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The Kimball Herald (Kimball, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 1, Ed. 1 Sunday, May 20, 1860 (open access)

The Kimball Herald (Kimball, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 1, Ed. 1 Sunday, May 20, 1860

Quarterly newspaper from Kimball, Texas (now a ghost town) that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: May 20, 1860
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in fences (open access)

Improvement in fences

Patent for improvement in fences. Inventor created removable, adjustable fences with wire loop hinges.
Date: May 22, 1879
Creator: Martin, George S.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Chopper and Cultivator. (open access)

Cotton Chopper and Cultivator.

Patent for a new and improved cotton chopper and cultivator. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the chopper-handle, of the notched-roller, the mortised cross-beam, having the pivot across its mortise or hole, and the spring, attached to an upright, and the handle, whereby the chopper may be operated" (lines 73-78).
Date: May 15, 1883
Creator: Pettitt, Francis Alexander.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Grain Conveyer for Harvesters and Binders. (open access)

Grain Conveyer for Harvesters and Binders.

Patent for a new and improved grain-conveyer. This design "relates to improvements in grain conveyers for grain binders and harvesters in which the grain receiving platform is provided with a reciprocating conveyer or arm or arms to deliver the grain to or off the stubble end of the platform; and the objects of [the] improvements are to provide a chain with one or more arms, preferably a pair arms, one on each side of the chains, and said arms are to fold to the chain on their rearward movement, so as to pass to the grain end of the platform beneath the grain and partly around . . . the shaft" (lines 9-21).
Date: May 10, 1892
Creator: Schubert, George
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Grain Conveyer for Binders, &c. (open access)

Grain Conveyer for Binders, &c.

Patent for a new and improved grain conveyer for binders. This design "relates to that class of grain-conveyers for binders and harvesters, &c., in which arms unfold when started from the outer end of its travel on its forward movement and in that position shift the grain in front of it, and thus shift the grain off the inner end of the platform and deliver such grain to suitable compressors . . . and such arms fold back at the beginning of its rearward movement and pass back underneath the grain on the platform" (lines 12-23).
Date: May 24, 1892
Creator: Schubert, George
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Feeding-Chamber and Door for Baling-Presses. (open access)

Feeding-Chamber and Door for Baling-Presses.

Patent for a feeding chamber and door for baling presses that vertically extends so that "the feed material need not be tucked down by hand or foot to a level of the baling chamber, as this is accomplished by the door being closed down, a lever and weight can be attached to the door to properly depress the material to allow the door to latch, and as the door prevents the material from bulging up the compressing can be accomplished direct in the feeding chamber, the plunger need not pass but a short distance beyond the feeding chamber thus requiring less movement of the plunger and thus gaining more power" (lines 23-35).
Date: May 9, 1893
Creator: Schubert, George
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Baling-Press. (open access)

Baling-Press.

Patent for a baling press that has a rebounding plunger and is meant to have "an effective and substantial tripping and catching mechanism, simple in construction, low of production, and durable and easy to trip" (lines 22-25).
Date: May 23, 1893
Creator: Schubert, George
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Horse and Team Holder. (open access)

Horse and Team Holder.

Patent for "a device adapted to be applied to ordinary vehicles, and designed to be connected with the driving reins, and capable of automatically engaging the horse or team, and by preventing the same from advancing or turning to the right or left or backing, thereby obviating the necessity of tying a horse or team, of dropping the traces, or of leaving it stand with small weights that endanger life." (Lines 12-20) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: May 21, 1895
Creator: Moore, Franklin Orville
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combination-Tool. (open access)

Combination-Tool.

Patent for a combination tool "specifically adapted for use as a pan or plate lifter or a stove-lid lifter and which may also be used for holding dishes while being washed" (lines 4-7), including illustrations.
Date: May 18, 1897
Creator: Swenson, Charles E. & Swenson, Olive C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Meridian Tribune. (Meridian, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 47, Ed. 1 Friday, May 4, 1900 (open access)

Meridian Tribune. (Meridian, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 47, Ed. 1 Friday, May 4, 1900

Weekly newspaper from Meridian, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: May 4, 1900
Creator: Dunlap, Levi A.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Meridian Tribune. (Meridian, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 48, Ed. 1 Friday, May 11, 1900 (open access)

Meridian Tribune. (Meridian, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 48, Ed. 1 Friday, May 11, 1900

Weekly newspaper from Meridian, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: May 11, 1900
Creator: Dunlap, Levi A.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Meridian Tribune. (Meridian, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 49, Ed. 1 Friday, May 18, 1900 (open access)

Meridian Tribune. (Meridian, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 49, Ed. 1 Friday, May 18, 1900

Weekly newspaper from Meridian, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: May 18, 1900
Creator: Dunlap, Levi A.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Meridian Tribune. (Meridian, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 50, Ed. 1 Friday, May 25, 1900 (open access)

Meridian Tribune. (Meridian, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 50, Ed. 1 Friday, May 25, 1900

Weekly newspaper from Meridian, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: May 25, 1900
Creator: Dunlap, Levi A.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Meridian Tribune. (Meridian, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 47, Ed. 1 Friday, May 3, 1901 (open access)

Meridian Tribune. (Meridian, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 47, Ed. 1 Friday, May 3, 1901

Weekly newspaper from Meridian, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: May 3, 1901
Creator: Dunlap, Levi A.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Meridian Tribune. (Meridian, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 48, Ed. 1 Friday, May 10, 1901 (open access)

Meridian Tribune. (Meridian, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 48, Ed. 1 Friday, May 10, 1901

Weekly newspaper from Meridian, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: May 10, 1901
Creator: Dunlap, Levi A.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Meridian Tribune. (Meridian, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 49, Ed. 1 Friday, May 17, 1901 (open access)

Meridian Tribune. (Meridian, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 49, Ed. 1 Friday, May 17, 1901

Weekly newspaper from Meridian, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: May 17, 1901
Creator: Dunlap, Levi A.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Meridian Tribune. (Meridian, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 50, Ed. 1 Friday, May 24, 1901 (open access)

Meridian Tribune. (Meridian, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 50, Ed. 1 Friday, May 24, 1901

Weekly newspaper from Meridian, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: May 24, 1901
Creator: Dunlap, Levi A.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Meridian Tribune. (Meridian, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 51, Ed. 1 Friday, May 31, 1901 (open access)

Meridian Tribune. (Meridian, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 51, Ed. 1 Friday, May 31, 1901

Weekly newspaper from Meridian, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: May 31, 1901
Creator: Dunlap, Levi A.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Meridian Tribune. (Meridian, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 47, Ed. 1 Friday, May 2, 1902 (open access)

The Meridian Tribune. (Meridian, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 47, Ed. 1 Friday, May 2, 1902

Weekly newspaper from Meridian, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: May 2, 1902
Creator: Dunlap, Levi A.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Meridian Tribune. (Meridian, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 48, Ed. 1 Friday, May 9, 1902 (open access)

The Meridian Tribune. (Meridian, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 48, Ed. 1 Friday, May 9, 1902

Weekly newspaper from Meridian, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: May 9, 1902
Creator: Dunlap, Levi A.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Meridian Tribune. (Meridian, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 49, Ed. 1 Friday, May 16, 1902 (open access)

The Meridian Tribune. (Meridian, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 49, Ed. 1 Friday, May 16, 1902

Weekly newspaper from Meridian, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: May 16, 1902
Creator: Dunlap, Levi A.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Meridian Tribune. (Meridian, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 50, Ed. 1 Friday, May 23, 1902 (open access)

The Meridian Tribune. (Meridian, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 50, Ed. 1 Friday, May 23, 1902

Weekly newspaper from Meridian, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: May 23, 1902
Creator: Dunlap, Levi A.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Meridian Tribune. (Meridian, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 51, Ed. 1 Friday, May 30, 1902 (open access)

The Meridian Tribune. (Meridian, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 51, Ed. 1 Friday, May 30, 1902

Weekly newspaper from Meridian, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: May 30, 1902
Creator: Dunlap, Levi A.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Meridian Tribune. (Meridian, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 48, Ed. 1 Friday, May 8, 1903 (open access)

The Meridian Tribune. (Meridian, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 48, Ed. 1 Friday, May 8, 1903

Weekly newspaper from Meridian, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: May 8, 1903
Creator: Dunlap, Levi A.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History