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Pipe-Cutter. (open access)

Pipe-Cutter.

Patent for a pipe cutter, which can be used on pipes that are at any angle and in narrow spaces.
Date: March 17, 1908
Creator: Thomas, Roy L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard from Raymond Harper to Birdie Walters, March 3, 1908]

Postcard from Raymond Harper to Birdie Walters with a tinted image of the Hotel Heublein in Hartford, Connecticut which appears red in the picture. The note on the reverse side of the card tells about Harper's receiving of two cards from Walters and that the weather is slowly beginning to warm up in Connecticut.
Date: March 3, 1908
Creator: Harper, Raymond L
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard from Dewitt Hunt to Birdie Walters]

Postcard from Dewitt Hunt to Birdie Walters with an illustration on the back of two fairies unraveling a scroll with "Board-Bill" written at the bottom; the quote on the left side reads: "Love is the insane desire on the part of a chump to pay a woman's board-bill for life, so beware."
Date: March 2, 1908
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Hays County Times And Farmers' Journal. (San Marcos, Tex.), Ed. 1 Friday, March 1, 1907 (open access)

The Hays County Times And Farmers' Journal. (San Marcos, Tex.), Ed. 1 Friday, March 1, 1907

Weekly newspaper from San Marcos, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: March 1, 1907
Creator: McNaughton, George A.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
[59th U. S. Congress, 1st Called Session, House Resolution 16577] (open access)

[59th U. S. Congress, 1st Called Session, House Resolution 16577]

Resolution introduced in the U. S. House of Representatives granting an increase of pension to Joseph M. Pound for his service during the Mexican American War at $20 extra a month.
Date: March 12, 1906
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Self-Locking, Nut. (open access)

Self-Locking, Nut.

Patent for a "simple and efficient device" for "securely holding a nut upon a bolt" (lines 76-77).
Date: March 6, 1906
Creator: Galliher, Lawrence M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Ida Moses to her Uncle, Dr. Joseph Pound, March 4, 1906] (open access)

[Letter from Ida Moses to her Uncle, Dr. Joseph Pound, March 4, 1906]

Letter from Ida Moses to her uncle, Dr. Joseph Pound, mostly describing her mother's accident in which she fell at her house and messed up her leg causing her to be confined to her bed for at least six weeks. She goes on to say that she wants him to come and visit the next time he comes up; she also asks about the rest of the family and how they are doing.
Date: March 4, 1906
Creator: Moses, Ida
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Hays County Times And Farmers' Journal. (San Marcos, Tex.), Ed. 1 Friday, March 10, 1905 (open access)

The Hays County Times And Farmers' Journal. (San Marcos, Tex.), Ed. 1 Friday, March 10, 1905

Weekly newspaper from San Marcos, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: March 10, 1905
Creator: McNaughton, George A.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator (open access)

Cultivator

Patent for a durable cultivator. Illustration included.
Date: March 22, 1904
Creator: Porter, Harrison B.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Hays County Times And Farmers' Journal. (San Marcos, Tex.), Ed. 1 Friday, March 4, 1904 (open access)

The Hays County Times And Farmers' Journal. (San Marcos, Tex.), Ed. 1 Friday, March 4, 1904

Weekly newspaper from San Marcos, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: March 4, 1904
Creator: McNaughton, George A.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Democrat. (San Marcos, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 13, Ed. 1 Friday, March 27, 1903 (open access)

Texas Democrat. (San Marcos, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 13, Ed. 1 Friday, March 27, 1903

Weekly newspaper from San Marcos, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: March 27, 1903
Creator: Watson, Daniel
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Hays County Times And Farmers' Journal. (San Marcos, Tex.), Ed. 1 Friday, March 20, 1903 (open access)

The Hays County Times And Farmers' Journal. (San Marcos, Tex.), Ed. 1 Friday, March 20, 1903

Weekly newspaper from San Marcos, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: March 20, 1903
Creator: McNaughton, George A.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Democrat. (San Marcos, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 12, Ed. 1 Friday, March 20, 1903 (open access)

Texas Democrat. (San Marcos, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 12, Ed. 1 Friday, March 20, 1903

Weekly newspaper from San Marcos, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: March 20, 1903
Creator: Watson, Daniel
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hinge-Gainer. (open access)

Hinge-Gainer.

Patent for a hinge-gainer related to "certain improvements in devices of that class employed for cutting a gain or mortise in a door-jam or door for the reception of a hinge. The object of the invention is to provide an improved machine or tool in which all the parts may be readily and accurately adjusted to cut recesses of different width, height, and depth" (Lines 8-16).
Date: March 11, 1902
Creator: Ward, Richard Bryant.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Churn. (open access)

Churn.

Patent for a new and useful churn, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: March 27, 1900
Creator: Parker, Joseph Andrew
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History