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Improvement in Cotton-Hoes.
Patent for improvements in cotton hoes: "such as are employed in thinning cotton and other plants" ( lines 16-17).
Date:
September 26, 1897
Creator:
Sims, Zachariah B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Rein-Holders.
Patent for "improvement in a class of rein-holding devices consisting each of a pivoted, vertically-swinging cam or locking-jaw and a frame...for attachment to the dashboard of a carriage or other vehicle." (lines 7-12) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
September 1, 1874
Creator:
Royse, John
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Washing-Machines.
Patent for improving the washing machine by being operated by a spring-motor.
Date:
September 11, 1877
Creator:
Cummings, James K.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton-Pickers.
Patent for an improved cotton-picking machine, including illustrations.
Date:
September 3, 1872
Creator:
Sims, Zachariah B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Churn.
Patent for a new and improved churn. This design consists "[i]n a working-body churn, the combination, with the churn-body having centrally-disposed turret, and the breaking-frames having their lower ends resting in suitable seats, in the bottom of the churn-body and their upper ends extended into the turret thereof, of the block having sockets and placed on the breaking-frames with its lower side projected above the turret, and the cap or lid, placed on the turret and bearing against the block and securing the same and the breaking-frames in position" (lines 23-34).
Date:
September 11, 1883
Creator:
German, Eliza
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling.
Patent for a pin-and-link car-coupling that allows "cars to be readily coupled and uncoupled without going between them, and by which a link may be readily guided into the mouth of a draw-head without necessitating a person going between the cars" (lines 11-16). It also has a durable link lifting or guiding device.
Date:
September 1, 1896
Creator:
Orr, Thomas J.
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
Motor.
Patent for a new and improved motor. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the spring-actuated mechanism, of the ratchet-wheel, the spring-detent, and the lever to operate a rod" (lines 55-58).
Date:
September 14, 1886
Creator:
Houston, George W. & Mulkey, Elijah F.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rein Holder.
Patent for a new and improved rein-holder. This design consists in an "improved rein-holder formed of the bifurcated standard having clamp-screws, the stationary cylinder, and the movable cylinder, pivoted eccentrically and at a point above the stationary cylinder" (lines 67-71).
Date:
September 14, 1886
Creator:
Gooch, Harold
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Quilting Attachment for Sewing Machines.
Patent for a new and improved quilting attachment for sewing machines. This design "has for its object to connect the quilting-frame and the sewing-machine so that the action of the machine will automatically propel the quilting frame; and it consists in the construction, combination, and arrangement of the several parts" (lines 17-22).
Date:
September 26, 1882
Creator:
German, Francis M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Planter.
Patent for a new and improved planter. This design "is to provide a seed-planter with means whereby the strain on the rotating cylinder or the scraper is equalized and reduced to a minimum, and to provide improved means for effectually covering the seed after they have been deposited" (lines 20-25).
Date:
September 28, 1886
Creator:
Savage, Thomas J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow.
Patent for improvements in plows by using “a double-mold-board plow comprising a plow-point provided with a shank, whose reverse inclines are slightly convex from the upper end of the shank to the plow-point, in combination with two mold-boards that are concavo-convex in cross-section as well as in longitudinal or vertical section” (p. 2, lines 44-50). The described construction of plow would enable the plow to thoroughly broken up the soil. Illustration is included.
Date:
September 15, 1891
Creator:
Rutherford, John W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Revolving Cabinet.
Patent for a revolving cabinet that "shall constitute a counter or a part of the same, or that may be used as a kitchen-table, and at the same time serve as a convenient receptacle for the safe storage of general articles of merchandise and household supplies, which shall be maintained in a clean and fresh condition and be easy to access" (lines 12-19). There is an opening on the counter to access the trapezoidal trays that can rotate underneath.
Date:
September 26, 1896
Creator:
Smith, John D.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper
Patent for "a cotton-cultivator which will chop out the superfluous plants and at the same time work up the soil between the rows of plants, the implement being made to straddle the row and produce a fine tilth on both sides thereof" (lines 15-20).
Date:
September 2, 1890
Creator:
Smith, Thomas H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Honey-Grove Enterprise (Honey Grove, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 12, Ed. 1 Saturday, September 3, 1870
Weekly newspaper from Honey Grove, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
September 3, 1870
Creator:
Burnett, Tom R.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Honey-Grove Enterprise (Honey Grove, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 15, Ed. 1 Saturday, September 24, 1870
Weekly newspaper from Honey Grove, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
September 24, 1870
Creator:
Burnett, Tom R.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from C. B. Moore to Mary Moore, September 16, 1898]
He received their letter just in time. He mentions that they have been well and he feels bad for imposing on them. He is very grateful because he feels better. He wrote Will and Linnet wrote Birdie. He mentions how much it is for them to stay there. He will send a paper to Doug. He went to the train depot looking for Texans. Linnet wants to go sight seeing, she went to Colorado Springs. He mentions that his family has been gone the whole time he is visiting. He met a couple of people from Texas at the depot and a man from Tennessee. He feels bad for their hardship. He comments on how Linnet is doing on the trip. He mentions how different the women are, they ride broncos and smoke.
Date:
September 16, 1898
Creator:
Moore, C. B.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Honey Grove Signal. (Honey Grove, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 27, Ed. 1 Friday, September 18, 1896
Weekly newspaper from Honey Grove, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
September 18, 1896
Creator:
Lowry, J. H.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Honey Grove Signal. (Honey Grove, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 25, Ed. 1 Friday, September 4, 1896
Weekly newspaper from Honey Grove, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
September 4, 1896
Creator:
Lowry, J. H.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Honey Grove Signal. (Honey Grove, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 30, Ed. 1 Friday, September 2, 1910
Weekly newspaper from Honey Grove, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
September 2, 1910
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Honey Grove Signal. (Honey Grove, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 31, Ed. 1 Friday, September 9, 1910
Weekly newspaper from Honey Grove, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
September 9, 1910
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Honey Grove Signal. (Honey Grove, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 32, Ed. 1 Friday, September 16, 1910
Weekly newspaper from Honey Grove, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
September 16, 1910
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Honey Grove Signal. (Honey Grove, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 34, Ed. 1 Friday, September 30, 1910
Weekly newspaper from Honey Grove, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
September 30, 1910
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Honey Grove Signal. (Honey Grove, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 33, Ed. 1 Friday, September 23, 1910
Weekly newspaper from Honey Grove, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
September 23, 1910
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History