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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
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.
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
Apparatus for Steaming and Cleansing Barrels, & c.
Patent for an improved apparatus for steaming and cleaning barrels for the reception of resin, turpentine, oils, molasses, sirups, and other like liquids.
Date:
May 5, 1873
Creator:
Lee, Archibald K.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Bleaching Resins.
Patent for a process to "bleach, clarify, and refine the commonest and lowest grade of resin, and such is now known to the trade as black resin, as to produce therefrom, by a cheap and simple means or process, an article as pure as extra pale, or resin which is the product of the virgin dip, and which for use in all the arts where the finest quality of resin is desirable or required, is equally as valuable." (Lines 14-23) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
May 27, 1873
Creator:
Lee, Archibald K.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Resin Boxes and Coolers.
Patent for improvement in receptacle for oils, molasses, or thick liquid that permit liquid to be surrounded by steam or water and changeable temperature.
Date:
May 13, 1873
Creator:
Lee, Archibald K.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Turpentine-Stills.
Patent for improvement in turpentine distillation and purification with bleaching and refinement.
Date:
May 6, 1873
Creator:
Lee, Archibald K.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Austin County
Map of the Prairies and Lakes region covering Austin and Waller Counties, Texas. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date:
May 1873
Creator:
Lucas, A. L. & Lungkwitz, Herman
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Dallas Herald. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 33, Ed. 1 Saturday, May 3, 1873
Daily newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
May 3, 1873
Creator:
McCaler, D.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Dallas Herald. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 33, Ed. 1 Saturday, May 3, 1873
Weekly newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
May 3, 1873
Creator:
McCaler, D.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Dallas Herald. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 34, Ed. 1 Saturday, May 10, 1873
Daily newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
May 10, 1873
Creator:
McCaler, D.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Dallas Herald. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 34, Ed. 1 Saturday, May 10, 1873
Weekly newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
May 10, 1873
Creator:
McCaler, D.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Dallas Herald. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 35, Ed. 1 Saturday, May 17, 1873
Daily newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
May 17, 1873
Creator:
McCaler, D.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Dallas Herald. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 35, Ed. 1 Saturday, May 17, 1873
Weekly newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
May 17, 1873
Creator:
McCaler, D.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Dallas Herald. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 36, Ed. 1 Saturday, May 24, 1873
Daily newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
May 24, 1873
Creator:
McCaler, D.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Dallas Herald. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 36, Ed. 1 Saturday, May 24, 1873
Weekly newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
May 24, 1873
Creator:
McCaler, D.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Dallas Herald. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 37, Ed. 1 Saturday, May 31, 1873
Daily newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
May 31, 1873
Creator:
McCaler, D.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Dallas Herald. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 37, Ed. 1 Saturday, May 31, 1873
Weekly newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
May 31, 1873
Creator:
McCaler, D.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Journal Boxes.
Patent for axel shaft oil lubrication system that acts as a reservoir and saves the oil lubrication materials to be used repeatedly without waste.
Date:
April 3, 1873
Creator:
Morris, Joseph R.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Teeth for Cotton-Gin Saws.
Patent for new useful improvement of the cotton-gin saws that consists of the dress or shape of the teeth, includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
May 6, 1873
Creator:
Oglesby, Thomas B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from P. W. Osterhout to John Patterson Osterhout
Letter from P. W. Osterhout to John Patterson Osterhout with brief news from Tuukhamuock. He was upset that he had yet to receive a letter from John. He wrote this short letter to let John know his family was well and to let him know that an acquaintance has gone to Texas.
Date:
May 12, 1873
Creator:
Osterhout, John Patterson
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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
The Fort Worth Democrat. (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 23, Ed. 1 Saturday, May 3, 1873
Weekly newspaper from Fort Worth, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
May 3, 1873
Creator:
Paddock, B. B.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Fort Worth Democrat. (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 24, Ed. 1 Saturday, May 10, 1873
Weekly newspaper from Fort Worth, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
May 10, 1873
Creator:
Paddock, B. B.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History