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Chillicothe Independent (Chillicothe, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 25, Ed. 1 Friday, June 27, 1913 (open access)

Chillicothe Independent (Chillicothe, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 25, Ed. 1 Friday, June 27, 1913

Weekly newspaper from Chillicothe, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: June 27, 1913
Creator: Buck, James T.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Quilting-Frame for Sweing-Machines. (open access)

Quilting-Frame for Sweing-Machines.

Patent for a quilting-frame for sewing-machines that "a folding tripod which is adapted to support the quilting frame, by means of a swiveled pulley connected to the handle of the frame carrying the rollers, the said pulley running backward and forward on the upper surface of a horizontal shaft which is held by means of adjustable rods, to a parallel shaft which is slidingly held to the upper surfaces of two of the tripod strips" (lines 18-26). The invention can fold compactly for storage.
Date: November 27, 1894
Creator: Parsons, James A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cut-Off. (open access)

Cut-Off.

Patent for a cut-off for water pipes, which provides a new construction to control the flow of supply of water from a roof.
Date: February 27, 1912
Creator: Pruden, John B.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History