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Dallas County Probate Case 1681: Fakes, B.P. (Deceased) (open access)

Dallas County Probate Case 1681: Fakes, B.P. (Deceased)

Dallas County probate record regarding the case of Fakes, B.P. (died June 24, 1895) and Emma C. Fakes (Executor or Guardian)
Date: 1895-06-24/1895-09-02
Creator: Dallas County (Tex.)
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Jetty. (open access)

Jetty.

Patent for a an inexpensive and durable jetty made from "piles driven in the ground in the ordinary way, but incase them in such a way that they will not be liable to early decay or infested by insects, which cut and destroy them when not protected" (lines 11-15).
Date: September 24, 1895
Creator: Bryant, Benjamin N.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Southern Mercury. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 4, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 24, 1895 (open access)

The Southern Mercury. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 4, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 24, 1895

Weekly newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: January 24, 1895
Creator: Park, Milton
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Southern Mercury. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 43, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 24, 1895 (open access)

The Southern Mercury. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 43, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 24, 1895

Weekly newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: October 24, 1895
Creator: Park, Milton
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Well-Drilling Apparatus. (open access)

Well-Drilling Apparatus.

Patent for a well-drilling apparatus meant "to provide improved means for adjusting and withdrawing drill-tools without removing the drill-rod to provide a folding reamer and means for adjusting the blades thereof, and to provide means for conveying water to the drill, whereby the drillings are carried up outside of the drill-rod or barrel" (lines 9-16).
Date: December 24, 1895
Creator: Horton, Stephen A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History