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Apparatus for Handling Seed Cotton. (open access)

Apparatus for Handling Seed Cotton.

Patent for cotton house with bins and conveyors that prevent the cotton from being contaminated.
Date: December 2, 1884
Creator: Munger, Robert S.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Handling Seed-Cotton. (open access)

Apparatus for Handling Seed-Cotton.

Patent for a "mechanism for handling seed-cotton [...] to provide novel means for conveying said cotton directly from the wagon or from the cotton-house to the ginning mechanism, whereby the cotton is cleansed and dried during its passage" (lines 7-13). It also helps to prevent fires and contamination of ginned cotton, and to reduce labor handling seed-cotton.
Date: December 2, 1884
Creator: Munger, Robert S.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Bi-Stone Weekly Review (Mexia, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 22, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 2, 1976 (open access)

The Bi-Stone Weekly Review (Mexia, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 22, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 2, 1976

Weekly newspaper from Mexia, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: December 2, 1976
Creator: Robinson, Dixie
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Bi-Stone Weekly Review (Mexia, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 23, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 9, 1976 (open access)

The Bi-Stone Weekly Review (Mexia, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 23, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 9, 1976

Weekly newspaper from Mexia, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: December 9, 1976
Creator: Robinson, Dixie
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Bi-Stone Weekly Review (Mexia, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 24, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 16, 1976 (open access)

The Bi-Stone Weekly Review (Mexia, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 24, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 16, 1976

Weekly newspaper from Mexia, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: December 16, 1976
Creator: Robinson, Dixie
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Bi-Stone Weekly Review (Mexia, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 25, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 23, 1976 (open access)

The Bi-Stone Weekly Review (Mexia, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 25, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 23, 1976

Weekly newspaper from Mexia, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: December 23, 1976
Creator: Robinson, Dixie
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Bi-Stone Weekly Review (Mexia, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 26, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 30, 1976 (open access)

The Bi-Stone Weekly Review (Mexia, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 26, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 30, 1976

Weekly newspaper from Mexia, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: December 30, 1976
Creator: Robinson, Dixie
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Bi-Stone Weekly Review (Mexia, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 20, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 8, 1977 (open access)

The Bi-Stone Weekly Review (Mexia, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 20, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 8, 1977

Weekly newspaper from Mexia, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: December 8, 1977
Creator: Dutton, Bill
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Bi-Stone Weekly Review (Mexia, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 21, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 15, 1977 (open access)

The Bi-Stone Weekly Review (Mexia, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 21, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 15, 1977

Weekly newspaper from Mexia, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: December 15, 1977
Creator: Dutton, Bill
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Bi-Stone Weekly Review (Mexia, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 22, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 22, 1977 (open access)

The Bi-Stone Weekly Review (Mexia, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 22, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 22, 1977

Weekly newspaper from Mexia, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: December 22, 1977
Creator: Dutton, Bill
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Bi-Stone Weekly Review (Mexia, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 23, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 29, 1977 (open access)

The Bi-Stone Weekly Review (Mexia, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 23, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 29, 1977

Weekly newspaper from Mexia, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: December 29, 1977
Creator: Dutton, Bill
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton or Other Press. (open access)

Cotton or Other Press.

Patent for "that class of cotton-presses in which duplex bale or press boxes arranged to swing upon centers are adapted to be brought in line with a stationary platen and a movable follower" (lines 7-11), including instructions and illustrations.
Date: December 2, 1884
Creator: Munger, Robert S.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Design for a Kitchen-Cabinet. (open access)

Design for a Kitchen-Cabinet.

Patent for a new design of kitchen cabinets with doors that open downward. Includes illustrations.
Date: December 1, 1896
Creator: Webb, Samuel Baxtern
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gage for Plows. (open access)

Gage for Plows.

Patent for a new type of gage for a running plow, that can be adjusted for a specific depth
Date: December 17, 1901
Creator: Wilson, William H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Combination-Padlocks. (open access)

Improvement in Combination-Padlocks.

Patent for "a padlock in which the permutation locking device is not permanently connected to the hasp; and said invention consists of a permutation device the fixed ends whereof are provided with sockets to receive the ends of a separate hasp, and be locked therewith by a notched bolt passing through the permutation device and both ends of the hasp, whereby the usual hinged connection of the parts is avoided, and the padlock made more secure and cheaper than when the parts are permanently united." (Lines 6-17) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: December 23, 1873
Creator: Hall, William N.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Key-Hole Guards. (open access)

Improvement in Key-Hole Guards.

Patent for "a guard for key-holes of locks, to prevent the use of keys by unauthorized persons, the picking of the lock, and as a means for operating the bolt when fitted for that purpose." (Lines 7-11) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: December 23, 1873
Creator: Hall, William N.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Index. (open access)

Index.

Patent for a certain new and useful index, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: December 12, 1899
Creator: Hall, Henry Lyons
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Junior Historian, Volume 8, Number 3, December 1947 (open access)

The Junior Historian, Volume 8, Number 3, December 1947

Journal published by the Texas State Historical Association containing articles written by members of the Junior Historians about various aspects of Texas history.
Date: December 1947
Creator: Texas State Historical Association
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mechanism for Handling Lint Cotton. (open access)

Mechanism for Handling Lint Cotton.

Patent for a new and improved mechanism for handling lint-cotton. This design "has for its object to avoid the accumulation of dust and light particles of fiber in the atmosphere of the gin-house, to greatly reduce the dangers of destructive conflagrations in ginning establishments, to avoid the repeated handling of the cotton between the gins and the press, and to secure a more perfect separation from the cotton of dust and other foreign substances" (lines 8-16).
Date: December 2, 1884
Creator: Munger, Robert S.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mechanism for Sharpening Teeth of Cotton-Gin Saws (open access)

Mechanism for Sharpening Teeth of Cotton-Gin Saws

Patent for a sharpener for cotton gin saws granted to Robert S. Munger. This patent improves upon an earlier patent received by Munger in 1882.
Date: December 30, 1884
Creator: Munger, Robert S.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Mexia Daily News (Mexia, Tex.), Vol. 65, No. 293, Ed. 1 Friday, December 10, 1965 (open access)

The Mexia Daily News (Mexia, Tex.), Vol. 65, No. 293, Ed. 1 Friday, December 10, 1965

Daily newspaper from Mexia, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: December 10, 1965
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mexia Evening News (Mexia, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 258, Ed. 1 Monday, December 1, 1919 (open access)

Mexia Evening News (Mexia, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 258, Ed. 1 Monday, December 1, 1919

Daily newspaper from Mexia, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: December 1, 1919
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mexia Evening News (Mexia, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 259, Ed. 1 Tuesday, December 2, 1919 (open access)

Mexia Evening News (Mexia, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 259, Ed. 1 Tuesday, December 2, 1919

Daily newspaper from Mexia, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: December 2, 1919
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mexia Evening News (Mexia, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 260, Ed. 1 Wednesday, December 3, 1919 (open access)

Mexia Evening News (Mexia, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 260, Ed. 1 Wednesday, December 3, 1919

Daily newspaper from Mexia, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: December 3, 1919
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History