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Smoke and Cinder Conductor. (open access)

Smoke and Cinder Conductor.

Patent for a new and improved smoke and cinder conductor. This design "has for its object to provide a simple and efficient conducting mechanism to be attached to the cars, and provided with an improved coupling device at its ends, by which a coupling can be automatically effected with the conducting mechanism of an adjoining car" (lines 11-17).
Date: May 1, 1883
Creator: Brown, William A. & Smith, James F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Churn. (open access)

Churn.

Patent for a new and improved churn. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with a suitable frame having a fly-wheel mounted in bearings thereof, and a wrist-pin on said fly-wheel, of the lever pivoted to the frame at one end" (lines 95-98). Further, it consists in "carrying a pivoted dasher at its other end, said lever having a slot or opening to receive the wrist-pin, a crank-arm, a treadle pivoted to the frame at one end, and carrying a handle at its other end, and a rod connecting the treadle and crank-arm" (lines 1-6).
Date: May 5, 1885
Creator: Rogers, William Joseph
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Boot Cleaner. (open access)

Boot Cleaner.

Patent for a new and improved boot cleaner. This design "affords facilities for readily and conveniently scraping all parts of the boot or shoe. The heel is scraped on [a] semicircular portion located at the top of the arch, the sides of the sole by the arms, the upper hollow of the foot by the projections, [and] the toe by the lower side of the arch or bow" (lines 38-45).
Date: May 25, 1886
Creator: Scovel, Purley A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Forney Tribune. (Forney, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 49, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 21, 1890 (open access)

Forney Tribune. (Forney, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 49, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 21, 1890

Weekly newspaper from Forney, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: May 21, 1890
Creator: Elliott, Sercey
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Forney Tribune. (Forney, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 46, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 6, 1891 (open access)

Forney Tribune. (Forney, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 46, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 6, 1891

Weekly newspaper from Forney, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: May 6, 1891
Creator: Elliott, Sercey
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Forney Tribune. (Forney, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 47, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 13, 1891 (open access)

Forney Tribune. (Forney, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 47, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 13, 1891

Weekly newspaper from Forney, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: May 13, 1891
Creator: Elliott, Sercey
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Forney Tribune. (Forney, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 48, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 20, 1891 (open access)

Forney Tribune. (Forney, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 48, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 20, 1891

Weekly newspaper from Forney, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: May 20, 1891
Creator: Elliott, Sercey
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Forney Tribune. (Forney, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 49, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 27, 1891 (open access)

Forney Tribune. (Forney, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 49, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 27, 1891

Weekly newspaper from Forney, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: May 27, 1891
Creator: Elliott, Sercey
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Forney Tribune. (Forney, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 45, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 4, 1892 (open access)

Forney Tribune. (Forney, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 45, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 4, 1892

Weekly newspaper from Forney, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: May 4, 1892
Creator: Adams, Walter D.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Forney Tribune. (Forney, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 46, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 11, 1892 (open access)

Forney Tribune. (Forney, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 46, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 11, 1892

Weekly newspaper from Forney, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: May 11, 1892
Creator: Adams, Walter D.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Forney Tribune. (Forney, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 47, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 18, 1892 (open access)

Forney Tribune. (Forney, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 47, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 18, 1892

Weekly newspaper from Forney, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: May 18, 1892
Creator: Adams, Walter D.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Forney Tribune. (Forney, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 48, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 25, 1892 (open access)

Forney Tribune. (Forney, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 48, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 25, 1892

Weekly newspaper from Forney, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: May 25, 1892
Creator: Adams, Walter D.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Forney Tribune. (Forney, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 47, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 3, 1893 (open access)

Forney Tribune. (Forney, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 47, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 3, 1893

Weekly newspaper from Forney, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: May 3, 1893
Creator: Adams, Walter D.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Forney Tribune. (Forney, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 48, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 10, 1893 (open access)

Forney Tribune. (Forney, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 48, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 10, 1893

Weekly newspaper from Forney, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: May 10, 1893
Creator: Adams, Walter D.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Forney Tribune. (Forney, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 49, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 17, 1893 (open access)

Forney Tribune. (Forney, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 49, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 17, 1893

Weekly newspaper from Forney, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: May 17, 1893
Creator: Adams, Walter D.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Forney Tribune. (Forney, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 50, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 24, 1893 (open access)

Forney Tribune. (Forney, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 50, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 24, 1893

Weekly newspaper from Forney, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: May 24, 1893
Creator: Adams, Walter D.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Forney Tribune. (Forney, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 51, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 31, 1893 (open access)

Forney Tribune. (Forney, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 51, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 31, 1893

Weekly newspaper from Forney, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: May 31, 1893
Creator: Adams, Walter D.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Churn. (open access)

Churn.

Patent for a simple and durable churn that quickly makes butter. The butter is churned by pumping a lever, which is connected to a strap that is wrapped around a rod, the rod goes into the container holding the cream and has hoops attached to it inside the container, and the pumping action makes the hoops quickly move back and forth.
Date: May 29, 1894
Creator: Bolding, James P.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fire-Escape (open access)

Fire-Escape

Patent for a fire-escape for "people irrespective of age, sex, or condition may be safely carried from any landing or floor of a building to the sidewalk or street" (lines 25-28); including illustration and instructions
Date: May 22, 1900
Creator: Thompson, B. W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Center Foot for Cultivators (open access)

Center Foot for Cultivators

Patent for "an improved center foot or standard which is adapted to be readily attached to and detached from a beam or beams of a cultivator adjusted thereon and adapted for the attachment of a shovel, plow, or sweep of any kind required" (lines 8-15).
Date: May 21, 1901
Creator: Greathouse, James E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Signal-Lantern. (open access)

Signal-Lantern.

Patent for a gas-burner signal lantern, instead of an oil-burner signal lantern, that indicates whether or not the track is all clear of trains; includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: May 6, 1902
Creator: Ruebel, C. A. Ernst
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Acetylene Gas Generator (open access)

Acetylene Gas Generator

Patent for an acetylene gas generator. Illustration included.
Date: May 2, 1905
Creator: Pruitt, George Holditch & Pruitt, Conrad D.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Animal-Poke (open access)

Animal-Poke

Patent for an animal poke that is worn on the head of the animal to prevent it from breaking or going underneath wire fences.
Date: May 21, 1907
Creator: Carter, Joel F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Secondary Electric Clock (open access)

Secondary Electric Clock

Patent for a secondary electric clock. This invention uses a predetermined movement of the clocks hands thereby preventing any abnormal movement in a secondary clock controlled by a master clock. Illustration included.
Date: May 28, 1907
Creator: Guthrie, William S.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History