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Improvement in Windmills
Patent for the improvement of wind mills, that includes a detailed description as well as labeled figure drawings.
Date:
May 20, 1873
Creator:
Jackson, Thomas R.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Jack-Screws and Clamps Combined.
Patent for an invention "to combine a jack-screw or lifting-jack with a clamp, so that they may be interchangeably used." (Lines 19-21) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
May 20, 1873
Creator:
Jackson, Thomas R.; Jackson, Asberry C. & Watson, Claudius S.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Medical Compounds or Bitters for Treating Chills and Fever.
Patent for a new medical compound to treat chills and fevers which lists the ingredients and dosages.
Date:
May 20, 1873
Creator:
Owens, Thomas B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton-Worm Destroyers.
Patent for "a new machine for removing the destructive cotton-worms from the cotton-plants without injury to the plants, and for destroying the worms," which "consists in the arrangement of a movable frame, which is by animals drawn over the fields to straddle the rows of cotton, and which is provided with brushes for sweeping the worms from the plants, and with jointed bottom pieces or slides, which crush them on the ground." (Lines 15-25) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
May 20, 1873
Creator:
Helm, Jackson
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Spurs.
Patent for improvements in spurs that permanently attaches the spur to the boot, including illustrations.
Date:
May 20, 1879
Creator:
Brown, John S.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Saw-Cleaning Attachments for Cotton-Gins.
Patent for a "new and useful Saw-Cleaning Attachment for Cotton-Gins" (lines 3-4) including illustrations.
Date:
May 20, 1879
Creator:
Mulkey, George H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Hair-Triggers for Fire-Arms.
Patent for "an improved trigger for fire-arms which shall be provided with a hair-trigger in such a way that the hair-trigger may be used or not, as may be desired, which shall be complete in itself, so that it may be applied to any kind of fire-arm without change in its construction" (lines 17-23), includes illustrations.
Date:
May 20, 1879
Creator:
Toepperwein, Emil A. F.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton-Gin-Saw Cleaners.
Reissued patent for "a device for quickly cleaning the saws of cotton-gins when they become gummed. It consists in a series of knives that are supported by a movable bar or frame, and may be thrust between the saws when the same are to be cleaned (para. 4-5).
Date:
May 20, 1879
Creator:
Munger, Robert S.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tri-Weekly State Gazette. (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 49, Ed. 1 Friday, May 20, 1870
Tri-weekly newspaper from Austin, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
May 20, 1870
Creator:
Thompson, Victor W. & Sneed, S. G.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Evening Telegraph (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 44, Ed. 1 Friday, May 20, 1870
Daily newspaper from Houston, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with some advertising.
Date:
May 20, 1870
Creator:
Chew, J. C.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John Patterson Osterhout to Sarah Osterhout, May 20, 1877]
Letter from John Patterson Osterhout to his mother, Sarah Osterhout. He wrote his mother to let her know how his family was doing. He told her he was sorry to hear that someone was sick and gave his recommendation to have the man inhale smoke to help him. He then went on to write about his beliefs that inhaling smoke was good for the lungs and that he learned this from inhaling smoke from a campfire.
Date:
May 20, 1877
Creator:
Osterhout, John Patterson
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Weekly Democratic Statesman. (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 44, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 20, 1875
Weekly newspaper from Austin, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
May 20, 1875
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Dallas Daily Herald. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 87, Ed. 1 Saturday, May 20, 1876
Daily newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
May 20, 1876
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Dallas Daily Herald. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 65, Ed. 1 Sunday, May 20, 1877
Daily newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
May 20, 1877
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Dallas Daily Herald. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 85, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 20, 1874
Daily newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
May 20, 1874
Creator:
Bartholow, J. N.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Dallas Daily Herald (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 85, Ed. 1 Tuesday, May 20, 1873
Daily newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
May 20, 1873
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Dallas Daily Herald. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 83, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 20, 1875
Daily newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
May 20, 1875
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Dallas Herald. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 18, No. 36, Ed. 1 Saturday, May 20, 1871
Daily newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
May 20, 1871
Creator:
Swindells, John W. & Hutchen, Virginius
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Denison Daily News. (Denison, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 66, Ed. 1 Tuesday, May 20, 1879
Daily newspaper from Denison, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
May 20, 1879
Creator:
Burhans, R. Polk
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Daily Express. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 118, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 20, 1874
Daily newspaper from San Antonio, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
May 20, 1874
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Galveston Daily News. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 35, No. 50, Ed. 1 Saturday, May 20, 1876
Daily newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
May 20, 1876
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Galveston Daily News. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 115, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 20, 1874
Daily newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
May 20, 1874
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Galveston Daily News. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 50, Ed. 1 Sunday, May 20, 1877
Daily newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
May 20, 1877
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Galveston Daily News. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 38, No. 49, Ed. 1 Tuesday, May 20, 1879
Daily newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
May 20, 1879
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History