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Thill-Coupling. (open access)

Thill-Coupling.

Patent for a thill-coupling that has a clip-eye, pivot-bolt, and an open-slotted thill-iron that has flat and extended jaws with a hole. The jaws are lined up with the thill-iron, meant to secure a railroad spike into place. The invention also has a flat bar-spring attached to the thill-iron.
Date: July 30, 1895
Creator: Dibrell, Anthony
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Process of Extracting Wax from the Candelilla Plant (open access)

Process of Extracting Wax from the Candelilla Plant

Patent for a method of extracting wax from a candelilla plant using gasoline and benzine or naphtha in order to extract a light yellow wax, rather than the dark green wax currently extracted.
Date: October 30, 1911
Creator: Sharp, Benjamin Young
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Sabinal Sentinel. (Sabinal, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 28, Ed. 1 Saturday, September 30, 1899 (open access)

The Sabinal Sentinel. (Sabinal, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 28, Ed. 1 Saturday, September 30, 1899

Weekly newspaper from Sabinal, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: September 30, 1899
Creator: Sevier, Hal
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Script: Briscoe] (open access)

[News Script: Briscoe]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Dolph Briscoe’s speech for gubernatorial elections.
Date: October 30, 1972
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
Robb Elementary School Attack Response Assessment and  Recommendations (open access)

Robb Elementary School Attack Response Assessment and Recommendations

Report analyzing the law enforcement response to the attack at Robb Elementary School on May 24, 2020, "for the explicit purpose of identifying training gaps to be addressed by police officers across the state of Texas" (table of contents).
Date: 2022-06-30~
Creator: Texas State University--San Marcos. Advanced Law Enforcement Rapid Response Training Center.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History