Container-Holder. (open access)

Container-Holder.

Patent for a container holder for holding ice cream containers packed in buckets with ice around them from floating when the ice melts.
Date: October 31, 1911
Creator: Williams, Winfield B.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Furnace (open access)

Furnace

Patent for a furnace that burns low grade fuel completely reducing waste.
Date: May 28, 1912
Creator: Rice, Earley W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Chopping Machine (open access)

Chopping Machine

Patent for a chopping machine. Illustrations included.
Date: February 8, 1910
Creator: Kilman, John J. & McCown, J. R.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Journal of the Central Texas Conference, First Annual Session, Methodist Episcopal Church South (open access)

Journal of the Central Texas Conference, First Annual Session, Methodist Episcopal Church South

Journal proceedings of Central Texas Conference include a list of members, committees, condensed minutes of the proceedings, reports of boards and committees, appointments, memoirs, statistical tables, and advertisements.
Date: November 1910
Creator: Methodist Episcopal Church, South.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Journal of the Central Texas Conference, Fifty-First Annual Session (which is the seventh session since division), Methodist Episcopal Church, South (open access)

Journal of the Central Texas Conference, Fifty-First Annual Session (which is the seventh session since division), Methodist Episcopal Church, South

Journal proceedings of Central Texas Conference include a list of members, committees, condensed minutes of the proceedings, reports of boards and committees, appointments, memoirs, statistical tables, and advertisements. Indexes to the journal and advertisements on page 154.
Date: November 1916
Creator: Methodist Episcopal Church, South.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Texas spirit of '17: a pictorial and biographical record of the gallant and courageous men from Ellis County who served in the Great War (open access)

The Texas spirit of '17: a pictorial and biographical record of the gallant and courageous men from Ellis County who served in the Great War

Book that details the World War I military service of the citizens of Ellis County. Includes photographs and biographies.
Date: 1919
Creator: Army and Navy History Company.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator-Hopple. (open access)

Cultivator-Hopple.

Patent for the simplification, strengthening, and adjustment of levers to make using a cultivator hopple easier to use.
Date: February 3, 1914
Creator: McCanless, Joseph E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Air-Compressor. (open access)

Air-Compressor.

Patent for a more efficient air compressor with high and low pressure chambers formed of mating sections that can be detached to make repairs to the piston as necessary.
Date: April 1, 1913
Creator: Murphy, Edward
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Burglar-Alarm. (open access)

Burglar-Alarm.

Patent for a burglar alarm device that is triggered by the movement of a door or window, including illustrations.
Date: October 30, 1917
Creator: Alderman, Joseph S.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Antiskidding Vehicle Wheel-Tire. (open access)

Antiskidding Vehicle Wheel-Tire.

Patent for an antiskidding vehicle wheel tire that has tread structure which prevents slippage or skidding of the tires on wet or icy roads.
Date: July 15, 1913
Creator: Dees, Mark A. & Dees, Thomas M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Waxahachie Daily Light (Waxahachie, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 41, Ed. 1 Friday, May 11, 1917 (open access)

Waxahachie Daily Light (Waxahachie, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 41, Ed. 1 Friday, May 11, 1917

Daily newspaper from Waxahachie, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: May 11, 1917
Creator: Ownby, W. A.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Waxahachie Daily Light (Waxahachie, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 43, Ed. 1 Monday, May 14, 1917 (open access)

Waxahachie Daily Light (Waxahachie, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 43, Ed. 1 Monday, May 14, 1917

Daily newspaper from Waxahachie, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: May 14, 1917
Creator: Ownby, W. A.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Waxahachie Daily Light (Waxahachie, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 45, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 16, 1917 (open access)

Waxahachie Daily Light (Waxahachie, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 45, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 16, 1917

Daily newspaper from Waxahachie, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: May 16, 1917
Creator: Ownby, W. A.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cranking Device (open access)

Cranking Device

Patent for cranking device to start internal combustion engines and designed specifically for automobiles.
Date: June 24, 1919
Creator: Harris, Irvin F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rev. H. D. Knickerbocker Brands C. C. McDonald as an Unmitigated Liar and Unprincipled Scoundrel (open access)

Rev. H. D. Knickerbocker Brands C. C. McDonald as an Unmitigated Liar and Unprincipled Scoundrel

Pamphlet written by Reverend H. D. Knickerbocker to refute statements made by C. C. McDonald regarding Knickerbocker's position in favor of Prohibition and an incident with the Huaco Club in Waco. The pamphlet includes the printed text of three documents meant to provide supporting evidence and ends with a list of specific ways that Knickerbocker claims McDonald has lied.
Date: November 1915
Creator: Knickerbocker, Hubert D.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Soil survey of Ellis County, Texas (open access)

Soil survey of Ellis County, Texas

Text describes climate, agriculture, and soils of Ellis County, Texas.
Date: October 13, 1911
Creator: Bennett, Frank; Burke, R. T. (Richard Thomas Avon) & Lounsbury, Clarence
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History

Soil map, Texas, Ellis County sheet

Map displays soil types along with creeks, lakes, rivers, ferries, roads, railroads, towns, and schools. Shows numbered sections. Includes legend and soil profiles.
Date: October 13, 1911
Creator: United States. Bureau of Soils.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Waxahachie Daily Light (Waxahachie, Tex.), Vol. 24, No. 242, Ed. 1 Monday, January 1, 1917 (open access)

Waxahachie Daily Light (Waxahachie, Tex.), Vol. 24, No. 242, Ed. 1 Monday, January 1, 1917

Daily newspaper from Waxahachie, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 1, 1917
Creator: Ownby, W. A.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Waxahachie Daily Light (Waxahachie, Tex.), Vol. 24, No. 244, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 3, 1917 (open access)

Waxahachie Daily Light (Waxahachie, Tex.), Vol. 24, No. 244, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 3, 1917

Daily newspaper from Waxahachie, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 3, 1917
Creator: Ownby, W. A.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Waxahachie Daily Light (Waxahachie, Tex.), Vol. 24, No. 246, Ed. 1 Friday, January 5, 1917 (open access)

Waxahachie Daily Light (Waxahachie, Tex.), Vol. 24, No. 246, Ed. 1 Friday, January 5, 1917

Daily newspaper from Waxahachie, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 5, 1917
Creator: Ownby, W. A.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Waxahachie Daily Light (Waxahachie, Tex.), Vol. 24, No. 248, Ed. 1 Monday, January 8, 1917 (open access)

Waxahachie Daily Light (Waxahachie, Tex.), Vol. 24, No. 248, Ed. 1 Monday, January 8, 1917

Daily newspaper from Waxahachie, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 8, 1917
Creator: Ownby, W. A.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Waxahachie Daily Light (Waxahachie, Tex.), Vol. 24, No. 250, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 10, 1917 (open access)

Waxahachie Daily Light (Waxahachie, Tex.), Vol. 24, No. 250, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 10, 1917

Daily newspaper from Waxahachie, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 10, 1917
Creator: Ownby, W. A.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Waxahachie Daily Light (Waxahachie, Tex.), Vol. 24, No. 252, Ed. 1 Friday, January 12, 1917 (open access)

Waxahachie Daily Light (Waxahachie, Tex.), Vol. 24, No. 252, Ed. 1 Friday, January 12, 1917

Daily newspaper from Waxahachie, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 12, 1917
Creator: Ownby, W. A.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Waxahachie Daily Light (Waxahachie, Tex.), Vol. 24, No. 254, Ed. 1 Monday, January 15, 1917 (open access)

Waxahachie Daily Light (Waxahachie, Tex.), Vol. 24, No. 254, Ed. 1 Monday, January 15, 1917

Daily newspaper from Waxahachie, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 15, 1917
Creator: Ownby, W. A.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History