Journal of the Central Texas Conference, Fourth Annual Session, Methodist Episcopal Church South (open access)

Journal of the Central Texas Conference, Fourth Annual Session, Methodist Episcopal Church South

Journal proceedings of Central Texas Conference include a list of members, committees, condensed minutes of the proceedings, reports of boards and committees, appointments, memoirs, statistical tables, and advertisements. Indexes to the journal and advertisements on page 112.
Date: November 1913
Creator: Methodist Episcopal Church, South.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Journal of Proceedings of the Thirty-Seventh Annual Session of The Northwest Texas Conference, of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, held at Temple, Texas, November 12 to November 17, 1902. (open access)

Journal of Proceedings of the Thirty-Seventh Annual Session of The Northwest Texas Conference, of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, held at Temple, Texas, November 12 to November 17, 1902.

Minutes of Northwest Texas Conference include a list of members, committees, formal minutes of the conferences, condensed minutes, resolutions, reports from committees, selected biographies, and statistical tables.
Date: November 1902
Creator: Methodist Episcopal Church, South.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Boring Machine. (open access)

Boring Machine.

Patent for a new and improved boring machine. This design "consists in the construction and novel arrangement of a circularly-adjustable rod carrying a pressure screw, an adjustable arm arranged on said rod and having its end or head concave on its underside and provided with bearing indentations or punctures, and a brace having a bearing end corresponding in form to said bearing indentations or punctures" (lines 16-24).
Date: November 23, 1880
Creator: Forniraseo, Domaneco
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Baling Machine. (open access)

Cotton-Baling Machine.

Patent for a cotton-baling machine that compresses cotton between two pressure-rolls and rolls it around a core. This invention improves "the mode of applying pressure to the pressure rolls, and [improves] the manner of mounting the core-roll in position within the compress, and for facilitating the removal of said core-roll; and the elevation therefrom of the compress-roll" (lines 15-21).
Date: November 27, 1894
Creator: Bessonette, Charles Lewis
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mode of and Means for Baling Fibrous Materials. (open access)

Mode of and Means for Baling Fibrous Materials.

Patent for a mode of and means for baling fibrous materials, especially materials that can be made into a lap or web. The invention doesn't have the issues that other balers have and uses a core, supported by the base, to wind the material around. The bale it forms is square so it can be easily shipped and the risk of fire is decreased. Caps for the bale are secured before the bale leaves the compress.
Date: November 5, 1895
Creator: Bruner, Thomas H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Printing Attachment for Letter-Boxes. (open access)

Printing Attachment for Letter-Boxes.

Patent for a printing attachment for letter-boxes where people can postmark the mail they want to be sent. It fist on any street letter-box. The attachment is a case with stamps for every day of the month and the location of the town, city, or post-office the letter is being collected to, and there is a pocket below where one slips the package or envelope to mark it. An inking-pad is also in the pocket for the stamps, which can be used by pulling a lever.
Date: November 10, 1896
Creator: Hargrove, Bryon Lafayette
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Plow. (open access)

Plow.

Patent for a plow that has a revolving moldboard and the driving-wheel can be adjusted "relative to both the plowshare and moldboard" (lines 21-22). The moldboard is unique in how it is supported and operated. This patent is similar to a previous patent (no. 549,827) which was also granted to the inventor.
Date: November 3, 1896
Creator: Sevier, Samuel Gillington
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Planter. (open access)

Cotton Planter.

Patent for a new and improved planter. This design "consists in the improved machine . . . wherein a series of rods actuated by the main carrying-wheel are intermittently projected beyond the periphery of the latter at or about the time they approach the seed hopper, so that they may enter said hopper and cause the seed to be fed to the drill-tube" (lines 17-24).
Date: November 12, 1889
Creator: Johnson, Thomas J. & Mitchell, Joseph L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Press. (open access)

Cotton-Press.

Patent for an improved, inexpensive, and simple cotton press that is "adapted to compress cotton at the initial point of ginning and in a continuous operation with that of ginning, whereby [the inventor] avoid[s] the expense and labor occasioned by the handling of the cotton during its storage and transportation to the neighboring compress and the expense of said compression, and at the same time produce such compression or condensation of the cotton that I am enabled to secure the cheap rates of transportation accorded cotton which has been compressed to the standard degree of density" (lines 11-22).
Date: November 21, 1893
Creator: Bessonette, William T.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Compress. (open access)

Cotton-Compress.

Patent for a cotton-compress in which the "cotton is fed to the compress direct from the gin, and is wound into a dense cylindrical bale, and the said invention consists in certain novel means for adding additional pressure to the bale as it is being rolled up, in readily detaching the finished bale from the machine, in providing a reservoir for the surplus cotton, when the gin is running and the machine has stopped" (lines 14-22).
Date: November 27, 1894
Creator: Bessonette, Charles L. & Bessonette, William T.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Plow. (open access)

Plow.

Patent for a plow that has a revolving moldboard and parts for using and cleaning the moldboard.
Date: November 12, 1895
Creator: Sevier, Samuel G.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car Coupling. (open access)

Car Coupling.

Patent for a new and improved coupling for railroad cars. This design "consists, [primarily], of certain devices whereby the coupling-pin raised in the draw-head is supported until the draw-heads strike each other in coupling, when the coupling-pin falls by gravity" (lines 17-21).
Date: November 15, 1881
Creator: Thomason, John W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Churn-Power (open access)

Churn-Power

Patent for an improvement to a churning by allowing a churn to be attached to a sewing machine. The churn and sewing machine could then be used separately or at the same time.
Date: November 21, 1882
Creator: Jones, Isaac Van Zandt
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Weekly Independent. (Belton, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 28, Ed. 1 Saturday, November 7, 1857 (open access)

The Weekly Independent. (Belton, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 28, Ed. 1 Saturday, November 7, 1857

Weekly newspaper from Belton, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: November 7, 1857
Creator: Marschalk, Andrew, Sr.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Weekly Independent. (Belton, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 29, Ed. 1 Saturday, November 14, 1857 (open access)

The Weekly Independent. (Belton, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 29, Ed. 1 Saturday, November 14, 1857

Weekly newspaper from Belton, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: November 14, 1857
Creator: Marschalk, Andrew, Sr.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Weekly Independent. (Belton, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 30, Ed. 1 Saturday, November 21, 1857 (open access)

The Weekly Independent. (Belton, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 30, Ed. 1 Saturday, November 21, 1857

Weekly newspaper from Belton, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: November 21, 1857
Creator: Marschalk, Andrew, Sr.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Weekly Independent. (Belton, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 31, Ed. 1 Saturday, November 28, 1857 (open access)

The Weekly Independent. (Belton, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 31, Ed. 1 Saturday, November 28, 1857

Weekly newspaper from Belton, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: November 28, 1857
Creator: Marschalk, Andrew, Sr.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Belton Independent. (Belton, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 27, Ed. 1 Saturday, November 6, 1858 (open access)

The Belton Independent. (Belton, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 27, Ed. 1 Saturday, November 6, 1858

Weekly newspaper from Belton, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: November 6, 1858
Creator: Marschalk, A., Sr.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Belton Independent. (Belton, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 28, Ed. 1 Saturday, November 13, 1858 (open access)

The Belton Independent. (Belton, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 28, Ed. 1 Saturday, November 13, 1858

Weekly newspaper from Belton, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: November 13, 1858
Creator: Marschalk, A., Sr.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Belton Independent. (Belton, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 29, Ed. 1 Saturday, November 27, 1858 (open access)

The Belton Independent. (Belton, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 29, Ed. 1 Saturday, November 27, 1858

Weekly newspaper from Belton, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: November 27, 1858
Creator: Marschalk, A., Sr.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bell County Democrat (Belton, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 31, Ed. 1 Tuesday, November 3, 1908 (open access)

Bell County Democrat (Belton, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 31, Ed. 1 Tuesday, November 3, 1908

Semi-weekly newspaper from Belton, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: November 3, 1908
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bell County Democrat (Belton, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 32, Ed. 1 Friday, November 6, 1908 (open access)

Bell County Democrat (Belton, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 32, Ed. 1 Friday, November 6, 1908

Semi-weekly newspaper from Belton, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: November 6, 1908
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bell County Democrat (Belton, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 33, Ed. 1 Tuesday, November 10, 1908 (open access)

Bell County Democrat (Belton, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 33, Ed. 1 Tuesday, November 10, 1908

Semi-weekly newspaper from Belton, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: November 10, 1908
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bell County Democrat (Belton, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 34, Ed. 1 Friday, November 13, 1908 (open access)

Bell County Democrat (Belton, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 34, Ed. 1 Friday, November 13, 1908

Semi-weekly newspaper from Belton, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: November 13, 1908
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History