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Washing-Machine. (open access)

Washing-Machine.

Patent for a new and useful washing machine, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: October 25, 1898
Creator: Smith, James Knox Polk
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fire Alarm (open access)

Fire Alarm

Patent for a new and useful automatic fire-alarm to "provide an improved alarm of this character especially designed for use in hotels and other large buildings having a large number of rooms" (line 8 -13).
Date: October 26, 1897
Creator: Staples, John & Spake, William H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
End-Gate. (open access)

End-Gate.

Patent for "an end gate for scooping adapted to be readily applied to the ordinary construction of wagon bodies which have end gates sliding in vertical cleats and which re usually provided with a removable rod for securing the end gate in the cleats" (lines 11-16).
Date: October 10, 1893
Creator: Lovett, Morris J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gate-Hinge. (open access)

Gate-Hinge.

Patent for an inclined gate-hinges. One part is "secured to the supporting-post or upright and is formed with two parallel loops slightly separated one from the other located just outside the recess in said post, and the other [part is] adapted to be secured to the gate, having an outwardly-extending arm and a cross-head adapted to be passed between and parallel loops and to bear against the rear surface thereof" (lines 94-102).
Date: October 6, 1896
Creator: Wilson, James L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Discharge Mechanism for Harvesters (open access)

Discharge Mechanism for Harvesters

Patent for the binder-deck of harvesters "and it consists, broadly, of a flexible deck having its lateral edges fixed and its middle portion hinged at one edge and free at the other, and means for automatically lowering the latter when the bundle of grain is to be discharged in order that the discharge may be facilitated" (lines 11-17).
Date: October 25, 1892
Creator: Stroud, Wiley N. & Corey, Rufus H.
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 of the standard, the supporting-arm secured thereon and consisting of a stationary member, a swinging member hinged thereto, a latch secured to the swinging member and engaging the stationary member, and the slotted arm secured to the stationary member and passing around the swinging member, and the dasher-rods supported by and between the members of said arms" (lines 18-27).
Date: October 14, 1890
Creator: Lancaster, John L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Ferris Wheel, Volume 6, Number 7, Saturday, October 22, 1898 (open access)

The Ferris Wheel, Volume 6, Number 7, Saturday, October 22, 1898

Weekly newspaper contains local, national and world news, stories, poetry, jokes, church directory, and advertisements. This issue includes war news.--[p.3]
Date: October 22, 1898
Creator: Ezzell, Frank
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Ferris Wheel, Volume 6, Number 6, Saturday, October 15, 1898 (open access)

The Ferris Wheel, Volume 6, Number 6, Saturday, October 15, 1898

Weekly newspaper contains local, national and world news, stories, poetry, jokes, church directory, and advertisements.
Date: October 15, 1898
Creator: Ezzell, Frank
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Ferris Wheel, Volume 6, Number 4, Saturday, October 1, 1898 (open access)

The Ferris Wheel, Volume 6, Number 4, Saturday, October 1, 1898

Weekly newspaper contains local, national and world news, stories, poetry, jokes, church directory, and advertisements.
Date: October 1, 1898
Creator: Ezzell, Frank
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Ferris Wheel, Volume 6, Number 5, Saturday, October 8, 1898 (open access)

The Ferris Wheel, Volume 6, Number 5, Saturday, October 8, 1898

Weekly newspaper contains local, national and world news, stories, poetry, jokes, church directory, and advertisements.
Date: October 8, 1898
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Ferris Wheel, Volume 6, Number 8, Saturday, October 29, 1898 (open access)

The Ferris Wheel, Volume 6, Number 8, Saturday, October 29, 1898

Weekly newspaper contains local, national and world news, stories, poetry, jokes, church directory, and advertisements. This issue includes peace commission news.--[p.2]
Date: October 29, 1898
Creator: Ezzell, Frank
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Ferris Wheel, Volume 5, Number 6[c], Saturday, October 16, 1897 (open access)

The Ferris Wheel, Volume 5, Number 6[c], Saturday, October 16, 1897

Weekly newspaper contains local, national and world news, stories, poetry, jokes, church directory, and advertisements. This issue includes an article entitled "Death of the Apache Kid" with an illustration.--[p.3] Oversized sheet--[p.9, p.10]
Date: October 16, 1897
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Ferris Wheel, Volume 5, Number 6[b], Saturday, October 16, 1897 (open access)

The Ferris Wheel, Volume 5, Number 6[b], Saturday, October 16, 1897

Weekly newspaper contains local, national and world news, stories, poetry, jokes, church directory, and advertisements. This issue includes the annual report of the Treasurer of the United States.--[p.3]
Date: October 16, 1897
Creator: Ezzell, Frank
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Ferris Wheel, Volume 5, Number 6[a], Saturday, October 9, 1897 (open access)

The Ferris Wheel, Volume 5, Number 6[a], Saturday, October 9, 1897

Weekly newspaper contains local, national and world news, stories, poetry, jokes, church directory, and advertisements. This issue includes an article on preparations for the upcoming Texas State Fair - October 16 - 31, 1897.--[p.6]
Date: October 9, 1897
Creator: Ezzell, Frank
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Ferris Wheel, Volume 5, Number 5[b], Saturday, October 2, 1897 (open access)

The Ferris Wheel, Volume 5, Number 5[b], Saturday, October 2, 1897

Weekly newspaper contains local, national and world news, stories, poetry, jokes, church directory, and advertisements. This issue includes an article about the upcoming Texas State Fair - October 16 - 31, 1897 - with a schedule of livestock judging.--[p.3]
Date: October 2, 1897
Creator: Ezzell, Frank
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Ferris Wheel, Volume 5, Noumber 5[a], Saturday, October 2, 1897 (open access)

The Ferris Wheel, Volume 5, Noumber 5[a], Saturday, October 2, 1897

Weekly newspaper contains local, national and world news, stories, poetry, jokes, church directory, and advertisements.
Date: October 2, 1897
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Ferris Wheel, [Volume 5, Number 8], Saturday, October 23, 1897 (open access)

The Ferris Wheel, [Volume 5, Number 8], Saturday, October 23, 1897

Weekly newspaper contains local, national and world news, stories, poetry, jokes, church directory, and advertisements.
Date: October 23, 1897
Creator: Ezzell, Frank
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Ferris Wheel, Volume 4, Number 8, Saturday, October 31, 1896 (open access)

The Ferris Wheel, Volume 4, Number 8, Saturday, October 31, 1896

Weekly newspaper contains local, national and world news, stories, poetry, jokes, church directory, and advertisements.
Date: October 31, 1896
Creator: Ezzell, Frank
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Ferris Wheel, Volume 4, Number 7, Saturday, October 24, 1896 (open access)

The Ferris Wheel, Volume 4, Number 7, Saturday, October 24, 1896

Weekly newspaper contains local, national and world news, stories, poetry, jokes, church directory, and advertisements.
Date: October 24, 1896
Creator: Ezzell, Frank
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Ferris Wheel, Volume 4, Number 6, Saturday, October 17, 1896 (open access)

The Ferris Wheel, Volume 4, Number 6, Saturday, October 17, 1896

Weekly newspaper contains local, national and world news, stories, poetry, jokes, church directory, and advertisements.
Date: October 17, 1896
Creator: Ezzell, Frank
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Ferris Wheel, Volume 4, Number 5, Saturday, October 10 , 1896 (open access)

The Ferris Wheel, Volume 4, Number 5, Saturday, October 10 , 1896

Weekly newspaper contains local, national and world news, stories, poetry, jokes, church directory, and advertisements. This issue includes an article on dairy and poultry issues--[p.3].
Date: October 10, 1896
Creator: Ezzell, Frank
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Ferris Wheel, Volume 4, Number 4[b], Saturday, October 3, 1896 (open access)

The Ferris Wheel, Volume 4, Number 4[b], Saturday, October 3, 1896

Weekly newspaper contains local, national and world news, stories, poetry, jokes, church directory, and advertisements.
Date: October 3, 1896
Creator: [Ezzell, Frank]
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Ferris Wheel, Volume 4, Number 4[a], Saturday, October 3, 1896 (open access)

The Ferris Wheel, Volume 4, Number 4[a], Saturday, October 3, 1896

Weekly newspaper contains local, national and world news, stories, poetry, jokes, church directory, and advertisements.
Date: October 3, 1896
Creator: Ezzell, Frank
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History