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The Denton School

Announcement about the schedule, tuition, and courses of Denton School in Denton, Texas in the year 1884. The announcement also contains a list of faculty and information about the city of Denton. Denton's first public school began on March 17 and ended on July 4. The first session had 425 students. [A History of the Denton Independent School District: a centennial project / by the centennial committee, 1985] The name Lee Preston is written in pen on the back of the announcement. Lee Preston wa… more

Date: 1884-03-11~

Item Type: Text

Partner: Denton Public Library

Mail Bag Fastening.

Patent for a new and improved fastening for mail bags. This design "consists of a chain fixed to one side of the bag so as to swing on the lower edge, and having hooks, or, it may be, curved or straight studs, which are made to pass through eyes of the two sides of the bag and around or through another chain on the other side of the bag, making a very simple fastening that is equally secure as the staple fastening now in use and much more readily manufactured" (lines 7-16).

Date: March 18, 1884

Creator: Scott, Roy B.

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Cotton-Press

Patent for improvements to parts arrangement in construction of a cotton press.

Date: May 27, 1884

Creator: Heflin, Cyrus David