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Improvement in Hay and Cotton Presses. (open access)

Improvement in Hay and Cotton Presses.

Patent for a press that reduces the bulk of cotton, "allowing it to be baled into convenient form for transportation. It consists in a novel mode of attaching the side of the press-box, so that they can be speedily thrown down from the cotton after compression to allow its convenient manipulation. It also consists in a new mode of connecting the follower with its superposed lever, so that it can be readily turned up out of the way when the cotton is being filled into the press-box. It also consists in a peculiar mode of combining lever and the two followers to clamp and press the cotton in between them as if in a vise." (Lines 13-26) Illustration is included.
Date: July 22, 1873
Creator: Nelson, David A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car Coupling. (open access)

Car Coupling.

Patent for a new and improved coupling for railroad cars. This design consists in "[a] hand-lever and two chains as used in combination with the spring-latch catches. . . . [It further consists in a] brake-lever attached to main lever, a spring and spiral to hold said main lever in place, and a chain to main lever attached to the spring latch-catches aforesaid of each draw-head" (lines 53-59).
Date: September 8, 1885
Creator: Jernagan, Alexander Jefferson
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tool for Cleaning Out Nuts. (open access)

Tool for Cleaning Out Nuts.

Patent for a tool for cleaning out internally-threaded apertures. This removes rust and dirt from screw-threads without damaging the threads, and is much less destructive than acid baths, heat, and screw-taps.
Date: September 22, 1896
Creator: Rall, Frederick A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Surface Cattle Guard. (open access)

Surface Cattle Guard.

Patent for a new and improved surface cattle-guard. This design "compris[es] a series of parallel triangular bars tapered at their ends and provided with lateral perforated horizontal flanges, the plates to which said flanges are secured, the cross-tie supports, and the solid plank flooring upon which said ties rest, said flooring being some distance below the guard-bars" (lines 55-62).
Date: September 20, 1892
Creator: Berry, John S.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fruit-Picker. (open access)

Fruit-Picker.

Patent for a fruit-picker that has a jaw or jaws that severs the stem of the fruit, a fabric tube that brings the fruit to the operator or a basket. It bruises the fruit less than other pickers do.
Date: September 24, 1895
Creator: Williams, Thomas Page
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Semi-Weekly Courier-Times. (Tyler, Tex.), Vol. 27, No. 71, Ed. 1 Saturday, September 3, 1910 (open access)

Semi-Weekly Courier-Times. (Tyler, Tex.), Vol. 27, No. 71, Ed. 1 Saturday, September 3, 1910

Semi-weekly newspaper from Tyler, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: September 3, 1910
Creator: Lindsey, S. A,
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Semi-Weekly Courier-Times. (Tyler, Tex.), Vol. 27, No. 73, Ed. 1 Saturday, September 10, 1910 (open access)

Semi-Weekly Courier-Times. (Tyler, Tex.), Vol. 27, No. 73, Ed. 1 Saturday, September 10, 1910

Semi-weekly newspaper from Tyler, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: September 10, 1910
Creator: Lindsey, S. A,
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Semi-Weekly Courier-Times. (Tyler, Tex.), Vol. 27, No. 73, Ed. 2 Saturday, September 10, 1910 (open access)

Semi-Weekly Courier-Times. (Tyler, Tex.), Vol. 27, No. 73, Ed. 2 Saturday, September 10, 1910

Semi-weekly newspaper from Tyler, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: September 10, 1910
Creator: Lindsey, S. A,
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Semi-Weekly Courier-Times. (Tyler, Tex.), Vol. 27, No. 74, Ed. 1 Wednesday, September 14, 1910 (open access)

Semi-Weekly Courier-Times. (Tyler, Tex.), Vol. 27, No. 74, Ed. 1 Wednesday, September 14, 1910

Semi-weekly newspaper from Tyler, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: September 14, 1910
Creator: Lindsey, S. A,
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Semi-Weekly Courier-Times. (Tyler, Tex.), Vol. 27, No. 75, Ed. 1 Saturday, September 17, 1910 (open access)

Semi-Weekly Courier-Times. (Tyler, Tex.), Vol. 27, No. 75, Ed. 1 Saturday, September 17, 1910

Semi-weekly newspaper from Tyler, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: September 17, 1910
Creator: Lindsey, S. A,
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Semi-Weekly Courier-Times. (Tyler, Tex.), Vol. 27, No. 76, Ed. 1 Wednesday, September 21, 1910 (open access)

Semi-Weekly Courier-Times. (Tyler, Tex.), Vol. 27, No. 76, Ed. 1 Wednesday, September 21, 1910

Semi-weekly newspaper from Tyler, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: September 21, 1910
Creator: Lindsey, S. A,
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Semi-Weekly Courier-Times. (Tyler, Tex.), Vol. 27, No. 77, Ed. 1 Saturday, September 24, 1910 (open access)

Semi-Weekly Courier-Times. (Tyler, Tex.), Vol. 27, No. 77, Ed. 1 Saturday, September 24, 1910

Semi-weekly newspaper from Tyler, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: September 24, 1910
Creator: Lindsey, S. A,
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Semi-Weekly Courier-Times. (Tyler, Tex.), Vol. 27, No. 78, Ed. 1 Wednesday, September 28, 1910 (open access)

Semi-Weekly Courier-Times. (Tyler, Tex.), Vol. 27, No. 78, Ed. 1 Wednesday, September 28, 1910

Semi-weekly newspaper from Tyler, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: September 28, 1910
Creator: Lindsey, S. A,
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: V-370 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: V-370

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Price Daniel, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Obligation of the City of Tyler to assume part of the outstanding bonded indebtedness of Rice Consolidated School District, having annexed a part of the District.
Date: September 8, 1947
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Primary Care Case Management Primary Care Provider and Hospital List: Upper East Texas, September 2011 (open access)

Primary Care Case Management Primary Care Provider and Hospital List: Upper East Texas, September 2011

List of Primary Care Case Management program approved primary care providers, hospitals, specialists, and family planning providers, located in the Upper East Texas area.
Date: September 2011
Creator: Primary Care Case Management
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Script: NAACP Ouster Suit is Heard at Tyler] (open access)

[News Script: NAACP Ouster Suit is Heard at Tyler]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about hearing proceedings at a court in Tyler, Texas, in which the state of Texas seeks a permanent injunction barring the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People from operating.
Date: September 28, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
Buckle. (open access)

Buckle.

Patent for a "buckle which may be quickly and readily attached to or detached from the straps and which will permit of the ready and rapid adjustment of the straps and at the same time will positively hold the same in their adjusted positions" (lines 13-18).
Date: September 1, 1903
Creator: Pool, Robert C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Harrow-Tooth (open access)

Harrow-Tooth

Patent for an improvement in the device known as harrow tooth. Due to being constructed differently certain parts of the invention can be arranged any way the user wants and the harrow tooth is also capable of a more thorough cultivation and pulverization of soil which allows closer cultivation of crops or being more precise and thorough when digging up weeds.
Date: September 25, 1905
Creator: Smith, James Wilson
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Grave-Cover (open access)

Grave-Cover

Patent for a device to provide a temporary cover to open graves made of non-rusting materials with adjustable length.
Date: September 19, 1912
Creator: Rankin, Daniel H. & Cox, William, E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Nutcracker (open access)

Nutcracker

Patent for a nutcracker that can be used for a variety of types of nuts without crushing them.
Date: September 10, 1912
Creator: Moser, Frank W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Tyler Journal (Tyler, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 21, Ed. 1 Friday, September 21, 1934 (open access)

The Tyler Journal (Tyler, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 21, Ed. 1 Friday, September 21, 1934

Weekly newspaper from Tyler, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: September 21, 1934
Creator: Edwards, Henry
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Tyler Journal (Tyler, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 20, Ed. 1 Friday, September 11, 1936 (open access)

The Tyler Journal (Tyler, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 20, Ed. 1 Friday, September 11, 1936

Weekly newspaper from Tyler, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: September 11, 1936
Creator: Edwards, Henry
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Tyler Journal (Tyler, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 22, Ed. 1 Friday, September 25, 1936 (open access)

The Tyler Journal (Tyler, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 22, Ed. 1 Friday, September 25, 1936

Weekly newspaper from Tyler, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: September 25, 1936
Creator: Edwards, Henry
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Tyler Journal (Tyler, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 21, Ed. 1 Friday, September 20, 1929 (open access)

The Tyler Journal (Tyler, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 21, Ed. 1 Friday, September 20, 1929

Weekly newspaper from Tyler, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: September 20, 1929
Creator: Edwards, Henry
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History