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Beer Cooler. (open access)

Beer Cooler.

Patent for a new and improved beer cooler. This design "consists in the detailed construction and arrangement of a cooling-chamber or refrigerator which is adapted to be attached to the faucet of the keg or barrel containing the beverage" (lines 24-28).
Date: September 12, 1882
Creator: Newman, George Morton
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Texas Messenger (Corsicana, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 32, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 31, 1882 (open access)

The Texas Messenger (Corsicana, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 32, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 31, 1882

Daily newspaper from Corsicana, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with some advertising.
Date: August 31, 1882
Creator: Wells, M. H.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Texas Messenger (Corsicana, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 33, Ed. 1 Friday, September 1, 1882 (open access)

The Texas Messenger (Corsicana, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 33, Ed. 1 Friday, September 1, 1882

Daily newspaper from Corsicana, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with some advertising.
Date: September 1, 1882
Creator: Wells, M. H.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fifth Wheel. (open access)

Fifth Wheel.

Patent for a new and improved fifth wheel for vehicles. This design "consists of improvements in the construction and arrangement of the fifth-wheel apparatus of carriages, the object of which is to enable the parts to be made more cheaply, also to be more readily removable, and also to be more durable in use than as such apparatus is now made" (lines 7-13).
Date: July 11, 1882
Creator: Weber, Robert
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History