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Cotton-Compress (open access)

Cotton-Compress

Patent for "a simple and efficient device and to secure economy in power and in construction" (lines 9-11).
Date: January 8, 1889
Creator: Taylor, George
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Hillsboro Mirror. (Hillsboro, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 28, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 8, 1890 (open access)

The Hillsboro Mirror. (Hillsboro, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 28, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 8, 1890

Weekly newspaper from Hillsboro, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 8, 1890
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Hillsboro Mirror. (Hillsboro, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 29, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 15, 1890 (open access)

The Hillsboro Mirror. (Hillsboro, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 29, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 15, 1890

Weekly newspaper from Hillsboro, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 15, 1890
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Hillsboro Mirror. (Hillsboro, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 30, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 22, 1890 (open access)

The Hillsboro Mirror. (Hillsboro, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 30, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 22, 1890

Weekly newspaper from Hillsboro, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 22, 1890
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Hillsboro Mirror. (Hillsboro, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 31, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 29, 1890 (open access)

The Hillsboro Mirror. (Hillsboro, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 31, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 29, 1890

Weekly newspaper from Hillsboro, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 29, 1890
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle-Step. (open access)

Vehicle-Step.

Patent for a new and useful vehicle step, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: January 30, 1900
Creator: Erikson, Eduard August Olef
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator and Planter (open access)

Cultivator and Planter

Patent for improvements in combined cultivators and corn/cotton planters to adapt an ordinary cultivator for planting of seeds with adjustable seed-tube and furrow opener to accommodate various character of ground being worked or cultivation being done.
Date: July 5, 1900
Creator: Prentice, Peter Mack
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Hubbard City News. (Hubbard City, Tex.), Vol. 23, No. 14, Ed. 1 Friday, January 6, 1905 (open access)

The Hubbard City News. (Hubbard City, Tex.), Vol. 23, No. 14, Ed. 1 Friday, January 6, 1905

Weekly newspaper from Hubbard City, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 6, 1905
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Hubbard City News. (Hubbard City, Tex.), Vol. 23, No. 15, Ed. 1 Friday, January 13, 1905 (open access)

The Hubbard City News. (Hubbard City, Tex.), Vol. 23, No. 15, Ed. 1 Friday, January 13, 1905

Weekly newspaper from Hubbard City, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 13, 1905
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Hubbard City News. (Hubbard City, Tex.), Vol. 23, No. 16, Ed. 1 Friday, January 20, 1905 (open access)

The Hubbard City News. (Hubbard City, Tex.), Vol. 23, No. 16, Ed. 1 Friday, January 20, 1905

Weekly newspaper from Hubbard City, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 20, 1905
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Hubbard City News. (Hubbard City, Tex.), Vol. 23, No. 17, Ed. 1 Friday, January 27, 1905 (open access)

The Hubbard City News. (Hubbard City, Tex.), Vol. 23, No. 17, Ed. 1 Friday, January 27, 1905

Weekly newspaper from Hubbard City, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 27, 1905
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hydrant. (open access)

Hydrant.

Patent for a hydrant model by V.H. Mills, with a mechanism that prevents pipes from freezing in cold water and a novel joint between the spout and the plug of the cock.
Date: January 2, 1906
Creator: Mills, Virgil H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Steering-Gear for Traction-Engines (open access)

Steering-Gear for Traction-Engines

Patent for improvements to a steering gear for traction engines by means of a steam-cylinder and a valve to control the steam flow, including illustrations.
Date: January 16, 1906
Creator: Cantelou, Peter Louie
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fence Stay (open access)

Fence Stay

Patent for a fence stay. "This invention relates to means for maintaining strands or line-wires of fences in relatively fixed relation to prevent their sagging or being forced apart by the attempted passage of animals between them" (lines 7-11). Illustration included.
Date: January 15, 1907
Creator: Price Thomas Mortin
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Burial-Vault (open access)

Burial-Vault

Patent for an air and moisture proof burial vault which can also expel gases. Illustrations included.
Date: January 3, 1911
Creator: Pepple, John W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ice-Cream Freezer (open access)

Ice-Cream Freezer

Patent for an ice cream freezer that will have independent and removable receptacles that will freeze ice cream into various sizes and shapes in the form of sticks.
Date: January 2, 1912
Creator: Jameson, Roland Lee
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Air-Supply-Valve Attachment (open access)

Air-Supply-Valve Attachment

Patent for a valve add on for a carburetor in order to control the air flow.
Date: January 24, 1918
Creator: Kirkpatrick, Monroe C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Demountable Tire-Rim. (open access)

Demountable Tire-Rim.

Patent for a demountable tire-rim for automobiles that tires can be "readily mounted or removed". "The principal object of (this) invention is to provide an automobile wheel rim which is demountable and which is so constructed that when removed from the wheel a segment of the rim can be swung inwardly thereby attaining an easy and quick removal of the tire from the rim, and vice versa.". The object of this invention was to create a rim that was easily detachable and was also sturdy and not as expensive as manufactures.
Date: January 14, 1919
Creator: Jones, Joseph H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Boring-Tool. (open access)

Boring-Tool.

Patent for "a boring tool for boring scarred and worn engine cylinders" (lines 14-15) that allows for more customization when cutting.
Date: January 4, 1921
Creator: Adams, George Reese.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Clip: Itasca Fire] captions transcript

[News Clip: Itasca Fire]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about a fire in Itasca that destroyed the Gardner Truck and Tractor Company.
Date: January 11, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: News briefs] (open access)

[News Script: News briefs]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the juror selection for the murder trial of Carl George Malloy, who was accused of murdering his 7-week-old son. Also covered, a story about a fire in Itasca that destroyed the Gardner Truck and Tractor Company and a merger between the Taylor Oil and Gas Company and the Delhi Oil Corporation.
Date: January 11, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
Lake Whitney Views (Whitney, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 6, Ed. 1 Friday, January 1, 1960 (open access)

Lake Whitney Views (Whitney, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 6, Ed. 1 Friday, January 1, 1960

Monthly newspaper from Whitney, Texas that includes news and information about Lake Whitney along with advertising.
Date: January 1, 1960
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lake Whitney Views (Whitney, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 5, Ed. 1, January 1961 (open access)

Lake Whitney Views (Whitney, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 5, Ed. 1, January 1961

Monthly newspaper from Whitney, Texas that includes news and information about Lake Whitney along with advertising.
Date: January 1961
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Script: Sheffield trial] (open access)

[News Script: Sheffield trial]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a man named B. R. Sheffield being charged with two counts of forgery in connection with veterans land scandals in Hillsboro, Texas.
Date: January 23, 1961
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library