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Plow-Stock. (open access)

Plow-Stock.

Patent for a simply, durably, and efficiently constructed plow-stock that "will admit of changes being made in an expeditious and convenient manner to facilitate the grouping of the shares or plows to be carried by the stock" (lines 11-14).
Date: July 30, 1895
Creator: Abbott, Joseph W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Kitchen Utensil. (open access)

Kitchen Utensil.

Patent for a kitchen utensil that can be used for washing dishes, scraping cooking vessels, and cleaning ornamental glass and silver.
Date: June 11, 1895
Creator: Adair, Annie E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from J. B. Addison to C. C. Cox, June 19th, 1895] (open access)

[Letter from J. B. Addison to C. C. Cox, June 19th, 1895]

Letter from J. B. Addison to C. C. Cox discussing a payment to Cox. The envelope is included.
Date: June 19, 1895
Creator: Addison, J. B.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car-Door. (open access)

Car-Door.

Patent for "an improved freight car door so supported that it will not be shaken or jarred off and can be easily opened and closed at all times no matter how heavily loaded the car may be." (Lines 16-20) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: February 26, 1895
Creator: Allen, Thomas C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

Ferrocarril Internacional Mexicano y sus conexiones, 1894.

Map shows the late nineteenth century Mexican railroad line. Includes legend, distance table, and two profiles of routes between Ciudad Porfirio Diaz and the Pacific Ocean; illustration of the International Bridge on title panel. Inset: Valle de Mexico [Valley of Mexico]. Relief shown by shading. Scale [ca. 1:4,600,000].
Date: 1895
Creator: American Bank Note Company
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Scholars' Lesson Paper, May 1895 (open access)

Scholars' Lesson Paper, May 1895

The Scholars' Lesson Paper for May 1895, a non-denominational Christian pamphlet for Sunday school teachers, featuring weekly and daily scriptural readings along with related lesson topics and questions.
Date: May 26, 1895
Creator: American Sunday-School Union
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hame. (open access)

Hame.

Patent for a harness-hame and "contemplates the provision of improved means forming a part of the hames for securing the trace-chains thereto; also the provision of an improved trace-link adapted for connection with said securing means in a manner to insure maximum strength" (lines 15-21).
Date: November 19, 1895
Creator: Anderson, Lee
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hame-Fastener. (open access)

Hame-Fastener.

Patent for a simple and inexpensive hame-fastener that has "two adjustable parts, one of which is provided with hooks to be engaged by means on the other part" (lines 11-13). The invention is adjustable and does not unlock or disengage accidentally but can easily be unlocked on purpose.
Date: October 15, 1895
Creator: Anderson, Lee
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

Concho County

Map of Concho County, Texas, including the Panhandle Plains region. The center of Concho County and the German Emigration Company's Surveys are marked on map. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date: August 1895
Creator: Appell, P. F.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Floyd County

Map of the Panhandle Plains region covering Floyd County, Texas. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date: June 1895
Creator: Appell, P. F.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Jasper County

Map of Jasper County, Texas, including the Piney Woods region. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date: October 1895
Creator: Appell, P. F.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling. (open access)

Car-Coupling.

Patent for improved car couplings "of the Janney type, capable of readily coupling on short curved, and adapted to be either coupled or uncoupled without going between cars. A further object of the invention is to provide means whereby the parts may be readily set for automatic coupling, or to prevent coupling." (Lines 13-20) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: March 19, 1895
Creator: Armstrong, James P.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator. (open access)

Cultivator.

Patent for a cultivator that has its frame and attachments are mounted on carrying-wheels, and the plows depend on the wheels. It is operated more easily than other cultivators.
Date: May 28, 1895
Creator: Aubrey, Henry W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Exhaust-Steam Condenser. (open access)

Exhaust-Steam Condenser.

Patent for an exhaust-steam condenser meant for steam-engines in places where water needs to be conserved. It also "prevents the use of water for cooling the surfaces of the condenser" (lines 14-16).
Date: August 20, 1895
Creator: Bachman, Joseph A. & Goeth, Adolf C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pruning Implement. (open access)

Pruning Implement.

Patent for a simple, inexpensive, and efficient pruning implement meant to prune trees, cutting brush, and trimming hedges. It has a reciprocating knife, an improved hatchet-blade, and an extensible saw-blade "which is seated within a groove or recess in the shank of the implement and capable of being extended and held in operative position by means of a retaining-spring" (lines 16-20).
Date: November 12, 1895
Creator: Baiey, George M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Alvarado Bulletin. (Alvarado, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 1, Ed. 1 Friday, July 19, 1895 (open access)

Alvarado Bulletin. (Alvarado, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 1, Ed. 1 Friday, July 19, 1895

Weekly newspaper from Alvarado, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: July 19, 1895
Creator: Baillio, F. B.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Alvarado Bulletin. (Alvarado, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 2, Ed. 1 Friday, July 26, 1895 (open access)

Alvarado Bulletin. (Alvarado, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 2, Ed. 1 Friday, July 26, 1895

Weekly newspaper from Alvarado, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: July 26, 1895
Creator: Baillio, F. B.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Alvarado Bulletin. (Alvarado, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 3, Ed. 1 Friday, August 2, 1895 (open access)

Alvarado Bulletin. (Alvarado, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 3, Ed. 1 Friday, August 2, 1895

Weekly newspaper from Alvarado, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: August 2, 1895
Creator: Baillio, F. B.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Alvarado Bulletin. (Alvarado, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 4, Ed. 1 Friday, August 9, 1895 (open access)

Alvarado Bulletin. (Alvarado, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 4, Ed. 1 Friday, August 9, 1895

Weekly newspaper from Alvarado, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: August 9, 1895
Creator: Baillio, F. B.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Alvarado Bulletin. (Alvarado, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 5, Ed. 1 Friday, August 16, 1895 (open access)

Alvarado Bulletin. (Alvarado, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 5, Ed. 1 Friday, August 16, 1895

Weekly newspaper from Alvarado, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: August 16, 1895
Creator: Baillio, F. B.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Alvarado Bulletin. (Alvarado, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 6, Ed. 1 Friday, August 23, 1895 (open access)

Alvarado Bulletin. (Alvarado, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 6, Ed. 1 Friday, August 23, 1895

Weekly newspaper from Alvarado, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: August 23, 1895
Creator: Baillio, F. B.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Alvarado Bulletin. (Alvarado, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 7, Ed. 1 Friday, August 30, 1895 (open access)

Alvarado Bulletin. (Alvarado, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 7, Ed. 1 Friday, August 30, 1895

Weekly newspaper from Alvarado, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: August 30, 1895
Creator: Baillio, F. B.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Alvarado Bulletin. (Alvarado, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 8, Ed. 1 Friday, September 6, 1895 (open access)

Alvarado Bulletin. (Alvarado, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 8, Ed. 1 Friday, September 6, 1895

Weekly newspaper from Alvarado, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: September 6, 1895
Creator: Baillio, F. B.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Alvarado Bulletin. (Alvarado, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 9, Ed. 1 Friday, September 13, 1895 (open access)

Alvarado Bulletin. (Alvarado, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 9, Ed. 1 Friday, September 13, 1895

Weekly newspaper from Alvarado, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: September 13, 1895
Creator: Baillio, F. B.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History