The Home and State (Dallas, Tex.), Ed. 1 Saturday, June 17, 1911 (open access)

The Home and State (Dallas, Tex.), Ed. 1 Saturday, June 17, 1911

Weekly newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes articles and stories on a variety of family and social topics, with an emphasis on temperance and prohibition, along with advertising.
Date: June 17, 1911
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Lancaster Herald. (Lancaster, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 3, Ed. 1 Friday, February 17, 1911 (open access)

The Lancaster Herald. (Lancaster, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 3, Ed. 1 Friday, February 17, 1911

Weekly newspaper from Lancaster, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: February 17, 1911
Creator: Hulbert, Elbert Monroe & Tufts, Minnie Wetmore
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Lancaster Herald. (Lancaster, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 7, Ed. 1 Friday, March 17, 1911 (open access)

The Lancaster Herald. (Lancaster, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 7, Ed. 1 Friday, March 17, 1911

Weekly newspaper from Lancaster, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: March 17, 1911
Creator: Hulbert, Elbert Monroe & Tufts, Minnie Wetmore
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Lancaster Herald. (Lancaster, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 42, Ed. 1 Friday, November 17, 1911 (open access)

The Lancaster Herald. (Lancaster, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 42, Ed. 1 Friday, November 17, 1911

Weekly newspaper from Lancaster, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: November 17, 1911
Creator: Hulbert, Elbert Monroe & Tufts, Minnie Wetmore
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Transmitting Sound-Waves (open access)

Apparatus for Transmitting Sound-Waves

Patent for transmitting sound waves by magnetic induction and to "furnish an apparatus by which these different vibrations can be heard at the receiving end" (lines 20-22). Includes descriptions and illustrations.
Date: October 17, 1911
Creator: Harvey, Fred Brown
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Airship (open access)

Airship

Patent for a dirigible airship for aerial navigation, "to provide the balloon or gas bag with aeroplanes which serve to steady the balloon during the flight of the ship, and to increase the lifting power of the balloon when the ship is under motion, the arrangement being such as to enable said aeroplanes to be converted into a parachute, should the balloon or gas bag become deflated" (lines 20-28).
Date: January 17, 1911
Creator: Keller, James M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Gin. (open access)

Cotton-Gin.

Patent for cotton gin, which includes a huller roller, seed bar, and seed grate to separate and remove seeds from the cotton. Ginning points/pins are used instead of saws. Due to the positioning of the ginning points/pins, the surface of the ginning cylinder in its entirety is available for ginning and there are fewer mechanical friction points.
Date: October 17, 1911
Creator: Hollingsworth, Joseph C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Texas Mesquiter. (Mesquite, Tex.), Vol. 29, No. 33, Ed. 1 Friday, February 17, 1911 (open access)

The Texas Mesquiter. (Mesquite, Tex.), Vol. 29, No. 33, Ed. 1 Friday, February 17, 1911

Weekly newspaper from Mesquite, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: February 17, 1911
Creator: Davis, John E.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Texas Mesquiter. (Mesquite, Tex.), Vol. 29, No. 37, Ed. 1 Friday, March 17, 1911 (open access)

The Texas Mesquiter. (Mesquite, Tex.), Vol. 29, No. 37, Ed. 1 Friday, March 17, 1911

Weekly newspaper from Mesquite, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: March 17, 1911
Creator: Davis, John E.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Texas Mesquiter. (Mesquite, Tex.), Vol. 30, No. 21, Ed. 1 Friday, November 17, 1911 (open access)

The Texas Mesquiter. (Mesquite, Tex.), Vol. 30, No. 21, Ed. 1 Friday, November 17, 1911

Weekly newspaper from Mesquite, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: November 17, 1911
Creator: Davis, John E.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History