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Dallas County Probate Case 176: Everett, Sam'l. B. (Minor) (open access)

Dallas County Probate Case 176: Everett, Sam'l. B. (Minor)

Dallas County probate record regarding the case of Everett, Sam'l. B. (Minor) and W.C. Hart (Executor or Guardian)
Date: 1873-05-20/1877-09-29
Creator: Dallas County (Tex.)
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton-Worm Destroyers. (open access)

Improvement in Cotton-Worm Destroyers.

Patent for "a new machine for removing the destructive cotton-worms from the cotton-plants without injury to the plants, and for destroying the worms," which "consists in the arrangement of a movable frame, which is by animals drawn over the fields to straddle the rows of cotton, and which is provided with brushes for sweeping the worms from the plants, and with jointed bottom pieces or slides, which crush them on the ground." (Lines 15-25) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: May 20, 1873
Creator: Helm, Jackson
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Windmills (open access)

Improvement in Windmills

Patent for the improvement of wind mills, that includes a detailed description as well as labeled figure drawings.
Date: May 20, 1873
Creator: Jackson, Thomas R.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Jack-Screws and Clamps Combined. (open access)

Improvement in Jack-Screws and Clamps Combined.

Patent for an invention "to combine a jack-screw or lifting-jack with a clamp, so that they may be interchangeably used." (Lines 19-21) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: May 20, 1873
Creator: Jackson, Thomas R.; Jackson, Asberry C. & Watson, Claudius S.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Medical Compounds or Bitters for Treating Chills and Fever. (open access)

Improvement in Medical Compounds or Bitters for Treating Chills and Fever.

Patent for a new medical compound to treat chills and fevers which lists the ingredients and dosages.
Date: May 20, 1873
Creator: Owens, Thomas B.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dallas Daily Herald (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 85, Ed. 1 Tuesday, May 20, 1873 (open access)

Dallas Daily Herald (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 85, Ed. 1 Tuesday, May 20, 1873

Daily newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: May 20, 1873
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Denison Daily News. (Denison, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 63, Ed. 1 Tuesday, May 20, 1873 (open access)

Denison Daily News. (Denison, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 63, Ed. 1 Tuesday, May 20, 1873

Daily newspaper from Denison, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: May 20, 1873
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History