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Combined Corn and Cotton Planter. (open access)

Combined Corn and Cotton Planter.

Patent for a new and improved planter. This design "consists . . . in pivoting the plow-beam, provided with a shovel for making a furrow into which the seed is dropped, in between the front ends of the beams of the two covering-shovels, the seed-covering-shovel beams being secured to the handles of the machine, whereby the pivoted beam is controlled entirely by the handles; second, in pivoting the seed-box to the rear end of the beam, provided with shovel for forming a furrow for the seed to drop in, by means of the loose link or connection, so that the beam can be moved independently" (lines 14-27).
Date: November 2, 1880
Creator: Carter, Hiram H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sash Holder. (open access)

Sash Holder.

Patent for a new and improved sash holder. This design "relates to improvements in window-stops, the object of which is to provide a cheap, convenient, and durable device for supporting windows, which may be set in the sash, so as not to mar its looks" (lines 12-16).
Date: February 2, 1886
Creator: Whitlock, James Howard
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Calvert Courier (Calvert, Tex.), Vol. 43, No. 8, Ed. 1 Friday, August 2, 1918 (open access)

The Calvert Courier (Calvert, Tex.), Vol. 43, No. 8, Ed. 1 Friday, August 2, 1918

Weekly newspaper from Calvert, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with some advertising.
Date: August 2, 1918
Creator: Gibson, W. H.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: V-801 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: V-801

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Price Daniel, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Legislative authority to enact S.B. No. 87, relating to issuance of bonds by Robertson County to fund outstanding scrip.
Date: April 2, 1949
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Script: Old Vet Honored with Army Medal] (open access)

[News Script: Old Vet Honored with Army Medal]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Walter W. Williams. At age one-hundred-and-thirteen, Williams is the oldest surviving veteran of the Civil War. He receives a medal authorized by the eighty-fourth Congress.
Date: November 2, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
Word-Counter for Type-Writing Machines. (open access)

Word-Counter for Type-Writing Machines.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in word counters for type writing machines, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: August 2, 1898
Creator: Moseley, Marion S.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Script: Chase] (open access)

[News Script: Chase]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date: May 2, 1969, 6:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Tex News Intro] (open access)

[News Script: Tex News Intro]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date: May 2, 1969, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Patrolman kidnapped] (open access)

[News Script: Patrolman kidnapped]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date: May 2, 1969, 12:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
Grass Destroyer (open access)

Grass Destroyer

Patent for mechanical grass destroying equipment. This machine produces the results of harrowers, diggers and plows to destroy unwanted plants such as Bermuda and Jackson grass by "sifting the earth off their roots and dropping it back on the ground, and collecting the tops and the roots." (lines 15-17).
Date: March 2, 1920
Creator: Coker, Alvin
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Script: Poage] (open access)

[News Script: Poage]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about Waco congressman W. R Bob Poage who asked the U. S justice department for an investigation to clear the air over an allegation that Hearne city officials paid him for helping them obtain federal aid.
Date: March 2, 1974, 6:30 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Poage] (open access)

[News Script: Poage]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about Poage, a thirty- eight year old veteran in Congress who asked for the probe- concerning a 12 thousand dollar check which was issued by the city in 1971.
Date: March 2, 1974, 6:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: July] (open access)

[News Script: July]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about with July 4th which is just a few days away.
Date: July 2, 1974, 6:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library