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Improvment in Cotton-Presses.
Patent for the improvement in pressing cotton, hay, and tobacco with moveable bale-boxes and a more rapid-working press, including illustration.
Date:
March 13, 1860
Creator:
McCray, Thomas H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from D. S. Kennard to his Father, March 20, 1862]
Letter from D.S. Kennard to his father informing him that his regiment will be leaving for Arkansas in two weeks. They will be marching between the Trinity and Brazos Rivers and maybe through Waxahachie
Date:
March 20, 1862
Creator:
Kennard, D. S.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Improvement in Cotton-Hoes.
Patent for a cotton-hoe with interchangeable blades (one smaller and the other larger), for "chopping cotton" (line 15) and garden use, including a detailed explanation and description of the illustration.
Date:
March 5, 1878
Creator:
Moore, Joseph M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow.
Patent for improvements in the plow with a heated mold-board to prevent sticking, including illustrations.
Date:
March 11, 1879
Creator:
Tucker, Argyle W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Harvester-Reel.
Patent for the placement of a "covering of canvas, cloth, or other suitable material" (lines 16-17) around a harvester-reel for various improvements, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
March 23, 1880
Creator:
Moore, Joseph Martial
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Nut Lock.
Patent for a new and improved nut lock. This design calls for a grooved nut and bolt to hold a pin between the two while the bolt is screwed onto the nut. Depending on whether or not the pin is in said grooves, the nut may or may not be removed from the bolt, which increases the worker's control over the nut and bolt and prevents unintended loosening.
Date:
March 1, 1881
Creator:
Bunker, John Williamson
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ant Trap.
Patent for a new and improved ant trap. This design consists "[i]n a device for catching ants, the combination, with an open frame, of the end piece or trough, having a concave bottom and overturned edges" (lines 84-87).
Date:
March 29, 1887
Creator:
Haines, Samuel Alfred
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Motor for Operating Churns.
Patent for a new and improved churn motor. This design "compris[es] the clock-work-like mechanism, the right angle brake-lever engaging the spring-shaft wheel of said mechanism, and itself engaged by a pivoted hook on the supporting closure, the wheel on the driving-shaft having eccentrically connected thereto a stud engaged by a wrist-pin, the pitman loosely connected at one end to said wrist-pin and carrying at its opposite end a split socket provided with jaws having a binding-screw, and the dasher-staff having connection with said pitman-socket" (lines 90-101).
Date:
March 18, 1890
Creator:
Peggs, Jack
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Animal-Trap.
Patent for an improved animal trap for “catching small animals in a trap which will be ever set and in operative position for catching an animal and which will be automatically reset” (lines 10-13), illustration is included.
Date:
March 17, 1891
Creator:
Bassinger, Stephen
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Ferris Wheel, Volume 4, Number 25, Saturday, March 6, 1897
Weekly newspaper contains local, national and world news, stories, poetry, jokes, church directory, and advertisements. This issue includes a special report on the inauguration of President McKinley [p.3], with a drawing of President McKinley and his new cabinet--[p.6].
Date:
March 6, 1897
Creator:
Ezzell, Frank
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Ferris Wheel, Volume 4, Number 26, Saturday, March 13, 1897
Weekly newspaper contains local, national and world news, stories, poetry, jokes, church directory, and advertisements.
Date:
March 13, 1897
Creator:
Ezzell, Frank
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Ferris Wheel, Volume 4, Number 27, Saturday, March 20, 1897
Weekly newspaper contains local, national and world news, stories, poetry, jokes, church directory, and advertisements.
Date:
March 20, 1897
Creator:
Ezzell, Frank
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Ferris Wheel, Volume 4, Number 28, Saturday, March 27, 1897
Weekly newspaper contains local, national and world news, stories, poetry, jokes, church directory, and advertisements.
Date:
March 27, 1897
Creator:
Ezzell, Frank
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Ferris Wheel, Volume 5, Number 26, Saturday, March 5, 1898
Weekly newspaper contains local, national and world news, stories, poetry, jokes, church directory, and advertisements.
Date:
March 5, 1898
Creator:
Ezzell, Frank
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Ferris Wheel, [Volume 5, Number] 27, Saturday, March 12, 1898
Weekly newspaper contains local, national and world news, stories, poetry, jokes, church directory, and advertisements.
Date:
March 12, 1898
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Washing-Machine.
Patent for washing machines with "roller-supporting frame for supporting the same either upon a horizontal surface or upon the top of a tub or receptacle in connection with which the machine is used" (lines 10-14) including illustrations.
Date:
March 15, 1898
Creator:
Smith, Henry E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Ferris Wheel, Volume 5, Number 28, Saturday, March 19, 1898
Weekly newspaper contains local, national and world news, stories, poetry, jokes, church directory, and advertisements.
Date:
March 19, 1898
Creator:
Ezzell, Frank
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Ferris Wheel, Volume 5, Number 29, Saturday, March 26, 1898
Weekly newspaper contains local, national and world news, stories, poetry, jokes, church directory, and advertisements.
Date:
March 26, 1898
Creator:
Ezzell, Frank
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Ferris Wheel, Volume 6, Number 25, Saturday, March 4, 1899
Weekly newspaper contains local, national and world news, stories, poetry, jokes, church directory, and advertisements.
Date:
March 4, 1899
Creator:
Ezzell, Frank
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Ferris Wheel, Volume 6, Number 27[a], Saturday, March 11, 1899
Weekly newspaper contains local, national and world news, stories, poetry, jokes, church directory, and advertisements. This issue includes a feature story with an illustration: "A Day in the Power House of a Street Railroad".--[p.6]
Date:
March 11, 1899
Creator:
Ezzell, Frank
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Ferris Wheel, Volume 6, Number 27[b], Saturday, March 18, 1899
Weekly newspaper contains local, national and world news, stories, poetry, jokes, church directory, and advertisements.
Date:
March 18, 1899
Creator:
Ezzell, Frank
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Ferris Wheel, Volume 6, Number 28, Saturday, March 25, 1899
Weekly newspaper contains local, national and world news, stories, poetry, jokes, church directory, and advertisements.
Date:
March 25, 1899
Creator:
Ezzell, Frank
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Waxahachie Daily Light (Waxahachie, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 286, Ed. 1 Saturday, March 1, 1902
Daily newspaper from Waxahachie, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
March 1, 1902
Creator:
Hudson, B. D.; Buie, W. J. & Kent, Charles W.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Waxahachie Daily Light (Waxahachie, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 287, Ed. 1 Monday, March 3, 1902
Daily newspaper from Waxahachie, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
March 3, 1902
Creator:
Hudson, B. D.; Buie, W. J. & Kent, Charles W.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History