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[J. P.  Civil and Criminal Docket, No Precinct, Cooke County,1858-1861] (open access)

[J. P. Civil and Criminal Docket, No Precinct, Cooke County,1858-1861]

Ledger from Cooke County, Texas, containing criminal and civil dockets, minutes, and fees.
Date: August 1858
Creator: Cooke County (Tex.)
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Bar Docket Criminal District Court, Cooke County, 1873-1883] (open access)

[Bar Docket Criminal District Court, Cooke County, 1873-1883]

Ledger from Cooke County, Texas, containing case criminal court docket information which includes dates, defendants, crimes, and witnesses.
Date: August 1873
Creator: Cooke County (Tex.)
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Improvement in Faucets. (open access)

Improvement in Faucets.

Patent for a faucet "which is inexpensive in its construction, easily repaired, and efficient in operation" (lines 7-8), including illustrations.
Date: August 7, 1877
Creator: Andrews, Thomas A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Fire-Escapes. (open access)

Improvement in Fire-Escapes.

Patent for a rope-and-pulley fire escape apparatus, including illustration.
Date: August 7, 1877
Creator: Andrews, Thomas A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Hopples. (open access)

Improvement in Hopples.

Patent for improvement in hopples: "consists of a metallic band composed of three equal parts, two of which are hinged to a third, and provided with a fastening, by means of which it may be secured to the leg of the animal" (lines 14-19).
Date: August 21, 1877
Creator: Melton, Benjamin F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement In Fences. (open access)

Improvement In Fences.

Patent for a new and improved fence, the materials for which would could be easily obtained by farmers and the results would be strong enough to contain livestock.
Date: August 10, 1878
Creator: Lenox, John S.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wire Stretcher. (open access)

Wire Stretcher.

Patent for a new and improved wire stretcher. This design "facilitate[s] the building of wire fences; and it consists in the construction and novel arrangement of the transporting bed or wagon, its spindles for the spools of wire, and its transverse windlass-rollers and their ratchets and pawls" (lines 16-21).
Date: August 2, 1881
Creator: Morter, John Letcher
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 "consists, principally, in a cotton-chopper provided with a rolling support that is swiveled to the front end of the frame and trails behind such swiveled connection immediately in front of the cutting-blades . . . it consists, further, in the construction and combination of the various parts of the machine, whereby the same is enabled to operate across the row of cotton-plants" (lines 16-28).
Date: August 30, 1881
Creator: Wilder, Bert S.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Flour Sieve. (open access)

Flour Sieve.

Patent for a new and improved flour sieve. This design has an "upwardly-flaring outer wall . . . and the inner more flattened conical guide-wall, provided with the wire-cloth stretched across its top and about its upper edge, said guide-wall being sprung into or secured to the crease of the outer wall, the latter extending downward to the level of the discharge" (lines 19-27). This results in "more accurately directed . . . deposit than if the opening were as large as that of the outer wall" (lines 59-61).
Date: August 29, 1882
Creator: Lowe, Joseph Alfred
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Burglar Alarm. (open access)

Burglar Alarm.

Patent for a new and improved burglar alarm. This design "consists in the combination of the door provided with a rod for catching under the spring, a cylinder for receiving powder, a spring-actuated cover for the end of the cylinder, and a spring which explodes the cap . . . The object of [the] invention is to provide a burglar-alarm which will make a loud noise when the door is opened, and in which a spring-actuated cover is made to take the place of a wad or ball" (lines 13-24).
Date: August 10, 1886
Creator: Bray, Horace Bradford
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gainesville Daily Hesperian. (Gainesville, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 211, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 1, 1888 (open access)

Gainesville Daily Hesperian. (Gainesville, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 211, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 1, 1888

Daily newspaper from Gainesville, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: August 1, 1888
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gainesville Daily Hesperian. (Gainesville, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 212, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 2, 1888 (open access)

Gainesville Daily Hesperian. (Gainesville, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 212, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 2, 1888

Daily newspaper from Gainesville, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: August 2, 1888
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gainesville Daily Hesperian. (Gainesville, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 213, Ed. 1 Friday, August 3, 1888 (open access)

Gainesville Daily Hesperian. (Gainesville, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 213, Ed. 1 Friday, August 3, 1888

Daily newspaper from Gainesville, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: August 3, 1888
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gainesville Daily Hesperian. (Gainesville, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 214, Ed. 1 Saturday, August 4, 1888 (open access)

Gainesville Daily Hesperian. (Gainesville, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 214, Ed. 1 Saturday, August 4, 1888

Daily newspaper from Gainesville, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: August 4, 1888
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gainesville Daily Hesperian. (Gainesville, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 215, Ed. 1 Monday, August 6, 1888 (open access)

Gainesville Daily Hesperian. (Gainesville, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 215, Ed. 1 Monday, August 6, 1888

Daily newspaper from Gainesville, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: August 6, 1888
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gainesville Daily Hesperian. (Gainesville, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 216, Ed. 1 Tuesday, August 7, 1888 (open access)

Gainesville Daily Hesperian. (Gainesville, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 216, Ed. 1 Tuesday, August 7, 1888

Daily newspaper from Gainesville, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: August 7, 1888
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gainesville Daily Hesperian. (Gainesville, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 217, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 8, 1888 (open access)

Gainesville Daily Hesperian. (Gainesville, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 217, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 8, 1888

Daily newspaper from Gainesville, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: August 8, 1888
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gainesville Daily Hesperian. (Gainesville, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 218, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 9, 1888 (open access)

Gainesville Daily Hesperian. (Gainesville, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 218, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 9, 1888

Daily newspaper from Gainesville, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: August 9, 1888
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gainesville Daily Hesperian. (Gainesville, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 219, Ed. 1 Friday, August 10, 1888 (open access)

Gainesville Daily Hesperian. (Gainesville, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 219, Ed. 1 Friday, August 10, 1888

Daily newspaper from Gainesville, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: August 10, 1888
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gainesville Daily Hesperian. (Gainesville, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 220, Ed. 1 Saturday, August 11, 1888 (open access)

Gainesville Daily Hesperian. (Gainesville, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 220, Ed. 1 Saturday, August 11, 1888

Daily newspaper from Gainesville, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: August 11, 1888
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gainesville Daily Hesperian. (Gainesville, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 221, Ed. 1 Sunday, August 12, 1888 (open access)

Gainesville Daily Hesperian. (Gainesville, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 221, Ed. 1 Sunday, August 12, 1888

Daily newspaper from Gainesville, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: August 12, 1888
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gainesville Daily Hesperian. (Gainesville, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 222, Ed. 1 Tuesday, August 14, 1888 (open access)

Gainesville Daily Hesperian. (Gainesville, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 222, Ed. 1 Tuesday, August 14, 1888

Daily newspaper from Gainesville, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: August 14, 1888
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gainesville Daily Hesperian. (Gainesville, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 223, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 15, 1888 (open access)

Gainesville Daily Hesperian. (Gainesville, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 223, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 15, 1888

Daily newspaper from Gainesville, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: August 15, 1888
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gainesville Daily Hesperian. (Gainesville, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 224, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 16, 1888 (open access)

Gainesville Daily Hesperian. (Gainesville, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 224, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 16, 1888

Daily newspaper from Gainesville, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: August 16, 1888
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History