Alvarado Bulletin. (Alvarado, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 26, Ed. 1 Friday, December 21, 1900 (open access)

Alvarado Bulletin. (Alvarado, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 26, Ed. 1 Friday, December 21, 1900

Weekly newspaper from Alvarado, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: December 21, 1900
Creator: Pardue, P. H.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Alvarado Bulletin. (Alvarado, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 25, Ed. 1 Friday, December 14, 1900 (open access)

Alvarado Bulletin. (Alvarado, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 25, Ed. 1 Friday, December 14, 1900

Weekly newspaper from Alvarado, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: December 14, 1900
Creator: Pardue, P. H.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Measuring Machine (open access)

Automatic Measuring Machine

Patent for an automatic measuring machine. Illustration included.
Date: December 21, 1909
Creator: Whitten, Edgar, Jr. & Harrell, Attie Alfred
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Headlight. (open access)

Headlight.

Patent for Locomotive-headlights, "and has for its principal object to so construct the lamp and its casing as to permit of the lighting or adjusting the lamp-blaze from the back of the headlight box…” (lines 8-13) including illustrations.
Date: December 2, 1902
Creator: Stanton, James Robertson
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ant Trap (open access)

Ant Trap

Patent for an ant trap. Illustration included.
Date: December 28, 1909
Creator: Mercer, John W.; Hasha, W. C. & Estes, W. N.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hitching Device (open access)

Hitching Device

Patent for hitching device. Illustration included.
Date: July 7, 1904
Creator: Holland, George K. De W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Plow. (open access)

Plow.

Patent for improvements in plows by employing moldboards on both left and right side of the plow; with a shoe or land slide fixed to the plow-beam extension. Then use a V-clamp to secure the plow-handles and a bracket to secure the moldboards and plow-point. This construction will allow free movement of the plow-point and moldboard up and down or vertically without lifting the shoe from the furrow. Illustration is included.
Date: December 25, 1900
Creator: Morrison, Robert L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oil-Burner. (open access)

Oil-Burner.

Patent for oil-burner that is used by being connected to a steam-boiler. It is simply constructed to produce a very high degree of heat with a comparatively small amount of hydrocarbon oil.
Date: December 16, 1902
Creator: Jenkins, Wellington S.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History