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Cradle. (open access)

Cradle.

Patent for a improved cradle with a fan attachment, including instructions.
Date: March 4, 1879
Creator: Reisor, Andrew S.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Railroad Nut-Wrench. (open access)

Railroad Nut-Wrench.

Patent for a wrench that is used to fix railroad tracks, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: March 2, 1886
Creator: Forbes, Alston J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Continuous Recording-Seal and Door-Fastener. (open access)

Continuous Recording-Seal and Door-Fastener.

Patent for a continuous recording-seal and door-fastener. The purpose behind this patent is the continuous recording-seal and door-fastener itself which is intended to "provide a simple means of fastening, sealing, and cleating or closing the crack of a car or other sliding hinge door" (lines 9-12).
Date: March 29, 1887
Creator: Ferguson, George J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Adjustable Standard for Plows. (open access)

Adjustable Standard for Plows.

Patent for improvements to foot pieces that allow for easy adjustment of plowing depth. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: July 1, 1891
Creator: Teague, Jasper K.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling. (open access)

Car-Coupling.

Patent for temporary, easily attachable and detachable coupling devices that rejoin draw-heads that have been broken or disabled in cars. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: May 13, 1891
Creator: Wallis, Fuller W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car-Brake. (open access)

Car-Brake.

Patent for a car brake that "automatically absorb[s] the slack in car brake connecting rods which slack is induced by the wear of the brake shoes and fastening and the stretching of the parts by the strain in applying the brake" (lines 7-12). It is adjustable, inexpensive, and adjustable.
Date: March 14, 1893
Creator: Ferguson, George J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ice-Cream Freezer. (open access)

Ice-Cream Freezer.

Patent for an ice-cream freezer that has "a novel construction and relative arrangement of the refrigerating box and the cream cups as will be described whereby to secure a more compact and convenient arrangement of cups and also to effect a rapid and thorough freezing of the cream as desired" (lines 9-14).
Date: March 20, 1894
Creator: Stidham, James S.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter Linnet Moore, March 26, 1896] (open access)

[Letter Linnet Moore, March 26, 1896]

Letter from Teddie to Linnet Moore in which the author notes that they have not kept up their correspondence well and wishes she would come and visit. She tells Linnet about the new Methodist minister named Miller and two of his children.
Date: March 26, 1896
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The UNT Digital Library
Railway- Rail Joint. (open access)

Railway- Rail Joint.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in railway-rail Joints.
Date: March 15, 1898
Creator: Mauldin, Doctor Chester
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Feed-Valve for Compensating for Leakage in Train-Pipes. (open access)

Feed-Valve for Compensating for Leakage in Train-Pipes.

Patent for a new and useful feed valve "for compensating the loss by leakage of fluid in leaky train pipes in fluid-pressure brake systems" (line 8 - 10).
Date: March 29, 1898
Creator: Tipton, Commodore P. & Tipton, David B.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Windlass Elevator (open access)

Windlass Elevator

Patent for providing "an improved device... which is especially designed for use as a water-elevator for drawing a bucket out of a well and arranged so as to conveniently take up the slack cable and coil it upon the windlass-drum" (lines 8-14) including illustrations.
Date: March 5, 1901
Creator: Higson, Jasper S.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Cotton Chopper and Cultivator (open access)

Combined Cotton Chopper and Cultivator

Patent for a combined cotton chopper and cultivator. Illustration included.
Date: March 8, 1904
Creator: Langford, Noah
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Commerce Journal. (Commerce, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 29, Ed. 1 Friday, March 3, 1905 (open access)

The Commerce Journal. (Commerce, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 29, Ed. 1 Friday, March 3, 1905

Weekly newspaper from Commerce, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: March 3, 1905
Creator: McChesney, Nancy
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Commerce Journal. (Commerce, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 30, Ed. 1 Friday, March 10, 1905 (open access)

The Commerce Journal. (Commerce, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 30, Ed. 1 Friday, March 10, 1905

Weekly newspaper from Commerce, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: March 10, 1905
Creator: McChesney, Nancy
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Commerce Journal. (Commerce, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 31, Ed. 1 Friday, March 17, 1905 (open access)

The Commerce Journal. (Commerce, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 31, Ed. 1 Friday, March 17, 1905

Weekly newspaper from Commerce, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: March 17, 1905
Creator: McChesney, Nancy
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Commerce Journal. (Commerce, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 32, Ed. 1 Friday, March 24, 1905 (open access)

The Commerce Journal. (Commerce, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 32, Ed. 1 Friday, March 24, 1905

Weekly newspaper from Commerce, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: March 24, 1905
Creator: McChesney, Nancy
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Commerce Journal. (Commerce, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 33, Ed. 1 Friday, March 31, 1905 (open access)

The Commerce Journal. (Commerce, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 33, Ed. 1 Friday, March 31, 1905

Weekly newspaper from Commerce, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: March 31, 1905
Creator: McChesney, Nancy
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Commerce Journal. (Commerce, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 34, Ed. 1 Friday, March 2, 1906 (open access)

The Commerce Journal. (Commerce, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 34, Ed. 1 Friday, March 2, 1906

Weekly newspaper from Commerce, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: March 2, 1906
Creator: Lyford, A. A.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Commerce Journal. (Commerce, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 35, Ed. 1 Friday, March 9, 1906 (open access)

The Commerce Journal. (Commerce, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 35, Ed. 1 Friday, March 9, 1906

Weekly newspaper from Commerce, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: March 9, 1906
Creator: Lyford, A. A.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Commerce Journal. (Commerce, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 36, Ed. 1 Friday, March 16, 1906 (open access)

The Commerce Journal. (Commerce, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 36, Ed. 1 Friday, March 16, 1906

Weekly newspaper from Commerce, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: March 16, 1906
Creator: Lyford, A. A.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Commerce Journal. (Commerce, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 37, Ed. 1 Friday, March 23, 1906 (open access)

The Commerce Journal. (Commerce, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 37, Ed. 1 Friday, March 23, 1906

Weekly newspaper from Commerce, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: March 23, 1906
Creator: Lyford, A. A.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Commerce Journal. (Commerce, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 38, Ed. 1 Friday, March 30, 1906 (open access)

The Commerce Journal. (Commerce, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 38, Ed. 1 Friday, March 30, 1906

Weekly newspaper from Commerce, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: March 30, 1906
Creator: Lyford, A. A.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Commerce Journal. (Commerce, Tex.), Vol. 18, No. 32, Ed. 1 Friday, March 6, 1908 (open access)

The Commerce Journal. (Commerce, Tex.), Vol. 18, No. 32, Ed. 1 Friday, March 6, 1908

Weekly newspaper from Commerce, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: March 6, 1908
Creator: Lyford, A. A.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper. (open access)

Cotton-Chopper.

Patent for a cotton chopper, which has a rotary blade for cutting cotton and blades which can be raised to different levels for different depths of soil.
Date: March 10, 1908
Creator: Williams, John Scott
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History