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Fort Worth Daily Democrat. (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 166, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 20, 1880 (open access)

Fort Worth Daily Democrat. (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 166, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 20, 1880

Daily newspaper from Fort Worth, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 20, 1880
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Galveston Daily News. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 38, No. 260, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 20, 1880 (open access)

The Galveston Daily News. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 38, No. 260, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 20, 1880

Daily newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: January 20, 1880
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Daily Banner. (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 17, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 20, 1880 (open access)

The Daily Banner. (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 17, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 20, 1880

Daily newspaper from Brenham, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: January 20, 1880
Creator: Rankin, John G. & Levin
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Freie Presse für Texas. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 3074, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 20, 1880 (open access)

Freie Presse für Texas. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 3074, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 20, 1880

Daily German-language newspaper from San Antonio, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 20, 1880
Creator: Hanschke, Robert
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Denison Daily News. (Denison, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 280, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 20, 1880 (open access)

Denison Daily News. (Denison, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 280, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 20, 1880

Daily newspaper from Denison, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: January 20, 1880
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Denison Daily News. (Denison, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 280, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 20, 1880 (open access)

Denison Daily News. (Denison, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 280, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 20, 1880

Daily newspaper from Denison, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 20, 1880
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Washing-Machine. (open access)

Washing-Machine.

Patent for an improved washing machine: "The invention consists in combining a lower cylinder having longitudinal spiral grooves with an upper cylinder having longitudinal straight grooves and holes" (lines 14-17).
Date: January 20, 1880
Creator: Dorris, George W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rotary-Engine. (open access)

Rotary-Engine.

Patent for a new and improved rotary engine. This design consists "of a wheel provided with radially-sliding pistons and revolving within a fixed circumferential steam-chest, and having fixed on its axle an eccentric and spring, that operate to throw the pistons or floats outward to receive the pressure of the steam or other motor that is to drive the engine" (lines 19-26).
Date: January 20, 1880
Creator: Adams, James Ansley
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fruit-Gatherer. (open access)

Fruit-Gatherer.

Patent for "improving fruit-gatherers designed to be thrust into a tree and cull each fruit separately" (lines 17-20).
Date: January 20, 1880
Creator: Eddleman, James P.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cloth-Measuring Machine. (open access)

Cloth-Measuring Machine.

Patent for a cloth cleaning machine to "furnish bagging-reels, so constructed that the bagging can be conveniently unwound from the roll, measured automatically, and again wound into a roll" (lines 13-17).
Date: January 20, 1880
Creator: Dodson, Orson W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car-Door Fastening. (open access)

Car-Door Fastening.

Patent for sliding car-door fastening to improve the fastening of said car-door.
Date: January 20, 1880
Creator: Buser, William H. & Shaw, Burrell L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History