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Seed Planter.
Patent for a new and improved seed planter. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the seed-hopper and seed-slide, of the stationary catch and elastic spring-catch, both secured to the hopper and arranged to grasp the head of the brush" (lines 60-64).
Date:
October 25, 1881
Creator:
Brooks, James Madison
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Switch Indicator
Patent for an automatic switch indicator. This invention is designed to "prevent accidents resulting from misplaced switches, due to the carelessness of the railroad employees or the inability of the engineer to see the customary track-signals" (line 14-19). Illustrations included.
Date:
October 23, 1906
Creator:
Coffin, Edward F.; Shaw, Carey & Green, Samuel
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Churns.
Patent for improvement in churns by using an oblong box with a diamond-shaped dash fixed in the box. The churning is done by rapidly swing the box back and forth until butter is obtained. Illustration is included.
Date:
October 8, 1872
Creator:
Cottingham, Gideon W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Processes for Destroying Ants.
Patent for a method of destroying ants by digging a pit beside a colony, filling the hole with combustible materials and poisons, placing a pipe through the hole and into the mound, and then setting the pit ablaze.
Date:
October 28, 1873
Creator:
Dulany, John J. & Dreyer, Henry
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton or Corn Planter
Patent for novel improvements in the construction or production of cotton or corn planters.
Date:
October 8, 1889
Creator:
Hardison, Dock C. W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Flash-Lamp
Patent for a flash lamp for taking photographs. Illustrations included.
Date:
October 22, 1912
Creator:
Harrington, David
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Colorado Citizen (Columbus, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 11, Ed. 1 Saturday, October 3, 1857
Weekly newspaper from Columbus, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
October 3, 1857
Creator:
J.D. Baker & Bros.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Colorado Citizen (Columbus, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 12, Ed. 1 Saturday, October 10, 1857
Weekly newspaper from Columbus, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
October 10, 1857
Creator:
J.D. Baker & Bros.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Colorado Citizen (Columbus, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 7, Ed. 1 Saturday, October 2, 1858
Weekly newspaper from Columbus, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
October 2, 1858
Creator:
J.D. Baker & Bros.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Colorado Citizen (Columbus, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 9, Ed. 1 Saturday, October 16, 1858
Weekly newspaper from Columbus, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
October 16, 1858
Creator:
J.D. Baker & Bros.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Colorado Citizen (Columbus, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 11, Ed. 1 Saturday, October 30, 1858
Weekly newspaper from Columbus, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
October 30, 1858
Creator:
J.D. Baker & Bros.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Colorado Citizen (Columbus, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 6, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 6, 1859
Weekly newspaper from Columbus, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
October 6, 1859
Creator:
J.D. Baker & Bros.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Colorado Citizen (Columbus, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 7, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 13, 1859
Weekly newspaper from Columbus, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
October 13, 1859
Creator:
J.D. Baker & Bros.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Colorado Citizen (Columbus, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 9, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 27, 1859
Weekly newspaper from Columbus, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
October 27, 1859
Creator:
J.D. Baker & Bros.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Colorado Citizen (Columbus, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 52, Ed. 1 Saturday, October 12, 1861
Daily newspaper from Columbus, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
October 12, 1861
Creator:
J.D. Baker & Bros.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Colorado Citizen (Columbus, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 1, Ed. 1 Saturday, October 19, 1861
Daily newspaper from Columbus, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
October 19, 1861
Creator:
J.D. Baker & Bros.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Colorado Citizen (Columbus, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 2, Ed. 1 Saturday, October 26, 1861
Daily newspaper from Columbus, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
October 26, 1861
Creator:
J.D. Baker & Bros.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Colorado Citizen (Columbus, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 1, Ed. 1 Saturday, October 20, 1866
Weekly newspaper from Columbus, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
October 20, 1866
Creator:
J.D. Baker & Brother
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from I. H. Kempner, Jr., to I. H. Kempner, October 3, 1952]
Letter from I. H. Kempner, Jr., to I. H. Kempner discussing travel plans and potential communication problems.
Date:
October 3, 1952
Creator:
Kempner, Isaac Herbert, Jr.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Windlass Water-Elevators
Patent for an improvement in Chain-Wheels consisting "in the construction and arrangement of a device for drawing water from wells, which shall be cheap, convenient, and free from danger, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth."
Date:
July 27, 1878
Creator:
Knipscheer, John
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Chauncey and Elizabeth Leake of The Ohio State University, October 26, 1957]
Letter from Chauncey and Elizabeth Leake discussing the Houston Post Texas Leaders article, and congratulates their memoirs and leadership.
Date:
October 26, 1957
Creator:
Leake, Chauncey & Leake, Elizabeth
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Alexander Himley-Otto Uhlig House, (West oblique)]
Photograph of the Alexander Himley-Otto Uhlig House (located at East Side of Bostick Road, 1 mile North of Cat Spring Road, Bernardo) in Colorado County, Texas.
Date:
October 11, 1979
Creator:
London, Kathy
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Bodle-Salladay Building, (Northeast oblique)]
Photograph of the Bodle-Salladay Building (located at Between FM 1098 and FM 2764) in Chesterville, Texas.
Date:
October 11, 1979
Creator:
London, Kathy
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Bretschneider House, (South facade)]
Photograph of the Bretschneider House (located at 1/2 mile North of Cat Springs Road, 1/2 mile West of Austin County Line Bernardo) in Colorado County, Texas.
Date:
October 11, 1979
Creator:
London, Kathy
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History