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The Ferris Wheel, Volume 5, Number 17[a], Saturday, December 25, 1897
Weekly newspaper contains local, national and world news, stories, poetry, jokes, church directory, and advertisements. This issue contains a "Happy New Year" drawing, welcoming "98".--[p8]
Date:
December 25, 1897
Creator:
Ezzell, Frank
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Ferris Wheel, Volume 5, Number 42, Saturday, June 25, 1898
Weekly newspaper contains local, national and world news, stories, poetry, jokes, church directory, and advertisements. Only half of two pages were available for scanning.
Date:
June 25, 1898
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Ferris Wheel, Volume [5], Number 4[b], Saturday, September 25, 1897
Weekly newspaper contains local, national and world news, stories, poetry, jokes, church directory, and advertisements.
Date:
September 25, 1897
Creator:
Ezzell, Frank
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Ferris Wheel, Volume 5, Number 4[a], Saturday, September 25, 1897
Weekly newspaper contains local, national and world news, stories, poetry, jokes, church directory, and advertisements. This issue includes an article about the Fine Arts Building under construction for the 1898 Trans-Mississippi Exposition to be held in Omaha, Nebraska. A drawing of the building accompanies the article--[p.2]. Also included is an article about King Carlos of Portugal with a drawing --[p.3].
Date:
September 25, 1897
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Ferris Wheel, Volume 6, Number 28, Saturday, March 25, 1899
Weekly newspaper contains local, national and world news, stories, poetry, jokes, church directory, and advertisements.
Date:
March 25, 1899
Creator:
Ezzell, Frank
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Ferris Wheel, Volume 6, Number 24, Saturday, February 25, 1899
Weekly newspaper contains local, national and world news, stories, poetry, jokes, church directory, and advertisements.
Date:
February 25, 1899
Creator:
Ezzell, Frank
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Breast-Strap for Harness.
Patent for "a breast-strap so constructed as to obviate pressure on the windpipe of the horse and to transfer such pressure to the shoulders; to obviate chafing or rubbing of the breast-strap upon the shoulders, and to permit them to move freely in advance of each other as a result of the movements of the horse." (Lines 12-18) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
December 25, 1894
Creator:
Russell, Charles H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gate-Latch.
Patent for an improved gate-latch for swinging gates that is especially simple, economic, and efficient.
Date:
December 25, 1894
Creator:
Wilson, James L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pruning Implement.
Patent for a new and improved pruning implement. This design consists in "the combination, with a staff, of the jaw-arms pivoted to the staff and provided with the upwardly-projecting and curved jaws, the collars fitted loosely on the staff, the rods connecting the said collars, and the link-arms pivoted to the collar and to the jaw-arms" (lines 11-17).
Date:
September 25, 1888
Creator:
Hall, Francis Asbury
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Discharge Mechanism for Harvesters
Patent for the binder-deck of harvesters "and it consists, broadly, of a flexible deck having its lateral edges fixed and its middle portion hinged at one edge and free at the other, and means for automatically lowering the latter when the bundle of grain is to be discharged in order that the discharge may be facilitated" (lines 11-17).
Date:
October 25, 1892
Creator:
Stroud, Wiley N. & Corey, Rufus H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fruit Gatherer.
Patent for a new and improved fruit gatherer. This design consists "[i]n a fruit-gatherer, the combination of the pole, the jaws attached to its upper end, the sliding collar, the links connecting the collar and the sleeve, the rods, the jaws, the ring, the tube attached thereto and encircling the pole below said jaws, and the sleeve which supports the ring and is adjustable on the pole longitudinally for the purpose of adjusting the mouth of said tube in the desired proximity to the said jaws" (lines 13-22).
Date:
September 25, 1888
Creator:
Hall, Francis Asbury
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Monodisperse Thermo-Responsive Microgels of Poly(Ethylene Glycol) Analogue-Based Biopolymers, their Manufacture, and their Applications
Patent relating to monodisperse thermo-responsive microgels of poly(ethylene glycol) analogue-based biopolymers, their manufacture, and their applications.
Date:
July 14, 2009
Creator:
Hu, Zhibing; Cai, Tong; Chi, Chenglin & Marquez, Manuel
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Vending-Machine
Patent for a coin-operated vending machine. Illustrations included.
Date:
October 25, 1910
Creator:
Harris, Irvin F.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Washing-Machine.
Patent for a new and useful washing machine, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
October 25, 1898
Creator:
Smith, James Knox Polk
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Percolator.
Patent for a percolating tea- or coffeepot that segregates the tea or coffee within the body of the pot so that the material doesn't float freely in the liquid.
Date:
February 25, 1902
Creator:
Seney, Joshua C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator Attachment
Patent for a cultivator attachment. Illustration included.
Date:
December 25, 1906
Creator:
Bates, General Lowel
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[News Clip: Midlothian Murder]
Video footage from the KXAS-TV/ NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story by reporter Jim Douglas about the murder undercover of narcotics officer, George W. Raffield, Jr., who worked for the City of Midlothian Police Department. Police chief, Roy Vaughn, is interviewed. The story aired at 10:00 P.M.
Date:
October 25, 1987
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type:
Video
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Critical Evaluation of the Potential Impact of Emissions From Midlothian Industries: A Summary Report
A report detailing studies that were performed in order to evaluate the potential impact of emissions from the Midlothian steel mill and cement companies.
Date:
October 25, 1995
Creator:
Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission. Office of Air Quality. Toxicology and Risk Assessment Section.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Burleson Honey Warehouse, (Demolition Southwest oblique)]
Photograph of the Burleson Honey Warehouse in Waxahachie, Texas.
Date:
November 25, 1974
Creator:
Smith, Stephen
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Burleson Honey Warehouse, (Demolition Southwest oblique)]
Photograph of the Burleson Honey Warehouse in Waxahachie, Texas.
Date:
November 25, 1974
Creator:
Smith, Stephen
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[News Script: Plane crash]
Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about an U.S. Air National Guard F-80 jet crashing on a farm near Waxahatchie, killing the pilot. The cause of the crash is unknown.
Date:
June 25, 1957
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type:
Script
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Ennis Daily News (Ennis, Tex.), Ed. 1 Thursday, October 25, 2012
Daily newspaper from Ennis, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
October 25, 2012
Creator:
Todaro, Nick
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Ennis Daily News (Ennis, Tex.), Ed. 1 Thursday, April 25, 2013
Daily newspaper from Ennis, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
April 25, 2013
Creator:
Todaro, Nick
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Ennis Daily News (Ennis, Tex.), Ed. 1 Thursday, July 25, 2013
Daily newspaper from Ennis, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
July 25, 2013
Creator:
Todaro, Nick
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History