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Automatic Signal System (open access)

Automatic Signal System

Patent for an automatic signal system for use with railways. Illustrations included.
Date: December 14, 1909
Creator: Adams, Powell O.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sweep-Stock. (open access)

Sweep-Stock.

Patent for a sweep stock, which can have multiple types of plows attached to it.
Date: November 23, 1909
Creator: Stone, Joseph
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Convertible Dust-Pan. (open access)

Convertible Dust-Pan.

Patent for a convertible dust pan, which does not require stooping over to sweep up dirt into the pan and can also be used as a shovel.
Date: October 12, 1909
Creator: Epperson, Albert S.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rake. (open access)

Rake.

Patent for a rake for raking machine for cleaning fields of stalks or trash.
Date: September 14, 1909
Creator: Jones, William Henry
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Track-Leveling Device. (open access)

Track-Leveling Device.

Patent for a railroad track leveling device, which attaches to the rails without the use of screws and can be used to detect low places and misalignment's of the track.
Date: August 24, 1909
Creator: Warren, Edwin A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pneumatic Rail-Brake. (open access)

Pneumatic Rail-Brake.

Patent for a pneumatic rail brake, which operates automatically to prevent derailment.
Date: March 30, 1909
Creator: Adams, Powell Orgain
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Railway-Crossing (open access)

Railway-Crossing

Patent for crossings for railway tracks and particularly to means for closing the cut in the rails made for the flanges of the wheels, and the object is to provide sliding members which can be easily operated to close the slot or cut in the crossing rails for the flanges of the wheels so that a continuous tread will be formed for every wheel that passes over the crossing and to provide a mechanism for the tracks.
Date: March 30, 1909
Creator: Adams, Powell O.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hog-Catcher. (open access)

Hog-Catcher.

Patent for a hog catcher, which has a trigger operated spring loaded claw to catch the leg of a hog and lead it on a chain.
Date: December 1, 1908
Creator: Reichert, Henry
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Railway-Crossing. (open access)

Railway-Crossing.

Patent for a railway crossing track, which does not jar the train's wheels as it passes over the crossing.
Date: November 17, 1908
Creator: Adams, Powell O.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Rockdale Reporter. (Rockdale, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 51, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 12, 1908 (open access)

The Rockdale Reporter. (Rockdale, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 51, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 12, 1908

Weekly newspaper from Rockdale, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: March 12, 1908
Creator: Kennon, R. W. H.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Rockdale Reporter. (Rockdale, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 50, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 5, 1908 (open access)

The Rockdale Reporter. (Rockdale, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 50, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 5, 1908

Weekly newspaper from Rockdale, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: March 5, 1908
Creator: Kennon, R. W. H.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Stretcher. (open access)

Wire-Stretcher.

Patent for a wire stretcher for use in building wire fences.
Date: March 3, 1908
Creator: Williams, John H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Rockdale Reporter. (Rockdale, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 49, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 27, 1908 (open access)

The Rockdale Reporter. (Rockdale, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 49, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 27, 1908

Weekly newspaper from Rockdale, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: February 27, 1908
Creator: Kennon, R. W. H.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Rockdale Reporter. (Rockdale, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 48, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 20, 1908 (open access)

The Rockdale Reporter. (Rockdale, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 48, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 20, 1908

Weekly newspaper from Rockdale, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: February 20, 1908
Creator: Kennon, R. W. H.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Rockdale Reporter. (Rockdale, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 47, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 13, 1908 (open access)

The Rockdale Reporter. (Rockdale, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 47, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 13, 1908

Weekly newspaper from Rockdale, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: February 13, 1908
Creator: Kennon, R. W. H.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Rockdale Reporter. (Rockdale, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 46, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 6, 1908 (open access)

The Rockdale Reporter. (Rockdale, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 46, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 6, 1908

Weekly newspaper from Rockdale, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: February 6, 1908
Creator: Kennon, R. W. H.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Rockdale Reporter. (Rockdale, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 45, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 30, 1908 (open access)

The Rockdale Reporter. (Rockdale, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 45, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 30, 1908

Weekly newspaper from Rockdale, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 30, 1908
Creator: Kennon, R. W. H.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Rockdale Reporter. (Rockdale, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 44, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 23, 1908 (open access)

The Rockdale Reporter. (Rockdale, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 44, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 23, 1908

Weekly newspaper from Rockdale, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 23, 1908
Creator: Kennon, R. W. H.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rail-Joint. (open access)

Rail-Joint.

Patent for improvements to the joints for railway rails to prevent "bumping of the wheels against the ends of rails and the cross ties adjacent to the joints" (lines 16-18) including illustrations.
Date: January 21, 1908
Creator: Adams, Powell O.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Rockdale Reporter. (Rockdale, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 43, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 16, 1908 (open access)

The Rockdale Reporter. (Rockdale, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 43, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 16, 1908

Weekly newspaper from Rockdale, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 16, 1908
Creator: Kennon, R. W. H.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Rockdale Reporter. (Rockdale, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 42, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 9, 1908 (open access)

The Rockdale Reporter. (Rockdale, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 42, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 9, 1908

Weekly newspaper from Rockdale, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 9, 1908
Creator: Kennon, R. W. H.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Rockdale Reporter. (Rockdale, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 41, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 2, 1908 (open access)

The Rockdale Reporter. (Rockdale, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 41, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 2, 1908

Weekly newspaper from Rockdale, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 2, 1908
Creator: Kennon, R. W. H.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Rockdale Reporter. (Rockdale, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 40, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 26, 1907 (open access)

The Rockdale Reporter. (Rockdale, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 40, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 26, 1907

Weekly newspaper from Rockdale, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: December 26, 1907
Creator: Kennon, R. W. H.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Clothes-Pin (open access)

Clothes-Pin

Patent for a clothes pin. Illustrations included.
Date: December 24, 1907
Creator: Cooke, Jasper Newton & Moeller, John Charles
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History