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Corn Planter. (open access)

Corn Planter.

Patent for a new and improved planter. This design consists in "[t]he combination of the frame and the hopper having the closed bottom and the openings in one side, with the driving-wheel, having the tappet-pins, the seed-slides having the openings or cups, the fulcrumed levers actuated by the tappet-pins, and connected to the lower ends of the seed-slides, and the cord or strap passing over the sheave, and secured to the free ends of the levers, whereby the seed-slides are reciprocated alternately in opposite directions" (lines 74-84).
Date: September 1, 1885
Creator: Easley, Levi
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lifting Device. (open access)

Lifting Device.

Patent for "lifting devices, and particularly to the mechanism adapted for use as a stump-puller and for elevating heavy weights, the object in view being to provide a simple and efficient construction and arrangement of parts whereby sufficient power for elevating heavy weights may be communicated to a rotary shaft or drum, and whereby the means communicating motion to the drum may be moved out of operative position and a brake simultaneously applied in order to relieve the operating-lever from strain when the mechanism is at rest." (Lines 8-20) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: September 15, 1896
Creator: Jensen, Ole T.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Velocipede (open access)

Velocipede

Patent for a vehicle that is powered by foot and guided by hand by the occupants and is for the purpose of transporting one or more persons or articles over streets or smooth roads.
Date: September 16, 1884
Creator: Ellis, Robert Fuller & Norman, Cornelius Asbury
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Device for Removing Broken Screws, &c. (open access)

Device for Removing Broken Screws, &c.

Patent for a new and improved device for removing broken screws. This design "is to provide a . . . bit specially designed for extracting screws, taps, screw-bolts, &c., from iron, marble, or other hard substances in case one of the said articles is broken off in the material into which it is screwed. The invention consists of a bit provided with an internal spiral cutting-thread and external cutters" (lines 7-15).
Date: September 10, 1889
Creator: Cahn, Maurice
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Daily Herald. (Weatherford, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 218, Ed. 1 Monday, September 24, 1906 (open access)

The Daily Herald. (Weatherford, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 218, Ed. 1 Monday, September 24, 1906

Daily newspaper from Weatherford, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: September 24, 1906
Creator: Railey, J. E. H.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Weatherford Democrat. (Weatherford, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 26, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 12, 1895 (open access)

Weatherford Democrat. (Weatherford, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 26, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 12, 1895

Weekly newspaper from Weatherford, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: September 12, 1895
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Weatherford Enquirer. (Weatherford, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 38, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 1, 1892 (open access)

The Weatherford Enquirer. (Weatherford, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 38, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 1, 1892

Weekly newspaper from Weatherford, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: September 1, 1892
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Weatherford Enquirer. (Weatherford, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 39, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 8, 1892 (open access)

The Weatherford Enquirer. (Weatherford, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 39, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 8, 1892

Weekly newspaper from Weatherford, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: September 8, 1892
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Weatherford Enquirer. (Weatherford, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 40, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 15, 1892 (open access)

The Weatherford Enquirer. (Weatherford, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 40, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 15, 1892

Weekly newspaper from Weatherford, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: September 15, 1892
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Weatherford Enquirer. (Weatherford, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 41, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 22, 1892 (open access)

The Weatherford Enquirer. (Weatherford, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 41, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 22, 1892

Weekly newspaper from Weatherford, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: September 22, 1892
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Weatherford Enquirer. (Weatherford, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 42, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 29, 1892 (open access)

The Weatherford Enquirer. (Weatherford, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 42, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 29, 1892

Weekly newspaper from Weatherford, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: September 29, 1892
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The White Man. (Weatherford, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 18, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 13, 1860 (open access)

The White Man. (Weatherford, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 18, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 13, 1860

Newspaper from Weatherford, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: September 13, 1860
Creator: Hamner & Baylor
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Primary Care Case Management Primary Care Provider and Hospital List: Metroplex, September 2011 (open access)

Primary Care Case Management Primary Care Provider and Hospital List: Metroplex, September 2011

List of Primary Care Case Management program approved primary care providers, hospitals, specialists, and family planning providers, located in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex area.
Date: September 2011
Creator: Primary Care Case Management
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Script: Four Escape Injury in Airplane Mishap] (open access)

[News Script: Four Escape Injury in Airplane Mishap]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a family from Grand Prairie who crashed in a private plane near Weatherford on their way to visit relatives.
Date: September 10, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
Archive Search Report Findings: Camp Wolters (open access)

Archive Search Report Findings: Camp Wolters

Report describing munitions found during cleanup operations at Camp Wolters. This report also includes descriptions and maps of the area.
Date: September 2002
Creator: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Seed-Planter and Fertilizer-Distributer (open access)

Combined Seed-Planter and Fertilizer-Distributer

Allows for planting and fertilizing fields at same time whether it is "for strewing or for check-row planting with or without wire" (lines12-13).
Date: September 1, 1903
Creator: McDaniel, James H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Coffee-Mill. (open access)

Coffee-Mill.

Patent for a coffee mill that utilizes an electric motor for power (grinding).
Date: September 27, 1910
Creator: Sligar, James W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Seed-Planter and Fertilizer-Distributer. (open access)

Combined Seed-Planter and Fertilizer-Distributer.

Patent for combined seed planter and fertilizer distributer that "can be readily adapted for strewing or for check-row planting with or without a checkwire" (lines 14-16).
Date: September 1, 1903
Creator: McDaniel, James Henry
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Baling Press (open access)

Baling Press

Patent for a baling press to be used for hay, straw, wool, and other fibrous materials.
Date: September 15, 1903
Creator: Tate, William Elbert
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Hydrant and Stop and Waste Cock. (open access)

Combined Hydrant and Stop and Waste Cock.

Patent for a hydrant water cock, which stops water from flowing into the hydrant when it is turned and drains the hydrant.
Date: September 17, 1907
Creator: Bunch, Walter R.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wire Working Tool (open access)

Wire Working Tool

Patent for a wire working tool. Includes illustrations.
Date: September 13, 1904
Creator: Tate, Newton J. & Coulter, Thomas Harris
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Power-Hammer. (open access)

Power-Hammer.

Patent for a hammer operated by a treadle with improved springs for enhanced power.
Date: September 3, 1907
Creator: Kinson, James D.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Weekly Herald. (Weatherford, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 18, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 6, 1900 (open access)

The Weekly Herald. (Weatherford, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 18, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 6, 1900

Weekly newspaper from Weatherford, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: September 6, 1900
Creator: Smith, Emmett
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Weekly Herald. (Weatherford, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 18, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 3, 1903 (open access)

The Weekly Herald. (Weatherford, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 18, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 3, 1903

Weekly newspaper from Weatherford, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: September 3, 1903
Creator: Railey, J. E. H.; Switzer, John J. & Cannon, B. B., Jr.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History