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[Distribution of Funds from Hattie M. Sayles and Henry Sayles, February 2, 1915] (open access)

[Distribution of Funds from Hattie M. Sayles and Henry Sayles, February 2, 1915]

Document in which Henry Sayles and Hattie M. Sayles distribute an amount of $7866.97 amidst their children and relatives, declaring Henry Sayles Jr. to be in charge of the funds.
Date: February 2, 1915
Creator: Sayles, Henry & Sayles, Harriet McAlpine (Hattie)
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Boll Separator. (open access)

Cotton-Boll Separator.

Patent for "cotton boll threshing machines." "Obejct of the inventions is provide means for crushing, agitating, and opening the dry cotton bolls and removing the fiber of seed cotton,,, without breaking the fiber and lowering the grade of the staple."
Date: March 2, 1915
Creator: Patterson, Warren A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Stop Device for Printing-Presses. (open access)

Automatic Stop Device for Printing-Presses.

Patent for improvements to safety devices (springs, belt shift levers, guide members, rock shafts) that can be attached to a printing press to create automatic stops. These safety devices can be used to address possible accidents or emergencies by fastening down on a specific section of a printing press.
Date: March 2, 1915
Creator: Brown, John Walter R.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement to Elevator Signal Systems (open access)

Improvement to Elevator Signal Systems

Patent for an improvement to an elevator in which “to provide an elevator signal system that will permit a party at any landing to indicate his desire to go up or down to the elevator operator by pressing one of two buttons” (lines 10-15). Instructions and illustration included.
Date: February 2, 1915
Creator: Johnson, Charles S.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Paper-Guide for Printing-Presses. (open access)

Paper-Guide for Printing-Presses.

Patent for improved paper guides for printing presses (particularly stop cylinder printing presses).
Date: November 2, 1915
Creator: Garlick, Mark J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sealing Device for Cocks. (open access)

Sealing Device for Cocks.

Patent for a device that seals or locks valves or cocks when in operation and not in operation to prevent connection interference.
Date: November 2, 1915
Creator: Caldwell, Charles A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oil-Burner. (open access)

Oil-Burner.

Patent for an improved oil burner design "for use where high efficiency and greatest economy are desired in burning low grade oil" (lines 14-16), such as coal and crude oil. Includes illustrations.
Date: November 2, 1915
Creator: Wright, John F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Lancaster Herald. (Lancaster, Tex.), Vol. 29, No. 23, Ed. 1 Friday, July 2, 1915 (open access)

The Lancaster Herald. (Lancaster, Tex.), Vol. 29, No. 23, Ed. 1 Friday, July 2, 1915

Weekly newspaper from Lancaster, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: July 2, 1915
Creator: Tufts, Minnie Wetmore
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Lancaster Herald. (Lancaster, Tex.), Vol. 29, No. 10, Ed. 1 Friday, April 2, 1915 (open access)

The Lancaster Herald. (Lancaster, Tex.), Vol. 29, No. 10, Ed. 1 Friday, April 2, 1915

Weekly newspaper from Lancaster, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: April 2, 1915
Creator: Tufts, Minnie Wetmore
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Texas Mesquiter. (Mesquite, Tex.), Vol. 33, No. 40, Ed. 1 Friday, April 2, 1915 (open access)

The Texas Mesquiter. (Mesquite, Tex.), Vol. 33, No. 40, Ed. 1 Friday, April 2, 1915

Weekly newspaper from Mesquite, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: April 2, 1915
Creator: Davis, John E.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Texas Mesquiter. (Mesquite, Tex.), Vol. 33, No. 52, Ed. 1 Friday, July 2, 1915 (open access)

The Texas Mesquiter. (Mesquite, Tex.), Vol. 33, No. 52, Ed. 1 Friday, July 2, 1915

Weekly newspaper from Mesquite, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: July 2, 1915
Creator: Davis, John E.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cora Robertson to Linnet White, March 2, 1915] (open access)

[Letter from Cora Robertson to Linnet White, March 2, 1915]

Letter to Linnet White from Cora Robertson discussing her recent visit to Linnet, their daughters, and apologizes for something she said during her visit that might have caused undue worry. Cora's daughter is at boarding school and she writes at length about how much she enjoyed her visit.
Date: March 2, 1915
Creator: Robertson, Cora
Object Type: Letter
System: The UNT Digital Library