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[Letter from John K. Strecker, Jr. to Josephine Bahl, August 22, 1896] (open access)

[Letter from John K. Strecker, Jr. to Josephine Bahl, August 22, 1896]

Letter written to Josephine Bahl from John K. Strecker, Jr. This letter discusses his recent bout of sickness and the fact that his doctor says he should not read or write. John also relays information on her relatives in Waco who were recovering from scarlatina: "Leda, boy, and Blon are all nearly well...they merely had a light form of scarlatina."
Date: August 22, 1896
Creator: Strecker, John K., Jr.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Anna Loebritz Portrait]

Portrait of Mrs. Anna Loebritz wearing a light-colored dress posing in front of a light background.
Date: November 22, 1895
Creator: Deane
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Press. (open access)

Cotton-Press.

Patent for a cotton-press that makes "tightly wound bales from the cotton bats formed upon the condenser, and fed into the press" (lines 13-15).
Date: January 22, 1895
Creator: Banister, Charles
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Press. (open access)

Cotton-Press.

Patent for a cotton-press that does not allow the cotton to rebound after the plunger compresses it because of teeth in the box. When the operator wishes to remove the cotton, the teeth automatically disengage in order for the cotton to be removed easily.
Date: January 22, 1895
Creator: Banister, Charles & Hollingsworth, Joseph
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Waco Evening News. (Waco, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 292, Ed. 1, Friday, June 22, 1894 (open access)

The Waco Evening News. (Waco, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 292, Ed. 1, Friday, June 22, 1894

Daily newspaper from Waco, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: June 22, 1894
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Waco Evening News. (Waco, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 265, Ed. 1, Tuesday, May 22, 1894 (open access)

The Waco Evening News. (Waco, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 265, Ed. 1, Tuesday, May 22, 1894

Daily newspaper from Waco, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: May 22, 1894
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Waco Evening News. (Waco, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 213, Ed. 1, Thursday, March 22, 1894 (open access)

The Waco Evening News. (Waco, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 213, Ed. 1, Thursday, March 22, 1894

Daily newspaper from Waco, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: March 22, 1894
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Waco Evening News. (Waco, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 162, Ed. 1, Monday, January 22, 1894 (open access)

The Waco Evening News. (Waco, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 162, Ed. 1, Monday, January 22, 1894

Daily newspaper from Waco, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: January 22, 1894
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Waco Evening News. (Waco, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 136, Ed. 1, Friday, December 22, 1893 (open access)

The Waco Evening News. (Waco, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 136, Ed. 1, Friday, December 22, 1893

Daily newspaper from Waco, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: December 22, 1893
Creator: Christopher, R.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Waco Evening News. (Waco, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 109, Ed. 1, Wednesday, November 22, 1893 (open access)

The Waco Evening News. (Waco, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 109, Ed. 1, Wednesday, November 22, 1893

Daily newspaper from Waco, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: November 22, 1893
Creator: Christopher, R.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Waco Evening News. (Waco, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 58, Ed. 1, Friday, September 22, 1893 (open access)

The Waco Evening News. (Waco, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 58, Ed. 1, Friday, September 22, 1893

Daily newspaper from Waco, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: September 22, 1893
Creator: Christopher, R.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Mop and Window-Cleaner. (open access)

Combined Mop and Window-Cleaner.

Patent for an improved mop and rubber holder meant to clean windows, walls, and similar surfaces. It is adjustable, and the operator can put the mop or the rubber on the end of the handle.
Date: August 22, 1893
Creator: Wiebush, Charles
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Waco Evening News. (Waco, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 31, Ed. 1, Tuesday, August 22, 1893 (open access)

The Waco Evening News. (Waco, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 31, Ed. 1, Tuesday, August 22, 1893

Daily newspaper from Waco, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: August 22, 1893
Creator: Christopher, R.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Waco Evening News. (Waco, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 6, Ed. 1, Saturday, July 22, 1893 (open access)

The Waco Evening News. (Waco, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 6, Ed. 1, Saturday, July 22, 1893

Daily newspaper from Waco, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: July 22, 1893
Creator: Christopher, R.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Waco Evening News. (Waco, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 291, Ed. 1, Thursday, June 22, 1893 (open access)

The Waco Evening News. (Waco, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 291, Ed. 1, Thursday, June 22, 1893

Daily newspaper from Waco, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: June 22, 1893
Creator: Christopher, R.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Waco Evening News. (Waco, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 264, Ed. 1, Monday, May 22, 1893 (open access)

The Waco Evening News. (Waco, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 264, Ed. 1, Monday, May 22, 1893

Daily newspaper from Waco, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: May 22, 1893
Creator: Christopher, R.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Waco Evening News. (Waco, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 239, Ed. 1, Saturday, April 22, 1893 (open access)

The Waco Evening News. (Waco, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 239, Ed. 1, Saturday, April 22, 1893

Daily newspaper from Waco, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: April 22, 1893
Creator: Christopher, R.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Waco Evening News. (Waco, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 213, Ed. 1, Wednesday, March 22, 1893 (open access)

The Waco Evening News. (Waco, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 213, Ed. 1, Wednesday, March 22, 1893

Daily newspaper from Waco, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: March 22, 1893
Creator: Christopher, R.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Waco Evening News. (Waco, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 189, Ed. 1, Wednesday, February 22, 1893 (open access)

The Waco Evening News. (Waco, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 189, Ed. 1, Wednesday, February 22, 1893

Daily newspaper from Waco, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: February 22, 1893
Creator: Christopher, R.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Railway-Joint (open access)

Railway-Joint

Patent for improvements onto railway joints to "omit the declining surfaces of the fish-plate and to employ in conjunction with my other devices or wedges an ordinary fish-plate, whereby the invention may be applied to the joints of rails now in use any change whatever either to the fish-plates or the bolts" (lines 22-28).
Date: November 22, 1892
Creator: Greenwell, Robert E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Waco Evening News. (Waco, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 243, Ed. 1, Friday, April 22, 1892 (open access)

The Waco Evening News. (Waco, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 243, Ed. 1, Friday, April 22, 1892

Daily newspaper from Waco, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: April 22, 1892
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Waco Evening News. (Waco, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 216, Ed. 1, Tuesday, March 22, 1892 (open access)

The Waco Evening News. (Waco, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 216, Ed. 1, Tuesday, March 22, 1892

Daily newspaper from Waco, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: March 22, 1892
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Waco Evening News. (Waco, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 191, Ed. 1, Monday, February 22, 1892 (open access)

The Waco Evening News. (Waco, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 191, Ed. 1, Monday, February 22, 1892

Daily newspaper from Waco, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: February 22, 1892
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Waco Evening News. (Waco, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 166, Ed. 1, Friday, January 22, 1892 (open access)

The Waco Evening News. (Waco, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 166, Ed. 1, Friday, January 22, 1892

Daily newspaper from Waco, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: January 22, 1892
Creator: Christopher, R.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History