Dallas County Probate Case 2279: Lynch, Hugh D. et al (Minors) (open access)

Dallas County Probate Case 2279: Lynch, Hugh D. et al (Minors)

Dallas County probate record regarding the case of Lynch, Hugh D. et al (Minors) and Ada A. Lynch (Executor or Guardian)
Date: 1897-02-09/1901-12-10
Creator: Dallas County (Tex.)
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gas-Generating Machine. (open access)

Gas-Generating Machine.

Patent for "...an improved method of and means for generating hydrocarbon vapors for heating and lighting purposes; and it consists in the novel manner in which the process is carried out and in the novel construction and combination of parts comprising the generating apparatus..." (lines 18-24) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: March 9, 1897
Creator: Mitchell, Francis L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Southern Mercury. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 36, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 9, 1897 (open access)

The Southern Mercury. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 36, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 9, 1897

Weekly newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: September 9, 1897
Creator: Park, Milton
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Weed - Exterminator (open access)

Weed - Exterminator

Patent for a new and useful improvement in Johnson-Grass, other grass and weed extermination.
Date: November 9, 1897
Creator: McBride, Samuel H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Whip-Holder. (open access)

Whip-Holder.

Patent for a whip holder that locks the end of the whip into the holder, and lap-robes and other similar articles can also be held in the invention so they cannot be stolen.
Date: February 9, 1897
Creator: Reeves, Fountain O.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History