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Liquid Toilet Preparation. (open access)

Liquid Toilet Preparation.

Patent for scented 2 in 1 hair and body wash which includes ingredients and their measurements and instructions. “It is designed to remove dandruff, and to prevent the hair from falling out. It has great cleansing properties, and will be found excellent for washing fine jewelry, nursing-bottles, and in fact all articles upon which the action of free acids or alkalies is not desirable” (lines 30-38).
Date: September 16, 1884
Creator: Bicksler, William Henry
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Smoke and Spark Arrester and Consumer. (open access)

Smoke and Spark Arrester and Consumer.

Patent for a new and improved smoke and spark arrester and consumer. This design consists, "in a locomotive having a transversely-divided front extension, of a box over the forward compartment, a deflector at the bottom of the box and upper part of said compartment and having its edges spaced therefrom to permit communication between the two, a stack extending upward from the rear or smoke compartment and discharging through an elbow into the top of said box, a stack leading from the top of box in front of stack and of greater diameter than the latter stack, and the pipes" (lines 24-36).
Date: September 20, 1892
Creator: Hadlock, Edson J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Howard County Junior College District Requests for Legislative Appropriations: Fiscal Years 2014 and 2015, Revised (open access)

Howard County Junior College District Requests for Legislative Appropriations: Fiscal Years 2014 and 2015, Revised

Revised report submitted by the Texas Howard County Junior College District containing background information on the school system, and summaries of requests for appropriations and expenditures for the fiscal years 2014 and 2015 with supporting documentation.
Date: September 14, 2012
Creator: Howard County Junior College District
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Primary Care Case Management Primary Care Provider and Hospital List: West Texas, September 2011 (open access)

Primary Care Case Management Primary Care Provider and Hospital List: West Texas, September 2011

List of Primary Care Case Management program approved primary care providers, hospitals, specialists, and family planning providers, located in the West Texas area.
Date: September 2011
Creator: Primary Care Case Management
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History