Blacking Brush. (open access)

Blacking Brush.

Patent for a new and improved blacking brush. This design utilizes springs to move a blacking brush to and from a can of polish. This results in "evenness of wear of the bristles of the brush, economy of blacking, absence of spattering while extracting the blacking from the box, convenience in substituting the circular brush as a lid for the box in case of loss of the box-lid, and the saving of time in looking for a blacking-brush and a blacking-box separately" (lines 53-60).
Date: September 21, 1880
Creator: Wood, Edmund Lorenzo.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Insect-Proof Roller or Pedestal. (open access)

Insect-Proof Roller or Pedestal.

Patent for "a caster or pedestal for beds, sofas, tables, &c.; and it primarily has for its object to provide an article of this character having means for destroying chinches and other insects or vermin, whereby to prevent same from passing up the post or leg into the bed, sofa, or table." (Lines 8-14) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: September 7, 1897
Creator: Curry, William Henry & Curry, Amey Marshall
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rotary Churn. (open access)

Rotary Churn.

Patent for a new and improved rotary churn. This design consists in "[t]he combination of the supporting frame, the walking-beam, two crank-shafts journaled in the rear part of said frame, means for connecting the walking-beam with said shafts, a balance-wheel and dasher carried by one of said shafts, a larger balance wheel connected to the other shaft, and a churn-body secured to said balance-wheel" (lines 50-57).
Date: September 21, 1886
Creator: Stafford, George A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Eleventh Court of Appeals Annual Financial Report: 2011 (open access)

Texas Eleventh Court of Appeals Annual Financial Report: 2011

Annual financial report of the Texas Eleventh Court of Appeals documenting income, expenditures, and other relevant financial information for fiscal year 2011.
Date: September 28, 2011
Creator: Texas. Court of Appeals (11th)
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Eleventh Court of Appeals Annual Financial Report: 2012 (open access)

Texas Eleventh Court of Appeals Annual Financial Report: 2012

Annual financial report of the Eleventh Court of Appeals in Eastland, Texas, including statements about net assets, governmental funds, revenues, expenditures, and other balance information, along with accompanying notes.
Date: September 24, 2012
Creator: Texas. Court of Appeals (11th)
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Primary Care Case Management Primary Care Provider and Hospital List: Northwest Texas, September 2011 (open access)

Primary Care Case Management Primary Care Provider and Hospital List: Northwest Texas, September 2011

List of Primary Care Case Management program approved primary care providers, hospitals, specialists, and family planning providers, located in the Northwest Texas area.
Date: September 2011
Creator: Primary Care Case Management
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Eleventh Court of Appeals Annual Financial Report: 2015 (open access)

Texas Eleventh Court of Appeals Annual Financial Report: 2015

Annual financial report of the Eleventh Court of Appeals documenting income, expenditures, and other relevant financial information for fiscal year 2015.
Date: September 29, 2015
Creator: Texas. Court of Appeals (11th)
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Peanut-Harvester (open access)

Peanut-Harvester

Patent for a new kind of peanut harvesting machine that can be attached to a riding planter.
Date: September 21, 1915
Creator: Boyd, William T.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Refrigerator Car Door. (open access)

Refrigerator Car Door.

Patent for a sliding refrigerator car door, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: September 1, 1914
Creator: Judia, George H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History