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Insecticide (open access)

Insecticide

Patent for a type of insecticide for cotton and vegetable plants. Particularly effective for use against the "boll-weevil" of cotton plants.
Date: May 26, 1903
Creator: Bourlon, Eugene A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard from Henry A. Castle to M. S. King, February 13, 1903]

Postcard from Henry A. Castle, federal US Post Office auditor to M. S. King, postmaster of Splendora, Texas, detailing the results of an audit that took place on December 31, 1902.
Date: February 13, 1903
Creator: Castle, Henry A.
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History
Insect - Destroying Machine. (open access)

Insect - Destroying Machine.

Patent for a machine developed for the removal of insects from cotton plants by means of rotary brushes on each side and crushing rolls below the brushes to kill the insects dislodged.
Date: September 8, 1903
Creator: Dyer, Charles V. & Willette, Willie S.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Conroe Courier. (Conroe, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. [], Ed. 1 Friday, August 28, 1903 (open access)

The Conroe Courier. (Conroe, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. [], Ed. 1 Friday, August 28, 1903

Weekly newspaper from Conroe, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: August 28, 1903
Creator: Frazer, Lee H.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Insect Destroying Machine (open access)

Insect Destroying Machine

Patent for an insect destroying machine. Illustrations included.
Date: December 8, 1903
Creator: Kelley, Michael C. & Terrell, William P.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History