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Dallas County Probate Case 2005: Tompkins, Isaac S. (Deceased) (open access)

Dallas County Probate Case 2005: Tompkins, Isaac S. (Deceased)

Dallas County probate record regarding the case of Tompkins, Isaac S. (died March 5, 1987) and M. A. Tompkins (Executor or Guardian)
Date: 1893-08-28/1897-03-06
Creator: Dallas County (Tex.)
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Burning Garbage, &c. (open access)

Apparatus for Burning Garbage, &c.

Patent for an improved apparatus for burning refuse and consists of a roasting chamber, a garbage grate, grates that slope and carry the product away after combustion, flues that open above the grates, and the wall partly closes on one end to let the products away after combustion.
Date: August 22, 1893
Creator: Garretson, William H. & Tainter, Silas B.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Southern Mercury. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 31, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 3, 1893 (open access)

The Southern Mercury. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 31, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 3, 1893

Weekly newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: August 3, 1893
Creator: Park, Milton
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Southern Mercury. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 32, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 10, 1893 (open access)

The Southern Mercury. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 32, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 10, 1893

Weekly newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: August 10, 1893
Creator: Park, Milton
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Southern Mercury. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 33, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 17, 1893 (open access)

The Southern Mercury. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 33, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 17, 1893

Weekly newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: August 17, 1893
Creator: Park, Milton
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Southern Mercury. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 34, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 24, 1893 (open access)

The Southern Mercury. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 34, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 24, 1893

Weekly newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: August 24, 1893
Creator: Park, Milton
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Southern Mercury. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 35, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 31, 1893 (open access)

The Southern Mercury. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 35, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 31, 1893

Weekly newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: August 31, 1893
Creator: Park, Milton
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dallas County Probate Case 1489: Krueger, Geo. (Deceased) (open access)

Dallas County Probate Case 1489: Krueger, Geo. (Deceased)

Dallas County probate record regarding the case of Krueger, Geo. (died November 8, 1893) and W.T. Hancock (Executor or Guardian)
Date: 1893-08-01/1894-03-08
Creator: Dallas County (Tex.)
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dallas County Probate Case 2495: Hord, W.H. (Deceased) (open access)

Dallas County Probate Case 2495: Hord, W.H. (Deceased)

Dallas County probate record regarding the case of Hord, W.H. (died January 15, 1901) and J.A. Crawford (Executor or Guardian). William Henry Hord was born 05-Apr. 1809 and is buried in the Oak Cliff Cemetery Dallas Texas along with his wife Mary Jane Crockett Hord and their children.
Date: 1893-08-11/1977-08-07
Creator: Dallas County (Tex.)
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dallas County Probate Case 1699: Leeper, M.M. (Deceased) (open access)

Dallas County Probate Case 1699: Leeper, M.M. (Deceased)

Dallas County probate record regarding the case of Leeper, M.M. (died September 5, 1893) and S.L. Randlett (Executor or Guardian)
Date: 1893-08-24/1893-11-02
Creator: Dallas County (Tex.)
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dallas County Probate Case 1442: Fenton, G.A. (Deceased) (open access)

Dallas County Probate Case 1442: Fenton, G.A. (Deceased)

Dallas County probate record regarding the case of Fenton, G.A. (Deceased) and W.G. Scarff (Executor or Guardian)
Date: 1893-08-15/1893-09-02
Creator: Dallas County (Tex.)
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dallas County Probate Case 2109: Murphy, Jas. T. (Deceased) (open access)

Dallas County Probate Case 2109: Murphy, Jas. T. (Deceased)

Dallas County probate record regarding the case of Murphy, Jas. T. (died January 12, 1897) and Elizabeth L. Murphy (Executor or Guardian)
Date: 1893-08-28/1897-03-05
Creator: Dallas County (Tex.)
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Portable Scale. (open access)

Portable Scale.

Patent for an improved, simple, and inexpensive portable scale meant for weighing cotton, corn, and other similar produce. It folds compactly when not in use, and has a tally device.
Date: August 8, 1893
Creator: Storey, Julius W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Forge-Tray. (open access)

Forge-Tray.

Patent for "an improved forge tray, and it has for its object to provide means for preventing the loss or waste of fuel incident to the use of the ordinary forms of forges; and to provide means for concentrating the heat without interfering with the operations of the smith and without intercepting his view of the irons" (lines 8-15).
Date: August 15, 1893
Creator: Burnett, Rufus Samuel
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling. (open access)

Car-Coupling.

Patent for an improved, simple, and efficient car coupling that is reliable and automatically couples cars together. The invention provides "a car-coupling which will not necessitate persons going between cars, and which will, should a car be overturned, become automatically uncoupled to prevent a derailed car dragging others after it down an embankment" (lines 16-20).
Date: August 15, 1893
Creator: Hausam, Daniel Whitfield
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History