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[Jerry Cope, 2018 TXSSAR & Chapter 7 Color Guard events]

Description: Document listing out the events that Jerry Cope attended as part of the TXSSAR, Arlington Chapter 7, Color Guard in 2018. The dates, locations, and requirements are listed with each event. Some of the dates are highlighted in different colors to note if they are Chapter specific, Texas-wide, or National events. At the end totals are given for events and costs. Some dates and events are duplicated.
Date: October 6, 2017
Creator: Cope, Jerry
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Railway-Signal

Description: Patent for a railway signal that is activated when the wheels of a train pass over a switch. Illustrations included.
Date: May 26, 1908
Creator: Harvey, Albert Wadkins
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

[News Script: Innocent Convict]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about George White Junior, who has served seven years in prison for robbery when in reality, he didn't commit the robbery. He was released, and the other robber was sent to jail.
Date: October 17, 1958
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Jail break]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the prison escape of John Lee Gowan from Rockwall County Jail.
Date: March 2, 1962
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Ejector-Pump.

Description: Patent for an improved ejector pump that operates using air or steam pressure, and pumps water any height or distance. The invention is easily operated and practical.
Date: January 23, 1894
Creator: Nevill, William Birt
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Pumping Apparatus.

Description: Patent for a pumping apparatus that has "certain improvements in that class of pumps known as ejectors for raising liquids out of wells by means of compressed air or stream" (lines 9-12). The pump quickly and easily raises large amounts of water and is an improvement on a patent previously granted to the inventor (No. 474,819).
Date: March 27, 1894
Creator: Nevill, William Birt
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Cattle-Guard.

Description: Patent for a railway cattle-guard that is simple, inexpensive, and efficient. It prevents the cattle "from traversing a railway-track in order to pass form one field or inclosure to another" (line 12-14). It has spurred rollers, and has a unique way of mounting rollers or rotary ties, in that they do not block the track.
Date: January 5, 1897
Creator: Nevill, William Birt
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

[News Script: Dog Bite Victim]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about locating a six year old boy named King Lear, who was bitten by a dog that was later determined to be rabid.
Date: August 20, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Improvement in Construction of Jails.

Description: Patent for improvement in construction of jails; in which a system of flues in between layers of a double floor provide ventilation through grates in the walls and upper layer of the floor, without compromising security.
Date: October 19, 1875
Creator: Seeber, John A. & Croxton, James C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Plow.

Description: Patent for a new and improved plow. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with a plow-beam, of a plow-standard pivotally secured to the rear end of said beam, a brace pivotally secured to the standard, and a sliding clamp for securing the front end of the brace to the beam" (lines 90-94).
Date: April 13, 1886
Creator: Ketchum, Joel Thomas
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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