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Boot Cleaner. (open access)

Boot Cleaner.

Patent for a new and improved boot cleaner. This design "affords facilities for readily and conveniently scraping all parts of the boot or shoe. The heel is scraped on [a] semicircular portion located at the top of the arch, the sides of the sole by the arms, the upper hollow of the foot by the projections, [and] the toe by the lower side of the arch or bow" (lines 38-45).
Date: May 25, 1886
Creator: Scovel, Purley A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Forney Tribune. (Forney, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 48, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 25, 1892 (open access)

Forney Tribune. (Forney, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 48, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 25, 1892

Weekly newspaper from Forney, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: May 25, 1892
Creator: Adams, Walter D.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Monitor (Mabank, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 82, Ed. 1 Sunday, May 25, 2014 (open access)

The Monitor (Mabank, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 82, Ed. 1 Sunday, May 25, 2014

Semi-weekly newspaper from Mabank, Texas that includes local Cedar Creek Lake area, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: May 25, 2014
Creator: Cantrell, Pearl
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History