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Improvement in Ant-Destroying Apparatus.
Patent for "a new and Improved Apparatus for Destroying Ants" (lines 4-5) including illustrations.
Date:
July 27, 1875
Creator:
Grafton, William
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Safety Hook and Buckle.
Patent for a new and improved combined hook and buckle. This design "is especially adapted for use upon the back-bands, whether of leather or canvas, of harnesses, and for receiving and holding the leather trace or trace-chains of the harness; but it may be attached to various other parts of the harness, and used for various other purposes. The buckle part of the device is composed of a suitable frame . . . and a bar formed or provided with points or small tongues for holding the strap or canvas adapted to slide in the frame" (lines 9-21).
Date:
July 18, 1882
Creator:
Hake, Francis A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
BED-BOTTOM
Patent for "a new and useful improvement in bed bottoms". The bed bottom fits any bedstead and it is cheap, portable, and durable.
Date:
July 13, 1880
Creator:
Pafford, John R.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Process of Tanning Hides.
Patent for "an improved process of tanning hides in an expeditious and economical manner, and to produce a fine quality of leather" (lines 8-11). The limed and haired hides are baited thrice, afterwards the hides are packed into "tanning-vats with bark and covering them with a solution of alum and water" (lines 80-82). The hides are then leached in salt water and scoured and dried.
Date:
July 14, 1896
Creator:
Rogers, John Charsley
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Printing Plate.
Patent for a new and improved printing-plate. This design "relates to an improvement in printing-plates designed particularly for printing mailing-lists for newspapers and other periodicals" (lines 8-11). To this end, it consists in "[t]he combination of the bar or holder having the downwardly and inwardly turned ends, and the printing-plates secured on the former . . . of the loop loosely mounted on the plate, and the interposed wedge-shaped locking-key" (lines 5-16).
Date:
July 22, 1890
Creator:
Eberhardt, Theophilus Charles
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Riding Saddle.
Patent for a new and improved saddle. This design "provide[s] a flexible or elastic seat, consisting of a number of thicknesses of tanned sheepskin, with the wool on, between the saddle-tree covering and the ordinary external rawhide or other covering, thus preventing the said covering from resting on the inner edges of the saddle-tree side bars, which forms a comfortable and easy saddle; and, in addition to this, [the] invention relates to the opening rearwardly and laterally in the saddle-tree for attaching the girth-rigging thereto, in place of the ordinary rings" (lines 30-41).
Date:
July 6, 1886
Creator:
Hake, Francis A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Powder-Duster
Patent for a device that will grind poison to a fine powder, and can mounted on a wagon for distribution onto plants.
Date:
July 12, 1892
Creator:
Wright, John P.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ruffling Attachment for Sewing Machines.
Patent for a new and improved ruffling attachment for sewing machines. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the flat main plate having the loop, of the ruffling-plate having its side at one end turned over parallel with its main portion, and provided with a spring tongue or plate that is inserted in the loop" (lines 59-63).
Date:
July 8, 1884
Creator:
Lauraine, Eugene G.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Window-Frame Attachment
Patent for a window frame attachment of bars that shades can be attached to.
Date:
July 9, 1912
Creator:
Hillman, Annie M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Horse-Detacher
Patent for a horse detacher for use on wagons that prevents accidental separation.
Date:
July 23, 1912
Creator:
Backermann, Henry G.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Yorktown News-View (Yorktown, Tex.), Vol. 122, No. 1, Ed. 1 Wednesday, July 24, 2013
Weekly newspaper from Yorktown, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
July 24, 2013
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Yorktown News-View (Yorktown, Tex.), Vol. 119, No. 52, Ed. 1 Wednesday, July 13, 2011
Weekly newspaper from Yorktown, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
July 13, 2011
Creator:
Slavik, Coy
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Yorktown News-View (Yorktown, Tex.), Vol. 121, No. 49, Ed. 1 Wednesday, July 3, 2013
Weekly newspaper from Yorktown, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
July 3, 2013
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Yorktown News-View (Yorktown, Tex.), Vol. 121, No. 51, Ed. 1 Wednesday, July 10, 2013
Weekly newspaper from Yorktown, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
July 10, 2013
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Yorktown News-View (Yorktown, Tex.), Vol. 121, No. 52, Ed. 1 Wednesday, July 17, 2013
Weekly newspaper from Yorktown, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
July 17, 2013
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Yorktown News-View (Yorktown, Tex.), Vol. 122, No. 2, Ed. 1 Wednesday, July 31, 2013
Weekly newspaper from Yorktown, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
July 31, 2013
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Yorktown News-View (Yorktown, Tex.), Vol. 119, No. 51, Ed. 1 Wednesday, July 6, 2011
Weekly newspaper from Yorktown, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
July 6, 2011
Creator:
Slavik, Coy
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Yoakum Weekly Herald (Yoakum, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 47, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 9, 1908
Weekly newspaper from Yoakum, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
July 9, 1908
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Yoakum Weekly Herald (Yoakum, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. [48], Ed. 1 Thursday, July 16, 1908
Weekly newspaper from Yoakum, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
July 16, 1908
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Yoakum Weekly Herald (Yoakum, Tex.), Vol. 19, No. 36, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 16, 1914
Weekly newspaper from Yoakum, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
July 16, 1914
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Yoakum Weekly Herald (Yoakum, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 42, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 10, 1913
Weekly newspaper from Yoakum, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
July 10, 1913
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Yoakum Weekly Herald (Yoakum, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. [50], Ed. 1 Thursday, July 30, 1908
Weekly newspaper from Yoakum, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
July 30, 1908
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Yoakum Weekly Herald (Yoakum, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 48, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 28, 1910
Weekly newspaper from Yoakum, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
July 28, 1910
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Yoakum Weekly Herald (Yoakum, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 47, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 21, 1910
Weekly newspaper from Yoakum, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
July 21, 1910
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History