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The Lancaster Herald. (Lancaster, Tex.), Vol. 30, No. 11, Ed. 1 Friday, April 7, 1916 (open access)

The Lancaster Herald. (Lancaster, Tex.), Vol. 30, No. 11, Ed. 1 Friday, April 7, 1916

Weekly newspaper from Lancaster, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: April 7, 1916
Creator: Tufts, Minnie Wetmore
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Lancaster Herald. (Lancaster, Tex.), Vol. 30, No. 13, Ed. 1 Friday, April 21, 1916 (open access)

The Lancaster Herald. (Lancaster, Tex.), Vol. 30, No. 13, Ed. 1 Friday, April 21, 1916

Weekly newspaper from Lancaster, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: April 21, 1916
Creator: Tufts, Minnie Wetmore
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Lancaster Herald. (Lancaster, Tex.), Vol. 30, No. 14, Ed. 1 Friday, April 28, 1916 (open access)

The Lancaster Herald. (Lancaster, Tex.), Vol. 30, No. 14, Ed. 1 Friday, April 28, 1916

Weekly newspaper from Lancaster, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: April 28, 1916
Creator: Tufts, Minnie Wetmore
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Texas Mesquiter. (Mesquite, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 41, Ed. 1 Friday, April 21, 1916 (open access)

The Texas Mesquiter. (Mesquite, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 41, Ed. 1 Friday, April 21, 1916

Weekly newspaper from Mesquite, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: April 21, 1916
Creator: Davis, John E.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Texas Mesquiter. (Mesquite, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 39, Ed. 1 Friday, April 7, 1916 (open access)

The Texas Mesquiter. (Mesquite, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 39, Ed. 1 Friday, April 7, 1916

Weekly newspaper from Mesquite, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: April 7, 1916
Creator: Davis, John E.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Texas Mesquiter. (Mesquite, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 42, Ed. 1 Friday, April 28, 1916 (open access)

The Texas Mesquiter. (Mesquite, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 42, Ed. 1 Friday, April 28, 1916

Weekly newspaper from Mesquite, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: April 28, 1916
Creator: Davis, John E.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Opener and Cleaner. (open access)

Cotton Opener and Cleaner.

Patent for cleaning and renovating cotton and other fibrous materials that are found in the lint that falls from the gin in the regular ginning process.
Date: April 18, 1916
Creator: Garner, James C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Cleaning and Renovating Plant. (open access)

Cotton Cleaning and Renovating Plant.

Patent for getting knowledge on how to collect the cotton and make it usable.
Date: April 18, 1916
Creator: James C. Garner, of Dallas, Texas & Charles S. Reynolds, of Houston, Texas
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Texas Surgical Society Minutes: April 24, 1916] (open access)

[Texas Surgical Society Minutes: April 24, 1916]

Summary of the second semi-annual meeting of the Texas Surgical Society, with details about what was discussed and important people present, including the secretary's report.
Date: April 24, 1916
Creator: Thorning, W. Burton
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Home and State (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 22, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 1, 1916 (open access)

Home and State (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 22, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 1, 1916

Semi-monthly newspaper from Dallas, Texas focused on temperance and prohibition issues along with advertising.
Date: April 1, 1916
Creator: Barton, Arthur J.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wind-Wheel. (open access)

Wind-Wheel.

Patent for "connecting the wheel shaft with the driving shaft and [...] the provision of a wind wheel having wind collecting faces or pockets extending in vertical planes surrounding a vertical driving shaft as an axis" (lines 25-38), including illustrations.
Date: April 25, 1916
Creator: Iley, John W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Flue-Scraper (open access)

Flue-Scraper

Patent for a flue scraper with multiple self-sharpening scraper arms. The tool is "strong, durable, efficient, and simple" (lines 22-23).
Date: April 25, 1916
Creator: French, Elmer C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pipe-Wrench. (open access)

Pipe-Wrench.

Patent for an improved pipe wrench. Improvements include ability to use the wrench in two directions, wrench can be adjusted for different diameters, and gripping jaws allow for repositioning the wrench into the starting position.
Date: April 4, 1916
Creator: Hardeman, Hardin L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Cleaner (open access)

Cotton-Cleaner

Patent for a machine to efficiently remove any "dirt, trash and motes from the cotton fiber" (lines 12-13).
Date: April 18, 1916
Creator: Garner, James C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History