Appratus for Treating Refuse Matter. (open access)

Appratus for Treating Refuse Matter.

Patent for "the perfection of an apparatus by the use of which night soil or garbage may be reduced to ashes in the shortest possible time and at a comparatively trivial expense" (lines 20-24).
Date: August 8, 1893
Creator: Carrico, Thomas W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Freie Presse für Texas. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 29, No. 3449, Ed. 1 Tuesday, August 8, 1893 (open access)

Freie Presse für Texas. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 29, No. 3449, Ed. 1 Tuesday, August 8, 1893

Daily German-language newspaper from San Antonio, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: August 8, 1893
Creator: Hanschke, Robert
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Plow. (open access)

Plow.

Patent for an improved plow that consists of a plow beam, a horizontal shoulder and a loop in its front, a clamp that adjusts the loop, a screw in the clamp and the vertical bar, and draft appliances. It is especially designed to easily connect to the animal that is drawing it.
Date: August 8, 1893
Creator: Blunck, John
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
San Antonio Daily Light. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 171, Ed. 1 Tuesday, August 8, 1893 (open access)

San Antonio Daily Light. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 171, Ed. 1 Tuesday, August 8, 1893

Daily newspaper from San Antonio, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: August 8, 1893
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History