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Buggy Bow Strings Attachment (open access)

Buggy Bow Strings Attachment

Patent for improvements to buggy transportation carts. These improvements are primarily to prevent bending and breakage.
Date: July 12, 1905
Creator: Johnson, George A
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Case No. 11783-A: Original Petition (open access)

Case No. 11783-A: Original Petition

Document certifying the original petition in the suit, City of Abilene vs. J. Rupert Jackson, Jr. Administer of Estate of Rupert Jackson, et. al, which is dealing with the collection of delinquent ad valorem taxes, interest, and penalties related to properties in Abilene, Texas.
Date: July 27, 1939
Creator: Caffey, Wiley L.
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Funeral Director's Research. Attics, Trunks Give Up History] (open access)

[Clipping: Funeral Director's Research. Attics, Trunks Give Up History]

Newspaper clipping discussing Jack North's research process for his book and how he discovered a biscuit that belonged to Thomas Henry Floyd. The clipping also provides details about North's book and the type of stories he covers regarding the pioneers of Abilene. The reverse side of the clipping includes a portion of a "Dear Abby" column and marriage announcements.
Date: July 31, 1974
Creator: Stoler, Susie
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
Seeder. (open access)

Seeder.

Patent for a new and useful seeder attachment for plows, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: July 25, 1899
Creator: Dodds, Edward J. & Jackson, Tomas A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Regional Outlook, 2002: Northwest Texas Region (open access)

Texas Regional Outlook, 2002: Northwest Texas Region

Report on economic forecast and outlook for the Northwest Texas Region describing expected economic change for various industries, employment growth, and county-level analyses.
Date: July 2002
Creator: Texas. Comptroller's Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tug. (open access)

Tug.

Patent for a new and improved hame tug. This design consists in "the carrier . . . adapted for connection with the belly and back bands, constructed with a recess for the spring and provided with guides or ways for the tug-bar, such guides or ways leading forward and back from the spring-recess, whereby the tug-bar may extend entirely through and beyond the opposite ends of the spring-receiving recess, combined with the tug-bar and the spring" (lines 68-77).
Date: July 10, 1888
Creator: French, Stephen H. & Maltby, William J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History