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Map of McLennan Co.
Blue line print of survey map of McLennan County, Texas, showing rivers, creeks, original land grants or surveys, cities, and towns and railroads. Scale [ca. 1:246,154] (6000 varas to 13/16 of an inch).
Date:
1896
Creator:
Pressler, Herman
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Baling-Press.
Patent for a baling-press used for baling cotton "in which the cotton-bat is wound into a cylindrical form without the use of a metal or similar core" (lines 11-13).
Date:
August 4, 1896
Creator:
Killingsworth, Thomas H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Animal-Poke.
Patent for "a combined animal poke and halter of simple, inexpensive, and efficient construction whereby stock to which the device is applied are prevented from forcing through or throwing their weight against barbed and other wire fences, and also whereby a halter strap or chain may be readily applied thereto to provide for securing the stock in their stalls when stabled." (Lines 8-16) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
October 6, 1896
Creator:
Parker, William H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Registry Receipt, January 6, 1896]
A registry receipt from the Chambersville, Texas Post Office for registered letter number 2, received of C. B. Moore on January 6, 1896, and addressed to J. D. Shaw in Waco, Texas. The reverse side contains a message regarding the weather and other matters associated with farming.
Date:
January 6, 1896
Creator:
Chambersville Post Office
Object Type:
Text
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Map of McLennan County
Map shows land patents, block and tract numbers, landowners, towns, and railroads; portions of adjacent counties where property boundaries extend beyond county limits. Scale not given.
Date:
1896
Creator:
[Texas]. General Land Office.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Temple Sheet
Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:125000
Date:
1896
Creator:
Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John K. Strecker, Jr. to Josephine Bahl, October 12, 1896]
Letter written to Josephine Bahl from John K. Strecker, Jr. in which Strecker, Jr. discusses the upcoming election and his support for William McKinley and the Republican party. He later goes on to talk about dances he attended and says that a woman named Gertrude said that "nearly everybody thought that I was the prettiest dancer."
Date:
October 12, 1896
Creator:
Strecker, John K., Jr.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter John K. Strecker, Jr. to Josephine Bahl, April 3, 1896]
Letter written to Josephine Bahl from John K. Strecker, Jr. concerning his affection for her and no other: "Must the thought always find birth in your mind that I love another?" He later tells her that "you of all girls have respect for my hobbies, my animals and books."
Date:
April 3, 1896
Creator:
Strecker, John K., Jr.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John K. Strecker, Jr. to Josephine Bahl, August 22, 1896]
Letter written to Josephine Bahl from John K. Strecker, Jr. This letter discusses his recent bout of sickness and the fact that his doctor says he should not read or write. John also relays information on her relatives in Waco who were recovering from scarlatina: "Leda, boy, and Blon are all nearly well...they merely had a light form of scarlatina."
Date:
August 22, 1896
Creator:
Strecker, John K., Jr.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Sanger Bros. to Mr. A.M. Monteith - September 30, 1896]
Letter written to Mr. A.M. Monteith in Belton, Texas from Sanger Bros. in Waco, Texas, concerning an issue with a Mr. Castles and ongoing correspondence with him.
Date:
September 30, 1896
Creator:
Sanger Bros.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John K. Strecker, Jr. to Josephine Bahl, January 5th, 1896]
Letter written to Josephine Bahl from John K. Strecker, Jr. regarding the poultry show at his exhibit on a Thursday night. He says to her that if she hasn't "made an engagement for next Sunday night with J. L. remember me."
Date:
January 5, 1896
Creator:
Strecker, John K., Jr.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John K. Strecker, Jr. to Josephine Bahl, August 12, 1896]
Letter written to Josephine Bahl from John K. Strecker, Jr. discussing his recent visit to her family members in Waco, Texas; her relatives had been struck by the Scarlet Fever and their house was quarantined. Later in the letter he discusses his recent publication of one of his articles on a Florida bird."
Date:
August 12, 1896
Creator:
Strecker, John K., Jr.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Song Lyrics Created by John Greaves to Josephine Bahl, July 25, 1896]
Song lyrics written by John Greaves to Josephine Bahl entitled: "Try Me Once Again." A few lines in the chorus section read: "Remember the promise I made to you while driving in the lane the letter I did write you..."
Date:
July 25, 1896
Creator:
Greaves, John
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John K. Streger, Jr. to Josephine Bahl, November 10, 1896]
Letter written to Josephine Bahl from John K. Strecker, Jr. describing the events of Election Day in Waco; much of his activity took place at the Republican Headquarters. He goes on to describe the dance that he attended where he was given excellent comments on his dancing skills.
Date:
November 10, 1896
Creator:
Strecker, John K., Jr.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John K. Strecker, Jr. to Josephine Bahl, August 1896]
Letter written to Josephine Bahl from John K. Strecker, Jr. describing events taking place in Waco. He spends part of the letter talking about a woman named Gertrude saying: "she is just the right height for me."
Date:
August 1896
Creator:
Strecker, John K., Jr.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Life-Boat.
Patent for a life-boat that improves on a previous patent (No. 512,591) for a hydraulic propelling device and adapts the jet propulsion means to a life boat. The life-boat is made to have compartments that, when one compartment gets crushed, the others remain afloat. The water goes into the stove or crushed compartment and can be used to propel the boat forward. The boat also has a system of bulkheads on the roof of the boat, each independent of the others and has valved pipes. Independent oil-holding tanks connected with valved pipes to the hydraulic main pipes, and with valved pipes going outside the boat so they can be emptied in case of emergency.
Date:
June 2, 1896
Creator:
Walker, James C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Texarkana Gateway to Texas and the Southwest
This text gives an overview of the places and resources in Texas with an emphasis on the locations where the railroads run through the state. Indexes start on page 220.
Date:
1896
Creator:
Texas & Pacific Railway
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Portrait of C. E. Williamson]
Photograph of Charles Edward Williamson, wearing a top had, a coat, and a cloak. His left arm is placed behind his back.
Date:
May 17, 1896
Creator:
Jackson, W. D.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Knee-Pad.
Patent for a knee-pad used while picking cotton, berries, or gardening. It protects the knee from dampness, stones, roots, etc. The pad goes on the knee, and two wooden braces are on the sides. A strap goes around the user's shoe, and the bolts were the pad is attached to the braces also has string where the operator ties the brace to himself.
Date:
February 18, 1896
Creator:
Davis, James Walter & Brown, Elijah Clark
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Leg-Protector.
Patent for leg-protectors or overalls for cotton-pickers to wear to protect them from the ground. Waterproof material covers the legs of the wearer with leather reinforcement outside the knees. There is spacing around the waste for a belt, and regular fabric forms the rest of the overalls.
Date:
June 23, 1896
Creator:
Herbelin, Alfred
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Insufflator.
Patent for an ejector meant to apply "powder for medicinal purposes to afflicted parts of the body without difficulty" (lines 10-12).
Date:
August 18, 1896
Creator:
Moore, George W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Storage-Condenser and Lint-Cotton Conveyer.
Patent for an improvement on a previous patent application (Serial No. 552,724), of which Patterson was an assignee. The improved and simply designed machine has a variety of assets, the main goal being to produce bats of uniformly thick and clean cotton.
Date:
June 9, 1896
Creator:
Patterson, Warren A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Storage-Condenser and Lint-Cotton Conveyer.
Patent for a storage-condenser and lint-cotton conveyer based off two previous patents, one that the inventor was assignee of, Serial No. 552,724, the other one that the inventor submitted an application for, Serial No. 563,386. This patent simplifies the above patents and is meant to efficiently cleans the cotton, "to avoid the employment of the rotary foraminous drums or cylinders" (lines 29-30), to draw out the dirt with the air, and to regulate the amount of cotton that is supplied to the cotton compress.
Date:
June 16, 1896
Creator:
Patterson, Warren A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Storage-Condenser and Lint-Cotton Conveyer.
Patent for a storage-condenser and lint-cotton conveyor. It forms lint-cotton into a bat so it can be delivered to a baling machine. with this invention, "a battery or batteries of gins can continuously discharge lint-cotton to a mechanism for conveying the same to a point in juxtaposition to cotton baling or pressing mechanism, and the necessity of stopping the gins during the time the bale is being tied, where a single press-box, or single pressing mechanism is used, is avoided, thus enabling the gins to continuously operate even when a single press-box or single baling or pressing mechanism is employed" (lines 18-28). Lint-cotton discharged from a gin is stored while a bale is being tied or pressed, and the bat the lint-cotton conveyor produces is even so the density of the bale is even. Air can escape from the bat-forming apparatus, eliminating dust from the cotton.
Date:
February 25, 1896
Creator:
Tennison, John S.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History