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[Abilene City Ordinances: 1885-1902]
Ledger containing ordinances/resolutions passed by the city of Abilene, Texas from April 1885 to September 1902.
Date:
1885/1902
Creator:
Abilene (Tex.)
Object Type:
Legal Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow.
Patent for a new and improved plow. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with a plowshare, of cutting-knives secured to the rear end thereof and extending rearwardly therefrom in an upward direction, and a bar connecting the mold-board and landside and arranged below the cutting knives" (lines 68-73).
Date:
June 23, 1885
Creator:
Adair, Richard Harding
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Farm Gate.
Patent for a new and improved farm gate. This design consists "[i]n a swinging-gate, the combination of a plate provided with notches upon its upper outer end and connected to the upper end of the inner gate-post, a lever pivoted to the plate and connected with the upper pintle of the gate, a latch pivoted to the lever and extending down through a slot therein to engage with the notches in the plate, and suitable cords and pulleys for operating the latch and lever" (lines 17-26).
Date:
July 7, 1885
Creator:
Akin, Leonidas T.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car Coupling.
Patent for a new and improved coupling for railroad cars. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the draw-head having the downwardly and forwardly inclined floor and the floor slot or opening, of the coupling-bar having a curved or angular lever secured to its rear end and extending first downward through said opening and then under the draw-head" (lines 82-88).
Date:
June 30, 1885
Creator:
Anderson, Lee
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton, Corn, and Pea Planter.
Patent for a new and improved planter. This design consists in "[t]he combination, in a planter and fertilizer-distributer, of a revolving drum having openings communicating with a groove in its periphery for sowing fertilizer, and a seeding mechanism arranged above the drum, whereby the seeds will fall into the groove of the drum and be thereby conveyed to the furrow" (lines 3-9).
Date:
August 18, 1885
Creator:
Applewhite, David Thomas
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combination Tool.
Patent for a new and improved multi-tool. This design "consists of a tool having a staple-holder, a driver, a chisel, a vise attachment, and a detachable driver adapted to be used with the vise to splice the ends of the wire in building wire fences, in which the tool is used for driving staples, cutting the wire, and splicing the wire, the several devices forming a combination-tool disposed for convenient use upon a stock or holder" (lines 9-17).
Date:
March 3, 1885
Creator:
Archer, Roger Williams
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Certificate of Incorporation of the San Simon Cattle and Canal Company
Document certifying the incorporation of the San San Simon Cattle and Canal Company and outlining its basic objectives, stocks, and territories. The notarization location and date of the document are scratched out in pen ink and replaced with handwritten corrections. The document is notarized by George W. Jalouick and signed by Claiborne Walker Merchant, James H. Parramore, J. M. Hall, T. B. Hadley, and W. L. Purcell. A handwritten note on the back by the notary public includes Purcell in the notarization, who was initially left off. A second handwritten note below explains that the document is a copy, along with where the original was signed and located.
Date:
January 31, 1885
Creator:
Arizona
Object Type:
Legal Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Certificate of Incorporation of the San Simon Cattle and Canal Company
Document certifying the incorporation of the San San Simon Cattle and Canal Company and outlining its basic objectives, stocks, and territories. The notarization location and date of the document are scratched out in pen ink and replaced with handwritten corrections. The document is notarized by George W. Jalouick and signed by Claiborne Walker Merchant, James H. Parramore, J. M. Hall, T. B. Hadley, and W. L. Purcell.
Date:
January 1885
Creator:
Arizona
Object Type:
Legal Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Well Bucket.
Patent for a new and improved well-bucket. This design consists in "[t]he combination of the upper bucket and the lower external bucket, the former having a central vertical tube adapted to receive the rod for operating the valve of the lower bucket, and the spring arranged around the said rod" (lines 5-10).
Date:
June 23, 1885
Creator:
Arnold, James S.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Young County News. (Graham, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 18, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 15, 1885
Weekly newspaper from Graham, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
January 15, 1885
Creator:
Arnold, R. F.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Young County News. (Graham, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 19, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 22, 1885
Weekly newspaper from Graham, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
January 22, 1885
Creator:
Arnold, R. F.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Young County News. (Graham, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 20, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 29, 1885
Weekly newspaper from Graham, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
January 29, 1885
Creator:
Arnold, R. F.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Young County News. (Graham, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 21, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 5, 1885
Weekly newspaper from Graham, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
February 5, 1885
Creator:
Arnold, R. F.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Young County News. (Graham, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 22, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 12, 1885
Weekly newspaper from Graham, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
February 12, 1885
Creator:
Arnold, R. F.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Young County News. (Graham, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 23, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 19, 1885
Weekly newspaper from Graham, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
February 19, 1885
Creator:
Arnold, R. F.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Young County News. (Graham, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 24, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 26, 1885
Weekly newspaper from Graham, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
February 26, 1885
Creator:
Arnold, R. F.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Young County News. (Graham, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 25, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 5, 1885
Weekly newspaper from Graham, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
March 5, 1885
Creator:
Arnold, R. F.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Young County News. (Graham, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 26, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 12, 1885
Weekly newspaper from Graham, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
March 12, 1885
Creator:
Arnold, R. F.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cuff Holder.
Patent for a new and improved cuff holder. This design "is chiefly to render cuffs hitherto buttoned to shirt-sleeves as readily attached or buttoned to coat-sleeves, in order that they may be removed from the wearer's person together with the coat to prevent the cuffs being soiled; and its object is also to avoid unbuttoning and buttoning cuffs to the shirt by means of the usual cuff-attaching buttons" (lines 24-32).
Date:
November 10, 1885
Creator:
Atkin, Samuel T.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ventilating Chimney.
Patent for a new and improved ventilating chimney. This design consists in "the combination, with the smoke-flue, of the ventilating-flue, the thimble provided with outwardly-projecting lugs and inwardly-projecting apertured lugs, the plate provided with a central aperture and with a flange having notches, and the screws passed through the plate into the apertured lugs" (lines 16-23).
Date:
March 24, 1885
Creator:
Atkin, Samuel T.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Water Cup for Stove Pipes.
Patent for a new and improved water-cup for stove pipes. This design "relates to water cups or vessels arranged on the outside of stove-pipes, and whereby the heat of the pipe of the stove is made to evaporate the water for the purpose of imparting moisture to the air of the apartment containing the stove and so improving the healthiness and pleasantness of the atmosphere of the room" (lines 8-15).
Date:
March 3, 1885
Creator:
Atkin, Samuel T.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Washing-Machine.
Patent for an improvement to washing machines that will be "simple and economical in construction and efficient in use" (lines 13-14).
Date:
September 1, 1885
Creator:
Austin, John Overton
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Boot or Shoe Brace.
Patent for a new and improved brace for shoes and boots. This design "relates to a brace adapted to be applied to boots and shoes, and is designed as a brace for the counter, heel, and instep; and it has for its object to provide a brace . . . which shall be simple in its construction, one that may be readily and easily applied, and manufactured and supplied at a slight cost" (lines 9-16).
Date:
May 5, 1885
Creator:
Awalt, Jessee C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Window Screen Holder.
Patent for a new and improved window-screen holder. This design "consists in the combination, with a window-frame and a window-screen held in the same, of wires secured on the casing of the frame and having bends near their upper ends, and of hook-eyes held on the sides of the screen-frame and surrounding the wires. The invention also consists in a plate pivoted to the under side of the bottom rail of the screen-frame for covering a recess formed in the under edge and inner side of the said rail or piece" (lines 13-23).
Date:
April 21, 1885
Creator:
Barlow, Henry C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History