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Cactus-Singer. (open access)

Cactus-Singer.

Patent for a safer design of a portable flame gun, used for burning needles off cactus plants, with illustrations.
Date: November 13, 1887
Creator: Vacher, Ernest William
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cactus-Burner. (open access)

Cactus-Burner.

Patent for a new and useful cactus burner for "removing thorns from cactus or prickly pear or similar plants or growths of a fleshy or succulent nature provided with spines" (line 10 - 13).
Date: August 8, 1899
Creator: Beever, Charles H. & McCoy, William A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Frio-Nueces Current (Pearsall, Tex.), Vol. 98, No. 3, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 16, 1992 (open access)

Frio-Nueces Current (Pearsall, Tex.), Vol. 98, No. 3, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 16, 1992

Weekly newspaper from Pearsall, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 16, 1992
Creator: Fair, Wilton H., Jr.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Frio-Nueces Current (Pearsall, Tex.), Vol. 98, No. 4, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 23, 1992 (open access)

Frio-Nueces Current (Pearsall, Tex.), Vol. 98, No. 4, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 23, 1992

Weekly newspaper from Pearsall, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 23, 1992
Creator: Fair, Wilton H., Jr.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Frio-Nueces Current (Pearsall, Tex.), Vol. 98, No. 2, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 9, 1992 (open access)

Frio-Nueces Current (Pearsall, Tex.), Vol. 98, No. 2, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 9, 1992

Weekly newspaper from Pearsall, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 9, 1992
Creator: Fair, Wilton H., Jr.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Skirt Ironing Board. (open access)

Skirt Ironing Board.

Patent for a new and improved ironing board. This design "consists [of] an ironing-board provided with hinged detachable leaves and with devices for holding said leaves open, which board is hinged or pivoted to the end piece of a frame, the lower part of which forms a box to receive that part of the article that hangs down, while the rest is being ironed, thus protecting it from dust and dirt and keeping it moist" (lines 12-20).
Date: December 14, 1880
Creator: Baldwin, Mary Hensley
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Attachment For Wheeled Plows Or Cultivators. (open access)

Attachment For Wheeled Plows Or Cultivators.

Patent for certain new and useful improvement sin attachments for wheeled plows or cultivators, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: October 24, 1899
Creator: Fullerton, John C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History