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Forney Tribune. (Forney, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 20, Ed. 1 Tuesday, October 22, 1889
Weekly newspaper from Forney, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
October 22, 1889
Creator:
Elliott, Sercey & Adams, Walter D.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Forney Tribune. (Forney, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 22, Ed. 1 Tuesday, November 5, 1889
Weekly newspaper from Forney, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
November 5, 1889
Creator:
Elliott, Sercey & Adams, Walter D.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
North Texas Hospital for the Insane Annual Report: 1889
Annual report of the North Texas Hospital for the Insane, providing data about operations, updates about programs, and other information related to activities at the hospital.
Date:
1889
Creator:
North Texas Hospital for the Insane
Object Type:
Report
System:
The Portal to Texas History
North Texas Hospital for the Insane Annual Report: 1888
Annual report of the North Texas Hospital for the Insane, providing data about operations, updates about programs, and other information related to activities at the hospital.
Date:
1888
Creator:
North Texas Hospital for the Insane
Object Type:
Report
System:
The Portal to Texas History
North Texas Hospital for the Insane Annual Report: 1887
Annual report of the North Texas Hospital for the Insane, providing data about operations, updates about programs, and other information related to activities at the hospital.
Date:
1887
Creator:
North Texas Hospital for the Insane
Object Type:
Report
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle.
Patent for a new and improved horse carriage. This design calls for "the rider [to] press the treadles so as to hold the wheels in contact with the ground. When sufficient speed has been acquired the treadles are released, and the springs will then raise the wheels from contact with the ground, and the momentum will then be sufficient to keep the wheel erect. Should it be inclined to tilt, it may easily be righted by pressing either treadle so as to throw the wheel on the tilting side in contact with the ground" (lines 61-74).
Date:
July 10, 1883
Creator:
Smith, James Franklin
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Violin Tail Piece.
Patent for a new and improved tail piece for violins. This design "has for its object to raise or lower the pitch of the strings simultaneously, when required" (lines 10-12).
Date:
June 10, 1884
Creator:
Smith, John J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Water Elevator.
Patent for a new and improved water elevator. This design "relates to improvements in water-elevators in which water is made to perform the operations heretofore performed by steam; and it consists in the construction and arrangement of parts . . . whereby the rarefaction of heated air is employed to raise or set in motion a continuous stream of water" (lines 14-21).
Date:
January 25, 1881
Creator:
Smith, William A. & Smith, Robert T.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Machine for Cutting Basket Splints.
Patent for a new machine for cutting basket splints. This design is for a large ring with grooves of varying depths to receive pieces of timber, whereupon a horse pulls a knife-tipped sweep along the perimeter of the ring, gradually turning the timber into splints for baskets. The machine can be conveniently disassembled and stored when not in use, and it is simple and easy enough for a unskilled laborer to assemble.
Date:
March 29, 1881
Creator:
Crow, Thomas
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Treadle.
Patent for a new and improved treadle. This design "has for its object to provide an adjustable pad . . . preferably formed of rubber, to the ordinary iron treadle . . . and may be detached therefrom, as desired. . . . whereby wear of the shoes is saved and cold feet will be avoided" (lines 10-24).
Date:
December 4, 1883
Creator:
Johnson, William Oscar
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Medical Compond
Patent for “medical compound designed for the treatment of diseases of the throat and lungs” (lines 10-12).
Date:
December 21, 1880
Creator:
Rippetoe, Amasa
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stalk-Shopper
Patent for "improved stalk-chopper for corn, cotton, or other stalks, where-in a reel or reels carrying longitudinal knives is supported and adjusted upon a frame which may be easily connected and disconnected from the running-gear of an ordinary wagon" (lines 14-20)
Date:
August 17, 1888
Creator:
Ferrel, Alexander
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stalk Cutter and Mower.
Patent for a new and improved stalk-cutter and mower. This design consists, "with the shaft, having pulley and means . . . to rotate the same, of the pivoted links, the reel having its shaft journaled in said links and provided with the longitudinal cutters and with the pulley, the endless belt connecting the said pulleys . . . and the lever connected to the reel to raise and lower the same" (lines 9-17).
Date:
August 27, 1889
Creator:
Knox, Washington Irvin
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Track Raiser.
Patent for improvements to railroad track raisers.
Date:
February 16, 1886
Creator:
Robburts, Geoorge W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hay-Press
Patent for "a simple and effective machine of the character described, which shall possess advantages in point of durability, cheapness of manufacture, and general efficiency" (lines 18-21).
Date:
July 31, 1888
Creator:
Bigham, Joshua R. & Bigham, Ambrose W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hay Press.
Patent for a new and improved baling press. This design consists in "the combination of the frame, the baling-chamber at the front end of the same, the plunger, the toggle-links connecting said plunger with a cross-piece at the rear end of the frame, a base extending laterally from the frame, a horizontal crank mounted pivotally upon said base, the pitman connecting said crank with the connecting-point of the toggle-links, said pitman consisting of end pieces connected by a bridge-piece lying in a lower plane than the said end-pieces, and an operating-sweep" (lines 13-24).
Date:
October 22, 1889
Creator:
Robburts, George W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sweat Leather for Riding Saddles.
Patent for a new and improved sweat-leather for saddles. This design "has for its object to construct sweat-leathers which shall be absolutely impervious to the sweat and moisture exuding from the animal, and thus serve to protect the rider's clothes. Sweat-pads, as ordinarily constructed of leather, are liable to be permeated with moisture, by which their efficiency as protectors is not only impaired, but they are liable to curl up . . . To avoid this . . . [the] improved sweat-pads [have] linings of India-rubber" (lines 20-31).
Date:
December 25, 1883
Creator:
Harriss, James Wilson
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Seed-Planter.
Patent for a seed-planter, with illustrations. The "invention relates to an improved seed-planter, adapted to be attached to and operated in connection with any ordinary plow for planting wheat, corn, cotton, or other seed (line 25-28).
Date:
December 19, 1882
Creator:
Brown, William A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Churn-Motor.
Patent for a butter churn with a "vertical rotary dasher" (line 19), including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
March 16, 1880
Creator:
Rogers, James P.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Smoke and Cinder Conductor.
Patent for a new and improved smoke and cinder conductor. This design "has for its object to provide a simple and efficient conducting mechanism to be attached to the cars, and provided with an improved coupling device at its ends, by which a coupling can be automatically effected with the conducting mechanism of an adjoining car" (lines 11-17).
Date:
May 1, 1883
Creator:
Brown, William A. & Smith, James F.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fertilizer Distributer.
Patent for an improved fertilizer distributor to be attached to the farm wagon. Accompanied with illustrations.
Date:
August 24, 1886
Creator:
Hurley, William G.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Planter.
Patent for a new and improved planter. This design consists in "the combination of the hopper having the opening in its base, the seed-slide provided with the slot, the strip having the longitudinal adjusting-slot and set-screw, the pivoted vibrating lever, the limiting-bracket, the coiled spring, the pivoted reciprocating bar moving in the bracket and having the beveled rear end, the conveyer-wheel, and the arms standing from the side of the conveyer-wheel and actuating the bar" (lines 21-31).
Date:
October 16, 1888
Creator:
Knox, Washington Irvine
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Planter.
Patent for a new and improved planter. This design consists in "[t]he combination . . . of the oscillating hopper having the opening in its lower side, the slides on the bottom of the hopper, having the slots, the set-screws engaging said slots and securing the slides in place, the seed-slide guided between the opposing edges of the slides, and the operating-lever pivoted on one of the screws and engaging the seed-slide" (lines 62-70).
Date:
February 5, 1889
Creator:
Ballard, Johnathan J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Railroad Spike.
Patent for a new and improved railroad spike. This design consists in "[a] spike for securing a railroad-rail, having a lower portion, having a shoulder, and a right-angular arm for resting against the base-flange of a rail, and the arm or extension" (lines 60-64).
Date:
November 10, 1885
Creator:
Hicks, James D.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History