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The El Paso Daily Times. (El Paso, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 109, Ed. 1 Tuesday, July 15, 1884 (open access)

The El Paso Daily Times. (El Paso, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 109, Ed. 1 Tuesday, July 15, 1884

Daily newspaper from El Paso, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: July 15, 1884
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Dallas Daily Herald. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 35, No. 240, Ed. 1 Tuesday, July 15, 1884 (open access)

The Dallas Daily Herald. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 35, No. 240, Ed. 1 Tuesday, July 15, 1884

Daily newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: July 15, 1884
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Waco Daily Examiner. (Waco, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 227, Ed. 1, Tuesday, July 15, 1884 (open access)

The Waco Daily Examiner. (Waco, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 227, Ed. 1, Tuesday, July 15, 1884

Daily newspaper from Waco, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: July 15, 1884
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The San Antonio Light (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 169, Ed. 1, Tuesday, July 15, 1884 (open access)

The San Antonio Light (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 169, Ed. 1, Tuesday, July 15, 1884

Daily newspaper (except Sunday) from San Antonio, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: July 15, 1884
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Norton's Union Intelligencer. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 55, Ed. 1 Tuesday, July 15, 1884 (open access)

Norton's Union Intelligencer. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 55, Ed. 1 Tuesday, July 15, 1884

Daily newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: July 15, 1884
Creator: Norton, A. B.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Galveston Daily News. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 43, No. 114, Ed. 1 Tuesday, July 15, 1884 (open access)

The Galveston Daily News. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 43, No. 114, Ed. 1 Tuesday, July 15, 1884

Daily newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: July 15, 1884
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Brenham Daily Banner. (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 180, Ed. 1 Tuesday, July 15, 1884 (open access)

Brenham Daily Banner. (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 180, Ed. 1 Tuesday, July 15, 1884

Daily newspaper from Brenham, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: July 15, 1884
Creator: Rankin, John G. & Levin
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Freie Presse für Texas. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 646, Ed. 1 Tuesday, July 15, 1884 (open access)

Freie Presse für Texas. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 646, Ed. 1 Tuesday, July 15, 1884

Daily German-language newspaper from San Antonio, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: July 15, 1884
Creator: Hanschke, Robert
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lifting Jack. (open access)

Lifting Jack.

Patent for a new and improved jack. This design consists in "the combination, with a standard provided with an elongated open slot and a moveable section adapted to slide within the slot, of an operating-lever pivoted to the standard at the side of the slot, and a link pivotally secured to the sliding section and lever, whereby the lever is thrown past the center and the sliding section thereby locked in an elevated position" (lines 67-75).
Date: July 15, 1884
Creator: Thorp, James L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Seed Planter (open access)

Seed Planter

Patent for...a seed planting machine which improves upon an earlier cotton seed planting machine. The improved apparatus can be substituted for corn and other seeds. It may also be utilized for ground cultivation.
Date: July 15, 1884
Creator: Pietzsch, Louis; Armstrong, John J. & Lowrey, Joseph R.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Game Apparatus. (open access)

Game Apparatus.

Patent for a new and improved ring for games. This design is "part of a game apparatus, a ring of wood of a form adapted to be rolled over a flat surface, having a ring of metal cast in a groove cut in its inner surface" (lines 57-60).
Date: July 15, 1884
Creator: Fisher, Charles A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Seed Planter. (open access)

Cotton Seed Planter.

Patent for a new and improved seed planter. This design "consist[s] of the hopper, the tapering feed-tube, the distributing-chamber provided with inwardly-projecting radial pins, the discharge-spout, and the shaft provided at its upper end with stirrer pins, at its middle part with a tapering feed-screw, and at its lower part with distributing pins" (lines 9-15).
Date: July 15, 1884
Creator: Hopper, Thomas Pinkney
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bottle Stopper. (open access)

Bottle Stopper.

Patent for a new and improved bottle stopper. This design "consists in the combination of the tubular body, having its lower end closed by means of a cork, and having its upper end formed into a measuring-chamber, which is adapted to be closed by means of a cork, so as to protect the measuring chamber from dust and dirt" (lines 13-19).
Date: July 15, 1884
Creator: Cotten, Jefferson Davis
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cartridge Loading Apparatus. (open access)

Cartridge Loading Apparatus.

Patent for a new and improved cartridge loader. This design "consists of a filling attachment to cartridge-loading blocks, which is composed of a hopper part having discharge-tubes in the bottom and a perforated and spring-actuated slide-piece having perforations registering with said tubes, and of a lower part having upwardly-extending tubes sliding on the bottom tubes of the hopper and downwardly-extending tubes of conical shape . . . and are opened or closed by a second spring-actuated slide-piece" (lines 16-26).
Date: July 15, 1884
Creator: Lockett, William A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History