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Valve Mechanism for Steam Engines (open access)

Valve Mechanism for Steam Engines

Patent for valve gear mechanism for steam engines.
Date: February 6, 1912
Creator: Broadway, Fred V.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Itasca Item. (Itasca, Tex.), Vol. 27, No. 37, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 6, 1914 (open access)

The Itasca Item. (Itasca, Tex.), Vol. 27, No. 37, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 6, 1914

Weekly newspaper from Itasca, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: August 6, 1914
Creator: Green, Joe T. & Green, Mrs. Joe T.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Itasca Mail. (Itasca, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 31, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 6, 1889 (open access)

The Itasca Mail. (Itasca, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 31, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 6, 1889

Weekly newspaper from Itasca, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with some advertising.
Date: June 6, 1889
Creator: Pardue, P. H.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Journal Lubricator (open access)

Journal Lubricator

Patent for a journal lubricator. This lubricator is specially designed for rail car axles journals. Illustration included.
Date: November 6, 1906
Creator: Peeple, John W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Script: Car and Selman] (open access)

[News Script: Car and Selman]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date: January 6, 1971, 6:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Hill Co D. A.] (open access)

[News Script: Hill Co D. A.]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about Hill County D.A. Frank B. McGregor, facing a possible disbarment.
Date: June 6, 1973, 6:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Selmon's heart condition] (open access)

[News Script: Selmon's heart condition]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date: January 6, 1971, 12:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Whitney ceremony] (open access)

[News Script: Whitney ceremony]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about completion ceremonies for Highway 22 across the top of Whitney Dam on the Brazos River.
Date: March 6, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
Rein-Holder. (open access)

Rein-Holder.

Patent for improvement in rein-holders that are being used in carriages and wagons by using two horizontal jaws, one with a downwardly-projecting rear end and the other with a downwardly-projecting front end; the first jaw is secured to the side of the wagon and the second jaw is pivoted to the first jaw. This device will "hold the reins when the driver is absent and capable of being tripped by pressure of the driver’s foot" (lines 11-13). Illustration is included.
Date: October 6, 1891
Creator: Watson, Thomas H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Legal Document for J. M. Watts, July 6,1880] (open access)

[Legal Document for J. M. Watts, July 6,1880]

Document allowing R.A. Williamson to act on behalf of J.M. Watts at the Democratic Senatorial Convention to be held on July 8, 1880 in Whitney, Texas.
Date: July 6, 1880
Creator: Watts, J. M.
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The UNT Digital Library
Metallic Buttonhole-Eyelet. (open access)

Metallic Buttonhole-Eyelet.

Patent for a metallic buttonhole-eyelet that produces a finished appearance that can easily be attached to the fabric. The eyelet can be made bigger or smaller depending on the size of the button.
Date: August 6, 1895
Creator: Wheat, John B.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Hubbard City News. (Hubbard City, Tex.), Vol. 23, No. 14, Ed. 1 Friday, January 6, 1905 (open access)

The Hubbard City News. (Hubbard City, Tex.), Vol. 23, No. 14, Ed. 1 Friday, January 6, 1905

Weekly newspaper from Hubbard City, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 6, 1905
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History