86th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 356, Chapter 720 (open access)

86th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 356, Chapter 720

Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to the repeal of a statute allowing the county attorney or commissioners court of Brown County to accept gifts or grants to finance or assist the operation of the office of county attorney.
Date: June 10, 2019
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bale-Tie Opener. (open access)

Bale-Tie Opener.

Patent for "a simple and durable device by means of which the buckles or securing devices on cotton-bale ties or bands may be readily opened and the band removed from the bale without destroying the buckle or the band, so that they may be again used." (Lines 11-16) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: June 1, 1897
Creator: Gaskill, Clinton R.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Churning Device. (open access)

Churning Device.

Patent for a new and improved churn. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the base having uprights forming guides for the vertically-movable rod, of the rod movable in said guides and adapted to be connected with a rod or dasher, the treadle, a link connecting the treadle with said rod, the shaft having a platform adapted to support the churn-body and provided with a crank, and a pitman connecting said crank with the treadle" (lines 72-80).
Date: June 1, 1886
Creator: Dickey, John S.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combination-Tool. (open access)

Combination-Tool.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in a combination tool, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: June 14, 1898
Creator: McCarty, William N.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Foot Bench-Shears (open access)

Foot Bench-Shears

Patent for foot-operated shears for cuttings bands on bales or general shearing, including illustrations.
Date: June 17, 1913
Creator: Howlett, Peyton L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gas Generating and Burning Furnace. (open access)

Gas Generating and Burning Furnace.

Patent for a gas furnace which also generates gas from crude oil.
Date: June 17, 1902
Creator: Gearing, Charles M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hame-Fastener (open access)

Hame-Fastener

Patent for improvements to a hame-fastener, specifically related to an easily made, inexpensively produced locking mechanism, including illustration.
Date: June 30, 1914
Creator: Fowler, Alvah W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Knee-Pad (open access)

Knee-Pad

Patent for a knee pad, designed mainly for those who work in cotton fields. Illustrations included.
Date: June 25, 1907
Creator: Chambers, William Roleigh; Chambers, Solomon Roe & Chambers, Wade Hampton
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Moldboard for Cultivator-Shovels. (open access)

Moldboard for Cultivator-Shovels.

Patent for a moldboard for cultivator shovels, which throws dirt to the side of the cultivator.
Date: June 28, 1910
Creator: Medcalf, William M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Primary Care Case Management Primary Care Provider and Hospital List: Northwest Texas, June 2011 (open access)

Primary Care Case Management Primary Care Provider and Hospital List: Northwest Texas, June 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: June 2011
Creator: Primary Care Case Management
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tire-Oven. (open access)

Tire-Oven.

Patent for a device that heats wagon and buggy wheel tires that will warm them evenly.
Date: June 29, 1920
Creator: Howlett, Isaac C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Umbrella-Holder (open access)

Umbrella-Holder

Patent for an umbrella holder. Illustrations included.
Date: June 16, 1908
Creator: Perkins, Kate Alice
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History