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Improvement in Fence Posts. (open access)

Improvement in Fence Posts.

Patent for improvements in fence posts and has "for its primary object to provide a post which may be of extremely simple construction and operation and especially adapted for use in constructing wire fences" (lines 12-15) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: December 29, 1914
Creator: Conner, Elmer E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Shiro Advertiser (Shiro, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 40, Ed. 1 Friday, August 14, 1914 (open access)

The Shiro Advertiser (Shiro, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 40, Ed. 1 Friday, August 14, 1914

Weekly newspaper from Shiro, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: August 14, 1914
Creator: Bracewell, E. W.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Examiner-Review. (Navasota, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 19, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 6, 1914 (open access)

The Examiner-Review. (Navasota, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 19, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 6, 1914

Weekly newspaper from Navasota, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: August 6, 1914
Creator: Blackshear, Ed F.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Railroad-Tie. (open access)

Railroad-Tie.

Patent for a railroad-tie in which it will “maintain the gage standard when one rail is replaced by another rail having larger cross section than the original rail.” (Lines 21-23) Illustration is included.
Date: March 3, 1914
Creator: Hynds, David H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lock. (open access)

Lock.

Patent for "new and useful Improvements in Locks" (line 6).
Date: February 17, 1914
Creator: Van Hoesen, Benjamin
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

Navasota Quadrangle

Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:62500
Date: 1914
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History