injury to the front of the keyboard when being moved through narrow passage-ways, and as a rest for the feet of performers unable to reach the floor to prevent contact and consequent defacing of the lower panels." (Lines 8-15) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: December 31, 1895
Creator: Norcross, Levi Watson
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Receipt for Taxes Paid by H. M. Trueheart & Company, 1895] (open access)

[Receipt for Taxes Paid by H. M. Trueheart & Company, 1895]

Receipt for taxes paid by H. M. Trueheart & Company on behalf of S. J. McAlpine for property in Montgomery and San Jacinto Counties for the year 1895.
Date: December 31, 1895
Creator: Walsh, D. H. & Finley, R. W.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Saw Cotton-Gin. (open access)

Saw Cotton-Gin.

Patent for "cotton-gins, and more particularly to pneumatic means for removing the lint from the gin-saws, [the] object being to provide a constructions by the use of which the cotton will be taken from the saw-teeth in the condition of down and not in a tufted or ropy state." (Lines 10-16) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: December 31, 1895
Creator: Lumpkin, Robert B. & Ogden, George
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Singletree Attachment. (open access)

Singletree Attachment.

Patent for "an improved device on the end of a singletree to hold the end of a harness-tug" (lines 12-14). It has a stirrup-holder hinged to a ferrule, a handle, a stirrup, and a tug.
Date: December 31, 1895
Creator: Cawthon, Peter WIllis
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Suspender Device. (open access)

Suspender Device.

Patent for a suspender device that is "a [rear] fastening device having a central loop, a coil, a keeper and a pin extending from the coil and engaging the keeper all formed from one piece of wire, in combination, with a slide having a linked portion surrounding and vertically movable on the central loop, and having a pair of ends or prongs projecting upward between the loop and the linked-portion of the slide to form tongues" (lines 81-90). The forward fastening devices attach to the ends of webbing.
Date: December 31, 1895
Creator: Krebs, Emil, L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History