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The Ferris Wheel, Volume 6, Number 6, Saturday, October 15, 1898 (open access)

The Ferris Wheel, Volume 6, Number 6, Saturday, October 15, 1898

Weekly newspaper contains local, national and world news, stories, poetry, jokes, church directory, and advertisements.
Date: October 15, 1898
Creator: Ezzell, Frank
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Washing-Machine. (open access)

Washing-Machine.

Patent for washing machines with "roller-supporting frame for supporting the same either upon a horizontal surface or upon the top of a tub or receptacle in connection with which the machine is used" (lines 10-14) including illustrations.
Date: March 15, 1898
Creator: Smith, Henry E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Plow. (open access)

Plow.

Patent for a new and useful plow to "provide a plow which by slight alterations, shifting, and leaving off of some of the parts can be made to break ground, bed the land, list, or perform any required work" (line 7 - 11).
Date: February 15, 1898
Creator: Ingram, John R.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Ferris Wheel, Volume 5, Number 19, Saturday, January 15, 1898 (open access)

The Ferris Wheel, Volume 5, Number 19, Saturday, January 15, 1898

Weekly newspaper contains local, national and world news, stories, poetry, jokes, church directory, and advertisements.
Date: January 15, 1898
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Ferris Wheel, Volume 4, Number 35, Saturday, May 15, 1897 (open access)

The Ferris Wheel, Volume 4, Number 35, Saturday, May 15, 1897

Weekly newspaper contains local, national and world news, stories, poetry, jokes, church directory, and advertisements.
Date: May 15, 1897
Creator: Ezzell, Frank
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Governor for Steam-Engines. (open access)

Governor for Steam-Engines.

Patent for a governor for steam-engines that provides "an automatic governing device controlled by the speed, and hence, by the load of the engine, in order to maintain uniformity of movement under variations of load" (lines 10-14).
Date: January 15, 1895
Creator: Johnson, Billie
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Evening Meteor. (Ennis, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 245, Ed. 1 Saturday, December 15, 1894 (open access)

Evening Meteor. (Ennis, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 245, Ed. 1 Saturday, December 15, 1894

Weekly newspaper from Ennis, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: December 15, 1894
Creator: Perry, Will C.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History