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Crude-Oil Burner (open access)

Crude-Oil Burner

Patent for a crude oil burner for kitchen use such as cooking. Illustrations included.
Date: January 25, 1910
Creator: Brennan, John B.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Barrel-Cover (open access)

Barrel-Cover

Patent for a barrel cover. Illustrations included.
Date: December 6, 1910
Creator: Andrews, James R. & Waldrum, Joseph W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Closet-Seat. (open access)

Closet-Seat.

Patent for a toilet seat that helps support users with rectal diseases.
Date: July 18, 1911
Creator: Ellis, Joseph G.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ant-Trap (open access)

Ant-Trap

Patent for an ant trap with a removable bottom which allows the trap to be emptied easily.
Date: September 20, 1910
Creator: Miller, Charles R.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ash-Pan (open access)

Ash-Pan

Patent for an ash pan for trains. Illustrations included.
Date: May 16, 1911
Creator: Spratley, George
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Concrete-Mixer. (open access)

Concrete-Mixer.

Patent for a concrete mixer that keeps the materials low to the ground and has improved mixing and delivery mechanisms.
Date: October 3, 1911
Creator: Foley, Charles H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Conductor's Train-Book (open access)

Conductor's Train-Book

Patent for a conductor's train-book. This invention if for a conductor to log train movements. Illustration included.
Date: April 12, 1910
Creator: Crane, James C. A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letters of Rev. Dr. Thomas McHutchin Cunningham] (open access)

[Letters of Rev. Dr. Thomas McHutchin Cunningham]

The Rev. Dr. Thomas McHutchin Cunningham (March 22, 1887 - March 3, 1979) wrote these letters to family members from April 14, 1918 to November 28, 1927. The letters detail his life as a minister in Texas and other locations. The letters are written from Stamford, Spur, Eliasville, Sherman, Gainesville, Orange, Boston (Mass.), Richmond (Va.), and Knoxville (Tn.). The letters detail church news, family life, and travel on the S.S. Leviaton in 1927 to visit London, Paris, and Jerusalem.
Date: 1918
Creator: Cunningham, Thomas McHutchin
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Signal and Control for Railways (open access)

Automatic Signal and Control for Railways

Patent for "automatically arresting the travel of a locomotive or train in the event of failure of a clear track" (lines 11-14).
Date: February 23, 1915
Creator: Pool, Carl L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Boltless Rail-Joint. (open access)

Boltless Rail-Joint.

Patent for improvements in connecting rails without the use of bolts and nuts but instead using two fish-plates.
Date: April 20, 1915
Creator: Richardson, Charles I. & Hall, William D.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Broom or Brush (open access)

Broom or Brush

Patent for metal brooms or brushes that are "strong and durable, relatively light in weight, and can be inexpensively manufactured" (line 13-15). It is intended for "sweeping snow, mud, slush, and the like" (line 16-17). The patent can also be applied for smaller version of metal brooms or brushes for other purposes.
Date: March 16, 1915
Creator: Airhart, Noah S.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Boll Cotton Gin. (open access)

Boll Cotton Gin.

Patent for an improved boll-cotton gin which gathers the cotton bolls without crushing them or intermingling the product with impurities by separating the seed cotton from the bolls and hulls.
Date: June 9, 1914
Creator: Hopper, James F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automobile-Headlight (open access)

Automobile-Headlight

Patent for an automobile headlight to be attached to the front of the vehicle, that automatically turns to the side whenever the vehicle changes its course so that the pathway directly ahead is lighted for increased safety in the automobile's course.
Date: February 8, 1916
Creator: Old, William B.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Blade. (open access)

Blade.

Patent for a new blade similar to "weed blades" (line 10) that can be "attached to a cultivator" (line 11) and includes an illustration.
Date: July 15, 1913
Creator: Kelly, John H. & Mershon, John H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Compound Tool (open access)

Compound Tool

Patent for a compound tool which combines the features of the nut-wrench and the pipe-wrench.
Date: March 18, 1913
Creator: Scroggins, James L. & Waldrop, A. S.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combination Battery Vault, Cistern, and Semaphore Foundation (open access)

Combination Battery Vault, Cistern, and Semaphore Foundation

Patent for an improvement to combination battery vaults, cisterns and semaphore foundations used in railway signal systems, including illustrations and descriptions.
Date: April 1, 1913
Creator: Johnson, John A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Vehicle-Seats. (open access)

Attachment for Vehicle-Seats.

Patent for "a vehicle seat and more particularly to a device securable to the under portion of a seat and engaging the side walls of the wagon body so that the seat will be prevented from shifting transversely of the vehicle" (lines 9-14).
Date: July 14, 1914
Creator: Jackson, George
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ratchet Die-Stock (open access)

Ratchet Die-Stock

Patent for improvement on the usage of die-stocks which are used to cut and thread metal objects such as pipes.
Date: July 22, 1919
Creator: Hestand, Rue S.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Butter-Mold (open access)

Butter-Mold

Patent for "a butter mold embodying means for cutting and shaping a piece of wrapping paper to conform to the configuration of the mold in which it is adapted to be placed to receive the butter." (lines 9-13).
Date: February 19, 1918
Creator: Higginbotham, John
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Whitewright Sun (Whitewright, Tex.), Vol. 38, No. 27, Ed. 1 Friday, January 17, 1919 (open access)

The Whitewright Sun (Whitewright, Tex.), Vol. 38, No. 27, Ed. 1 Friday, January 17, 1919

Weekly newspaper from Whitewright, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 17, 1919
Creator: Waggoner, J. H.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Whitewright Sun (Whitewright, Tex.), Vol. 38, No. 43, Ed. 1 Friday, May 2, 1919 (open access)

The Whitewright Sun (Whitewright, Tex.), Vol. 38, No. 43, Ed. 1 Friday, May 2, 1919

Weekly newspaper from Whitewright, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: May 2, 1919
Creator: Waggoner, J. H.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Whitewright Sun (Whitewright, Tex.), Vol. 39, No. 23, Ed. 1 Friday, December 12, 1919 (open access)

The Whitewright Sun (Whitewright, Tex.), Vol. 39, No. 23, Ed. 1 Friday, December 12, 1919

Weekly newspaper from Whitewright, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: December 12, 1919
Creator: Waggoner, J. H.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Whitewright Sun (Whitewright, Tex.), Vol. 39, No. 12, Ed. 1 Friday, September 26, 1919 (open access)

The Whitewright Sun (Whitewright, Tex.), Vol. 39, No. 12, Ed. 1 Friday, September 26, 1919

Weekly newspaper from Whitewright, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: September 26, 1919
Creator: Waggoner, J. H.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Whitewright Sun (Whitewright, Tex.), Vol. 39, No. 6, Ed. 1 Friday, August 15, 1919 (open access)

The Whitewright Sun (Whitewright, Tex.), Vol. 39, No. 6, Ed. 1 Friday, August 15, 1919

Weekly newspaper from Whitewright, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: August 15, 1919
Creator: Waggoner, J. H.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History