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The Temple Times. (Temple, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 26, Ed. 1 Friday, May 28, 1897
Weekly newspaper from Temple, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
May 28, 1897
Creator:
Crow, J. D.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Temple Times. (Temple, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 31, Ed. 1 Friday, July 2, 1897
Weekly newspaper from Temple, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
July 2, 1897
Creator:
Crow, J. D.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Temple Times. (Temple, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 34, Ed. 1 Friday, July 23, 1897
Weekly newspaper from Temple, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
July 23, 1897
Creator:
Crow, J. D.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Temple Times. (Temple, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 11, Ed. 1 Friday, February 12, 1897
Weekly newspaper from Temple, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
February 12, 1897
Creator:
Crow, J. D.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Temple Times. (Temple, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 23, Ed. 1 Friday, May 7, 1897
Weekly newspaper from Temple, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
May 7, 1897
Creator:
Crow, J. D.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from J. Z. Miller, February 16, 1897]
Letter from J. Z. Miller to unknown discussing the work of John Patterson Osterhout. Miller told the gentleman he was writing that John was a respectable judge and had done good work.
Date:
February 16, 1897
Creator:
Miller, J. Z.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from George Robinson to John Patterson Osterhout, February 17, 1897]
Letter from George Robinson to Judge John Patterson Osterhout regarding the trustworthiness of John. The letter is short and simply states that the judge was deserving of respect and was held in high esteem.
Date:
February 17, 1897
Creator:
Robinson, George
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from F. M. Law to William McKinley, February 15, 1897]
Letter from F. M. Law to President William McKinley regarding John Patterson Osterhout applying for postmaster in Belton, Texas. He gives John a high amount of praise and states that he has the support of the administration of Baylor College.
Date:
February 15, 1897
Creator:
Law, F. M.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from E. M. Drayton to William McKinley, February 19, 1897]
Letter from E. M. Drayton to President William McKinley regarding John Patterson Osterhout applying for the position of postmaster in Belton, Texas. He wrote that he could think of no one better to fill the position.
Date:
February 19, 1897
Creator:
Drayton, E. M.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from N. G. Lattimore to William McKinley, March 18, 1897]
Letter from L. G. Lattimore to President William McKinley regarding John Patterson Osterhout applying for the position of postmaster in Belton, Texas. Mr. Lattimore praised John and stated that his appointment to postmaster would be looked upon well by residents of Belton.
Date:
March 18, 1897
Creator:
Lattimore, L. G.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John Patterson Osterhout to William McKinley, June 1897]
Letter from John Patterson Osterhout to President William McKinley regarding his application to be postmaster in Belton, Texas. John detailed all of the offices he had previously held and expressed his devotion to the Republican Party. He told the President that he hoped for reappointment to the position of postmaster.
Date:
June 1897
Creator:
Osterhout, John Patterson
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from African American People of Bell County to William McKinley, June, 1897]
Letter from African American people of Bell County to President William McKinley regarding John Patterson Osterhout's application to be postmaster of Belton, Texas. The letter includes a list of African Americans who live in Bell County that vouch for John's trustworthiness.
Date:
June 1897
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Belton Journal (Belton, Tex.), Vol. 31, No. 39, Ed. 1 Saturday, October 2, 1897
Weekly newspaper from Belton, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
October 2, 1897
Creator:
Robinson, George
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Design for a Sprayer Attachment for Washing-Machines.
Design patent for a sprayer attachment for washing machines that includes a conical base-plate with a circular spout projection at its apex.
Date:
November 16, 1897
Creator:
Bessonette, William T.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Temple Times. (Temple, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 10, Ed. 1 Friday, February 5, 1897
Weekly newspaper from Temple, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
February 5, 1897
Creator:
Crow, J. D.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Portrait of Ernest Gardner and Ollie Gardner]
Photograph of Ernest Gardner and Ollie Gardner, shown as children. Ernest sits in a wicker chair at right in a puffy light-colored dress shirt. Ollie stands at left with her hand on the armrest, wearing a light-colored dress and a bowtie in her hair. A note written on the back identifies the children by name; the writer of the note specifies Ernest and Ollie as their "father and aunt", respectively.
Date:
1897~
Creator:
Weatherington Bros.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Window-blind and awning
Patent for a pair of swinging window blinds.
Date:
June 18, 1897
Creator:
Gluck, Solomon & Keach, George D.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Knee-Pad.
Patent for knee pads that are "simple, inexpensive, and durable, and which is so constructed as to hold the knee of the user in an elevated position above the ground or other surface upon which the pad may be placed, thereby preventing the knee contacting with the ground or other surface and causing injury to the knee (lines 10-17).
Date:
December 29, 1897
Creator:
Rice, John T.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle-Wheel Scraper.
Patent for a "device adapted to be readily applied to a vehicle to prevent mud from clinging to the wheels, and thereby make the draft lighter on a horse or team, and at the same time prevent mud from being thrown upon the body of a vehicle and the occupants thereof." (Lines 12-17) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
April 20, 1897
Creator:
Taylor, Mascener
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tongue-Bar-Supporting Clamp.
Patent for a clamp that holds the hammers in a piano. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 24, 1897
Creator:
Moyer, Jesse Hechler
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow.
Patent for an improved turning plow. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 3, 1897
Creator:
Sevier, Samuel G.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tire-Tightener.
Patent for "devices for tightening the tires on new wheels, as well as wheels that have been in use, and upon which the tires have become loosened, and the object of the invention is to provide a tightener which will be exceedingly simple, durable and economic, and wherein the tightener may be expeditiously and conveniently applied without altering the shape of the felly and at the same time maintain a true circular shape for the tire." (Lines 7-17) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
January 12, 1897
Creator:
Garrett, Robert N.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper.
Patent for a new and useful cotton chopper. The invention "relates to cotton-choppers, and has for its object to provide a simple and efficient device of this class whereby grass, weeds, and the like may be removed from the spaces between stands of cotton, corn, and similar vegetation" (line 8 - 13).
Date:
November 2, 1897
Creator:
Taylor, William Harlow
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Quilting-Frame.
Patent for a quilting frame "pivotally attached to a suspending-bar, whereby either part may be brought beneath the arm of the sewing-machine without requiring the shifting of the goods to bring a new part into position to be quilted until after the exposed portions of the two parts have been quilted." (Lines 24-30) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
June 29, 1897
Creator:
Scoby, William E. & Spoonts, Joseph L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History