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Machine for Cutting Stick-Candy.
Patent for a simple and durable machine for cutting stick-candy that is "capable of traveling over a table or other support upon which stick candy in given lengths may be laid, and to so travel over the table that the lengthy sticks of candy will be made to slide over the bed of the machine, under a knife or its equivalent; and a further object of the invention is to provide a means whereby the knife may be manipulated at predetermined points in the travel of the machine to cut the lengthy sticks into shorter predetermined lengths" (lines 11-21).
Date:
December 18, 1894
Creator:
Allardyce, John M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Swing.
Patent for a swing that consists of a frame, a wooden horse to ride on, a U-shaped hanger that is attached to the seat in the back and front, a pulley-like rocker attached to the top of the frame, a bolt that is securing the rocker to the hanger, two bars that go from the horse seat to the pulley, and a chord that attaches the two bars and goes around the top of the pulley.
Date:
November 13, 1894
Creator:
Alston, Samuel I.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Handle for Pans, Tubs, &c.
Patent for a wire handle for pans, tubs, &c that consists of two handles on either side of the tub, which are connected via a wire that fits in the lip of the rim of the receptacle. The handles, when taken out of the receptacle, consist of one single frame.
Date:
February 6, 1894
Creator:
Brown, John Stoddart
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Joseph F. Campbell to Mrs. Haris Kempner, April 23, 1894]
Letter from Jos F. Kempner to Mrs. Harris Kempner discussing resolutions, condolences, and sympathy from the Island City Savings Bank of her husband passing away, which the Island City Savings Bank her husband was president for many years.
Date:
April 23, 1894
Creator:
Campbell, Joseph F.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Death Resolution of Harris Kempner]
A death resolution from David Schwarz at Congregation Bnai Israel discussing the resolution of Harris Kempner and a copy of it transmitted to his family.
Date:
May 1894
Creator:
Congregation Bnai Israel
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling.
Patent for "a simple, safe, and practical coupling for cars, arranged to couple at one time as many cars as may be desired, and to operate automatically so as to avoid all necessity of going between the cars, and adapted to use the ordinary link and to couple with cars having a higher or lower draw bar than itself." (Lines 7-14) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
December 25, 1894
Creator:
Elliott, James W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cooking-Stove.
Patent for a cooking stove that uses heat from a charcoal furnace efficiently, which increases the length the stove is hot and decreases the risk of suffocation from the gas given off by the furnace.
Date:
June 12, 1894
Creator:
Hayes, Rebecca Henry
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Grease-Trap.
Patent for a grease-trap that improves on a patent previously granted to the inventor (No. 506,690). The improvement includes providing "a strainer device for sewer traps, and the like, which will prevent any solid matter passing therethrough, and at the same time capable of being removed for the purpose of cleansing, repairs or other purposes" (lines 22-26).
Date:
May 8, 1894
Creator:
Heffron, Isaac
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Spool or Bobbin Holder.
Patent for a spool or bobbin holder that has a spindle with a flange on it, a retractable spring, an actuated catch, and a stem on the spindle.
Date:
March 13, 1894
Creator:
Homer, Arthur B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from A. S. Stinnett to Mrs. H. Kempner, April 20, 1894]
Letter from A. S. Stinnett to Mrs. H. Kempner providing a copy of resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors and express sympathy from the J. A. Kemp Grocery Company for the loass of her husband, Harris Kempner.
Date:
{1894-04-17,1894-04-20}
Creator:
J. A. Kemp Grocery Co.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Telegram from Mrs H. Kempner to I. H. Kempner, April 6, 1894]
Telegram from Mrs. H. Kempner to I. H. Kempner telling him that Papa is sick and instructing him to come home at once
Date:
April 6, 1894
Creator:
Kempner, Eliza Seinsheimer
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from H. Kempner to Ike, March 15, 1894]
Letter from H. Kempner to Ike discussing that Ike will graduate with honors and glad that Ike is well.
Date:
March 15, 1894
Creator:
Kempner, Harris, 1837-1894
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from I. H. Kempner to Dan Kempner, February 15, 1894]
Letter from I. H. Kempner to Dan Kempner discussing that his father bought him a spring suit and letting Dan they are well.
Date:
February 15, 1894
Creator:
Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from I. H. Kempner to son, March 25, 1894]
Letter from I. H. Kempner to son discussing his seventeenth birthday praying God will preserve him to a good age wishing him a useful man.
Date:
March 25, 1894
Creator:
Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Will of I. H. Kempner]
Will of I. H. Kempner documenting his last will and testament which this will revokes former wills in the past.
Date:
February 1894
Creator:
Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Object Type:
Legal Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Telegram from I. Markowitz to I. K. Kempner and Dan Kempner, April 8, 1894]
Telegram from I. Markowitz to I. K. and Dan Kempner informing them that papa is still resting easy and that he is requesting for them to bring apples.
Date:
April 8, 1894, 2:30 p.m.
Creator:
Matkowitz, I.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Galveston Tribune. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 164, Ed. 2 Tuesday, November 20, 1894
Daily newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
November 20, 1894
Creator:
Ousley, Clarence
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Galveston Tribune. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 165, Ed. 2 Wednesday, November 21, 1894
Daily newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
November 21, 1894
Creator:
Ousley, Clarence
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Galveston Tribune. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 166, Ed. 2 Thursday, November 22, 1894
Daily newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
November 22, 1894
Creator:
Ousley, Clarence
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Galveston Tribune. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 167, Ed. 2 Friday, November 23, 1894
Daily newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
November 23, 1894
Creator:
Ousley, Clarence
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Galveston Tribune. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 311, Ed. 2 Saturday, November 24, 1894
Daily newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
November 24, 1894
Creator:
Ousley, Clarence
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Galveston Tribune. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 312, Ed. 2 Monday, November 26, 1894
Daily newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
November 26, 1894
Creator:
Ousley, Clarence
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Galveston Tribune. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 313, Ed. 2 Tuesday, November 27, 1894
Daily newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
November 27, 1894
Creator:
Ousley, Clarence
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Galveston Tribune. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 1, Ed. 2 Wednesday, November 28, 1894
Daily newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
November 28, 1894
Creator:
Ousley, Clarence
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History