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San Antonio Daily Light (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 352, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 12, 1898 (open access)

San Antonio Daily Light (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 352, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 12, 1898

Daily newspaper from San Antonio, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: January 12, 1898
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
San Antonio Daily Light (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 353, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 13, 1898 (open access)

San Antonio Daily Light (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 353, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 13, 1898

Daily newspaper from San Antonio, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: January 13, 1898
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cycloidal Chariot. (open access)

Cycloidal Chariot.

Patent for a new and improved cycloidal chariot.
Date: January 11, 1898
Creator: Evans, Joseph W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dental - Chair. (open access)

Dental - Chair.

Patent for a new and useful dental chair to "easily adjust to various positions and be folded into very compact form for transportation or storage" (line 13-14).
Date: January 4, 1898
Creator: Rose, Nicholas M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Device for Locking Shafts in Hubs or Couplings. (open access)

Device for Locking Shafts in Hubs or Couplings.

Patent for a new and useful device for locking shafts in hubs or couplings. This design is to "avoid the use of a key-way in the shaft and o provide the tubular member with a removable and reversible key having a serrated face adapted to be forced into close contact" (line 12-16).
Date: January 11, 1898
Creator: Rylander, Parrish H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cutting Mechanism for Harvesters or Mowers. (open access)

Cutting Mechanism for Harvesters or Mowers.

Patent for a new and useful cutting mechanism for harvesters or mowers. This design is to "provide a ball-bearing for the cutter-bar which shall support the same so that it will not have a sliding contact with its support" (line 18 - 22).
Date: January 18, 1898
Creator: Douglass, Samuel
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Corn and Cotton Planter. (open access)

Corn and Cotton Planter.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in corn an cotton planters. This design is to " provide the same with a sweep or plow which travels in front of the seeder or planter mechanism to open a furrow" (line 13 - 16).
Date: January 25, 1898
Creator: Wendeborn, Ernest Charles
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Floor - Set. (open access)

Floor - Set.

Patent for a new and useful improvements in floor sets. This invention "is designed for use in laying floors or putting up sidings and ceilings" (line 13-14).
Date: January 4, 1898
Creator: Leavens, Charles William
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Clothing - Boiler (open access)

Clothing - Boiler

Patent for a new and improved clothing-boiler. This design is to "provide a device of this character in which there is practically no danger of the water or suds-boiling over to the exterior" (line 8 - 11).
Date: January 25, 1898
Creator: Rylander, William Pitts
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Boat. (open access)

Boat.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in boats to "increase the speed and insure greater safety and stability in sailing vessels, row-boats, canoes, and the like" (line 12-14).
Date: January 11, 1898
Creator: Evesson, Martin V. B.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bed - Slat. (open access)

Bed - Slat.

Patent for a new and useful improvements in bed-slates to provide a strong brace.
Date: January 4, 1898
Creator: Pickett, Mollie
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Stopping Mechanism for Engines. (open access)

Automatic Stopping Mechanism for Engines.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in automatic stopping mechanism for engines.
Date: January 11, 1898
Creator: Hunter, Victor Emmet
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Back and Shoulder Brace. (open access)

Back and Shoulder Brace.

Patent for a new and useful back-support and shoulder-brace. This invention "relates to means for strengthening and supporting the back and shoulders of persons engaged in occupations which require stooping" (line 8-11).
Date: January 4, 1898
Creator: Bassett, James Andrews
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Check - Spring. (open access)

Check - Spring.

Patent for a new and improved check-spring. This design "relates to check reins; and its object is to provide a new and improved check-spring for preventing sudden jars to a horse's mouth when the animal throws his head forward" (line 7 - 11).
Date: January 18, 1898
Creator: Walker, Fred B. & Reid, George W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Brake for Street or Railway Cars. (open access)

Brake for Street or Railway Cars.

Patent for a new and useful improvement in brakes for street or railway cars.
Date: January 25, 1898
Creator: Hughes, Joel A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History