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The San Saba News. (San Saba, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 38, Ed. 1, Saturday, July 3, 1886 (open access)

The San Saba News. (San Saba, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 38, Ed. 1, Saturday, July 3, 1886

Weekly newspaper from San Saba, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: July 3, 1886
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Churn. (open access)

Churn.

Patent for a new and improved churn. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the driving devices and the pivoted dasher-operating lever, of the fly-wheel provided with a series of holes each of square contour throughout the greater part of its length, the wrist-pin shaped to fit in any one of said holes, the cap pivoted on the rear side of the fly-wheel and adapted to cover any one of the holes in which the pin may be placed, and the pitman attached to the wrist-pin and connecting the same with the pivoted lever" (lines 70-80).
Date: July 6, 1886
Creator: Jones, Caleb
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History