Baling-Press (open access)

Baling-Press

Patent for a new baling press design with description of parts and their functions, with illustrations.
Date: March 2, 1886
Creator: Bryan, Walter S.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Handling Seed Cotton. (open access)

Apparatus for Handling Seed Cotton.

Patent for cotton house with bins and conveyors that prevent the cotton from being contaminated.
Date: December 2, 1884
Creator: Munger, Robert S.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Handling Seed-Cotton. (open access)

Apparatus for Handling Seed-Cotton.

Patent for a "mechanism for handling seed-cotton [...] to provide novel means for conveying said cotton directly from the wagon or from the cotton-house to the ginning mechanism, whereby the cotton is cleansed and dried during its passage" (lines 7-13). It also helps to prevent fires and contamination of ginned cotton, and to reduce labor handling seed-cotton.
Date: December 2, 1884
Creator: Munger, Robert S.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mechanism for Handling Lint Cotton. (open access)

Mechanism for Handling Lint Cotton.

Patent for a new and improved mechanism for handling lint-cotton. This design "has for its object to avoid the accumulation of dust and light particles of fiber in the atmosphere of the gin-house, to greatly reduce the dangers of destructive conflagrations in ginning establishments, to avoid the repeated handling of the cotton between the gins and the press, and to secure a more perfect separation from the cotton of dust and other foreign substances" (lines 8-16).
Date: December 2, 1884
Creator: Munger, Robert S.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hoisting Attachment for Wagon-Beds. (open access)

Hoisting Attachment for Wagon-Beds.

Patent for a low cost, removable hoisting attachment for wagon beds, including illustrations and instructions.
Date: May 2, 1893
Creator: Baugh, Edward H. & Selvidge, Charles W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton or Other Press. (open access)

Cotton or Other Press.

Patent for "that class of cotton-presses in which duplex bale or press boxes arranged to swing upon centers are adapted to be brought in line with a stationary platen and a movable follower" (lines 7-11), including instructions and illustrations.
Date: December 2, 1884
Creator: Munger, Robert S.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Chopper and Cultivator. (open access)

Cotton Chopper and Cultivator.

Patent for improvements in cotton choppers and cultivators by using “the shearing action between a rotary hoe and a cutter-bar traveling along beside the row” (lines 20-22) to cut off the cotton. Illustration is included.
Date: June 2, 1891
Creator: Ferriott, Charles L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
The State Herald (Mexia, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 18, Ed. 1 Friday, May 2, 1902 (open access)

The State Herald (Mexia, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 18, Ed. 1 Friday, May 2, 1902

Weekly newspaper from Mexia, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: May 2, 1902
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The State Herald (Mexia, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 44, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 2, 1905 (open access)

The State Herald (Mexia, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 44, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 2, 1905

Weekly newspaper from Mexia, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: November 2, 1905
Creator: Houx, N. P.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Mexia Weekly Herald (Mexia, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 35, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 2, 1909 (open access)

The Mexia Weekly Herald (Mexia, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 35, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 2, 1909

Weekly newspaper from Mexia, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: September 2, 1909
Creator: Houx, N. P.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Mexia Weekly Herald (Mexia, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 48, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 2, 1909 (open access)

The Mexia Weekly Herald (Mexia, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 48, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 2, 1909

Weekly newspaper from Mexia, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: December 2, 1909
Creator: Houx, N. P.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Mexia Weekly Herald (Mexia, Tex.), Vol. 11, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 2, 1910 (open access)

The Mexia Weekly Herald (Mexia, Tex.), Vol. 11, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 2, 1910

Weekly newspaper from Mexia, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: June 2, 1910
Creator: Houx, N. P.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The State Herald (Mexia, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 22, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 2, 1904 (open access)

The State Herald (Mexia, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 22, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 2, 1904

Weekly newspaper from Mexia, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: June 2, 1904
Creator: Houx, N. P.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The State Herald (Mexia, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 5, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 2, 1905 (open access)

The State Herald (Mexia, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 5, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 2, 1905

Weekly newspaper from Mexia, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: February 2, 1905
Creator: Houx, N. P.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The State Herald (Mexia, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 9, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 2, 1905 (open access)

The State Herald (Mexia, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 9, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 2, 1905

Weekly newspaper from Mexia, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: March 2, 1905
Creator: Houx, N. P.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Mexia Weekly Herald (Mexia, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 27, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 2, 1908 (open access)

The Mexia Weekly Herald (Mexia, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 27, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 2, 1908

Weekly newspaper from Mexia, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: July 2, 1908
Creator: Houx, N. P.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Mexia Weekly Herald (Mexia, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 42, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 2, 1924 (open access)

The Mexia Weekly Herald (Mexia, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 42, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 2, 1924

Weekly newspaper from Mexia, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: October 2, 1924
Creator: Houx, N. P.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Mexia Weekly Herald. (Mexia, Tex.), Vol. 16, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 2, 1915 (open access)

The Mexia Weekly Herald. (Mexia, Tex.), Vol. 16, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 2, 1915

Weekly newspaper from Mexia, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: September 2, 1915
Creator: Houx, N. P.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Mexia Weekly Herald. (Mexia, Tex.), Vol. 16, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 2, 1915 (open access)

The Mexia Weekly Herald. (Mexia, Tex.), Vol. 16, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 2, 1915

Weekly newspaper from Mexia, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: December 2, 1915
Creator: Houx, N. P.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Mexia Weekly Herald. (Mexia, Tex.), Vol. 17, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 2, 1916 (open access)

The Mexia Weekly Herald. (Mexia, Tex.), Vol. 17, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 2, 1916

Weekly newspaper from Mexia, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: March 2, 1916
Creator: Houx, N. P.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Mexia Weekly Herald. (Mexia, Tex.), Vol. 17, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 2, 1916 (open access)

The Mexia Weekly Herald. (Mexia, Tex.), Vol. 17, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 2, 1916

Weekly newspaper from Mexia, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: November 2, 1916
Creator: Houx, N. P.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Mexia Weekly Herald. (Mexia, Tex.), Vol. 15, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 2, 1914 (open access)

The Mexia Weekly Herald. (Mexia, Tex.), Vol. 15, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 2, 1914

Weekly newspaper from Mexia, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: April 2, 1914
Creator: Houx, N. P.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Mexia Weekly Herald (Mexia, Tex.), Vol. 65, No. 28, Ed. 1 Friday, July 2, 1943 (open access)

The Mexia Weekly Herald (Mexia, Tex.), Vol. 65, No. 28, Ed. 1 Friday, July 2, 1943

Weekly newspaper from Mexia, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: July 2, 1943
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Mexia Weekly Herald (Mexia, Tex.), Vol. 66, No. 22, Ed. 1 Friday, June 2, 1944 (open access)

The Mexia Weekly Herald (Mexia, Tex.), Vol. 66, No. 22, Ed. 1 Friday, June 2, 1944

Weekly newspaper from Mexia, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: June 2, 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History