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Clothes-Pounder. (open access)

Clothes-Pounder.

Patent for improvements in atmospheric clothes pounders: "Dividing the outer section into compartments so that air in escaping is distributed evenly from all sides of the pounder instead of escaping in a body from one side, whenever the pounder strikes a wad or knot of cloths and is tipped sidewise; it also makes the suction better" (lines 49-55).
Date: May 2, 1893
Creator: Allgaier, George E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bridle Bit. (open access)

Bridle Bit.

Patent for a new and improved bridle-bit. This design consists "[i]n a bridle-bit, the combination, with the bit-bar, provided with the loops of the angle-levers mounted on the said bar and having their corresponding arms respectively connected by the curb-chain and provided with rein loops or rings and the studs or pins on the levers engaging the loops" (lines 70-76).
Date: May 21, 1889
Creator: Bowles, Zachary Taylor
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lamp. (open access)

Lamp.

Patent for improvements to headlight lamps used in locomotives, with illustrations.
Date: May 25, 1897
Creator: Pitts, William Wirt
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gate. (open access)

Gate.

Patent for a new and improved gate. This design "relates to improvements in that class of gates in which the gate is suspended from and adapted to transverse a supporting-beam adapted to oscillate and cause the gate to travel back and forth by gravity, according to the position the beam occupies, and has for its object to provide a gate and its operating mechanism which shall be simple and durable in construction, and capable of being readily and easily operated by a horse[back rider] or driver of a team approaching the same from either direction" (lines 9-20).
Date: May 19, 1885
Creator: Connelly, William E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fastener for Bedsteads. (open access)

Fastener for Bedsteads.

Patent for a new and improved fastener for bedsteads. This design consists in "[t]he combination, in a bedstead, of the head and foot board provided with inclined bores or holes, and slots extending from the bores or holes to the face of the boards, the side rails being provided with vertical bores or holes, and slots communicating with said bores or holes, and the locking plate adapted to connect the rails and head and foot boards and comprising the oppositely-disposed converging cylindrical beads and the integral web connecting the beads" (lines 78-88).
Date: May 13, 1890
Creator: Watson, Thomas H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Chopper. (open access)

Cotton Chopper.

Patent for a new and improved cotton chopper. This design "relates to improvements in cotton-chopping machines in which revolving hoes are attached to plows; and the object of [the] improvement is to afford facilities for chopping out cotton by means of horse-power instead of by hand" (lines 8-13).
Date: May 13, 1890
Creator: Green, Frank
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Alliance Mail. (Itasca, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 24, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 26, 1887 (open access)

The Alliance Mail. (Itasca, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 24, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 26, 1887

Weekly newspaper from Itasca, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with some advertising.
Date: May 26, 1887
Creator: Givens, W. S. & Pardue, J. S.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Itasca Item. (Itasca, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 25, Ed. 1 Friday, May 5, 1905 (open access)

The Itasca Item. (Itasca, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 25, Ed. 1 Friday, May 5, 1905

Weekly newspaper from Itasca, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: May 5, 1905
Creator: Smith, Emmett
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Itasca Item. (Itasca, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 25, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 15, 1913 (open access)

The Itasca Item. (Itasca, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 25, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 15, 1913

Weekly newspaper from Itasca, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: May 15, 1913
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Itasca Item. (Itasca, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 26, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 22, 1913 (open access)

The Itasca Item. (Itasca, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 26, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 22, 1913

Weekly newspaper from Itasca, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: May 22, 1913
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Itasca Item. (Itasca, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 27, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 29, 1913 (open access)

The Itasca Item. (Itasca, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 27, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 29, 1913

Weekly newspaper from Itasca, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: May 29, 1913
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Clothes-Pin (open access)

Clothes-Pin

Patent for "a clothes pin or clasp which will have a clamping-spring action and which can be conveniently manipulated to apply or remove it to and from a holding position and one wherein the clamping members mainly he within the same plane" (lines 7-13).
Date: May 21, 1901
Creator: Horsley, Robert L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bicycle-Frame. (open access)

Bicycle-Frame.

Patent for a new and useful bicycle frame, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: May 23, 1899
Creator: Mills, Virgel H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sheep-Shears (open access)

Sheep-Shears

Patent for sheep shears. Illustrations included.
Date: May 17, 1910
Creator: Ascue, Elbert
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rotary Engine. (open access)

Rotary Engine.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in rotary engines, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: May 9, 1898
Creator: Mason, William R.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Heating-Drum (open access)

Heating-Drum

Patent for "a simple and efficient construction which may be readily set up and taken down, which will be durable, and in which, moreover, by operation of a single damper the smoke-pipe above the drum may be brought into direct communication with the smoke-pipe below the drum and the several compartments of the apparatus will be opened to permit ready cleaning" (lines 14-22).
Date: May 14, 1901
Creator: Horsley, Robert L. & Rountree, James H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator Attachment. (open access)

Cultivator Attachment.

Patent for a separator for a cultivator, which allows for bringing together or forcing apart the beams of a cultivator.
Date: May 21, 1907
Creator: Evans, James S.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Baling-Press. (open access)

Baling-Press.

Patent for improvements of patent no. 685838, dated November 5, 1901 by the same inventor George Daniel Hayes. The improvements included “the mounting of the plunger-operating lever, so as to insure a quick and positive disengagement thereof from the plunger-rod at the completion of the stroke and also to arrange for applying the power to the lever in such a manner as to obviate twisting thereof.” (Lines 14-19) Other improvements such as improved tension device for the plunger-operating lever, to provide the press with means whereby all of the bales may be formed of equal lengths and, means for preventing backward movement of the bales. Illustration is included.
Date: May 17, 1904
Creator: Hayes, George Daniel
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hillsboro Reflector. (Hillsboro, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 2, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 26, 1887 (open access)

Hillsboro Reflector. (Hillsboro, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 2, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 26, 1887

Weekly newspaper from Hillsboro, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: May 26, 1887
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Hill County Record. (Hillsboro, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 49, Ed. 1 Friday, May 1, 1908 (open access)

The Hill County Record. (Hillsboro, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 49, Ed. 1 Friday, May 1, 1908

Weekly newspaper from Hillsboro, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: May 1, 1908
Creator: Mayes, W. S.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hillsboro Reflector. (Hillsboro, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 52, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 22, 1890 (open access)

Hillsboro Reflector. (Hillsboro, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 52, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 22, 1890

Weekly newspaper from Hillsboro, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: May 22, 1890
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hillsboro Reflector. (Hillsboro, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 44, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 18, 1887 (open access)

Hillsboro Reflector. (Hillsboro, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 44, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 18, 1887

Weekly newspaper from Hillsboro, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: May 18, 1887
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Script: O'Daniel opens race for governor] (open access)

[News Script: O'Daniel opens race for governor]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about campaign efforts across North Texas by former governor and U.S. Senator W. Lee O'Daniel, who is again running for governor of the state.
Date: May 13, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Bank robbery] (open access)

[News Script: Bank robbery]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a robbery that happened at the First National Bank in Whitney, Texas.
Date: May 1, 1964
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library