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The Dallas Daily Herald. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. XXIVII, No. 224, Ed. 1 Tuesday, August 16, 1881 (open access)

The Dallas Daily Herald. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. XXIVII, No. 224, Ed. 1 Tuesday, August 16, 1881

Daily newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: August 16, 1881
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Galveston Daily News. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 125, Ed. 1 Tuesday, August 16, 1881 (open access)

The Galveston Daily News. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 125, Ed. 1 Tuesday, August 16, 1881

Daily newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: August 16, 1881
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Brenham Daily Banner. (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 195, Ed. 1 Tuesday, August 16, 1881 (open access)

Brenham Daily Banner. (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 195, Ed. 1 Tuesday, August 16, 1881

Daily newspaper from Brenham, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: August 16, 1881
Creator: Rankin, John G. & Levin
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fort Worth Daily Democrat. (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 216, Ed. 1 Tuesday, August 16, 1881 (open access)

Fort Worth Daily Democrat. (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 216, Ed. 1 Tuesday, August 16, 1881

Daily newspaper from Fort Worth, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: August 16, 1881
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Freie Presse für Texas. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 3556, Ed. 1 Tuesday, August 16, 1881 (open access)

Freie Presse für Texas. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 3556, Ed. 1 Tuesday, August 16, 1881

Daily German-language newspaper from San Antonio, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: August 16, 1881
Creator: Hanschke, Robert
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fire Tongs. (open access)

Fire Tongs.

Patent for a new and improved pair of fire tongs. This design consists of "[a] guide device for preventing the legs of fire-tongs from crossing, consisting of a wing-plate having at one end an open eye to fit about one leg of the tongs, and attached thereto . . . and a slot-piece having open eyes to fit about the other leg, and a straight part attached to the said eyes and forming the slot through which the wing may move freely" (lines 91-99).
Date: August 16, 1881
Creator: Mangum, Wiley P.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car Coupling. (open access)

Car Coupling.

Patent for a new and improved coupling for railroad cars. This design "consists in the construction and novel arrangement of the rack-bars seated in ways recessed in the sides of the draw-head, toothed segments engaging therewith, a shaft carrying said toothed segments, and also bearing within the cavity of the draw-head a vibratory arm and a setting-lever, from which the coupling-pin is suspended, connected to said vibratory arm" (lines 24-32).
Date: August 16, 1881
Creator: Stephens, Lawrence Earnest & Pool, George Washington
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History