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Antifriction-Bearing.

Description: Patent for certain new and useful improvements in antifriction bearings for " the ends of the hub and means for eluding dust fro the bearings" (line 11 -13).
Date: May 10, 1898
Creator: Hobron, Charles B.
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Cleaning Implement.

Description: Patent for a cleaning tool for cleaning chicken coops, sidewalk edges, or removing ice, which combines a scraper/digger, broom, and brush and which fits in small spaces.
Date: July 14, 1908
Creator: Kuettner, Max
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[Historic Marker Application: The Rice Home]

Description: Application materials submitted to the Texas Historical Commission requesting a historic marker for The Rice Home, in Comfort, Texas. The materials include the inscription text of the marker, narrative, and photograph.
Date: 1965
Creator: Texas Historical Commission
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[Historic Marker Application: August Ebers House]

Description: Application materials submitted to the Texas Historical Commission requesting a historic marker for the August Ebers House, in Bankersmith, Texas. The materials include the inscription text of the marker, narrative, and photographs.
Date: 1983
Creator: Texas Historical Commission
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[Historic Marker Application: Ingenhuett-Karger Saloon]

Description: Application materials submitted to the Texas Historical Commission requesting a historic marker for the Ingenhuett-Kargar Saloon, in Comfort, Texas. The materials include the inscription text of the marker, original application, narrative, floor plans, and photographs.
Date: June 30, 2009
Creator: Texas Historical Commission
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Location: 29.966562 -98.906822
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A Comfort Christmas

Description: Book about the history of Christmas in Comfort, Texas and the influence of "German, English and Hispanic cultures" on Christmas celebrations (p. 3). The book includes recipes for German Sweet potato salad, deer sausage, carne guisada con mole, and buneulos, as well as bread, rice and cookies.
Date: 1996
Creator: Bohnert, Paula & Bohnert, Hannah
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Comfort Women in Comfort History

Description: Book about the history of notable women in Comfort, Texas. The book discusses female school teachers, journalists, religious leaders, free thinkers, artists, authors, and other women who made significant contributions to the establishment of the city of Comfort.
Date: 2008
Creator: Stewart, Mike & Stewart, Anne
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Heinrich Weltner: Graphite Pencil Artist

Description: Book about Heinrich Weltner, including a biography for Weltner, detailed information about his graphite drawings, and the genealogy of the Weltner family. The index begins on page 45.
Date: 2009
Creator: Stappenbeck, Herb & Funke, Patricia
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Seidenstickers in Texas Since 1855

Description: Book containing a detailed family history for the Seidensticker family, who immigrated to Comfort, Texas from Germany in 1855. This book was compiled for the 2007 Seidensticker family reunion.
Date: 2007
Creator: Stewart, Anne
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Bag Holder.

Description: Patent for a new and improved bag holder. This design "consists mainly in the combination of certain parts having a capacity for adjustment relatively to the diameter of the bag, with certain parts having a capacity for adjustment relatively to the height of the bag" (lines 17-22).
Date: July 18, 1882
Creator: Holekamp, Julius
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Axle Box.

Description: Patent for a new and improved axle-box. This design "relates to that class of axle-boxes in which anti-friction devices are employed for enabling the wheel to revolve on the axle with as little friction and wear as possible. [The] invention consists in providing anti-friction rods or rollers arranged between the axle and the vehicle-hub, and held in place in an improved manner" (lines 8-16).
Date: September 10, 1889
Creator: Hobron, Charles B.
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Canceling Stamp.

Description: Patent for a new and improved stamp canceler. This design utilizes a washer, flanges, and vertical slots "for the purpose of adjusting the roughened face of the head . . . so that the correct operation of the face is insured" (65-68). This represents an improvement over previous stamp cancelers.
Date: April 19, 1881
Creator: Grothaus, Frederick E.
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Texas Attorney General Opinion: C-567

Description: Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Waggoner Carr, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Whether the sheriff of Kendall County has the exclusive right of furnishing meals to his prisoners and related questions.
Date: December 14, 1965
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
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