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[Abilene City Council Minutes: 1896-1909]
Ledger containing minutes of the City Council in Abilene, Texas documenting the group's discussions and activities from April 14, 1896 to April 20, 1909.
Date:
1896-04-14/1909-04-20
Creator:
Abilene (Tex.)
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Abilene City Federation of Women's Clubs Secretary Book: 1895 - 1896]
Secretary's Book for the Abilene City Federation of Women's Clubs in Abilene, Texas documenting the group's discussions and activities from 1895 through 1896.
Date:
{1896,1906-12}
Creator:
Abilene City Federation of Women's Clubs
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Seed-Planter Attachment.
Patent for "seed-planter attachments; and it has for its object to provide a new and useful machine of this character adapted to simultaneously plant two rows of corn, cotton, or other seed at any desired distance apart and to also provide means for marking the third row at any width from the planter." (Lines 8-15) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
April 14, 1896
Creator:
Adkins, Stephen J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Flour and Meal Bin and Sifter.
Patent for a combined flour and meal bin sifter meant for the kitchen. The amount of flour or meal put into the machine does not matter, and the sifter may be removed when desired. The sifted material is directed into a container, and the end of the chute can be closed when not in use.
Date:
September 1, 1896
Creator:
Alexander, Charles P.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Telephone-Transmitter.
Patent for a telephone-transmitter "with a diaphragm and carbon button carried thereby, of a spring-supported flaring conical carbon-cell provided with a flange covered with soft material and resting on the carbon button carried by the diaphragm, the carbon-cell being filled with granulated carbon resting in contact with the carbon button" (lines 13-19). This is meant to optimize the volume of sound being transmitted.
Date:
October 20, 1896
Creator:
Alexander, Horace C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Locking Joints for Railway-Rail Joints.
Patent for a locking device for railway-rail joints. It improves how the meeting rail ends are fastened, and prevents accidental disconnection. It is "a locking fish-plate having keyhole bolt-slots, the narrow portion of the slots having inclined sides, the inclination diminishing gradually toward the end, and double-headed bolts, one of the heads being tapered, whereby the bolt is subjected to a double wedging action" (lines 56-61). A face-plate is perforated and receives the tapered heads and securing-rivets.
Date:
July 21, 1896
Creator:
Anderson, Lee
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The First Chapter of Norwegian Immigration, (1821-1840) Its Causes and Results
Book discussing the history or Norwegian immigration into the United States; it details the immigration from the first Norwegian settlement in America, through the "Exodus of 1836" and later settlements. The last section of the book deals with "Religious Work Among the Norwegians in America Down to the Year 1845." Index begins on page 451
Date:
1896
Creator:
Anderson, Rasmus B. (Rasmus Bjørn), 1846-1936
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Crate for Shipping Bananas.
Patent for a crate for shipping bananas that does not hurt the fruit during shipping. The crate separates the bunches so the bananas do not get crushed, and the crate is ventilated to prevent decay.
Date:
August 11, 1896
Creator:
Andrews, Otis
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Jackson County
Map of Jackson County, Texas, including the Gulf Coast region. The Atascosita Road crossings of Navidad and Lavaca Rivers are shown on map. A color legend for colony surveys is also shown on map. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date:
April 1896
Creator:
Appell, P. F.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Leon County
Map of Leon County, Texas, including the Piney Woods region. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date:
June 1896
Creator:
Appell, P. F.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Matagorda County
Map of Matagorda County, Texas, including the Gulf Coast region. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date:
1896
Creator:
Appell, P. F.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Palo Pinto County
Cadastral map of Palo Pinto County, Texas in the Prairies and Lakes region. Some borders and features are marked in color, including the center of the county. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date:
January 1896
Creator:
Appell, P. F.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Refugio County, Texas
Cadastral map of Refugio County, Texas in the Gulf Coast region. Some notes and features are marked in color. The town of Bayside is penciled in on the map. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date:
August 1896
Creator:
Appell, P. F.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Van Zandt County
Cadastral map of Van Zandt County, Texas in the Prairies and Lakes region. Some features are marked in color and Mercer's Colony Line is noted on the map. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date:
March 1896
Creator:
Appell, P. F.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from James Appley to C. C. Cox, October 9, 1896]
Letter from James Appely of the Houston East & West Texas Railway to C. C. Cox discussing a check owed to Cox and how to get it to him.
Date:
October 6, 1896
Creator:
Appely, James
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from James Appley to C. C. Cox, September 26, 1896]
Letter from James Appely of the Houston East & West Texas Railway to C. C. Cox discussing an order of wood. The envelope is included.
Date:
September 26, 1896
Creator:
Appely, James
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Picking Machine.
Patent for a sack laborers drag around the fields with them to store cotton in. It has a shoulder-strap that fits around the sack's mouth. There are two wheels, and a platform is attached to the axle. The sack is strapped to the platform.
Date:
November 3, 1896
Creator:
Armstrong, Henry T.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Washing-Machine.
Patent for a boiler washing machine that uses a stove and a hand-operated pounder attachment. This invention makes these types of washing machines more efficient.
Date:
September 1, 1896
Creator:
Arnold, Isaac Hill
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lifting-Jack.
Patent for "an improved lifting-jack designed expressly for track-levelers, although the construction may be varied for other purposes." (Lines 9-12) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
May 12, 1896
Creator:
Arnold, Raiford A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Type-Writer Attachment.
Patent for a typewriter attachment that holds and feeds rolls of paper through typewriters. It is inexpensive and fits on several types of typewriters.
Date:
August 25, 1896
Creator:
Baker, Joseph B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Revolving Book-Holder.
Patent for a "combined desk and cabinet especially designed for students' use to obviate the scattering about of books when writing, studying, or making reference thereto" (lines 8-12). The are two rotating sections: a many-faced book-rest, and a cabinet above it where books can be stored. There is also a sliding writing-board underneath the desk.
Date:
November 17, 1896
Creator:
Ballart, Calvert L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Alliance Standard. (Linden, Tex.), Ed. 1 Tuesday, June 30, 1896
Weekly newspaper from Linden, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
June 30, 1896
Creator:
Banger, John
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Alliance Standard. (Linden, Tex.), Vol. 19, No. 16, Ed. 1 Tuesday, February 4, 1896
Weekly newspaper from Linden, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
February 4, 1896
Creator:
Banger, John
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Alliance Standard. (Linden, Tex.), Vol. 19, No. 20, Ed. 1 Tuesday, March 3, 1896
Weekly newspaper from Linden, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
March 3, 1896
Creator:
Banger, John
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History