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[Letter from Jim Allbright to Harris Leon Kempner, November 22, 1964] (open access)

[Letter from Jim Allbright to Harris Leon Kempner, November 22, 1964]

Letter from Jim Allbright to Harris Leon Kempner confirming about the reservation for December 8th and 9th. They've assigned them a studio, which could be used as a sitting room by the day, and bedroom by the night.
Date: November 22, 1964
Creator: Allbright, Jim
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Circuit-Control Apparatus (open access)

Automatic Circuit-Control Apparatus

Patent for an automatic circuit control that uses electro-magnetics. The invention is primarily used for making or breaking circuits.
Date: November 29, 1913
Creator: Barron, Melvil
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Compress. (open access)

Cotton-Compress.

Patent for a cotton-compress in which the "cotton is fed to the compress direct from the gin, and is wound into a dense cylindrical bale, and the said invention consists in certain novel means for adding additional pressure to the bale as it is being rolled up, in readily detaching the finished bale from the machine, in providing a reservoir for the surplus cotton, when the gin is running and the machine has stopped" (lines 14-22).
Date: November 27, 1894
Creator: Bessonette, Charles L. & Bessonette, William T.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Baling Machine. (open access)

Cotton-Baling Machine.

Patent for a cotton-baling machine that compresses cotton between two pressure-rolls and rolls it around a core. This invention improves "the mode of applying pressure to the pressure rolls, and [improves] the manner of mounting the core-roll in position within the compress, and for facilitating the removal of said core-roll; and the elevation therefrom of the compress-roll" (lines 15-21).
Date: November 27, 1894
Creator: Bessonette, Charles Lewis
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Press. (open access)

Cotton-Press.

Patent for an improved, inexpensive, and simple cotton press that is "adapted to compress cotton at the initial point of ginning and in a continuous operation with that of ginning, whereby [the inventor] avoid[s] the expense and labor occasioned by the handling of the cotton during its storage and transportation to the neighboring compress and the expense of said compression, and at the same time produce such compression or condensation of the cotton that I am enabled to secure the cheap rates of transportation accorded cotton which has been compressed to the standard degree of density" (lines 11-22).
Date: November 21, 1893
Creator: Bessonette, William T.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Design for a Sprayer Attachment for Washing-Machines. (open access)

Design for a Sprayer Attachment for Washing-Machines.

Design patent for a sprayer attachment for washing machines that includes a conical base-plate with a circular spout projection at its apex.
Date: November 16, 1897
Creator: Bessonette, William T.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Clothes Line (open access)

Clothes Line

Patent for a clothes line. Illustration included.
Date: November 27, 1906
Creator: Boese, Charles W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Casing-Elevator. (open access)

Casing-Elevator.

Patent for a casing elevator used to remove casings of various diameters from wells. The main specialty of this invention is the use of hinged sections containing pivoted jaws to clamp around the casings.
Date: November 8, 1921
Creator: Boyter, Arthur J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mode of and Means for Baling Fibrous Materials. (open access)

Mode of and Means for Baling Fibrous Materials.

Patent for a mode of and means for baling fibrous materials, especially materials that can be made into a lap or web. The invention doesn't have the issues that other balers have and uses a core, supported by the base, to wind the material around. The bale it forms is square so it can be easily shipped and the risk of fire is decreased. Caps for the bale are secured before the bale leaves the compress.
Date: November 5, 1895
Creator: Bruner, Thomas H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Mrs. Campbell to Mrs. Kempner, November 29, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Mrs. Campbell to Mrs. Kempner, November 29, 1944]

Letter from Mrs. Campbell to Mrs. Kempner thanking her for the gifts that were delivered to the hospital.
Date: November 29, 1944
Creator: Campbell, Esther W.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard from Rose Chamberlin to Ora Osterhout Wade, November 13, 1914]

Postcard from Rose Chamberlin to Ora Osterhout Wade discussing recent events. She says that she went to the carnival every night during the fair. The postcard has a picture of a house on the front, and it is addressed to Mrs. C. B. Wade in Temple, Texas. It is postmarked San Antonio, Texas.
Date: November 13, 1914
Creator: Chamberlin, Rose
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Temple Weekly Times. (Temple, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 39, Ed. 1 Saturday, November 5, 1887 (open access)

The Temple Weekly Times. (Temple, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 39, Ed. 1 Saturday, November 5, 1887

Weekly newspaper from Temple, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: November 5, 1887
Creator: Cox, William D.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Temple Weekly Times. (Temple, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 40, Ed. 1 Saturday, November 12, 1887 (open access)

The Temple Weekly Times. (Temple, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 40, Ed. 1 Saturday, November 12, 1887

Weekly newspaper from Temple, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: November 12, 1887
Creator: Cox, William D.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Temple Weekly Times. (Temple, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 41, Ed. 1 Saturday, November 19, 1887 (open access)

The Temple Weekly Times. (Temple, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 41, Ed. 1 Saturday, November 19, 1887

Weekly newspaper from Temple, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: November 19, 1887
Creator: Cox, William D.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Temple Weekly Times. (Temple, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 42, Ed. 1 Saturday, November 26, 1887 (open access)

The Temple Weekly Times. (Temple, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 42, Ed. 1 Saturday, November 26, 1887

Weekly newspaper from Temple, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: November 26, 1887
Creator: Cox, William D.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Temple Times. (Temple, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 47, Ed. 1 Friday, November 4, 1892 (open access)

The Temple Times. (Temple, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 47, Ed. 1 Friday, November 4, 1892

Weekly newspaper from Temple, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: November 4, 1892
Creator: Crow, J. D.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Temple Times. (Temple, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 48, Ed. 1 Friday, November 11, 1892 (open access)

The Temple Times. (Temple, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 48, Ed. 1 Friday, November 11, 1892

Weekly newspaper from Temple, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: November 11, 1892
Creator: Crow, J. D.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Temple Times. (Temple, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 49, Ed. 1 Friday, November 18, 1892 (open access)

The Temple Times. (Temple, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 49, Ed. 1 Friday, November 18, 1892

Weekly newspaper from Temple, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: November 18, 1892
Creator: Crow, J. D.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Temple Times. (Temple, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 50, Ed. 1 Friday, November 25, 1892 (open access)

The Temple Times. (Temple, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 50, Ed. 1 Friday, November 25, 1892

Weekly newspaper from Temple, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: November 25, 1892
Creator: Crow, J. D.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Temple Times. (Temple, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 38, Ed. 1 Friday, November 3, 1893 (open access)

The Temple Times. (Temple, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 38, Ed. 1 Friday, November 3, 1893

Weekly newspaper from Temple, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: November 3, 1893
Creator: Crow, J. D.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Temple Times. (Temple, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 39, Ed. 1 Friday, November 10, 1893 (open access)

The Temple Times. (Temple, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 39, Ed. 1 Friday, November 10, 1893

Weekly newspaper from Temple, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: November 10, 1893
Creator: Crow, J. D.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Temple Times. (Temple, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 40, Ed. 1 Friday, November 17, 1893 (open access)

The Temple Times. (Temple, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 40, Ed. 1 Friday, November 17, 1893

Weekly newspaper from Temple, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: November 17, 1893
Creator: Crow, J. D.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Temple Times. (Temple, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 41, Ed. 1 Friday, November 24, 1893 (open access)

The Temple Times. (Temple, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 41, Ed. 1 Friday, November 24, 1893

Weekly newspaper from Temple, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: November 24, 1893
Creator: Crow, J. D.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Temple Times. (Temple, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 49, Ed. 1 Friday, November 1, 1895 (open access)

The Temple Times. (Temple, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 49, Ed. 1 Friday, November 1, 1895

Weekly newspaper from Temple, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: November 1, 1895
Creator: Crow, J. D.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History