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Valve Setting Machine (open access)

Valve Setting Machine

Patent for a valve setting machine. This invention is a machine for "revolving the main driving wheel of a locomotive to set the valves (11-12). Illustration included.
Date: August 4, 1908
Creator: Wyllie, Robert E. & Twohig, John D.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Riding-Spur. (open access)

Riding-Spur.

Patent for improvement in riding-spurs for horsemen by “using an open-ended socket, a shank having limited sliding movement in the socket, a rowel freely journaled at the outer end of the shank, and a spring inclosed within the socket and serving to hold the shank normally outward, the tines or points of the rowel being adapted to engage the socket and secure the rowel against rotation when the shank is pressed inward.” (P. 2, lines 6-14.) Illustration is included.
Date: March 4, 1902
Creator: Ridings, John G.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Twice-a-Week Herald. (Amarillo, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 36, Ed. 1 Friday, May 4, 1906 (open access)

The Twice-a-Week Herald. (Amarillo, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 36, Ed. 1 Friday, May 4, 1906

Newspaper published each Tuesday and Friday from Amarillo, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: May 4, 1906
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Weekly Herald. (Amarillo, Tex.), Vol. 22, No. 27, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 4, 1907 (open access)

The Weekly Herald. (Amarillo, Tex.), Vol. 22, No. 27, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 4, 1907

Weekly newspaper from Amarillo, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: July 4, 1907
Creator: Brewster, S. A.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Weekly Herald. (Amarillo, Tex.), Vol. 23, No. 23, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 4, 1908 (open access)

The Weekly Herald. (Amarillo, Tex.), Vol. 23, No. 23, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 4, 1908

Weekly newspaper from Amarillo, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: June 4, 1908
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Twice-a-Week Herald. (Amarillo, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 71, Ed. 1 Tuesday, September 4, 1906 (open access)

The Twice-a-Week Herald. (Amarillo, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 71, Ed. 1 Tuesday, September 4, 1906

Newspaper published each Tuesday and Friday from Amarillo, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: September 4, 1906
Creator: Boesen, P. E.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Weekly Herald. (Amarillo, Tex.), Vol. 22, No. 14, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 4, 1907 (open access)

The Weekly Herald. (Amarillo, Tex.), Vol. 22, No. 14, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 4, 1907

Weekly newspaper from Amarillo, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: April 4, 1907
Creator: Brewster, S. A.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History