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Apparatus for Treating Ankylosis of the Knee (open access)

Apparatus for Treating Ankylosis of the Knee

Patent for an apparatus for treating knee ankylosis that is ready to use at a moments notice "without unnecessary or nervous shock to the invalid to apply the requisite heat, extension, and flexion to an afflicted part to render it supple and restore to its natural functions". (lines 11-15).
Date: September 19, 1905
Creator: Norwood, Robert R.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Railway Switch (open access)

Automatic Railway Switch

Patent for an automatic railway switch. Illustration included.
Date: September 19, 1905
Creator: Ditmars, Frederick R. S. & Hendrix, A. S.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Bonham News. (Bonham, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 31, Ed. 1 Tuesday, September 19, 1905 (open access)

The Bonham News. (Bonham, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 31, Ed. 1 Tuesday, September 19, 1905

Semi-weekly newspaper from Bonham, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: September 19, 1905
Creator: Evans, Ashley
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Brownsville Daily Herald (Brownsville, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 68, Ed. 1, Tuesday, September 19, 1905 (open access)

Brownsville Daily Herald (Brownsville, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 68, Ed. 1, Tuesday, September 19, 1905

Daily newspaper from Brownsville, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: September 19, 1905
Creator: Wheeler, Jesse O.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Galveston Tribune. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 256, Ed. 1 Tuesday, September 19, 1905 (open access)

Galveston Tribune. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 256, Ed. 1 Tuesday, September 19, 1905

Daily newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: September 19, 1905
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Palestine Daily Herald (Palestine, Tex), Vol. 4, No. 61, Ed. 1, Tuesday, September 19, 1905 (open access)

Palestine Daily Herald (Palestine, Tex), Vol. 4, No. 61, Ed. 1, Tuesday, September 19, 1905

Daily newspaper from Palestine, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: September 19, 1905
Creator: Hamilton, W. M. & Hamilton, H. V., Jr.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Waxahachie Daily Light. (Waxahachie, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 143, Ed. 1 Tuesday, September 19, 1905 (open access)

The Waxahachie Daily Light. (Waxahachie, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 143, Ed. 1 Tuesday, September 19, 1905

Daily newspaper from Waxahachie, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: September 19, 1905
Creator: Ownby, W. A.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bryan Morning Eagle. (Bryan, Tex.), Vol. TENTH YEAR, No. 245, Ed. 1 Tuesday, September 19, 1905 (open access)

Bryan Morning Eagle. (Bryan, Tex.), Vol. TENTH YEAR, No. 245, Ed. 1 Tuesday, September 19, 1905

Daily newspaper from Bryan, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: September 19, 1905
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Houston Post. (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 188, Ed. 1 Tuesday, September 19, 1905 (open access)

The Houston Post. (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 188, Ed. 1 Tuesday, September 19, 1905

Daily newspaper from Houston, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: September 19, 1905
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Austin Statesman (Austin, Tex.), Ed. 1 Tuesday, September 19, 1905 (open access)

The Austin Statesman (Austin, Tex.), Ed. 1 Tuesday, September 19, 1905

Daily newspaper from Austin, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: September 19, 1905
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Fort Worth Record and Register (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 339, Ed. 1 Tuesday, September 19, 1905 (open access)

The Fort Worth Record and Register (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 339, Ed. 1 Tuesday, September 19, 1905

Daily newspaper from Fort Worth, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: September 19, 1905
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Freie Presse für Texas. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 41, No. 7118, Ed. 1 Tuesday, September 19, 1905 (open access)

Freie Presse für Texas. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 41, No. 7118, Ed. 1 Tuesday, September 19, 1905

Daily German-language newspaper from San Antonio, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: September 19, 1905
Creator: Hanschke, Robert
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
El Paso Daily Times (El Paso, Tex.), Vol. 25, Ed. 1 Tuesday, September 19, 1905 (open access)

El Paso Daily Times (El Paso, Tex.), Vol. 25, Ed. 1 Tuesday, September 19, 1905

Daily newspaper from El Paso, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: September 19, 1905
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Machine For Cutting Thong Holes (open access)

Machine For Cutting Thong Holes

Patent for a machine for cutting thong holes. "This invenetion relates to leather-working machines, and more particularly to machines for cutting holes in leather for the purpose of sewing in thongs" (7-10). Illustration included.
Date: September 19, 1905
Creator: Eberle, Charles
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Valve For Oil Wells (open access)

Valve For Oil Wells

Patent for a valve for oil wells. This invention is designed to control the flow of oil during drilling. Illustration included.
Date: September 19, 1905
Creator: Bernard, Horace D.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Land Grader and Ditcher (open access)

Land Grader and Ditcher

Patent for a land grader and ditcher that is durable and easy to use to ditch a large area and the scraping blade can be easily removed for cleaning, repairs or other reasons.
Date: September 19, 1905
Creator: Reed, Allen T.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wheel Straightening Machine (open access)

Wheel Straightening Machine

Patent for wheel straightening machine. This invention is designed for straightening light or heavy wagon wheels when the spokes become loosened and the wheel is excessively dished" (9-11). Illustration included.
Date: September 19, 1905
Creator: Mayse, Jordan Stewart
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Padlock. (open access)

Padlock.

Patent for a padlock which "has for its object to provide a lock which cannot be picked and which shall be strong and simple in construction." (lines 9-11) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: September 19, 1905
Creator: Rembert, Willie E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gate. (open access)

Gate.

Patent for "an invention for tilting gates to materially simplify the erection of a gate for farm and other users and also render the gate sensitive and reliable in opening and closing movement by employing minimized operating mechanism." (lines 7-11).
Date: September 19, 1905
Creator: Connolly, Peter H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Railway Tie (open access)

Railway Tie

Patent for a metallic cross ties. This tie is an improvement on previous metallic rail-ties. Illustration included.
Date: September 19, 1905
Creator: Field, John W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from K.K. Legett to Edward R. Meek - September 19, 1905] (open access)

[Letter from K.K. Legett to Edward R. Meek - September 19, 1905]

Letter written to Judge Edward R. Meek from K.K. Legett, inviting Meek to stay with him during the next term of Court.
Date: September 19, 1905
Creator: Legett, Kirvin Kade, 1857-1926
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stovepipe Protector (open access)

Stovepipe Protector

Patent for a stovepipe protector. Illustration included.
Date: September 19, 1905
Creator: Graham, Sherman Bruce
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Match-Dispensing Box (open access)

Match-Dispensing Box

Patent for a match dispensing box designed solely for use in public places in which only one match be removed from the box at a time and also can be used to strike the match once removed from the box
Date: September 19, 1905
Creator: Huber, Frederick K.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ruling Blotter (open access)

Ruling Blotter

Patent for a ruling blotter. This invention provides "a blotting-pad having on one face a measure, a calandar, and spaces for advertising matter, and a straight-edge secured along its edge" (lines 9-13). Illustration included.
Date: September 19, 1905
Creator: Wood, John L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History