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Sad Iron Heater. (open access)

Sad Iron Heater.

Patent for a new and improved iron heater. This design "consists of an elliptical iron-receiver adapted to fit within a stove-opening, the upper edge of which is provided with a surrounding flange adapted to rest upon the edge of the opening and thus support the receiver depending below said opening, a pair of openings formed in the top of the receiver, each of said openings being provided at opposite edges with iron handle-receiving pairs of notches, a pin extending from the top of the receiver opposite one of the notches" (lines 90-100).
Date: April 5, 1892
Creator: Thomason, Sue
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Plow. (open access)

Plow.

Patent for a plow that has "a mold-board of independently-yielding bars and the upper end thereof mounted upon yielding supports so that better results are attained and the earth broken up as it is thrown up by the point and turned aside and completely over as soon as it comes in contact with the said wires or spring rods" (lines 12-19). The mold board can easily be changed.
Date: December 5, 1893
Creator: Fancher, Alexander R.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Match-Box. (open access)

Match-Box.

Patent for a match-box that prevents "the wholesale removal therefrom of large numbers of matches by users and borrowers and their consequent wasteful expenditure, which, when this happens, as it commonly does in hotels and stores, makes the cost of matches an item of considerable expense to the proprietor" (lines 14-20).
Date: February 5, 1895
Creator: Holm, Martin
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Baling-Press. (open access)

Baling-Press.

Patent for an improvement in baling-presses that uses a plunger operated press for maximum compression and minimum power.
Date: November 5, 1901
Creator: Hayes, Daniel George
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Itasca Item. (Itasca, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 25, Ed. 1 Friday, May 5, 1905 (open access)

The Itasca Item. (Itasca, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 25, Ed. 1 Friday, May 5, 1905

Weekly newspaper from Itasca, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: May 5, 1905
Creator: Smith, Emmett
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Invitation from Blair Stribling to Etta Mae Carroll - October 5, 1915] (open access)

[Invitation from Blair Stribling to Etta Mae Carroll - October 5, 1915]

Invitation extended to Miss Etta Mae Carroll of Abbott, Texas to serve as Duchess of Abbott in the Texas Cotton Palace of Waco, Texas. It is signed by Blair Stribling, the Queen's Chancellor. Included with the invitation is information for visiting duchesses and their attendants at the queen's court and a court calendar.
Date: October 5, 1915
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pin-Fastener. (open access)

Pin-Fastener.

Patent for pin fastener that safely allows for buttons, jewelry and other items to attached to clothes and not pierce the wearer.
Date: October 5, 1915
Creator: Towler, Mary E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Adjustable Window-Shade (open access)

Adjustable Window-Shade

Patent for an adjustable window-shade that is more useful and can be "raised and lowered in its entirety" (lines 10-11) including instructions and illustration.
Date: December 5, 1916
Creator: Hayes, George Daniel
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from H. C. Gaertner to R. Osthoff, October 5, 1927] (open access)

[Letter from H. C. Gaertner to R. Osthoff, October 5, 1927]

Letter from H. C. Gaertner to R. Osthoff regarding a series of decisions made by their supervisory committee.
Date: October 5, 1927
Creator: Gaertner, H. C.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Harris L. Kempner to Burris C. Jackson, March 5, 1964] (open access)

[Letter from Harris L. Kempner to Burris C. Jackson, March 5, 1964]

Letter from Harris L. Kempner to Burris C. Jackson thanking him for the invitation to the luncheon and apologizing for being unable to attend due to prior commitments.
Date: March 5, 1964
Creator: Kempner, Harris Leon
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Script: Itasca] (open access)

[News Script: Itasca]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a broadcast news story.
Date: April 5, 1965
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Traffic deaths] (open access)

[News Script: Traffic deaths]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about Dallas police questioning a motorist in connection to the traffic death of a child and van rear-ending a dump truck where the occupants of the van were killed.
Date: July 5, 1972, 6:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Drowning] (open access)

[News Script: Drowning]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about a search which continues in Like Whitney in central Texas for the body of 35 year old Landle Mitchell of Fort Worth.
Date: June 5, 1974, 12:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Hillsboro Cotton Mill Co]

Photograph of the Hillsboro Cotton Mill Co (located at N Houston St) in Hillsboro, Texas.
Date: July 5, 1980
Creator: Texas Historical Commission
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History