Dallas County probate record regarding the case of Rick, Constant (died December 28, 1893) and Helena Rick (Executor or Guardian)

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Dallas County probate record regarding the case of Hubbell, Carrie A. (died December 15, 1902) and Jas. P. Hubbell (Executor or Guardian). Her only child was born 17 Nov 1902.

Dallas County probate record regarding the case of Donnell, Jas. M. (died January 2, 1894) and Rebecca Donnell (Executor or Guardian)

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Dallas County probate record regarding the case of Sutton, W.H. (died November 23, 1895) and Texas Svg. & Tr. Co. (Executor or Guardian). Dr. William H. Sutton is buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Dallas, Texas along with his wives and children.

Patent for a buckle meant for use with harnesses and "wherein the ordinary movable and hinged tongue is dispensed with, and a rigid stud or pointed projection is used in reversed positions at opposite ends of connecting loops" (lines 9-13).

Patent for an underground conduit electric railway meant to propel cars. The conduit can be drained and kept dry, and a trolley attachment protects the conduit from dirt and water as well.

Patent for an inexpensive and simply constructed corn and cotton planter that has an "improved mechanism for transmitting motion from the drive-wheel to the seed-disk; to so construct said mechanism as to operate only when the planter is being advanced and to remain inoperative when being drawn backward; to provide for a change of speed for the seed-disk so as to plant close together or far apart as may be desired; and to provide a new and improved hood or protector for the gear connection between the drive-wheel and the power-transmitting mechanism, which hood may be readily cast and will preserve the mechanism at this point against the deleterious actions of dust and other gritty matter that would otherwise find its way therein" (lines 11-26).

Dallas County probate record regarding the case of Jenkins, Milton H. (Minor) and J.T. Jenkins (Executor or Guardian)

Patent for an electric-current meter that measures "the amount of electricity passing over a given branch of derived or (if desired) line circuit, thereby indicating the amount of electricity used for the translating or other consuming devices in the circuit, having for its object the construction of an apparatus which will respond more accurately to the variations in the said currents and indicate more exactly upon a dial or dials provided for the purpose, the quantity of electricity which passes" (lines 10-20). The meter's range can be extended.

Dallas County probate record regarding the case of Ray, Annie B. et al (Minors) and Jno. H. Daniel (Executor or Guardian)

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Weekly newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.

Dallas County probate record regarding the case of Hunter, Geo. K. (Minor) and W.R. Hunter (Executor or Guardian)

Dallas County probate record regarding the case of Garlington, Chas. F. (Minors) and W.D. Garlington (Executor or Guardian)

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Patent for a gin feeder that carries "the cotton forward, and is provided with some one or more of many additional devices to regulate the amount delivered by the conveyer, independently of the amount that may be in the feeder, provided only that the supply be not to scanty" (lines 13-18). Other feeders do this, but the patent is for an especially simply designed and does not use a belt conveyer. It also does not wear out easily.

Dallas County probate record regarding the case of McMahon, J.A. (died November 5, 1893) and Nellie M. McMahon (Executor or Guardian)

Dallas County probate record regarding the case of Floyd, Peter (died November 3, 1893) and Fannie Hollond (Executor or Guardian)

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Patent for a clothes pin made from spring metal that "automatically adapt[s] itself to lines of different thicknesses, and whereby the pin may be used to retain an exceedingly thin article in engagement with the line as effectually as an exceedingly thick article, the pin being capable of holding a bit of lace and likewise a heavy blanket or quilt" (lines 11-18). It is especially designed for use with metal clothes lines.

Patent for a simple and effective stump puller that pulls stumps entirely from the ground using a large amount of force. The machine uses a series of pulleys, hooks, levers, and cranks.

Dallas County probate record regarding the case of Harris, Lora A. (Minor) and C.H. Blewitt (Executor or Guardian)