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Apparatus for Handling Lint-Cotton.
Patent for an apparatus for handling lint-cotton that allows air to move freely without back pressure while putting the fiber into a bat. It has a "trunk into which a series of gins deliver, of a primary condenser having a high surface speed, so that it will rapidly remove the fiber and prevent the bat from building up of such thickness as to check the escape of air, and a second condenser having a slower surface speed and arranged to receive the lint from the first condenser and form it into a thicker bat" (lines 29-37).
Date:
March 19, 1895
Creator:
Campbell, Douglas M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wood-Preservative.
Patent for a compound with preservative qualities for protecting submersed wood from the destructive forces of water, whether sea or fresh, and from shipworms.
Date:
July 9, 1895
Creator:
Gallinowsky, Hugo
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from H. M. Trueheart & Co. to W. K. McAlpine, December 5, 1895]
Letter from the H. M. Trueheart & Company sent to Col. William K. McAlpine informing him of property taxes still owed for the year of 1895. A handwritten note from the Trueheart Company in the bottom right corner marks the bill as paid.
Date:
December 5, 1895
Creator:
H. M. Trueheart & Company
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Baling-Machine.
Patent for a "cotton bale provided with a fire-proof covering in the form of a box or casing of sheet metal, and to have the same so applied to the bale in the process of compressing the cotton in forming the bale, that the said covering will of itself form the entire means for holding the bale intact and in its tightly compressed condition, while serving its additional function as a shipping case which will protect the bale of cotton from fire, and from all possible damage incidental to transportation and storage." (Lines 16-27) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
January 29, 1895
Creator:
Hutches, Benjamin F., Jr.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Texas Coast News. (Texas City, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 6, Ed. 1 Wednesday, February 13, 1895
Weekly newspaper from Texas City, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
February 13, 1895
Creator:
Keetch, Arthur
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Morrison & Fourmy's General Directory of the City of Galveston: 1895-1896
General directory for Galveston, Texas includes address listings for businesses and individuals as well as advertisements from local businesses. According to the title page, it contains "1895-96."
Date:
1895/1896
Creator:
Morrison & Fourmy
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Cleaning Apparatus.
Patent for a cotton-cleaning apparatus made up of "a stationary foraminous case or drum having an inlet-opening in the upper side of its small end, a rotary shaft extending centrally through the case or drum and having a plurality of spirally-arranged at the large end of the foraminous case and having a discharge-pipe for conveying the cotton to the point where it is to be deposited or discharged - as, for instance, into gins or gin-feeders" (lines 9-19). The cotton goes in one end, the cotton is elevated, beater-arms move the cotton along, and fans drive the cotton to the gins.
Date:
October 8, 1895
Creator:
Murray, Stephen D.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tuning Device for Pianos.
Patent for "a means whereby the strings of a piano may be easily and deliberately tuned, and when tuned they will be held absolutely rigid and unyielding under all circumstances while the pins are set in wood, thus avoiding any possibility of the jarring of the parts." (Lines 36-42) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
April 23, 1895
Creator:
Orser, Levi
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Galveston Tribune. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 185, Ed. 1 Monday, July 1, 1895
Daily newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
July 1, 1895
Creator:
Ousley, Clarence
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Galveston Tribune. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 186, Ed. 1 Tuesday, July 2, 1895
Daily newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
July 2, 1895
Creator:
Ousley, Clarence
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Galveston Tribune. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 187, Ed. 1 Wednesday, July 3, 1895
Daily newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
July 3, 1895
Creator:
Ousley, Clarence
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Galveston Tribune. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 188, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 4, 1895
Daily newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
July 4, 1895
Creator:
Ousley, Clarence
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Galveston Tribune. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 189, Ed. 1 Friday, July 5, 1895
Daily newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
July 5, 1895
Creator:
Ousley, Clarence
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Galveston Tribune. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 190, Ed. 1 Saturday, July 6, 1895
Daily newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
July 6, 1895
Creator:
Ousley, Clarence
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Galveston Tribune. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 191, Ed. 1 Monday, July 8, 1895
Daily newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
July 8, 1895
Creator:
Ousley, Clarence
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Galveston Tribune. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 192, Ed. 1 Tuesday, July 9, 1895
Daily newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
July 9, 1895
Creator:
Ousley, Clarence
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Galveston Tribune. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 193, Ed. 1 Wednesday, July 10, 1895
Daily newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
July 10, 1895
Creator:
Ousley, Clarence
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Galveston Tribune. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 194, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 11, 1895
Daily newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
July 11, 1895
Creator:
Ousley, Clarence
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Galveston Tribune. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 195, Ed. 1 Friday, July 12, 1895
Daily newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
July 12, 1895
Creator:
Ousley, Clarence
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Galveston Tribune. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 196, Ed. 1 Saturday, July 13, 1895
Daily newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
July 13, 1895
Creator:
Ousley, Clarence
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Galveston Tribune. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 197, Ed. 1 Monday, July 15, 1895
Daily newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
July 15, 1895
Creator:
Ousley, Clarence
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Galveston Tribune. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 198, Ed. 1 Tuesday, July 16, 1895
Daily newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
July 16, 1895
Creator:
Ousley, Clarence
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Galveston Tribune. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 199, Ed. 1 Wednesday, July 17, 1895
Daily newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
July 17, 1895
Creator:
Ousley, Clarence
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Galveston Tribune. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 200, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 18, 1895
Daily newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
July 18, 1895
Creator:
Ousley, Clarence
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History