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Attachment for Lead-Pencils. (open access)

Attachment for Lead-Pencils.

Patent for a calendar that attaches permanently to a lead pencil and wraps securely when not being viewed.
Date: January 1, 1901
Creator: Masters, George
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Brenham Daily Banner. (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 1, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 1, 1901 (open access)

Brenham Daily Banner. (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 1, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 1, 1901

Daily newspaper from Brenham, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: January 1, 1901
Creator: Rankin, John G.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History

Bridgeport, 1901

Insurance map sheet showing an area of Bridgeport in Caddo County, Oklahoma Territory, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: January 1901
Creator: Oklahoma Inspection Bureau
Object Type: Map
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Bryan Morning Eagle. (Bryan, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 23, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 1, 1901 (open access)

Bryan Morning Eagle. (Bryan, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 23, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 1, 1901

Daily newspaper from Bryan, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 1, 1901
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bung and Air Connection for Beer-Kegs, &c. (open access)

Bung and Air Connection for Beer-Kegs, &c.

Patent for improvements in bungs and air connections for beer-kegs by using a metallic bung which has an opening (a bung-hole), “and provided atone side with a passage, the passage being interiorly threaded at its outer end, an air-tube provided with a valve and having a swiveled member exteriorly threaded and engaging the threaded portion of the passage, and the cork or stopper arranged within the inner portion of the bung-hole and closing the inner end of the passage.” (Lines 116-123, p. 3) Illustration is included.
Date: January 1, 1901
Creator: Morawetz, John
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Chickasha Daily Express (Chickasha, Indian Terr.), Vol. 2, No. 2, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 1, 1901 (open access)

The Chickasha Daily Express (Chickasha, Indian Terr.), Vol. 2, No. 2, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 1, 1901

Daily newspaper from Chickasha, Indian Territory. Coverage includes local, territorial, and United States national news, along with advertising.
Date: January 1, 1901
Creator: Dawson, A. M.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[Collin County Tax Receipt #6034] (open access)

[Collin County Tax Receipt #6034]

Receipt for state, county, and school taxes paid in 1901 as assessed for property in Collin County.
Date: January 1901
Creator: Powell, Yancy
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Collin County Tax Receipt #6055] (open access)

[Collin County Tax Receipt #6055]

Receipt for state, county, and school taxes paid in 1901 as assessed for property in Collin County.
Date: January 1901
Creator: Powell, Yancy
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combination-Tool (open access)

Combination-Tool

Patent for improvements in combination-tools especially adapted for repairing rubber tires.
Date: January 1, 1901
Creator: Green, Samuel Milton
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Bag-Holder and Sifter. (open access)

Combined Bag-Holder and Sifter.

Patent for improvements in a combined bag-holder and sifter by using a supporting bracket secured to a wall, a bag-holder, a sifter located below the bag-holder, a detachable suspending connection between the sifter and the bag-engaging devices rising from the sifter. With this arrangement, the bag will be elevated into the proper position and to hold the bag against lateral movement while the sifter is being operated. The bag is to remain in proper position until the contents has been sifted entirely. Illustration is included.
Date: January 1, 1901
Creator: Shanley, Michael H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper. (open access)

Cotton-Chopper.

Patent for improvements a cotton chopper that "consists of a two-wheeled carriage having a hoe situated to thin the cotton and is operated by bevel gear-wheels, a ratchet-wheel, and a spring" (lines 12-15).
Date: January 1, 1901
Creator: Levings, Enoc
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Compress. (open access)

Cotton-Compress.

Patent for improvement in cotton-compresses by employing two compressing rolls, so that while one compress is finishing a bale the other would continuously carry out the feeding operation; making it unnecessary to stop the condenser or any part of the ginning apparatus. Illustration is included.
Date: January 1, 1901
Creator: Rembert, Henry
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

Coyle, 1901

Insurance map sheet showing an area of Coyle in Logan County, Oklahoma Territory, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: January 1901
Creator: Clarkson's Fire Map
Object Type: Map
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Cuero Daily Record. (Cuero, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 409, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 1, 1901 (open access)

The Cuero Daily Record. (Cuero, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 409, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 1, 1901

Daily newspaper from Cuero, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 1, 1901
Creator: Wood, H. G.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Daily Chieftain. (Vinita, Indian Terr.), Vol. 3, No. 75, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 1, 1901 (open access)

The Daily Chieftain. (Vinita, Indian Terr.), Vol. 3, No. 75, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 1, 1901

Daily newspaper from Vinita, Indian Territory. Coverage includes local, territorial, and United States news along with advertising.
Date: January 1, 1901
Creator: Marrs, D. M.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Daily Times-Journal. (Oklahoma City, Okla. Terr.), Vol. 12, No. 200, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 1, 1901 (open access)

The Daily Times-Journal. (Oklahoma City, Okla. Terr.), Vol. 12, No. 200, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 1, 1901

Daily newspaper from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Territory that includes local, territorial, and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 1, 1901
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Dallas County Probate Case 2507: Smith, L.C. (Deceased) (open access)

Dallas County Probate Case 2507: Smith, L.C. (Deceased)

Dallas County probate record regarding the case of Smith, L.C. (died May 1, 1901) and G.H. Shawver (Executor or Guardian). Owned the Postoffice Cafe in Dallas; died in Palo Pinto County.
Date: 1901-01-01/1903-02-27
Creator: Dallas County (Tex.)
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Difficulties of a Mexican revenue officer in Texas (open access)

Difficulties of a Mexican revenue officer in Texas

This book discusses the action by the Mexican government to send a revenue officer and small contingent of soldiers into Texas during 1835 to collect taxes from the citizens and the resistance they faced. Includes some letters and notes from the author about later excerpts from newspapers.
Date: January 1901
Creator: Barker, Eugene C.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Difficulties of a Revenue Officer in Texas (open access)

Difficulties of a Revenue Officer in Texas

Front cover of a book discussing action by the Mexican government to send a revenue officer and small contingent of soldiers into Texas.
Date: January 1901
Creator: Barker, Eugene C.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Extension agreement, January 1, 1901] (open access)

[Extension agreement, January 1, 1901]

Extension agreement for Mrs. Loriette C.Redway which secured the payment of a $250.00 bond and extended the time in which the loan amount was to be paid. The agreement states that the principal sum plus interest, 7% per year payable semi-annually, will be due three years from January 1, 1901. Six payment coupons were handwritten at the bottom of the agreement and were to be clipped then taken with payment to the Union Trust Co., where payments would be paid and noted on record. Only two of the coupons remain attached to the extension agreement.
Date: January 1, 1901
Creator: Union Trust Co.
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The UNT Digital Library
Galveston Tribune. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 34, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 1, 1901 (open access)

Galveston Tribune. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 34, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 1, 1901

Daily newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 1, 1901
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Horse-Detacher. (open access)

Horse-Detacher.

Patent for an improved horse-detacher, including illustrations.
Date: January 1, 1901
Creator: Vincent, William O.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Indian Advocate. (Sacred Heart Mission, Okla. Terr.), Vol. 13, No. 1, Ed. 1, Tuesday, January 1, 1901 (open access)

The Indian Advocate. (Sacred Heart Mission, Okla. Terr.), Vol. 13, No. 1, Ed. 1, Tuesday, January 1, 1901

Monthly review published by the Benedictine Fathers of the Sacred Heart Mission, Oklahoma Territory "in order to promote the cause of the Indian, the interest of the Church ..., and the general advancement of the future State of Oklahoma." (Vol. XIII, No. 1) Included are current and historical information about Native American tribes, history of the mission, statistics, local and church news, poems, and religious instruction.
Date: January 1, 1901
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Latch for Gates. (open access)

Latch for Gates.

Patent for improvements in latches for gates.
Date: January 1, 1901
Creator: Roots, Preston
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History