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El Paso Daily Times (El Paso, Tex.), Vol. 25, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 3, 1905
Daily newspaper from El Paso, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
May 3, 1905
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
El Paso Daily Times (El Paso, Tex.), Vol. 25, Ed. 1 Friday, March 3, 1905
Daily newspaper from El Paso, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
March 3, 1905
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
El Paso Daily Times (El Paso, Tex.), Vol. 25, Ed. 1 Saturday, June 3, 1905
Daily newspaper from El Paso, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
June 3, 1905
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
El Paso Daily Times (El Paso, Tex.), Vol. 25, Ed. 1 Friday, November 3, 1905
Daily newspaper from El Paso, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
November 3, 1905
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Stretcher.
Patent for a wire-stretcher "to provide a device of the class embodying new and improved features of utility, convenience, indestructibility, and cheapness." (lines 8-12) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
October 3, 1905
Creator:
Kimbro, John A. & Kimbro, Jeremirah H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Well Sinking Apparatus
Patent for a well sinking apparatus. Illustration included.
Date:
January 3, 1905
Creator:
Johnston, Horace G.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Insect Catcher
Patent for an insect catcher. This device is for catching cotton boll weevils. Illustration included.
Date:
October 3, 1905
Creator:
Krenek, Edward Joseph
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pneumatic Cotton-Handling Apparatus.
Patent for a pneumatic cotton-handling apparatus in which it can “unloading cotton simultaneously from two wagons and for conveying the cotton from one wagon to a storage place and from the other wagon to feeding devices for supplying a battery of gins.” (Lines 14-18) Illustration is included.
Date:
January 3, 1905
Creator:
Lumpkin, Robert B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tank-Valve.
Patent for tank-valves in which “a valve may be readily detached for renewal or repairs and adaptable without material change of structure to any of the various forms and structures of tanks manufactured.” (Lines 18-22.) Illustration is included.
Date:
January 3, 1905
Creator:
Burchett, Edward Lee
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Recharging-Valve.
Patent for a recharging valve "to permit recharging the auxiliary reservoirs of an automatic air-brake system without involving the release of the brakes." (lines 8-11) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
October 3, 1905
Creator:
Williams, Leonard F.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of Letter from Chester W. Nimitz to William Nimitz, January 3, 1905]
Transcription of letter from Chester Nimitz to his father in Kerrville. Nimitz reflects on a visit to the Academy from his cousin, Elsie Wahrmund. He mentions he filed his duty request to be assigned to the USS Oregon (BB-3), currently on the Asiatic Station.
Date:
January 3, 1905
Creator:
Nimitz, Chester W. (Chester William), 1885-1966
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gang-Plow.
Patent for a gang plow for “the use of a greater or lesser number of plow units in the gang or series and, to provide as a rear support for the plow a rear furrow-wheel associated with adjusting means for raising or lowering the rear end of the plow to regulate the depth of cut and; with additional adjusting means arranged to shift the crank-axle of said wheel to properly resist the side draft of the plow and, to aid in directing the latter in four-side plowing in order that comparatively sharp corners may be turned.” (Lines 17-28) Illustration is included.
Date:
January 3, 1905
Creator:
Luecke, Henry C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of Letter from Chester W. Nimitz to William Nimitz, December 3, 1905]
Transcription of letter from Chester Nimitz to his father in Kerrville. Nimitz mentions training daily for upcoming target practice in Manila Bay. He also mentions a faulty torpedo. Nimitz mentions league baseball games and being invited to mess with the admiral of the fleet once.
Date:
December 3, 1905
Creator:
Nimitz, Chester W. (Chester William), 1885-1966
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Puff Box
Patent fora puff box. This invention is for face powder. Illustration included.
Date:
January 3, 1905
Creator:
Hosmer, Arthur
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of Letter from Chester W. Nimitz to Charles Henry Nimitz, June 1905]
Transcription of letter from Chester Nimitz to his grandfather in Fredericksburg. Nimitz discusses his activities on the USS Ohio (BB-12) since arriving in Manila. Nimitz mentions seeing in Manila Bay the damaged Russian ships Aurora and Oleg after the Battle of Tsushima. Nimitz expresses dismay that the Russians were defeated. He also mentions that he has been assigned as the torpedo officer aboard the Ohio.
Date:
1905-06-03/1905-06-08
Creator:
Nimitz, Chester W. (Chester William), 1885-1966
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Chester W. Nimitz to Charles Henry Nimitz, June 1905]
Handwritten letter from Chester Nimitz to his grandfather in Fredericksburg. Nimitz discusses his activities on the USS Ohio (BB-12) since arriving in Manila. Nimitz mentions seeing in Manila Bay the damaged Russian ships Aurora and Oleg after the Battle of Tsushima. Nimitz expresses dismay that the Russians were defeated. He also mentions that he has been assigned as the torpedo officer aboard the Ohio. This letter is on USS Ohio stationery.
Date:
1905-06-03/1905-06-08
Creator:
Nimitz, Chester W. (Chester William), 1885-1966
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Chester W. Nimitz to William Nimitz, December 3, 1905]
Handwritten letter from Chester Nimitz to his father in Kerrville. Nimitz mentions training daily for upcoming target practice in Manila Bay. He also mentions a faulty torpedo. Nimitz mentions league baseball games and being invited to mess with the admiral of the fleet once.
Date:
December 3, 1905
Creator:
Nimitz, Chester W. (Chester William), 1885-1966
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Chester W. Nimitz to William Nimitz, January 3, 1905]
Handwritten letter from Chester Nimitz to his father in Kerrville. Nimitz reflects on a visit to the Academy from his cousin, Elsie Wahrmund. He mentions he filed his duty request to be assigned to the USS Oregon (BB-3), currently on the Asiatic Station. This letter is on US Naval Academy stationery.
Date:
January 3, 1905
Creator:
Nimitz, Chester W. (Chester William), 1885-1966
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ennis Daily News. (Ennis, Tex.), Vol. [9], No. 42, Ed. 1 Friday, November 3, 1905
Daily newspaper from Ennis, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
November 3, 1905
Creator:
Hardy, J. S.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Picking Machine.
Patent for improvement in cotton picking machine “whereby the ripened portion of the cotton may be easily and thoroughly picked or removed and disposed in a suitable receptacle.” (Lines 22-24.) Illustration is included.
Date:
January 3, 1905
Creator:
McEachern, John Neil
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History